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cassimere (13 points)
""A thin, twilled, woolen cloth, used for men's garments.""
C·3+A·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+M·3+E·1+R·1+E·1 = 13 pts
cassoulet (11 points)
Dish thrown out as lost cause (wordplay)
Stew with beans
Stew of scouse, late, endlessly stewed
C·3+A·1+S·1+S·1+O·1+U·1+L·1+E·1+T·1 = 11 pts
cassowary (17 points)
Bird so cautious under the bag up there
Bird that's scary was wild about nothing
So a cry was changed of the running bird
C·3+A·1+S·1+S·1+O·1+W·4+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
castanets (11 points)
Flamenco clappers (wordplay)
They may click at dances
Spanish dancer's clickers
C·3+A·1+S·1+T·1+A·1+N·1+E·1+T·1+S·1 = 11 pts
castaways (17 points)
Some island dwellers
Gilligan and his companions
Gilligan and friends
C·3+A·1+S·1+T·1+A·1+W·4+A·1+Y·4+S·1 = 17 pts
casteisms (13 points)
Casteism
C·3+A·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+I·1+S·1+M·3+S·1 = 13 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
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
castoreum (13 points)
The oil secreted from the beaver that is used as bait by trappers
C·3+A·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+E·1+U·1+M·3 = 13 pts
castrated (12 points)
Actors awarded stars? Done!
Players given value - done
Like a gelding thrown a painter by boy
C·3+A·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
castrates (11 points)
Loses membership (wordplay)
... knackers pitch and charges
C·3+A·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
castrator (11 points)
CASTRATO a singer castrated in boyhood
C·3+A·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 11 pts
casuarina (11 points)
Mostly relaxed, artist captures popular tree
C·3+A·1+S·1+U·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+A·1 = 11 pts
casuistic (13 points)
Reasoning speciously
Oversubtle
C·3+A·1+S·1+U·1+I·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+C·3 = 13 pts
casuistry (14 points)
The use of clever but false reasoning
Clever but false reasoning
Logic-chopping
C·3+A·1+S·1+U·1+I·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
catabolic (15 points)
Not like certain steroids? That's general, not hard, including first two
C·3+A·1+T·1+A·1+B·3+O·1+L·1+I·1+C·3 = 15 pts
cataclysm (18 points)
Social or political upheaval.
Initially cats stay calm around upheaval
A clam cyst could be a disaster
C·3+A·1+T·1+A·1+C·3+L·1+Y·4+S·1+M·3 = 18 pts
catacombs (17 points)
Maze full of dead ends (wordplay)
Underground burial chambers
Rooms full of Roman remains
C·3+A·1+T·1+A·1+C·3+O·1+M·3+B·3+S·1 = 17 pts
catalases (11 points)
Catalase
C·3+A·1+T·1+A·1+L·1+A·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
catalatic (13 points)
""Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of catalases.""
C·3+A·1+T·1+A·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+C·3 = 13 pts
catalepsy (16 points)
Fit for a cat - a jumpy one, perhaps
Rigid state of seizure
Silas Marner ailment
C·3+A·1+T·1+A·1+L·1+E·1+P·3+S·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
catalexes (18 points)
Verse
C·3+A·1+T·1+A·1+L·1+E·1+X·8+E·1+S·1 = 18 pts
catalexis (18 points)
Verse
C·3+A·1+T·1+A·1+L·1+E·1+X·8+I·1+S·1 = 18 pts
cataloged (13 points)
Listed
C·3+A·1+T·1+A·1+L·1+O·1+G·2+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
cataloger (12 points)
Librarian, at times
List maker
C·3+A·1+T·1+A·1+L·1+O·1+G·2+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
catalogue (12 points)
Library-user's aid
Mail-order item
Librarian's concern
C·3+A·1+T·1+A·1+L·1+O·1+G·2+U·1+E·1 = 12 pts
catalyses (14 points)
Catalyse
C·3+A·1+T·1+A·1+L·1+Y·4+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts
catalysis (14 points)
Enzyme's job
Acceleration of chemical reaction by independent agent
Alice is sounding so catty to get a faster reaction
C·3+A·1+T·1+A·1+L·1+Y·4+S·1+I·1+S·1 = 14 pts
catalysts (14 points)
They cause change
They cause things to happen
They make things happen
C·3+A·1+T·1+A·1+L·1+Y·4+S·1+T·1+S·1 = 14 pts
catalytic (16 points)
Type of converter
'Green' engine part - rev cycle attraction (anagram)
Constant withdrawal from capital turning City into stimulating reaction
C·3+A·1+T·1+A·1+L·1+Y·4+T·1+I·1+C·3 = 16 pts
catalyzed (24 points)
Catalyze
C·3+A·1+T·1+A·1+L·1+Y·4+Z·10+E·1+D·2 = 24 pts
catalyzer (23 points)
CATALYZE to act at a catalyst
C·3+A·1+T·1+A·1+L·1+Y·4+Z·10+E·1+R·1 = 23 pts
catalyzes (23 points)
Catalyze
C·3+A·1+T·1+A·1+L·1+Y·4+Z·10+E·1+S·1 = 23 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
catamenia (13 points)
The monthly courses of women; menstrual discharges; menses.
C·3+A·1+T·1+A·1+M·3+E·1+N·1+I·1+A·1 = 13 pts
catamites (13 points)
Catamite
C·3+A·1+T·1+A·1+M·3+I·1+T·1+E·1+S·1 = 13 pts
catamount (13 points)
Diet portion for Tabby (wordplay)
Diet portion for Tabby?
How much feline is a lynx, for instance
C·3+A·1+T·1+A·1+M·3+O·1+U·1+N·1+T·1 = 13 pts
cataphora (16 points)
""The use of a linguistic unit, such as a pronoun, to refer ahead to another unit, for example, the use of him to refer to John in the sentence Near him, John saw a snake.""
C·3+A·1+T·1+A·1+P·3+H·4+O·1+R·1+A·1 = 16 pts
cataplasm (15 points)
Poultice
C·3+A·1+T·1+A·1+P·3+L·1+A·1+S·1+M·3 = 15 pts
cataplexy (23 points)
A morbid condition caused by an overwhelming shock or extreme fear and marked by rigidity of the muscles.
C·3+A·1+T·1+A·1+P·3+L·1+E·1+X·8+Y·4 = 23 pts
catapults (13 points)
Flight-deck devices
Middle Ages weapons
Old missile launchers
C·3+A·1+T·1+A·1+P·3+U·1+L·1+T·1+S·1 = 13 pts
cataracts (13 points)
Waterfalls - in the eye (wordplay)
Waterfalls in the eyes (wordplay)
What Niagara Falls consists of.
C·3+A·1+T·1+A·1+R·1+A·1+C·3+T·1+S·1 = 13 pts
catarrhal (14 points)
""Pertaining to, produced by, or attending, catarrh; of the nature of catarrh.""
C·3+A·1+T·1+A·1+R·1+R·1+H·4+A·1+L·1 = 14 pts
catatonia (11 points)
Band once fronted by Cerys Matthews
State of rigidity and stupor
State of muscular rigidity and stupor
C·3+A·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+N·1+I·1+A·1 = 11 pts
catatonic (13 points)
In a rigid trance.
... still giving pussy a drink
In an immobile stupor
C·3+A·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+N·1+I·1+C·3 = 13 pts
catbriers (13 points)
Catbrier
C·3+A·1+T·1+B·3+R·1+I·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 13 pts
catcalled (14 points)
Catcall
C·3+A·1+T·1+C·3+A·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 14 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
catchalls (16 points)
Certain bags, closets, attics, etc.
C·3+A·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+A·1+L·1+L·1+S·1 = 16 pts
catchiest (16 points)
Most memorable
C·3+A·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 16 pts
catchment (18 points)
Area from which river derives its flow
Area from which school's pupils are drawn
Water collection difficulty: pieces start to tear
C·3+A·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+M·3+E·1+N·1+T·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
catchpoll (18 points)
A bailiff's assistant.
C·3+A·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+P·3+O·1+L·1+L·1 = 18 pts
catchword (20 points)
Doh! for one
"Doh!" for one
A favorite saying
C·3+A·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+W·4+O·1+R·1+D·2 = 20 pts
catechins (16 points)
Catechin
C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+N·1+S·1 = 16 pts
catechism (18 points)
Series of questions
Set of questions for religious teaching
Religious instructions
C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+S·1+M·3 = 18 pts
catechist (16 points)
""One who instructs by question and answer, especially in religions matters.""
C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 16 pts
catechize (25 points)
Question closely
Question thoroughly
C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 25 pts
catechols (16 points)
Catechol
C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1+C·3+H·4+O·1+L·1+S·1 = 16 pts
categoric (14 points)
Positive cat is to go in Eric's custody
Without exception included in a class
Unambiguously direct
C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1+G·2+O·1+R·1+I·1+C·3 = 14 pts
catenated (12 points)
Linked in a series
C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
catenates (11 points)
Links
C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
catenoids (12 points)
Catenoid
C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+O·1+I·1+D·2+S·1 = 12 pts
caterwaul (14 points)
Feline shriek - cult aware (anagram)
Queens on wall heard thus (wordplay)
Tempting appeal from the Queen's Mews!
C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+W·4+A·1+U·1+L·1 = 14 pts
catfacing (17 points)
CATFACE a deformity of fruit
C·3+A·1+T·1+F·4+A·1+C·3+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 17 pts
catfights (18 points)
Catfight
C·3+A·1+T·1+F·4+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1+S·1 = 18 pts
catfishes (17 points)
Types of "whiskered" swimmers
Misleads, online
Misrepresents oneself to on the internet, in a way
C·3+A·1+T·1+F·4+I·1+S·1+H·4+E·1+S·1 = 17 pts
catharses (14 points)
Discharges of pent-up emotions
Ah! elicitors
Releases
C·3+A·1+T·1+H·4+A·1+R·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts
catharsis (14 points)
Purification - is rash act (anagram)
Oddly, chap to head riskiest release
Purification for suspect archaists
C·3+A·1+T·1+H·4+A·1+R·1+S·1+I·1+S·1 = 14 pts
cathartic (16 points)
Cleansing - arctic hat (anagram)
Medicine found by little girl on a lorry
Releasing pent-up emotions
C·3+A·1+T·1+H·4+A·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+C·3 = 16 pts
cathected (17 points)
Cathect
C·3+A·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+C·3+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 17 pts
cathectic (18 points)
Of or pertaining to cathexis; invested with mental or emotional energy.
C·3+A·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+C·3 = 18 pts
cathedrae (15 points)
Cathedra
C·3+A·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+D·2+R·1+A·1+E·1 = 15 pts
cathedral (15 points)
Saint Paul's, for one
Winchester, for one
St Patrick's in Dublin, say
C·3+A·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+D·2+R·1+A·1+L·1 = 15 pts
cathedras (15 points)
Cathedra
C·3+A·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+D·2+R·1+A·1+S·1 = 15 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
catheters (14 points)
Medical devices
C·3+A·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 14 pts
catholics (16 points)
Mass producers (wordplay)
Most Poles and Portuguese
Mass group
C·3+A·1+T·1+H·4+O·1+L·1+I·1+C·3+S·1 = 16 pts
cathouses (14 points)
Brothels (slang) - hot sauces (anagram)
C·3+A·1+T·1+H·4+O·1+U·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts
catnapers (13 points)
Catnaper
C·3+A·1+T·1+N·1+A·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 13 pts
catnapped (16 points)
Had a short sleep during the day
Took forty winks.
Beaten about at noon, took a brief rest
C·3+A·1+T·1+N·1+A·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+D·2 = 16 pts
catnapper (15 points)
Grabber of winks or a lynx (wordplay)
Capable parent's not fit to flop around one dropping off
C·3+A·1+T·1+N·1+A·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
catoptric (15 points)
Of or relating to mirrors and reflected images.
C·3+A·1+T·1+O·1+P·3+T·1+R·1+I·1+C·3 = 15 pts
cattaloes (11 points)
Cattalo
C·3+A·1+T·1+T·1+A·1+L·1+O·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
catteries (11 points)
Cattery
C·3+A·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
cattiness (11 points)
CATTIE an Asian unit of weight
C·3+A·1+T·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+S·1+S·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
cattleyas (14 points)
Dune a drug? Possibly, to the vulnerable
C·3+A·1+T·1+T·1+L·1+E·1+Y·4+A·1+S·1 = 14 pts
caucusing (14 points)
Caucus
C·3+A·1+U·1+C·3+U·1+S·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 14 pts
caucussed (14 points)
Caucus
C·3+A·1+U·1+C·3+U·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+D·2 = 14 pts
caucusses (13 points)
Caucus
C·3+A·1+U·1+C·3+U·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 13 pts
caudillos (12 points)
Caudillo
C·3+A·1+U·1+D·2+I·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+S·1 = 12 pts
cauldrons (12 points)
Very large pots used for boiling
Vessels for boiling
Potion props
C·3+A·1+U·1+L·1+D·2+R·1+O·1+N·1+S·1 = 12 pts
caulicles (13 points)
Caulicle
C·3+A·1+U·1+L·1+I·1+C·3+L·1+E·1+S·1 = 13 pts
caulkings (16 points)
Caulking
C·3+A·1+U·1+L·1+K·5+I·1+N·1+G·2+S·1 = 16 pts
causalgia (12 points)
""(Medicine / Pathology) Pathol a burning sensation along the course of a peripheral nerve together with local changes in the appearance of the skin [from New Latin, from Greek kausos fever + -algia ]""
C·3+A·1+U·1+S·1+A·1+L·1+G·2+I·1+A·1 = 12 pts
causalgic (14 points)
CAUSAL a word expressing cause or reason
C·3+A·1+U·1+S·1+A·1+L·1+G·2+I·1+C·3 = 14 pts
causality (14 points)
""The agency of a cause; the action or power of a cause, in producing its effect.""
C·3+A·1+U·1+S·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 14 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
causative (14 points)
Act or agency that produces an effect
C·3+A·1+U·1+S·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 14 pts
causeless (11 points)
Without principles to stand for
Chartered accountant no good without provocation
Wingers for Chelsea ineffectual, lacking goals
C·3+A·1+U·1+S·1+E·1+L·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 11 pts
causeries (11 points)
Short informal essays
Cozy chats
Chats
C·3+A·1+U·1+S·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
causeways (17 points)
Over-water roads
Roads over water
Raised roads over water
C·3+A·1+U·1+S·1+E·1+W·4+A·1+Y·4+S·1 = 17 pts
cauteries (11 points)
Cautery
C·3+A·1+U·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
cauterize (20 points)
Burn, as a wound
Burn with a hot iron
Sear with a corrosive
C·3+A·1+U·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 20 pts
cautioned (12 points)
War, Ned, as well (wordplay)
Education (anagram)
Given a warning about education
C·3+A·1+U·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
cavalcade (17 points)
Ceremonial procession, of horses say
Cowardly display (wordplay)
Murray, bounder, in hollow parade
C·3+A·1+V·4+A·1+L·1+C·3+A·1+D·2+E·1 = 17 pts
cavaleros (14 points)
Cavalero
C·3+A·1+V·4+A·1+L·1+E·1+R·1+O·1+S·1 = 14 pts
cavaletti (14 points)
English word
C·3+A·1+V·4+A·1+L·1+E·1+T·1+T·1+I·1 = 14 pts
cavaliers (14 points)
Royalists in vehicles could be alive
University of Virginia athletes
Royalists in the English Civil Wars
C·3+A·1+V·4+A·1+L·1+I·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 14 pts
cavallies (14 points)
Cavally
C·3+A·1+V·4+A·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts
cavalries (14 points)
Horseback troop groups
C·3+A·1+V·4+A·1+L·1+R·1+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts
cavatinas (14 points)
Cavatina
C·3+A·1+V·4+A·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+A·1+S·1 = 14 pts
caveating (15 points)
Caveat
C·3+A·1+V·4+E·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 15 pts
caveators (14 points)
Caveator
C·3+A·1+V·4+E·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+S·1 = 14 pts
caverning (15 points)
Cavern
C·3+A·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+N·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 15 pts
cavernous (14 points)
Vast and hollow
Huge, in a way
Like Carlsbad
C·3+A·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+N·1+O·1+U·1+S·1 = 14 pts
cavillers (14 points)
Those who nitpick
C·3+A·1+V·4+I·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 14 pts
cavilling (15 points)
Cavil
C·3+A·1+V·4+I·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 15 pts
cavitated (15 points)
Cavitate
C·3+A·1+V·4+I·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 15 pts
cavitates (14 points)
Cavitate
C·3+A·1+V·4+I·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts
cavorters (14 points)
Cavorter
C·3+A·1+V·4+O·1+R·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 14 pts
cavorting (15 points)
Larking about in underground activity? Nothing right in that
Gamboling
C·3+A·1+V·4+O·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 15 pts

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