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ignitable (12 points)
Like a match
Far from fireproof
Part of design I tabled that's not fireproof
I·1+G·2+N·1+I·1+T·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 12 pts
ignitible (12 points)
As one being lit, perhaps (wordplay)
I·1+G·2+N·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 12 pts
imbricate (15 points)
I'm to whip in the cheese to make it overlap
I am the cat among dairy produce, going to overlap (wordplay)
Regularly overlapping brick, mostly, framed by one friend
I·1+M·3+B·3+R·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 15 pts
imitative (14 points)
Mimicking ape over teatime
Following a model
Mimicking or onomatopoeic
I·1+M·3+I·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 14 pts
immediate (14 points)
At pressing once (wordplay)
Instant response to a goal, for example
Being nearby, one stranger made time
I·1+M·3+M·3+E·1+D·2+I·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 14 pts
immigrate (14 points)
Move to Mexico, maybe
Come to America
Come to a new land
I·1+M·3+M·3+I·1+G·2+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 14 pts
immixture (20 points)
Freedom from mixture; purity.
I·1+M·3+M·3+I·1+X·8+T·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 20 pts
immutable (15 points)
Fickle fellow's admission (wordplay)
Not able to be changed
Unchanging over time
I·1+M·3+M·3+U·1+T·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 15 pts
impactive (18 points)
Smashing together
I·1+M·3+P·3+A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 18 pts
impetrate (13 points)
Ask for
I·1+M·3+P·3+E·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
implicate (15 points)
Involve in, say a crime
Put some of the blame on
Involve in a crime, ensnare
I·1+M·3+P·3+L·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 15 pts
importune (13 points)
Appeal to umpire - not out!
Make insistent requests for entropium
Plead with umpire not to be wrong
I·1+M·3+P·3+O·1+R·1+T·1+U·1+N·1+E·1 = 13 pts
impostume (15 points)
""(Medicine / Pathology) an archaic word for abscess [from Old French empostume, from Late Latin apostēma, from Greek, literally: separation (of pus), from aphistanai to remove, from histanai to stand]""
I·1+M·3+P·3+O·1+S·1+T·1+U·1+M·3+E·1 = 15 pts
imposture (13 points)
I am taking the attitude it's a fraud
Ploy of many a con man
The assuming of a false identity
I·1+M·3+P·3+O·1+S·1+T·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 13 pts
impotence (15 points)
Lack of strength or power
Helplessness, powerlessness
Helplessness and how, perhaps, men cope with it
I·1+M·3+P·3+O·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 15 pts
imprecate (15 points)
Put curse on (someone)
Invoke evil - crime tape (anagram)
Swear tripe came badly cooked
I·1+M·3+P·3+R·1+E·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 15 pts
imputable (15 points)
Subject to blame
I'm placed at liberty if open to accusation
I·1+M·3+P·3+U·1+T·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 15 pts
inanimate (11 points)
Ain't Maine dull (wordplay)
Going nowhere (wordplay)
Not lively - in a lively way
I·1+N·1+A·1+N·1+I·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
inbreathe (14 points)
To infuse by breathing; to inspire.
I·1+N·1+B·3+R·1+E·1+A·1+T·1+H·4+E·1 = 14 pts
incarnate (11 points)
Embodied in human form
Embodied in flesh like a spirit or devil
Represented in bodily form
I·1+N·1+C·3+A·1+R·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
incentive (14 points)
Inducement I have to get in money first
In a small coin I have inducement
Carrot on a stick, for example
I·1+N·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 14 pts
inceptive (16 points)
Noting the beginning
I·1+N·1+C·3+E·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 16 pts
incondite (12 points)
Badly put together; inartificial; rude; unpolished; irregular.
I·1+N·1+C·3+O·1+N·1+D·2+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
inculcate (13 points)
Teach to unravel clue? I can't!
Current clue can't possibly impress
Instil by persistent instruction
I·1+N·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
inculpate (13 points)
Silly Uncle Pat I blame
Make a charge from analysis of paint clue
Point the finger at inapt clue - revision needed
I·1+N·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+P·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
incurvate (14 points)
Curved; bent; crooked.
I·1+N·1+C·3+U·1+R·1+V·4+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 14 pts
indenture (10 points)
What a bind it is to be in a false set!
Formal, multiple-copy document
In study prepared true contract
I·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+N·1+T·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 10 pts
inductive (15 points)
Introduce to what I have characterised by the influence of general laws
I·1+N·1+D·2+U·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 15 pts
inebriate (11 points)
Make lit (wordplay)
Not one anti-beer (wordplay)
Make drunk mix it in a beer
I·1+N·1+E·1+B·3+R·1+I·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
infantile (12 points)
Very silly wearing hat to keep cool
Inflate in childish way
Silly, wearing cooler hat
I·1+N·1+F·4+A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+L·1+E·1 = 12 pts
infantine (12 points)
Infantile; childish.
I·1+N·1+F·4+A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 12 pts
infatuate (12 points)
Make love (wordplay)
Inspire with a sudden passion
Arouse passion in
I·1+N·1+F·4+A·1+T·1+U·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
infective (17 points)
Contagious
Catchy
I·1+N·1+F·4+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 17 pts
infertile (12 points)
Conclude a wall covering is sterile
Conclude shingle is unproductive
Reason that hat needed for desert
I·1+N·1+F·4+E·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+L·1+E·1 = 12 pts
infuriate (12 points)
Bring to a boil (wordplay)
Make very angry
Enrage or exasperate
I·1+N·1+F·4+U·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
ingestive (13 points)
Fit to eat
I·1+N·1+G·2+E·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 13 pts
injective (21 points)
INJECT to force liquid into
I·1+N·1+J·8+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 21 pts
injustice (18 points)
... the beginning of fairness (wordplay)
Lack of fairness
Have in only what's frozen? Fair enough
I·1+N·1+J·8+U·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+E·1 = 18 pts
innervate (12 points)
Central tax (English) to provide causes of sensation
I·1+N·1+N·1+E·1+R·1+V·4+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
inoculate (11 points)
Do a travel clinician's job, say
Grant immunity to, say
Protect, in a way
I·1+N·1+O·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
insatiate (9 points)
Limitless in a way
Incapable of being satisfied.
Constantly wanting more
I·1+N·1+S·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 9 pts
insectile (11 points)
Buggy
I·1+N·1+S·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+L·1+E·1 = 11 pts
insensate (9 points)
Saint seen to be unfeeling
In meaning around at anything so foolish
Eaten for your sins - it's so foolish
I·1+N·1+S·1+E·1+N·1+S·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 9 pts
insinuate (9 points)
Fixed 'annuities' (wordplay)
Fixed "annuities" (wordplay)
Intimate with annuities
I·1+N·1+S·1+I·1+N·1+U·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 9 pts
instigate (10 points)
Urge on - teasing it (anagram)
Start eating, it's fantastic!
Urge on to some action.
I·1+N·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+G·2+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts
institute (9 points)
Set up something for women (wordplay)
Caltech, for one
Set up organisation for women (wordplay)
I·1+N·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+T·1+U·1+T·1+E·1 = 9 pts
integrate (10 points)
Awful trait - gene pool mix!
Incorporate into the whole
Verb in current headlines.
I·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+G·2+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts
intensive (12 points)
One isn't even worried or concentrated
Word with farming or care
Level of care
I·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+S·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 12 pts
intercede (12 points)
Try to help, perhaps
Plead for one
Plead on behalf of another
I·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+C·3+E·1+D·2+E·1 = 12 pts
interface (14 points)
PC desktop, e.g
Bury oppose link-up
Point of communication
I·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+F·4+A·1+C·3+E·1 = 14 pts
interfere (12 points)
Perhaps bury terror to 35 across
There's a butt in this
Meddle in Bury with free movement
I·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+F·4+E·1+R·1+E·1 = 12 pts
interfile (12 points)
FILE to arrange in order for future reference
I·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+F·4+I·1+L·1+E·1 = 12 pts
interfuse (12 points)
To pour or spread between or among; to diffuse; to scatter.
I·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+F·4+U·1+S·1+E·1 = 12 pts
interlace (11 points)
Arrange in alternating order, as digits
Make a mesh out of
Weave together
I·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+L·1+A·1+C·3+E·1 = 11 pts
interline (9 points)
Insert between rows of words
Insert between rows of words.
Do a tailor's job.
I·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 9 pts
interlope (11 points)
Meddle in others' affairs.
Be a busybody
Cut in gnarled tree without having to be intrusive
I·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+L·1+O·1+P·3+E·1 = 11 pts
interlude (10 points)
One of Austin's versets (wordplay)
Short performance during an interval
Performance between the acts.
I·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+L·1+U·1+D·2+E·1 = 10 pts
intermale (11 points)
MALE a member of the male sex
I·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+M·3+A·1+L·1+E·1 = 11 pts
internode (10 points)
The space between two nodes or points of the stem from which the leaves properly arise.
I·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+N·1+O·1+D·2+E·1 = 10 pts
interpose (11 points)
Insert between (one thing and another)
Put in for one stripe during manoeuvres
Muscle in sport I need, cut off!
I·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+P·3+O·1+S·1+E·1 = 11 pts
intervale (12 points)
Flat land between hills
I·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+V·4+A·1+L·1+E·1 = 12 pts
intervene (12 points)
Step in (to change the course of events)
Come between; interrupt
Interfere between disputants
I·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+V·4+E·1+N·1+E·1 = 12 pts
interwove (15 points)
Laced together
Blended together
I·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+W·4+O·1+V·4+E·1 = 15 pts
interzone (18 points)
ZONE to arrange in areas
I·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+Z·10+O·1+N·1+E·1 = 18 pts
intestate (9 points)
Not having planned to leave (wordplay)
Without the will (wordplay)
Not ready to go, you might say
I·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+S·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 9 pts
intestine (9 points)
Inner tube (wordplay)
Seat of fortitude?
Seat of fortitude (wordplay)
I·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 9 pts
intricate (11 points)
Entangled? Bundle it in crate!
Involved during scam, almost put away
Make certain it is very complicated
I·1+N·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
introduce (12 points)
Put 1 + 1 together (wordplay)
Make a presentation (wordplay)
Bring into use
I·1+N·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+D·2+U·1+C·3+E·1 = 12 pts
intrusive (12 points)
Tending to enter uninvited
Coming in uninvited
Being present uninvited
I·1+N·1+T·1+R·1+U·1+S·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 12 pts
intuitive (12 points)
Like an epiphany
Easy to figure out
There's no reason to be so spontaneous
I·1+N·1+T·1+U·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 12 pts
invective (17 points)
Words meant to hurt
Abusive language
You'd swear it's in five, etc. I have here
I·1+N·1+V·4+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 17 pts
inventive (15 points)
Driven to discover (wordplay)
Totally making stuff up
Adept at originality
I·1+N·1+V·4+E·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 15 pts
invertase (12 points)
""An enzyme capable of effecting the inversion of cane suger, producing invert sugar. It is found in many plants and in the intestines of animals.""
I·1+N·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+T·1+A·1+S·1+E·1 = 12 pts
inviolate (12 points)
Vain Eliot possibly sacrosanct . . .
Free from injury
Kept sacred in a blooming-sounding way
I·1+N·1+V·4+I·1+O·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
ironstone (9 points)
Rock hard with Jagger (wordplay)
Heavy, durable china
Certain sedimentary rock
I·1+R·1+O·1+N·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+N·1+E·1 = 9 pts
irradiate (10 points)
Expose to UV waves, say
Fuming about artist I'd backed to shine
Shed light on
I·1+R·1+R·1+A·1+D·2+I·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts
irritable (11 points)
Touchy, and that's flat at last
2 down, and that's flat at last
Hot, as a grump
I·1+R·1+R·1+I·1+T·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 11 pts
irruptive (14 points)
Rushing in or upon.
I·1+R·1+R·1+U·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 14 pts
isobutane (11 points)
English word
I·1+S·1+O·1+B·3+U·1+T·1+A·1+N·1+E·1 = 11 pts
isogamete (12 points)
United cell is ready for insertion into broken toe
I·1+S·1+O·1+G·2+A·1+M·3+E·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
isooctane (11 points)
Flammable liquid hydrocarbon
I·1+S·1+O·1+O·1+C·3+T·1+A·1+N·1+E·1 = 11 pts
italicise (11 points)
Convert to sloping type
Print in sloping letters
Put on a slope, it is held by girl
I·1+T·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 11 pts
italicize (20 points)
Give a list to, say
Put a slant on (wordplay)
Put right (wordplay)
I·1+T·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 20 pts
iterative (12 points)
Word expressing repetition
Step-by-step, like a for-loop
Like 24/7 news channels
I·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 12 pts
itinerate (9 points)
Travel on a circuit
Travel a circuit
Travel a regular circuit, as a judge
I·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 9 pts

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