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cacodemon (16 points)

Shakespearean nightmare

Come and dance, keeping company with the devil

Running water stifles means of communication concerning evil spirit

C·3+A·1+C·3+O·1+D·2+E·1+M·3+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts

caecilian (13 points)

""Any of various legless, burrowing, wormlike amphibians of the order Gymnophiona, of tropical regions.""

C·3+A·1+E·1+C·3+I·1+L·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 13 pts

caesarean (11 points)

Delivery for Julian (wordplay)

Surgical birth (Var.)

Like "Et tu, Brute?"

C·3+A·1+E·1+S·1+A·1+R·1+E·1+A·1+N·1 = 11 pts

caesarian (11 points)

Relating to Brutus' victim (Var.)

Pertaining to Gaius Julius

Re some Roman emperors

C·3+A·1+E·1+S·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 11 pts

cameraman (15 points)

Snappy judge (wordplay)

TV station employee

Hollywood V. I. P.

C·3+A·1+M·3+E·1+R·1+A·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 15 pts

cameramen (15 points)

Movie shooters (wordplay)

Photographers arrived with noodles

They ride the dolly.

C·3+A·1+M·3+E·1+R·1+A·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 15 pts

candlepin (14 points)

Small-ball bowling target

Target for some keglers

*Boston bowler's target

C·3+A·1+N·1+D·2+L·1+E·1+P·3+I·1+N·1 = 14 pts

caparison (13 points)

Perhaps dressages for the horses

Read about a capital way to dress well

Rich cloth laid over a warhorse

C·3+A·1+P·3+A·1+R·1+I·1+S·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts

capsaicin (15 points)

""A colorless crystalline substance extracted from the Capsicum annuum, and giving off vapors of intense acridity. Capsicum annuum, and giving off vapors of intense acridity.""

C·3+A·1+P·3+S·1+A·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+N·1 = 15 pts

carbanion (13 points)

An anion in which carbon carries a negative charge and an unshared pair of electrons.

C·3+A·1+R·1+B·3+A·1+N·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts

caretaken (15 points)

Caretake

C·3+A·1+R·1+E·1+T·1+A·1+K·5+E·1+N·1 = 15 pts

carnation (11 points)

America perhaps, after auto plant

What a blooming mechanical people!

Country estate perhaps first in bloom

C·3+A·1+R·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts

carnelian (11 points)

Did Inca learn of this gem (wordplay)

Red cross member (wordplay)

Variety of quartz

C·3+A·1+R·1+N·1+E·1+L·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 11 pts

carrageen (12 points)

Mini modified genera of seaweed

Purplish-red, edible seaweed

Purplish-red North Atlantic seaweed

C·3+A·1+R·1+R·1+A·1+G·2+E·1+E·1+N·1 = 12 pts

caseation (11 points)

A degeneration of animal tissue into a cheesy or curdy mass.

C·3+A·1+S·1+E·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts

castellan (11 points)

Governor of a fortress

Warden in a medieval stronghold.

For one running keep tin of beer (wordplay)

C·3+A·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+L·1+L·1+A·1+N·1 = 11 pts

catamaran (13 points)

Boat for felines (wordplay)

America's Cup winner, perhaps

Feline boat (wordplay)

C·3+A·1+T·1+A·1+M·3+A·1+R·1+A·1+N·1 = 13 pts

cathepsin (16 points)

Any of various proteolytic enzymes found in animal tissue that catalyze the hydrolysis of proteins into polypeptides.

C·3+A·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+P·3+S·1+I·1+N·1 = 16 pts

cattleman (13 points)

Neat fellow on the ranch (wordplay)

Ben Cartwright, for one

Shepherd's nemesis, in many oaters

C·3+A·1+T·1+T·1+L·1+E·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 13 pts

cattlemen (13 points)

Characters in "Old Arizona."

The sound of their work may be heard

Prime factors in the meat situation.

C·3+A·1+T·1+T·1+L·1+E·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 13 pts

causation (11 points)

Reason why

Why one thing leads to another (wordplay)

Effect producer

C·3+A·1+U·1+S·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts

cessation (11 points)

Stopping canoeists capsizing

Process of ending

The ending or being brought to an end

C·3+E·1+S·1+S·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts

chalazion (23 points)

""A tumour of the eyelid, pl CHALAZIONS or CHALAZIA""

C·3+H·4+A·1+L·1+A·1+Z·10+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 23 pts

chalcogen (17 points)

""(Chemistry / Elements & Compounds) any of the elements oxygen, sulphur, selenium, tellurium, or polonium, of group 6A of the periodic table [from chalco ( pyrite ) + -gen ]""

C·3+H·4+A·1+L·1+C·3+O·1+G·2+E·1+N·1 = 17 pts

chameleon (16 points)

Lizard hard for animal to eat (wild one)

Quick change artist (wordplay)

Lizard able to change its skin colour

C·3+H·4+A·1+M·3+E·1+L·1+E·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts

champaign (19 points)

University town in east central Illinois

Victor contrived gain in old country

Hospital used during manoeuvres in open country

C·3+H·4+A·1+M·3+P·3+A·1+I·1+G·2+N·1 = 19 pts

charlatan (14 points)

Flamboyant deceiver, mountebank

Quack, fraud, a flamboyant deceiver

Cleaner's mostly slow, and an imposter

C·3+H·4+A·1+R·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+A·1+N·1 = 14 pts

charwoman (19 points)

Tea-lady appears daily

Office building cleaner

Cleaner nation under fish wife

C·3+H·4+A·1+R·1+W·4+O·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 19 pts

charwomen (19 points)

Some cleaners

Cleaning ladies

Cleaners.

C·3+H·4+A·1+R·1+W·4+O·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 19 pts

chatelain (14 points)

The master of a castle; a castellan.

C·3+H·4+A·1+T·1+E·1+L·1+A·1+I·1+N·1 = 14 pts

chawbacon (21 points)

'Half a dozen grinning -s watching him (Richard Jefferies, Green Ferne Farm)

C·3+H·4+A·1+W·4+B·3+A·1+C·3+O·1+N·1 = 21 pts

chelation (14 points)

The process of removing a heavy metal from a solution by means of a chelate;

C·3+H·4+E·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts

chelonian (14 points)

Hen Nicola chopped up for reptile

C·3+H·4+E·1+L·1+O·1+N·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 14 pts

chieftain (17 points)

Emir or raja

Leading man's changing it, if he can

One newt in file is the leader

C·3+H·4+I·1+E·1+F·4+T·1+A·1+I·1+N·1 = 17 pts

chilblain (16 points)

A chap on foot (wordplay)

Painful swelling brought on by cold

Painful swelling in winter

C·3+H·4+I·1+L·1+B·3+L·1+A·1+I·1+N·1 = 16 pts

chinkapin (20 points)

Chestnut tree Var.

Chestnut tree variable

C·3+H·4+I·1+N·1+K·5+A·1+P·3+I·1+N·1 = 20 pts

chromatin (16 points)

Order discovered in laboratory animal in feature which contains DNA

C·3+H·4+R·1+O·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+N·1 = 16 pts

chthonian (17 points)

Of the underworld

C·3+H·4+T·1+H·4+O·1+N·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 17 pts

churchman (21 points)

Ecclesiastic

C·3+H·4+U·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 21 pts

ciliation (11 points)

CILIATE a class of protozoans

C·3+I·1+L·1+I·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts

circadian (14 points)

Of daily biological processes

C·3+I·1+R·1+C·3+A·1+D·2+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 14 pts

cisplatin (13 points)

""A platinum-containing chemotherapeutic drug, Cl 2 H 6 N 2 Pt, used in the treatment of metastatic ovarian or testicular cancers and advanced bladder cancer.""

C·3+I·1+S·1+P·3+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+N·1 = 13 pts

clampdown (19 points)

Get a grip (wordplay)

Attempt at suppression

Attempt to suppress something

C·3+L·1+A·1+M·3+P·3+D·2+O·1+W·4+N·1 = 19 pts

clergyman (17 points)

Is he in a service industry (wordplay)

My clanger about the vicar (wordplay)

Person of the cloth

C·3+L·1+E·1+R·1+G·2+Y·4+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 17 pts

clinician (13 points)

Doctor treating patients

Doctor working directly with patients

Workshop giver

C·3+L·1+I·1+N·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 13 pts

cnidarian (12 points)

Box jellyfish or sea anemone, for example

C·3+N·1+I·1+D·2+A·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 12 pts

coalition (11 points)

Alliance to adopt fossil fuel, perhaps

The alliance of carbonisation, perhaps

Group of allies

C·3+O·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts

cobalamin (15 points)

See vitamin B .

C·3+O·1+B·3+A·1+L·1+A·1+M·3+I·1+N·1 = 15 pts

cocaptain (15 points)

Continental title

C·3+O·1+C·3+A·1+P·3+T·1+A·1+I·1+N·1 = 15 pts

cognation (12 points)

Relationship by blood; descent from the same original; kindred.

C·3+O·1+G·2+N·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts

colcannon (13 points)

Irish cabbage, potato dish

Pass priest eating Northern Irish food

Cabbage mashed with potatoes

C·3+O·1+L·1+C·3+A·1+N·1+N·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts

collation (11 points)

Making a meal of Lolita con (wordplay)

Fast food (wordplay)

Putting in sequence

C·3+O·1+L·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts

collegian (12 points)

Student pass many picked up

Fisk attendee, for example

Student makes Colorado member confront Scotsman

C·3+O·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+G·2+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 12 pts

companion (15 points)

Mate (maybe of honour!)

Person who lives or travels with you

One of the gang

C·3+O·1+M·3+P·3+A·1+N·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts

constrain (11 points)

Hold back - non-racist (anagram)

Restrict scope of (an activity)

Prison conveyance (wordplay)

C·3+O·1+N·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+I·1+N·1 = 11 pts

contagion (12 points)

Liquid coating on a virus maybe

It can go on spreading disease

Common epidemic factor

C·3+O·1+N·1+T·1+A·1+G·2+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts

cornelian (11 points)

Banal piece by essayist? It's a gem

Dull red stone; lone cairn (anagram)

July birthstone

C·3+O·1+R·1+N·1+E·1+L·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 11 pts

cornerman (13 points)

English word

C·3+O·1+R·1+N·1+E·1+R·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 13 pts

corrasion (11 points)

""The erosion of the bed of a stream by running water, principally by attrition of the detritus carried along by the stream, but also by the solvent action of the water.""

C·3+O·1+R·1+R·1+A·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts

courtesan (11 points)

She's seduced no curates (wordplay)

No curates get mixed up with her!

No curates should take her out

C·3+O·1+U·1+R·1+T·1+E·1+S·1+A·1+N·1 = 11 pts

crackdown (21 points)

Expert depressed by repressive measures

Repressive action taken

Newly appointed disciplinarian's measure

C·3+R·1+A·1+C·3+K·5+D·2+O·1+W·4+N·1 = 21 pts

cracksman (19 points)

... joker that breaks in (wordplay)

The burglar works out on the island

Burglar jokes with servant

C·3+R·1+A·1+C·3+K·5+S·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 19 pts

cracksmen (19 points)

CRACKS crack

C·3+R·1+A·1+C·3+K·5+S·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 19 pts

craftsman (16 points)

Boatyard worker (wordplay)

Skilled sailor (wordplay)

Expert shipwright (wordplay)

C·3+R·1+A·1+F·4+T·1+S·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 16 pts

craftsmen (16 points)

Males with manual skills

Males with skill in the manual arts

Manual workers with great skill

C·3+R·1+A·1+F·4+T·1+S·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 16 pts

cremation (13 points)

Burning (of a body)

Disposal of last atom in life (wordplay)

A burning romance somehow holds it back

C·3+R·1+E·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts

crenation (11 points)

A rounded tooth on the edge of a leaf.

C·3+R·1+E·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts

custodian (12 points)

Protector/guardian (of something)

He takes care to get a discount, perhaps

Keeper of keys

C·3+U·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+D·2+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 12 pts

cyclopean (18 points)

Vast empty city with no place to settle

Gigantic.

Massive

C·3+Y·4+C·3+L·1+O·1+P·3+E·1+A·1+N·1 = 18 pts

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