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calculate (13 points)
Solve by mathematical procedure
Add or divide
Reckon copper in visit gets scoffed
C·3+A·1+L·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
C·3+A·1+L·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 11 pts
calibrate (13 points)
Adjust (gauge for accuracy)
Determine the capacity of
Mark a scale to use in taking readings
C·3+A·1+L·1+I·1+B·3+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
C·3+A·1+L·1+I·1+P·3+H·4+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 16 pts
C·3+A·1+L·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 16 pts
candidate (13 points)
One who says "Iran" (wordplay)
Potential MP maybe frank over high tea
Churchill's nominee
C·3+A·1+N·1+D·2+I·1+D·2+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
C·3+A·1+N·1+T·1+A·1+B·3+I·1+L·1+E·1 = 13 pts
captivate (16 points)
Tell a riveting story, perhaps
Entrance the prisoner is put out at
Entrance prisoner's held at
C·3+A·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 16 pts
C·3+A·1+R·1+B·3+A·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 15 pts
C·3+A·1+R·1+B·3+O·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
carnitine (11 points)
A betaine commonly occurring in the liver and in skeletal muscle that functions in fatty acid transport across mitochondrial membranes.
C·3+A·1+R·1+N·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 11 pts
C·3+A·1+R·1+N·1+O·1+T·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
C·3+A·1+R·1+T·1+E·1+L·1+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 11 pts
C·3+A·1+R·1+T·1+E·1+L·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 20 pts
C·3+A·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+L·1+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 12 pts
C·3+A·1+R·1+T·1+O·1+U·1+C·3+H·4+E·1 = 16 pts
cartridge (13 points)
Credit rag (anagram)
Sort of paper-round (wordplay)
Sort of paper round (wordplay)
C·3+A·1+R·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+D·2+G·2+E·1 = 13 pts
C·3+A·1+S·1+E·1+I·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
castigate (12 points)
Criticise cold wine scandal (wordplay)
Chastise - tacit sage (anagram)
Reprimand, showing players one way out
C·3+A·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+G·2+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
C·3+A·1+T·1+A·1+L·1+O·1+G·2+U·1+E·1 = 12 pts
catchable (18 points)
Ball that should be held
Like a "can-of-corn" fly
Possibly infectious message passed round at church
C·3+A·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 18 pts
catchpole (18 points)
Sheriff's officer is to arrest East European
Ken, ex-Australian rugby captain who always caught the ball
Bailiff.
C·3+A·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+P·3+O·1+L·1+E·1 = 18 pts
C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 25 pts
C·3+A·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+D·2+R·1+A·1+E·1 = 15 pts
C·3+A·1+U·1+S·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 14 pts
C·3+A·1+U·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 20 pts
C·3+E·1+L·1+E·1+B·3+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
celestite (11 points)
""Native strontium sulphate, a mineral so named from its occasional delicate blue color. It occurs crystallized, also in compact massive and fibrous forms.""
C·3+E·1+L·1+E·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
C·3+E·1+L·1+L·1+U·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
cementite (13 points)
""A hard brittle iron carbide, Fe 3 C, found in steel with more than 0.85 percent carbon.""
C·3+E·1+M·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
C·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+P·3+E·1+D·2+E·1 = 14 pts
centriole (11 points)
""One of two small cylindrical cell organelles composes of nine triplet microtubules, which form the asters during mitosis.""
C·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+O·1+L·1+E·1 = 11 pts
C·3+E·1+R·1+E·1+B·3+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
certitude (12 points)
A feeling of conviction, given rectitude
You can't predict the weather with this
Feeling of surety
C·3+E·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+T·1+U·1+D·2+E·1 = 12 pts
cerussite (11 points)
""Native lead carbonate; a mineral occurring in colorless, white, or yellowish transparent crystals, with an adamantine, also massive and compact.""
C·3+E·1+R·1+U·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
C·3+H·4+A·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+U·1+S·1+E·1 = 14 pts
charlotte (14 points)
Did Bates report her quarrel (wordplay)
Queen of puddings (wordplay)
She's a tart - but deep!
C·3+H·4+A·1+R·1+L·1+O·1+T·1+T·1+E·1 = 14 pts
checkmate (22 points)
Keep tabs on one's spouse?
Associate at a bank (wordplay)
Lioness in winter (wordplay)
C·3+H·4+E·1+C·3+K·5+M·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 22 pts
chocolate (16 points)
Bar snack (wordplay)
Cause of many a breakout (wordplay)
Food available in bars (wordplay)
C·3+H·4+O·1+C·3+O·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 16 pts
C·3+H·4+O·1+N·1+D·2+R·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 15 pts
C·3+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 22 pts
cigarette (12 points)
& 9 Smoking accommodation (wordplay)
Not a patch on wanting one (wordplay)
Smoke under fire.
C·3+I·1+G·2+A·1+R·1+E·1+T·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
C·3+I·1+N·1+G·2+U·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
circinate (13 points)
""Rolled together downward, the tip occupying the center; a term used in reference to foliation or leafing, as in ferns.""
C·3+I·1+R·1+C·3+I·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
circulate (13 points)
Move around (at a function)
Move around (at a party)
Make to go round, in a curve perhaps
C·3+I·1+R·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
C·3+I·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+N·1+A·1+E·1 = 11 pts
cityscape (18 points)
Photo featuring a skyline
Eg London space possibly in view
What a skyline is part of
C·3+I·1+T·1+Y·4+S·1+C·3+A·1+P·3+E·1 = 18 pts
classmate (13 points)
With whom one shares history, say
Inform a friend (wordplay)
Lab partner, for one
C·3+L·1+A·1+S·1+S·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
C·3+L·1+A·1+T·1+H·4+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 14 pts
C·3+L·1+I·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 12 pts
C·3+L·1+I·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+L·1+E·1 = 11 pts
C·3+O·1+A·1+G·2+U·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
coastline (11 points)
Seaside railway (wordplay)
Where the sea meets the shore
It's shaped by current events
C·3+O·1+A·1+S·1+T·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 11 pts
C·3+O·1+A·1+S·1+T·1+W·4+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 14 pts
cobaltine (13 points)
""A rare silver-white to gray mineral, cobalt sulfarsenide, CoAsS, that is a cobalt ore and is used in ceramics.""
C·3+O·1+B·3+A·1+L·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 13 pts
cobaltite (13 points)
""A mineral of a nearly silver-white color, composed of arsenic, sulphur, and cobalt.""
C·3+O·1+B·3+A·1+L·1+T·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
C·3+O·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+T·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 13 pts
C·3+O·1+E·1+L·1+O·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
C·3+O·1+E·1+N·1+O·1+B·3+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
coenocyte (16 points)
""A multinucleate cytoplasmic mass enclosed by a single cell wall, as in slime molds and certain fungi and algae.""
C·3+O·1+E·1+N·1+O·1+C·3+Y·4+T·1+E·1 = 16 pts
C·3+O·1+F·4+E·1+A·1+T·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 14 pts
C·3+O·1+G·2+I·1+T·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 14 pts
cognitive (15 points)
Re: thinking (wordplay)
Of conscious intellectual activity
Involving the intellect
C·3+O·1+G·2+N·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 15 pts
C·3+O·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+G·2+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
C·3+O·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
C·3+O·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
C·3+O·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+T·1+Y·4+P·3+E·1 = 16 pts
columbite (15 points)
""A mineral of a black color, submetallic luster, and high specific specific gravity. It is a niobate (or columbate) of iron and manganese, containing tantalate of iron; first found in New England.""
C·3+O·1+L·1+U·1+M·3+B·3+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 15 pts
C·3+O·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+U·1+L·1+A·1+E·1 = 13 pts
C·3+O·1+M·3+B·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 18 pts
comminute (15 points)
""To reduce to minute particles, or to a fine powder; to pulverize; to triturate; to grind; as, to comminute chalk or bones; to comminute food with the teeth. as, to comminute chalk or bones; to comminute food with the teeth.""
C·3+O·1+M·3+M·3+I·1+N·1+U·1+T·1+E·1 = 15 pts
committee (15 points)
Group of people selected to run things
Group delegated to consider some matter
Panel set up for a purpose
C·3+O·1+M·3+M·3+I·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+E·1 = 15 pts
C·3+O·1+M·3+M·3+U·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 15 pts
composite (15 points)
Something made of diverse elements
Combined to make notes about it
Made up of several distinct parts
C·3+O·1+M·3+P·3+O·1+S·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 15 pts
C·3+O·1+N·1+F·4+I·1+T·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 14 pts
conjugate (19 points)
Give different forms of (a verb)
Do a tense recitation (wordplay)
Give forms of (a verb)
C·3+O·1+N·1+J·8+U·1+G·2+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 19 pts
constable (13 points)
Prisoners' surface for chow (wordplay)
Furniture in a prison (wordplay)
Hoax the firm with a painting (wordplay)
C·3+O·1+N·1+S·1+T·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 13 pts
consulate (11 points)
Place to get a passport
Seek advice about a European embassy
Residence of a Foreign Service officer.
C·3+O·1+N·1+S·1+U·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
C·3+O·1+N·1+V·4+O·1+L·1+U·1+T·1+E·1 = 14 pts
C·3+O·1+O·1+K·5+S·1+T·1+O·1+V·4+E·1 = 18 pts
cooperate (13 points)
Be one of a team of surgeons (wordplay)
How surgeons work together (wordplay)
Act jointly with others.
C·3+O·1+O·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
C·3+O·1+P·3+E·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+N·1+E·1 = 13 pts
C·3+O·1+P·3+R·1+O·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
C·3+O·1+R·1+O·1+L·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
corporate (13 points)
Like Bonds in business (wordplay)
Kind of takeover
Relating to a large group; united
C·3+O·1+R·1+P·3+O·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
C·3+O·1+R·1+R·1+E·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
C·3+O·1+R·1+R·1+U·1+G·2+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
cortisone (11 points)
New drug for arthritis.
Steroid developed nice torso
Miraculous new remedy for arthritis.
C·3+O·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+S·1+O·1+N·1+E·1 = 11 pts
coruscate (13 points)
Gleam in flashes
Sparkle as American chap in central part
Glance confusing to accuser
C·3+O·1+R·1+U·1+S·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
C·3+O·1+T·1+R·1+U·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+E·1 = 11 pts
C·3+O·1+U·1+N·1+T·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 13 pts
C·3+O·1+U·1+R·1+G·2+E·1+T·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
courtside (12 points)
""The area immediately bordering the official court of play, as in tennis or basketball.""
C·3+O·1+U·1+R·1+T·1+S·1+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 12 pts
covellite (14 points)
""A native sulphide of copper, occuring in masses of a dark blue color; -- hence called indigo copper.indigo copper.""
C·3+O·1+V·4+E·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 14 pts
C·3+O·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+T·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 14 pts
C·3+O·1+V·4+E·1+T·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 16 pts
C·3+R·1+E·1+N·1+U·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
crepitate (13 points)
Make a crackling noise.
Rattle stone that's found outside
What it swallowed at last could be crackling
C·3+R·1+E·1+P·3+I·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
C·3+R·1+I·1+M·3+I·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
criticise (13 points)
Find fault with
Point out problems or mistakes
Is it Circe who turned to find fault (wordplay)
C·3+R·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 13 pts
C·3+R·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 22 pts
C·3+R·1+O·1+Q·10+U·1+E·1+T·1+T·1+E·1 = 20 pts
C·3+R·1+O·1+U·1+S·1+T·1+A·1+D·2+E·1 = 12 pts
C·3+U·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
C·3+U·1+L·1+M·3+I·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
cultivate (14 points)
Four-couple sect (wordplay)
Grow (crops)
Encourage secretive group that is hiding tax
C·3+U·1+L·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 14 pts
C·3+U·1+R·1+B·3+S·1+T·1+O·1+N·1+E·1 = 13 pts
curettage (12 points)
Surgery to remove tissue or growths from a bodily cavity (as the uterus) by scraping with a curette; the act of scraping with a curette.
C·3+U·1+R·1+E·1+T·1+T·1+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 12 pts
C·3+U·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+L·1+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 12 pts
C·3+U·1+R·1+V·4+A·1+T·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 14 pts
C·3+U·1+S·1+P·3+I·1+D·2+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 14 pts
customise (13 points)
Adapt for particular requirements
Heart of 5 replacing 5 in drunken Muscovite tailor
C·3+U·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+M·3+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 13 pts
C·3+U·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+M·3+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 22 pts
C·3+U·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+E·1 = 13 pts
cyclamate (18 points)
Salt a runner used in run (wordplay)
Artificial sweetener could hurt my cat, Alec!
Sweetener
C·3+Y·4+C·3+L·1+A·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 18 pts
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