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damascene (14 points)
Syrian capitalist (wordplay)
Ananias, for one
Crafted canes made by a Syrian
D·2+A·1+M·3+A·1+S·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+E·1 = 14 pts
dawsonite (13 points)
""A hydrous carbonate of alumina and soda, occuring in white, bladed crustals.""
D·2+A·1+W·4+S·1+O·1+N·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
deaminase (12 points)
""Any of a class of enzymes that catalyze the removal, usually by hydrolysis, of the amino group NH 2 from an amino compound.""
D·2+E·1+A·1+M·3+I·1+N·1+A·1+S·1+E·1 = 12 pts
deckhouse (19 points)
Naval architect's creation
Ship superstructure
Choked, spoiling exercise in navigator's cabin (wordplay)
D·2+E·1+C·3+K·5+H·4+O·1+U·1+S·1+E·1 = 19 pts
decompose (16 points)
Hide half what Bach did? Rot!
That's the way to make it all rot
Resolve into constituent parts.
D·2+E·1+C·3+O·1+M·3+P·3+O·1+S·1+E·1 = 16 pts
decussate (12 points)
""To cross at an acute angle; to cut or divide in the form of X; to intersect; said of lines in geometrical figures, rays of light, nerves, etc.""
D·2+E·1+C·3+U·1+S·1+S·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
defensive (16 points)
For protection, as a weapon
Not a tax like this, by the sound of it
Like a watchful driver
D·2+E·1+F·4+E·1+N·1+S·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 16 pts
demitasse (12 points)
Moore's coffee cup (wordplay)
Pour out mug inside of French coffee
One may go with a saucer
D·2+E·1+M·3+I·1+T·1+A·1+S·1+S·1+E·1 = 12 pts
desecrate (12 points)
Seer acted badly to abuse sacred object
Defile, as something sacred
Harm a church
D·2+E·1+S·1+E·1+C·3+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
desiccate (14 points)
Preserve by drying (eg coconut)
Preserve by removing all liquids from
Preserve by removing all liquids
D·2+E·1+S·1+I·1+C·3+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 14 pts
designate (11 points)
Assign or appoint
Choose to throw giants' pants in river
Appoint gent with ideas, at work
D·2+E·1+S·1+I·1+G·2+N·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
desirable (12 points)
Sought-after - rebel aids (anagram)
Worth swiping right on
Pleasing; agreeable.
D·2+E·1+S·1+I·1+R·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 12 pts
desmosome (14 points)
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) Cytology a structure in the cell membranes of adjacent cells that binds them together
D·2+E·1+S·1+M·3+O·1+S·1+O·1+M·3+E·1 = 14 pts
desperate (12 points)
Adept seer (anagram)
Extremely dangerous (situation)
Crazy speed and more speed? Reckless!
D·2+E·1+S·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
destitute (10 points)
Very poor and innocent, perhaps
Without money or resources
Penniless, without any means
D·2+E·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+T·1+U·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts
desuetude (11 points)
State of disuse
Lack of use
State of inactivity
D·2+E·1+S·1+U·1+E·1+T·1+U·1+D·2+E·1 = 11 pts
detersive (13 points)
Cleansing; detergent.
D·2+E·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+S·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 13 pts
devastate (13 points)
Lay waste to old Chester, say
What tornadoes do
Overwhelm, as with grief
D·2+E·1+V·4+A·1+S·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
devisable (15 points)
""Capable of being devised, invented, or contrived.""
D·2+E·1+V·4+I·1+S·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 15 pts
dialysate (13 points)
""DIALYSE to use a kidney machine, also DIALYZE""
D·2+I·1+A·1+L·1+Y·4+S·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
dieselize (19 points)
Equip with an engine using oil as fuel
D·2+I·1+E·1+S·1+E·1+L·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 19 pts
diffusive (19 points)
Having the quality of diffusing; capable of spreading every way by flowing; spreading widely; widely reaching; copious; diffuse.
D·2+I·1+F·4+F·4+U·1+S·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 19 pts
digestive (14 points)
Biscuit gives diet variety
Like some tracts
Kind of tract
D·2+I·1+G·2+E·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 14 pts
dirigisme (13 points)
State control
Promoted soldier is Number1 following free, rising state control
D·2+I·1+R·1+I·1+G·2+I·1+S·1+M·3+E·1 = 13 pts
dirigiste (11 points)
Preferring state control of economic and social matters
D·2+I·1+R·1+I·1+G·2+I·1+S·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
discharge (16 points)
Perform for free (wordplay)
Fire (gun); sack (worker)
Fire - or let off (wordplay)
D·2+I·1+S·1+C·3+H·4+A·1+R·1+G·2+E·1 = 16 pts
discourse (12 points)
Talk of Sidney being back on course!
Engage in conversation
Formal discussion of a topic
D·2+I·1+S·1+C·3+O·1+U·1+R·1+S·1+E·1 = 12 pts
disengage (12 points)
Release from attachment
Put in neutral
Separate, release, detach
D·2+I·1+S·1+E·1+N·1+G·2+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 12 pts
disfigure (14 points)
Spoil girl's appearance
Deface
D·2+I·1+S·1+F·4+I·1+G·2+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 14 pts
disinvite (13 points)
INVITE to request the presence of
D·2+I·1+S·1+I·1+N·1+V·4+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
dislocate (12 points)
Remove from a socket (wordplay)
Developing Aldi: Tesco put out
Put out of place.
D·2+I·1+S·1+L·1+O·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
dismantle (12 points)
Take defence apart with his help!
Put down a Yankees legend (wordplay)
Take to pieces
D·2+I·1+S·1+M·3+A·1+N·1+T·1+L·1+E·1 = 12 pts
disoblige (13 points)
To do an act which contravenes the will or desires of; to offend by an act of unkindness or incivility; to displease; to refrain from obliging; to be unaccommodating to.
D·2+I·1+S·1+O·1+B·3+L·1+I·1+G·2+E·1 = 13 pts
disparage (13 points)
Grasp idea incorrectly and belittle it
Slight gasp aired in uproar
Revile girl's father and show anger
D·2+I·1+S·1+P·3+A·1+R·1+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 13 pts
disparate (12 points)
Despair at match being unequal
Various ideas, part worked out
Contrasting, random pairs in age
D·2+I·1+S·1+P·3+A·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
dispeople (14 points)
To deprive of inhabitants; to depopulate.
D·2+I·1+S·1+P·3+E·1+O·1+P·3+L·1+E·1 = 14 pts
displease (12 points)
Offend or annoy
Complaint about parking left anger
Rub the wrong way.
D·2+I·1+S·1+P·3+L·1+E·1+A·1+S·1+E·1 = 12 pts
disposure (12 points)
The act of disposing; power to dispose of; disposal; direction.
D·2+I·1+S·1+P·3+O·1+S·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 12 pts
dispraise (12 points)
As pride is a condemnation
Censure, criticism
To censure.
D·2+I·1+S·1+P·3+R·1+A·1+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 12 pts
disrepute (12 points)
Priest due to convert? Shame!
About to be trapped in quarrel - shame!
State of being held in low public esteem
D·2+I·1+S·1+R·1+E·1+P·3+U·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
dissemble (14 points)
Hide one's true feelings
Do a verbal tap dance
Conceal or disguise feelings or motives
D·2+I·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+M·3+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 14 pts
dissipate (12 points)
Waste (money/energy)
Exhaust insult I spread
Be dispelled/dispersed
D·2+I·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+P·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
dissolute (10 points)
Duelist so (anagram) - debauched
Solid suet remarkably loose
Sidles out, upset and abandoned
D·2+I·1+S·1+S·1+O·1+L·1+U·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts
distingue (11 points)
Having a special air Fr
D·2+I·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+U·1+E·1 = 11 pts
distraite (10 points)
""Inattentive or preoccupied, especially because of anxiety: "When she did not occupy her accustomed chair at the seminar, Freud felt uneasy and distrait" (Times Literary Supplement).""
D·2+I·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts
disulfide (14 points)
A chemical compound containing two sulfur atoms combined with other elements or radicals. Also called bisulfide .
D·2+I·1+S·1+U·1+L·1+F·4+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 14 pts
divisible (15 points)
Like some real estate parcels
Like any number by itself
Capable of being separated into parts.
D·2+I·1+V·4+I·1+S·1+I·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 15 pts
dollhouse (13 points)
Home for Barbie, maybe
Toy-store buy
Barbie's place
D·2+O·1+L·1+L·1+H·4+O·1+U·1+S·1+E·1 = 13 pts
downscale (15 points)
On the cheap end
Not luxurious
D·2+O·1+W·4+N·1+S·1+C·3+A·1+L·1+E·1 = 15 pts
downslide (14 points)
A downward course; a decline: "a growing concern among . . . board leaders about whether the economy could be headed for a downslide" (Andrée Brooks).
D·2+O·1+W·4+N·1+S·1+L·1+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 14 pts
downslope (15 points)
A downward slope.
D·2+O·1+W·4+N·1+S·1+L·1+O·1+P·3+E·1 = 15 pts
downstage (14 points)
Actor's area
Toward the audience
Nearest the audience
D·2+O·1+W·4+N·1+S·1+T·1+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 14 pts
downstate (13 points)
Toward a southern border
Toward the southern border
Like New York City, for example
D·2+O·1+W·4+N·1+S·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
dramatise (12 points)
Stage star with media frenzy
Shed tears amid function - ham it up
Media star adapted to stage
D·2+R·1+A·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 12 pts
drawshave (19 points)
See Drawing knife. Drawing knife.
D·2+R·1+A·1+W·4+S·1+H·4+A·1+V·4+E·1 = 19 pts
dripstone (12 points)
Stalactite
It throws water off where rough patch in seaway breaks over
D·2+R·1+I·1+P·3+S·1+T·1+O·1+N·1+E·1 = 12 pts
drugstore (11 points)
One kind of "cowboy."
Shopping-mall unit
Some vivid rugs to revitalize pharmacy
D·2+R·1+U·1+G·2+S·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+E·1 = 11 pts

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