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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
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
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
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
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
celloidin (12 points)
A pure form of pyroxylin in which specimens for microscopic examination are embedded.
C·3+E·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+I·1+D·2+I·1+N·1 = 12 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
clergymen (17 points)
Cloth workers (wordplay)
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Spiritual leaders of a Christian Church
C·3+L·1+E·1+R·1+G·2+Y·4+M·3+E·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
closedown (15 points)
Shut completely, perhaps a business
Near to getting depressed? Gets wind up!
Secretive and depressed, stop operating
C·3+L·1+O·1+S·1+E·1+D·2+O·1+W·4+N·1 = 15 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
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
collision (11 points)
Violent meeting of objects
Course drivers should avoid
Course to avoid
C·3+O·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
collodion (12 points)
""A solution of pyroxylin (soluble gun cotton) in ether containing a varying proportion of alcohol. It is strongly adhesive, and is used by surgeons as a containing for wounds; but its chief application is as a vehicle for the sensitive film in photography.""
C·3+O·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+D·2+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
collusion (11 points)
Secret or illegal conspiracy to deceive
Secret cooperation
Secret deception
C·3+O·1+L·1+L·1+U·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 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
cotillion (11 points)
Lively French social dance
Deb's ball
C eighteen dance
C·3+O·1+T·1+I·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
cotyledon (15 points)
NCO old, yet turned over a new leaf
C·3+O·1+T·1+Y·4+L·1+E·1+D·2+O·1+N·1 = 15 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
cyclotron (16 points)
Physicist's accelerator
Particle-accelerating machine
Apparatus accelerating particles
C·3+Y·4+C·3+L·1+O·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
cytolysin (17 points)
""A substance, such as an antibody, capable of dissolving or destroying cells.""
C·3+Y·4+T·1+O·1+L·1+Y·4+S·1+I·1+N·1 = 17 pts

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