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pachytene (19 points)
""The third stage of the prophase of meiosis, the stage in which the pairing of homologous chromosomes has been completed.""
P·3+A·1+C·3+H·4+Y·4+T·1+E·1+N·1+E·1 = 19 pts
packhorse (20 points)
Lone rider's spare, perhaps
Beast of burden
Drudge turns out hack prose
P·3+A·1+C·3+K·5+H·4+O·1+R·1+S·1+E·1 = 20 pts
parachute (16 points)
Drop cloth (wordplay)
Fall necessity (wordplay)
What Coldplay used to jump (wordplay)
P·3+A·1+R·1+A·1+C·3+H·4+U·1+T·1+E·1 = 16 pts
parbuckle (19 points)
""A kind of purchase for hoisting or lowering a cylindrical burden, as a cask. The middle of a long rope is made fast aloft, and both parts are looped around the object, which rests in the loops, and rolls in them as the ends are hauled up or payed out.""
P·3+A·1+R·1+B·3+U·1+C·3+K·5+L·1+E·1 = 19 pts
parfleche (19 points)
""A kind of rawhide consisting of hide, esp. of the buffalo, which has been soaked in crude wood-ash lye to remove the hairs, and then dried.""
P·3+A·1+R·1+F·4+L·1+E·1+C·3+H·4+E·1 = 19 pts
parricide (14 points)
Oedipus, by chance
A murderer in the family.
The killing of one's own parent
P·3+A·1+R·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 14 pts
patricide (14 points)
Case of murder.
Crime of killing one's own father
The crime of the Playboy
P·3+A·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 14 pts
peaceable (15 points)
Hopi, literally
Sounds a bit capable of not being 22 down
Gentle pulse, perhaps, before guy taking Ecstasy...
P·3+E·1+A·1+C·3+E·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 15 pts
peacetime (15 points)
Period between wars
Dove's love
Late 40's, to Americans
P·3+E·1+A·1+C·3+E·1+T·1+I·1+M·3+E·1 = 15 pts
pectinate (13 points)
Toothed cat in bother - dog, perhaps, circling with energy
Comblike
P·3+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
penitence (13 points)
Sorrow for one's sins
Sorry for one and ten in pennies
That's a sorry state
P·3+E·1+N·1+I·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 13 pts
percaline (13 points)
""A fine kind of French cotton goods, usually of one color.""
P·3+E·1+R·1+C·3+A·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 13 pts
perchance (18 points)
Fish develop acne, maybe once!
Maybe (to dream? - Hamlet)
Maybe roosting for fowl, perhaps
P·3+E·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 18 pts
percolate (13 points)
Filter - to replace (anagram)
Filter, as coffee
Brew, in a way
P·3+E·1+R·1+C·3+O·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
pericopae (15 points)
Pericope
P·3+E·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+O·1+P·3+A·1+E·1 = 15 pts
pericycle (18 points)
Thin layer of plant tissue
P·3+E·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+Y·4+C·3+L·1+E·1 = 18 pts
periscope (15 points)
Submarine's eye (wordplay)
Sub's eye (wordplay)
View provider on a U-boat
P·3+E·1+R·1+I·1+S·1+C·3+O·1+P·3+E·1 = 15 pts
persecute (13 points)
Harry? In essence, delightful!
Turn into a martyr, perhaps
8 in itself quaintly pleasing
P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1+E·1+C·3+U·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
pesticide (14 points)
It kills harmful creatures
Debugger (wordplay)
Raid, for example
P·3+E·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 14 pts
petechiae (16 points)
Petechia
P·3+E·1+T·1+E·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+A·1+E·1 = 16 pts
petulance (13 points)
Bad temper, sulkiness
Sulky bad behaviour
Stroke uncle with a ruptured spleen
P·3+E·1+T·1+U·1+L·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 13 pts
phagocyte (20 points)
""A leucocyte which plays a part in retrogressive processes by taking up (eating), in the form of fine granules, the parts to be removed.""
P·3+H·4+A·1+G·2+O·1+C·3+Y·4+T·1+E·1 = 20 pts
phenacite (16 points)
""A glassy colorless mineral occurring in rhombohedral crystals, sometimes used as a gem. It is a silicate of glucina, and receives its name from its deceptive similarity to quartz.""
P·3+H·4+E·1+N·1+A·1+C·3+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 16 pts
picturize (22 points)
To picture.
P·3+I·1+C·3+T·1+U·1+R·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 22 pts
piecewise (16 points)
Type of mathematical function
P·3+I·1+E·1+C·3+E·1+W·4+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 16 pts
pitchpole (18 points)
English word
P·3+I·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+P·3+O·1+L·1+E·1 = 18 pts
placative (16 points)
PLACATE to conciliate
P·3+L·1+A·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 16 pts
placeable (15 points)
PLACE to assign to a position
P·3+L·1+A·1+C·3+E·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 15 pts
placentae (13 points)
""Pl. placentas or placentae (-t ) a. A membranous vascular organ that develops in female mammals during pregnancy, lining the uterine wall and partially enveloping the fetus, to which it is attached by the umbilical cord. Following birth, the placenta is expelled.""
P·3+L·1+A·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+A·1+E·1 = 13 pts
pleasance (13 points)
Sane place (anagram)
Nice bit of a garden
Garden in an estate
P·3+L·1+E·1+A·1+S·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 13 pts
poeticize (22 points)
POETIC pertaining to {poetry=n}
P·3+O·1+E·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 22 pts
poignance (14 points)
Keen emotion
P·3+O·1+I·1+G·2+N·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 14 pts
porcupine (15 points)
A real sharpie (wordplay)
Featured creature (five letters)
Rodent in yellow vessel hidden in wood
P·3+O·1+R·1+C·3+U·1+P·3+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 15 pts
postcavae (16 points)
Postcava
P·3+O·1+S·1+T·1+C·3+A·1+V·4+A·1+E·1 = 16 pts
precieuse (13 points)
Word with prefix pre-
P·3+R·1+E·1+C·3+I·1+E·1+U·1+S·1+E·1 = 13 pts
precipice (17 points)
(Overhang of) steep cliff
Overhanging cliff or rock face
High vertical cliff
P·3+R·1+E·1+C·3+I·1+P·3+I·1+C·3+E·1 = 17 pts
precrease (13 points)
CREASE to make a wrinkle in
P·3+R·1+E·1+C·3+R·1+E·1+A·1+S·1+E·1 = 13 pts
predicate (14 points)
Part of a sentence.
Imply or connote
Part of the sentence given to a subject
P·3+R·1+E·1+D·2+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 14 pts
prejudice (21 points)
Disadvantage recorded with pride
Influence (someone's) opinion in advance
Jane Austen wrote 'Pride and . . . .'
P·3+R·1+E·1+J·8+U·1+D·2+I·1+C·3+E·1 = 21 pts
prescribe (15 points)
Advise use of (medicine)
What the 6 down may do before the writer
Recommended a course in physics
P·3+R·1+E·1+S·1+C·3+R·1+I·1+B·3+E·1 = 15 pts
princesse (13 points)
Designating a type of close-fitting beltless dress
P·3+R·1+I·1+N·1+C·3+E·1+S·1+S·1+E·1 = 13 pts
principle (15 points)
As a rule it has the main sound
Rule the head of the school declared
Fundamental truth - moral rule
P·3+R·1+I·1+N·1+C·3+I·1+P·3+L·1+E·1 = 15 pts
proactive (16 points)
With a take-charge attitude
On the offensive
Looking ahead
P·3+R·1+O·1+A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 16 pts
procedure (14 points)
Criminal or civil study, in law
Established way of working
Reproduce new way to get things done
P·3+R·1+O·1+C·3+E·1+D·2+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 14 pts
procreate (13 points)
Form a group, you might say
Do it, Biblical-style
Produce young ape 20 trained
P·3+R·1+O·1+C·3+R·1+E·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
pronounce (13 points)
Part of speech given to church, say
They say Anglicans are articulate
Make the sound of (a word)
P·3+R·1+O·1+N·1+O·1+U·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 13 pts
proscribe (15 points)
Ban writer earning money (wordplay)
Like Joseph Pulitzer (wordplay)
Does he write for a living? Outlaw him!
P·3+R·1+O·1+S·1+C·3+R·1+I·1+B·3+E·1 = 15 pts
prosecute (13 points)
Work in court, perhaps
Subject to trial.
Bring criminal action against
P·3+R·1+O·1+S·1+E·1+C·3+U·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
prurience (13 points)
Lewdness - epic rerun (anagram)
Unhealthy interest in sexual matters
Morbid interest in sex etc
P·3+R·1+U·1+R·1+I·1+E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 13 pts
publicise (15 points)
Plug I use with clip, desperate to cover opening in bath
P·3+U·1+B·3+L·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 15 pts
publicize (24 points)
PUBLIC people as a whole
P·3+U·1+B·3+L·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 24 pts
puissance (13 points)
Power of car, not new, in red
Rough seas in cup competition with jumps
Power: Poetic.
P·3+U·1+I·1+S·1+S·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 13 pts
punctuate (13 points)
Insert full stops, commas, etc in (text)
Pointedly edit written work (wordplay)
Add marks to text
P·3+U·1+N·1+C·3+T·1+U·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
pursuance (13 points)
The carrying out (of something)
Carrying out (of policy)
In this of it's carrying out
P·3+U·1+R·1+S·1+U·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 13 pts
purulence (13 points)
Bodily Functions
P·3+U·1+R·1+U·1+L·1+E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 13 pts

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