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labdanums (14 points)
Labdanum
L·1+A·1+B·3+D·2+A·1+N·1+U·1+M·3+S·1 = 14 pts
labelable (13 points)
LABEL to attach a tag to
L·1+A·1+B·3+E·1+L·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 13 pts
labellers (11 points)
Bottling-plant machines
L·1+A·1+B·3+E·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 11 pts
labelling (12 points)
Calling leg ball in play (wordplay)
Putting an identifying mark on
Putting identifying slips on
L·1+A·1+B·3+E·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
labialize (20 points)
To modify by contraction of the lip opening.
L·1+A·1+B·3+I·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 20 pts
laborious (11 points)
Tough promises by Miliband's lot, or ...
Requiring considerable time and effort
Using much time and effort
L·1+A·1+B·3+O·1+R·1+I·1+O·1+U·1+S·1 = 11 pts
laborites (11 points)
Churchill's opposition
Members of a certain political party.
Members of Attlee's party.
L·1+A·1+B·3+O·1+R·1+I·1+T·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
labourers (11 points)
Manual workers
Workers
L·1+A·1+B·3+O·1+U·1+R·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 11 pts
labouring (12 points)
Partying? Or working (wordplay)
It's working OK
...which follows party holding power making heavy weather of things
L·1+A·1+B·3+O·1+U·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
labradors (12 points)
Black-coated retrievers
Did they fetch the game from Canada (wordplay)
L·1+A·1+B·3+R·1+A·1+D·2+O·1+R·1+S·1 = 12 pts
laburnums (13 points)
Trees transform urban slum
L·1+A·1+B·3+U·1+R·1+N·1+U·1+M·3+S·1 = 13 pts
labyrinth (17 points)
Home of the circled letters (nonverbal)
Warren's bra thinly disguised!
Complex network of paths
L·1+A·1+B·3+Y·4+R·1+I·1+N·1+T·1+H·4 = 17 pts
ladybirds (16 points)
Hens, perhaps, spotted beetles
Perhaps hens with spots might be 1 down
Red hens with spots (wordplay)
L·1+A·1+D·2+Y·4+B·3+I·1+R·1+D·2+S·1 = 16 pts
lambasted (14 points)
Belts Adam (anagram)
Censured severely or angrily
Beat the little beast like a Teddy
L·1+A·1+M·3+B·3+A·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 14 pts
lambastes (13 points)
Calls on the carpet
Excoriates
Thrashes
L·1+A·1+M·3+B·3+A·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+S·1 = 13 pts
lambently (16 points)
LAMBENT flickering like a flame
L·1+A·1+M·3+B·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+L·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
lambkills (17 points)
Lambkill
L·1+A·1+M·3+B·3+K·5+I·1+L·1+L·1+S·1 = 17 pts
lambskins (17 points)
Small diplomas (wordplay)
Materials for babies' rugs
Hides from gentle animals
L·1+A·1+M·3+B·3+S·1+K·5+I·1+N·1+S·1 = 17 pts
lamebrain (13 points)
Expert in ornamental fabrics (wordplay)
No genius he
Bozo or dodo
L·1+A·1+M·3+E·1+B·3+R·1+A·1+I·1+N·1 = 13 pts
lampblack (21 points)
Light colour for soot (wordplay)
Soot used as a pigment
Powdery form of carbon
L·1+A·1+M·3+P·3+B·3+L·1+A·1+C·3+K·5 = 21 pts
landgrabs (13 points)
Territory-expanding ploys
Territory-expanding moves
Unfair property seizures
L·1+A·1+N·1+D·2+G·2+R·1+A·1+B·3+S·1 = 13 pts
lapboards (14 points)
Lapboard
L·1+A·1+P·3+B·3+O·1+A·1+R·1+D·2+S·1 = 14 pts
larboards (12 points)
Larboard
L·1+A·1+R·1+B·3+O·1+A·1+R·1+D·2+S·1 = 12 pts
laughable (15 points)
Adjective for Mr. Peepers.
Incongruous, inviting ridicule
It's hilarious, blowing up a huge ball
L·1+A·1+U·1+G·2+H·4+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 15 pts
laughably (18 points)
LAUGH to express mirth by explosive inarticulate sounds
L·1+A·1+U·1+G·2+H·4+A·1+B·3+L·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
layabouts (14 points)
Idlers - they simply laze
Habitually idle and lazy people
In the outskirts of Leeds, there's always a fight for good-for-nothings
L·1+A·1+Y·4+A·1+B·3+O·1+U·1+T·1+S·1 = 14 pts
lazybones (23 points)
Couch potato (wordplay)
Person prone to proneness (wordplay)
Idler (colloq.)
L·1+A·1+Z·10+Y·4+B·3+O·1+N·1+E·1+S·1 = 23 pts
leachable (16 points)
LEACH to allow a liquid to percolate
L·1+E·1+A·1+C·3+H·4+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 16 pts
learnable (11 points)
Like good lessons for students
That can be studied when left to get fit
That can be taken in, or left with the listener to catch the French
L·1+E·1+A·1+R·1+N·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 11 pts
leaseback (17 points)
Property seller's arrangement
Property seller's temp arrangement
L·1+E·1+A·1+S·1+E·1+B·3+A·1+C·3+K·5 = 17 pts
leeboards (12 points)
Pivoting keels on the sides of a sailboat
L·1+E·1+E·1+B·3+O·1+A·1+R·1+D·2+S·1 = 12 pts
liability (14 points)
Disadvantage or financial obligation
Left one with talent a burden
Debt of 1 Euros on gift
L·1+I·1+A·1+B·3+I·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
libations (11 points)
Spirit-ed creations (wordplay)
Blend basil into alcoholic drinks
Martini and gimlet, for example
L·1+I·1+B·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1+S·1 = 11 pts
libecchio (18 points)
English word
L·1+I·1+B·3+E·1+C·3+C·3+H·4+I·1+O·1 = 18 pts
libeccios (15 points)
Libeccio
L·1+I·1+B·3+E·1+C·3+C·3+I·1+O·1+S·1 = 15 pts
libelants (11 points)
Libelant
L·1+I·1+B·3+E·1+L·1+A·1+N·1+T·1+S·1 = 11 pts
libelists (11 points)
Libelist
L·1+I·1+B·3+E·1+L·1+I·1+S·1+T·1+S·1 = 11 pts
libellant (11 points)
Suer for damages
Suitor left in ballet movement
L·1+I·1+B·3+E·1+L·1+L·1+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 11 pts
libellees (11 points)
Libellee
L·1+I·1+B·3+E·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
libellers (11 points)
Libeller
L·1+I·1+B·3+E·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 11 pts
libelling (12 points)
Libel
L·1+I·1+B·3+E·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
libellous (11 points)
Defamatory, in Dover
See evil bullies outside being defamatory
Defamatory
L·1+I·1+B·3+E·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+U·1+S·1 = 11 pts
liberally (14 points)
Baron in story meeting magnanimously
L·1+I·1+B·3+E·1+R·1+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
liberated (12 points)
Learner I reprimanded and let go
Wild bear I'd let free
Free at last
L·1+I·1+B·3+E·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
liberates (11 points)
Learner one harshly scolds and releases
Steals, slangily
Delivers lectures after colleague's third one
L·1+I·1+B·3+E·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
liberator (11 points)
Bolivar, for one
Bolivar, for one
Bolivar's epithet
L·1+I·1+B·3+E·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 11 pts
liberties (11 points)
Rights it's wrong to take (wordplay)
Subjects of the Bill of Rights.
Cads take them
L·1+I·1+B·3+E·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
libertine (11 points)
Don Juan, for one
Row about French composer, a philanderer
Sensually indulgent person
L·1+I·1+B·3+E·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 11 pts
libidinal (12 points)
Having a vital urge
L·1+I·1+B·3+I·1+D·2+I·1+N·1+A·1+L·1 = 12 pts
librarian (11 points)
Book keeper (wordplay)
Quieter in a school, maybe
Book overseer (wordplay)
L·1+I·1+B·3+R·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 11 pts
libraries (11 points)
Book stores (wordplay)
Two of the 24 merge with volumes
They house books
L·1+I·1+B·3+R·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
librating (12 points)
Librate
L·1+I·1+B·3+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
libration (11 points)
Balancing small party quota
L·1+I·1+B·3+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
libratory (14 points)
Balancing
L·1+I·1+B·3+R·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
librettos (11 points)
Recklessly rob titles for opera books
Gilbert works
Operatic texts
L·1+I·1+B·3+R·1+E·1+T·1+T·1+O·1+S·1 = 11 pts
libriform (16 points)
""Having the form of liber, or resembling liber.""
L·1+I·1+B·3+R·1+I·1+F·4+O·1+R·1+M·3 = 16 pts
lifeblood (15 points)
Cover charged by month can sap
Most vital element
Vital force
L·1+I·1+F·4+E·1+B·3+L·1+O·1+O·1+D·2 = 15 pts
lifeboats (14 points)
They're only out for your savings
Ship's equipment.
They rescue people
L·1+I·1+F·4+E·1+B·3+O·1+A·1+T·1+S·1 = 14 pts
lightbulb (17 points)
Bright idea symbol
Source of illumination
Shining example of current usage
L·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1+B·3+U·1+L·1+B·3 = 17 pts
limberest (13 points)
Limber
L·1+I·1+M·3+B·3+E·1+R·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 13 pts
limbering (14 points)
Doing calisthenics (with "up").
Warming up for exercise
L·1+I·1+M·3+B·3+E·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 14 pts
limitable (13 points)
Subject to checks and balances
L·1+I·1+M·3+I·1+T·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 13 pts
litigable (12 points)
Like libel, say
Worth suing over
It's possibly a suit likely to dress fool up
L·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+G·2+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 12 pts
litterbag (12 points)
Auto adjunct
Glad item
L·1+I·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+B·3+A·1+G·2 = 12 pts
litterbug (12 points)
Wrapper dropper (wordplay)
Scofflaw of a sort
Type of contributor to the street scene.
L·1+I·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+B·3+U·1+G·2 = 12 pts
lobations (11 points)
Lobation
L·1+O·1+B·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1+S·1 = 11 pts
lobbygows (20 points)
Lobbygow
L·1+O·1+B·3+B·3+Y·4+G·2+O·1+W·4+S·1 = 20 pts
lobbyisms (18 points)
Lobbyism
L·1+O·1+B·3+B·3+Y·4+I·1+S·1+M·3+S·1 = 18 pts
lobbyists (16 points)
Influential Washington group
Some D.C. workers
Capitol Hill wheeler-dealers
L·1+O·1+B·3+B·3+Y·4+I·1+S·1+T·1+S·1 = 16 pts
lobectomy (18 points)
Surgical removal of a lobe from any organ of the body (such as the lung or brain).
L·1+O·1+B·3+E·1+C·3+T·1+O·1+M·3+Y·4 = 18 pts
lobelines (11 points)
Lobeline
L·1+O·1+B·3+E·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
lobscouse (13 points)
Scumbag eating zero degree stew
Stew of meat, vegetables and hardtack
A stew formerly eaten by sailors
L·1+O·1+B·3+S·1+C·3+O·1+U·1+S·1+E·1 = 13 pts
lobstered (12 points)
Lobster
L·1+O·1+B·3+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
lobsticks (17 points)
Lobstick
L·1+O·1+B·3+S·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+K·5+S·1 = 17 pts
lobulated (12 points)
""Made up of, or divided into, lobules; as, a lobulated gland.as, a lobulated gland.""
L·1+O·1+B·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
locatable (13 points)
Readily found
L·1+O·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 13 pts
lockboxes (24 points)
Lockbox
L·1+O·1+C·3+K·5+B·3+O·1+X·8+E·1+S·1 = 24 pts
longboats (12 points)
Huey's craft
Vessels on vessels
L·1+O·1+N·1+G·2+B·3+O·1+A·1+T·1+S·1 = 12 pts
lovebirds (15 points)
Soaring honeymooners (wordplay)
Small African parrots or romantic couple
Openly affectionate couple
L·1+O·1+V·4+E·1+B·3+I·1+R·1+D·2+S·1 = 15 pts
lowballed (15 points)
Lowball
L·1+O·1+W·4+B·3+A·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 15 pts
lubricant (13 points)
Oil from car black until changed
It helps get the wheels turning
It may keep things moving
L·1+U·1+B·3+R·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 13 pts
lubricate (13 points)
Oil (a mechanism)
Apply oil/grease
Smooth Blair cut apart by English
L·1+U·1+B·3+R·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
lubricity (16 points)
""Smoothness; freedom from friction; also, property, which diminishes friction; as, the lubricity of oil. as, the lubricity of oil.""
L·1+U·1+B·3+R·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
lubricous (13 points)
Lubric.
L·1+U·1+B·3+R·1+I·1+C·3+O·1+U·1+S·1 = 13 pts
lullabied (12 points)
Lullaby
L·1+U·1+L·1+L·1+A·1+B·3+I·1+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
lullabies (11 points)
Strains to get to sleep (wordplay)
Soothing songs for babies
They're crooned near cradles
L·1+U·1+L·1+L·1+A·1+B·3+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
lumberers (13 points)
Lumberer
L·1+U·1+M·3+B·3+E·1+R·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 13 pts
lumbering (14 points)
Sawyer's table
Moving like an elephant
Failing to start sleeping, being clumsy
L·1+U·1+M·3+B·3+E·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 14 pts
lumberman (15 points)
Awful mumbler - a northern feller
Paul Bunyan's calling.
Paul Bunyan, for example
L·1+U·1+M·3+B·3+E·1+R·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 15 pts
lumbermen (15 points)
They deal in deal
L·1+U·1+M·3+B·3+E·1+R·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 15 pts
lyophobic (21 points)
LYOPHOBE not readily dispersed
L·1+Y·4+O·1+P·3+H·4+O·1+B·3+I·1+C·3 = 21 pts
lyrebirds (15 points)
Lyrebird
L·1+Y·4+R·1+E·1+B·3+I·1+R·1+D·2+S·1 = 15 pts

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