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pacemaker (19 points)

One in the lead.

Are pack, perhaps, keeping me back? Certainly not!

Producer of artificial rhythms

P·3+A·1+C·3+E·1+M·3+A·1+K·5+E·1+R·1 = 19 pts

paganizer (21 points)

""PAGANIZE to make irreligious, also PAGANISE""

P·3+A·1+G·2+A·1+N·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1+R·1 = 21 pts

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

panickier (17 points)

Panicky

P·3+A·1+N·1+I·1+C·3+K·5+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 17 pts

paralyzer (23 points)

""PARALYZE to render incapable of movement, also PARALYSE""

P·3+A·1+R·1+A·1+L·1+Y·4+Z·10+E·1+R·1 = 23 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

passenger (12 points)

One on a train perhaps

15 across may have one

He's taken for a ride.

P·3+A·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+N·1+G·2+E·1+R·1 = 12 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

paunchier (16 points)

Paunchy

P·3+A·1+U·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 16 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

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

perceiver (16 points)

Seer, of a sort

P·3+E·1+R·1+C·3+E·1+I·1+V·4+E·1+R·1 = 16 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

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

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

persuader (12 points)

One convincing; gun

P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1+U·1+A·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 12 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

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

phalanger (15 points)

Lemur-like creature

Possum's Australian cousin

King Henry in pain over Queen, the beast!

P·3+H·4+A·1+L·1+A·1+N·1+G·2+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts

philander (15 points)

Royal couple to flirt (wordplay)

Royal couple make love (wordplay)

Risk scandal, in a way

P·3+H·4+I·1+L·1+A·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts

phlegmier (17 points)

Phlegmy

P·3+H·4+L·1+E·1+G·2+M·3+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 17 pts

picnicker (19 points)

Person eating a meal in the open-air

Type of celebrator on 7 Down

P·3+I·1+C·3+N·1+I·1+C·3+K·5+E·1+R·1 = 19 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

planisher (14 points)

""One who, or that which, planishes.""

P·3+L·1+A·1+N·1+I·1+S·1+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 14 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

playmaker (20 points)

Strategic team athlete

Point guard, for example

Point guard, e.g

P·3+L·1+A·1+Y·4+M·3+A·1+K·5+E·1+R·1 = 20 pts

plunderer (12 points)

One who benefits from a sacking (wordplay)

At the place under the hospital he's fond of the sack

P·3+L·1+U·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+R·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 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

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

preachier (16 points)

More tediously moralising

More self-righteous support stifles influence

P·3+R·1+E·1+A·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 16 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

predinner (12 points)

Like an aperitif

P·3+R·1+E·1+D·2+I·1+N·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 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

preferrer (14 points)

One who prefers.

P·3+R·1+E·1+F·4+E·1+R·1+R·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 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

prejudger (20 points)

JUDGER one who {judges=v}

P·3+R·1+E·1+J·8+U·1+D·2+G·2+E·1+R·1 = 20 pts

premerger (14 points)

MERGER the combining of two or more businesses into one

P·3+R·1+E·1+M·3+E·1+R·1+G·2+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts

prenumber (15 points)

NUMBER to {count=v}

P·3+R·1+E·1+N·1+U·1+M·3+B·3+E·1+R·1 = 15 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

preserver (14 points)

Thing on a big boat (with "life")

He keeps quiet about the waiter

A keeper before a waiter

P·3+R·1+E·1+S·1+E·1+R·1+V·4+E·1+R·1 = 14 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

previewer (17 points)

Online photo album feature

P·3+R·1+E·1+V·4+I·1+E·1+W·4+E·1+R·1 = 17 pts

pricklier (17 points)

Prickly

P·3+R·1+I·1+C·3+K·5+L·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 17 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

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

publisher (16 points)

Eg Jonathan Cape or Hamish Hamilton

Bookmaker in bar spilled relish

Budding author's pursuit

P·3+U·1+B·3+L·1+I·1+S·1+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts

puckerier (17 points)

Puckery

P·3+U·1+C·3+K·5+E·1+R·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 17 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

purchaser (16 points)

Patron has ship's officer storing tea

Tea break for cashier and buyer

One who buys something

P·3+U·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+A·1+S·1+E·1+R·1 = 16 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

pushchair (19 points)

Promote president to pram

Reportedly pedal president's buggy

Baby transport

P·3+U·1+S·1+H·4+C·3+H·4+A·1+I·1+R·1 = 19 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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