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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
parameter (13 points)
Factor defining limits
Variable disciple, a beast inside
Figure in a math function
P·3+A·1+R·1+A·1+M·3+E·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
patienter (11 points)
Patient
P·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
patissier (11 points)
Comparative adjective or agent noun
P·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+E·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
paymaster (16 points)
Dispenser of wages
Dispenser of soldiers' salaries
Official dealing with wages
P·3+A·1+Y·4+M·3+A·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 16 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
perfecter (16 points)
Perfect
P·3+E·1+R·1+F·4+E·1+C·3+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts
perimeter (13 points)
Outer limits (wordplay)
Prime tree (anagram)
Place for a fence, perhaps
P·3+E·1+R·1+I·1+M·3+E·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
permitter (13 points)
One who permits.
P·3+E·1+R·1+M·3+I·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
persister (11 points)
PERSIST to continue resolutely
P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1+I·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
perverter (14 points)
One who perverts (a person or thing).
P·3+E·1+R·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
pinsetter (11 points)
Bowling alley machine.
Bowling alley apparatus
Bowling-alley machinery
P·3+I·1+N·1+S·1+E·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 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
plasterer (11 points)
Art repels crude artisan
User of Keene's cement
Worker in stuccompany
P·3+L·1+A·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·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
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
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
practicer (15 points)
""One who practices, or puts in practice; one who customarily performs certain acts.""
P·3+R·1+A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+C·3+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
prankster (15 points)
Practical joker Colloq.
Practical joker: Colloq.
Person playing tricks on people
P·3+R·1+A·1+N·1+K·5+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 15 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
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
preheater (14 points)
HEATER an apparatus for heating
P·3+R·1+E·1+H·4+E·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
presbyter (16 points)
span>Minister from cabinet
Church elder
Church minister
P·3+R·1+E·1+S·1+B·3+Y·4+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts
presenter (11 points)
Awards show host, perhaps
Here she rules over us, the shower!
Perhaps do nor as one for the show
P·3+R·1+E·1+S·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
pretender (12 points)
James Stuart, for one
Not a genuine claimant (wordplay)
Claimant (to a throne)
P·3+R·1+E·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
preventer (14 points)
What Smokey wants you to be, re forest fires
Obviator
P·3+R·1+E·1+V·4+E·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
privateer (14 points)
Ship quietly corroded in stream
Vessel's solitary lug pronounced
Type of armed ship.
P·3+R·1+I·1+V·4+A·1+T·1+E·1+E·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
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
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
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
puppeteer (15 points)
He pulls the strings.
A dog always welcomes favourite
Burr Tillstrom, for example
P·3+U·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+T·1+E·1+E·1+R·1 = 15 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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