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palliator (11 points)
PALLIATE to cloak or disguise
P·3+A·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 11 pts
patroller (11 points)
Cop on the beat
Guard Irishman's posh car
Mobile guard
P·3+A·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
peculator (13 points)
Embezzler to clear up mess
Gambler decapitated thief
A thief, especially an embezzler
P·3+E·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 13 pts
pedometer (14 points)
Tread a measure (wordplay)
Tom peered (anagram)
Gadget for walkers.
P·3+E·1+D·2+O·1+M·3+E·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
penholder (15 points)
Receptacle on a desk, perhaps
Calligrapher's need
P·3+E·1+N·1+H·4+O·1+L·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
pensioner (11 points)
Perhaps one ripens as retiree (wordplay)
Late worker (wordplay)
Old Chelsea player, perhaps
P·3+E·1+N·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
performer (16 points)
A retired actor (wordplay)
Salesman turns up with past actor
One putting on an act
P·3+E·1+R·1+F·4+O·1+R·1+M·3+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts
pewholder (18 points)
Comparative adjective or agent noun
P·3+E·1+W·4+H·4+O·1+L·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 18 pts
pistoleer (11 points)
Wild Bill Hickok, notably
P·3+I·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+L·1+E·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
poetaster (11 points)
Bad versifier; operettas (anagram)
Operettas ruined by his dire lyrics
Writer of contemptible verse
P·3+O·1+E·1+T·1+A·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
polyester (14 points)
Suit material, perhaps
This material goes out to Presley
Tennis racket string material
P·3+O·1+L·1+Y·4+E·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
polywater (17 points)
""WATER to sprinkle with a transparent, odourless, tasteless liquid""
P·3+O·1+L·1+Y·4+W·4+A·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 17 pts
pompadour (16 points)
Not for the catwalk, our hairstyle
18th century women's hairstyle
Display a grim hairstyle? Hardly
P·3+O·1+M·3+P·3+A·1+D·2+O·1+U·1+R·1 = 16 pts
porringer (12 points)
Child's bowl.
Child's bowl
Small dish for Spanish campanologist
P·3+O·1+R·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
portrayer (14 points)
Artist needs beer to have inner spark
Actor, for example
Artist wants Guinness maybe when eating fish
P·3+O·1+R·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+Y·4+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
positiver (14 points)
Positive
P·3+O·1+S·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
possessor (11 points)
Might one have an alternative (wordplay)
One's one of the haves
One of the haves
P·3+O·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+O·1+R·1 = 11 pts
possibler (13 points)
Possible
P·3+O·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+B·3+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
posterior (11 points)
Toward the back
Silly tries let in by inadequate back
Later in time.
P·3+O·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+O·1+R·1 = 11 pts
postponer (13 points)
One who postpones.
P·3+O·1+S·1+T·1+P·3+O·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
potboiler (13 points)
Stoner's pulp fiction (wordplay)
Book hastily written for gain
Hack's novel
P·3+O·1+T·1+B·3+O·1+I·1+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
pothunter (14 points)
Person interested in winning prizes
Vainglorious competitor uses drug - horse (wordplay)
P·3+O·1+T·1+H·4+U·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
potometer (13 points)
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) an apparatus that measures the rate of water uptake by a plant or plant part [from Latin pōtāre to drink + -meter ]
P·3+O·1+T·1+O·1+M·3+E·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
poulterer (11 points)
He's game to supply you
Dealer in fowl
Leo and Rupert nobbled dealer in game
P·3+O·1+U·1+L·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
precensor (13 points)
CENSOR to delete a word or passage
P·3+R·1+E·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+S·1+O·1+R·1 = 13 pts
precentor (13 points)
Choir leader
Queen Anne died despite Johnson's 'most universal genius'
P·3+R·1+E·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 13 pts
preceptor (15 points)
Teacher or principal
Teacher, of old
Teacher
P·3+R·1+E·1+C·3+E·1+P·3+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 15 pts
precursor (13 points)
Before the computer age (wordplay)
Cusp error responsible for omen
Something going in advance of another
P·3+R·1+E·1+C·3+U·1+R·1+S·1+O·1+R·1 = 13 pts
predictor (14 points)
Jeane Dixon, for one
Weather man's role.
Someone who foretells events
P·3+R·1+E·1+D·2+I·1+C·3+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 14 pts
preemptor (15 points)
PREEMPT to acquire by prior right
P·3+R·1+E·1+E·1+M·3+P·3+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 15 pts
processor (13 points)
Teacher, or friend of Gilligan
Issuer of legal writs.
Computer hardware item
P·3+R·1+O·1+C·3+E·1+S·1+S·1+O·1+R·1 = 13 pts
professor (14 points)
Four-time role for Patrick Stewart
Member of an academic faculty
University department head
P·3+R·1+O·1+F·4+E·1+S·1+S·1+O·1+R·1 = 14 pts
profiteer (14 points)
Will he make too much of it (wordplay)
Scalp tickets, for example
Charge too much
P·3+R·1+O·1+F·4+I·1+T·1+E·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
programer (14 points)
PROGRAM to arrange in a plan of proceedings
P·3+R·1+O·1+G·2+R·1+A·1+M·3+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
projector (20 points)
Plan alternative cinema equipment
Slide-showing device
Film-showing machine
P·3+R·1+O·1+J·8+E·1+C·3+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 20 pts
prolonger (12 points)
""One who, or that which, causes an extension in time or space.""
P·3+R·1+O·1+L·1+O·1+N·1+G·2+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
propeller (13 points)
Screw (on a boat)
Jack's screwdriver (wordplay)
Fit retaining 45-inch screw
P·3+R·1+O·1+P·3+E·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
propellor (13 points)
PROPEL to drive forward
P·3+R·1+O·1+P·3+E·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+R·1 = 13 pts
propretor (13 points)
""A magistrate who, having been pretor at home, was appointed to the government of a province.""
P·3+R·1+O·1+P·3+R·1+E·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 13 pts
prosateur (11 points)
English word
P·3+R·1+O·1+S·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+U·1+R·1 = 11 pts
prosector (13 points)
""One who makes dissections for anatomical illustration; usually, the assistant of a professional anatomist.""
P·3+R·1+O·1+S·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 13 pts
protector (13 points)
Expert + sleuth + peak
Knight, to a damsel
Guard for Commonwealth head of state
P·3+R·1+O·1+T·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 13 pts
protester (11 points)
Person in a sit-in, say
Member of the mob (wordplay)
SAT administrator, by trade (wordplay)
P·3+R·1+O·1+T·1+E·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
protestor (11 points)
Placard carrier, maybe
Member of the mob (wordplay)
One who disagrees Var.
P·3+R·1+O·1+T·1+E·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 11 pts
protostar (11 points)
Concept in cosmology
P·3+R·1+O·1+T·1+O·1+S·1+T·1+A·1+R·1 = 11 pts
provender (15 points)
Not an amateur food seller (wordplay)
Dry food for beasts
Supplies spin round seller in US
P·3+R·1+O·1+V·4+E·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
pterosaur (11 points)
Extinct winged "lizard"
Ground or pasture for old beast
Ancient flier on quiet Eurostar train
P·3+T·1+E·1+R·1+O·1+S·1+A·1+U·1+R·1 = 11 pts
purloiner (11 points)
Cleaner hides meat from thief
Cleaner hiding joint she's stolen
P·3+U·1+R·1+L·1+O·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
pyrolyzer (26 points)
""PYROLYZE to decompose by heating, also PYROLISE, PYROLIZE, PYROLYSE""
P·3+Y·4+R·1+O·1+L·1+Y·4+Z·10+E·1+R·1 = 26 pts
pyrometer (16 points)
An instrument used for measuring the expansion of solid bodies by heat.
P·3+Y·4+R·1+O·1+M·3+E·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts

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