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cryoscope (18 points)
An instrument for measuring freezing and melting points.
C·3+R·1+Y·4+O·1+S·1+C·3+O·1+P·3+E·1 = 18 pts
cubbyhole (21 points)
Snug place for young foxes (wordplay)
Snug enclosed space
Place for keeping bits and bobs
C·3+U·1+B·3+B·3+Y·4+H·4+O·1+L·1+E·1 = 21 pts
cucullate (13 points)
""Kkllt ∨ kkllt, Cucullated Hooded; cowled; covered, as with a hood.""
C·3+U·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
culminate (13 points)
Come to a climax (in)
Reach a climax (in)
Reach a peak
C·3+U·1+L·1+M·3+I·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
cultivate (14 points)
Four-couple sect (wordplay)
Grow (crops)
Encourage secretive group that is hiding tax
C·3+U·1+L·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 14 pts
curbstone (13 points)
Road block (wordplay)
Part of the street scene.
Part of the sidewalk scene.
C·3+U·1+R·1+B·3+S·1+T·1+O·1+N·1+E·1 = 13 pts
curettage (12 points)
Surgery to remove tissue or growths from a bodily cavity (as the uterus) by scraping with a curette; the act of scraping with a curette.
C·3+U·1+R·1+E·1+T·1+T·1+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 12 pts
curtilage (12 points)
Garden - short one, where gale is raging
C·3+U·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+L·1+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 12 pts
curvature (14 points)
Degree of bending
The bending
Continual bending
C·3+U·1+R·1+V·4+A·1+T·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 14 pts
cuspidate (14 points)
Spicated, you say, otherwise barbed
Pointed cap suited Lulu
C·3+U·1+S·1+P·3+I·1+D·2+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 14 pts
customise (13 points)
Adapt for particular requirements
Heart of 5 replacing 5 in drunken Muscovite tailor
C·3+U·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+M·3+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 13 pts
customize (22 points)
Chop, channel, slam, etc.
C·3+U·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+M·3+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 22 pts
cuticulae (13 points)
Cuticula
C·3+U·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+E·1 = 13 pts
cyanamide (17 points)
""A caustic acidic crystalline compound, NHCNH, prepared by treating calcium cyanamide with sulfuric acid.""
C·3+Y·4+A·1+N·1+A·1+M·3+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 17 pts
cyclamate (18 points)
Salt a runner used in run (wordplay)
Artificial sweetener could hurt my cat, Alec!
Sweetener
C·3+Y·4+C·3+L·1+A·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 18 pts
cymophane (21 points)
See Chrysoberyl. Chrysoberyl.
C·3+Y·4+M·3+O·1+P·3+H·4+A·1+N·1+E·1 = 21 pts
dalliance (12 points)
Flirtation? Daughter wants union!
Brief affair of union supporting Germany
Playing thus is all one in the ball
D·2+A·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 12 pts
damascene (14 points)
Syrian capitalist (wordplay)
Ananias, for one
Crafted canes made by a Syrian
D·2+A·1+M·3+A·1+S·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+E·1 = 14 pts
danceable (14 points)
Adjective describing some party music
D·2+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 14 pts
debauchee (17 points)
Rake beach ground with due energy
One indulging in depravity
Libertine, one who is morally unrestrained
D·2+E·1+B·3+A·1+U·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+E·1 = 17 pts
decadence (15 points)
A falling away.
Corruption of French intonation
Moral or cultural decline
D·2+E·1+C·3+A·1+D·2+E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 15 pts
decalogue (13 points)
The Ten Commandments
Moses' tablets
Moses' armload
D·2+E·1+C·3+A·1+L·1+O·1+G·2+U·1+E·1 = 13 pts
deceptive (17 points)
So are David Blaine's appearances
Seems that M. is leading this
Not straight
D·2+E·1+C·3+E·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 17 pts
decidable (15 points)
Capable of being decided; determinable.
D·2+E·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 15 pts
deciduate (13 points)
""Possessed of, or characterized by, a decidua.""
D·2+E·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+U·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
deckhouse (19 points)
Naval architect's creation
Ship superstructure
Choked, spoiling exercise in navigator's cabin (wordplay)
D·2+E·1+C·3+K·5+H·4+O·1+U·1+S·1+E·1 = 19 pts
decollate (12 points)
Separate the sheets, maybe
Separate computer printouts
Behead
D·2+E·1+C·3+O·1+L·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
decollete (12 points)
Having a low neckline, from French
Low neckline cut round half of bust
Adjective for some evening gowns
D·2+E·1+C·3+O·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
decompose (16 points)
Hide half what Bach did? Rot!
That's the way to make it all rot
Resolve into constituent parts.
D·2+E·1+C·3+O·1+M·3+P·3+O·1+S·1+E·1 = 16 pts
decoupage (15 points)
Art coated in varnish
Paper cutouts as a decorative art
Cut-paper decoration
D·2+E·1+C·3+O·1+U·1+P·3+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 15 pts
decretive (15 points)
Having the force of an edict.
D·2+E·1+C·3+R·1+E·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 15 pts
decussate (12 points)
""To cross at an acute angle; to cut or divide in the form of X; to intersect; said of lines in geometrical figures, rays of light, nerves, etc.""
D·2+E·1+C·3+U·1+S·1+S·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
dedicatee (13 points)
Elise, for one
Person named early in a book
Elise, for Beethoven's "Fur Elise"
D·2+E·1+D·2+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1+E·1 = 13 pts
deducible (15 points)
Payment before the insurance kicks in
Possible to figure out
D·2+E·1+D·2+U·1+C·3+I·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 15 pts
deductive (16 points)
Like evidence-based reasoning
Like Sherlock Holmes's powers
Like "top-down" reasoning
D·2+E·1+D·2+U·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 16 pts
defalcate (15 points)
Misappropriate the proceeds of facet deal
Embezzle
D·2+E·1+F·4+A·1+L·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 15 pts
defective (18 points)
Drunk I've fed, etc is not working
Subject to a recall
Faulty iron, evicted, thrown outside
D·2+E·1+F·4+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 18 pts
deference (15 points)
About to join Resistance? Respect!
Submission to will of another
Courteous regard for another's wishes.
D·2+E·1+F·4+E·1+R·1+E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 15 pts
demarcate (14 points)
Establish escort eats whipped cream
Bound, as ground.
Mark boundaries.
D·2+E·1+M·3+A·1+R·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 14 pts
deprecate (14 points)
Belittle tatty carpet kept by woman
Feel and express disapproval of
Express disapproval of
D·2+E·1+P·3+R·1+E·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 14 pts
desecrate (12 points)
Seer acted badly to abuse sacred object
Defile, as something sacred
Harm a church
D·2+E·1+S·1+E·1+C·3+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
desiccate (14 points)
Preserve by drying (eg coconut)
Preserve by removing all liquids from
Preserve by removing all liquids
D·2+E·1+S·1+I·1+C·3+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 14 pts
detective (15 points)
Spade, for one
Busy at work (wordplay)
Poirot, for one
D·2+E·1+T·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 15 pts
diaconate (12 points)
Dick Dudgeon was the devil's
Act on idea put out by clerical office
D·2+I·1+A·1+C·3+O·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
difficile (18 points)
Difficult; hard to manage; stubborn.
D·2+I·1+F·4+F·4+I·1+C·3+I·1+L·1+E·1 = 18 pts
diligence (13 points)
Beehive state (wordplay)
Application for transport
Coach shows dedication
D·2+I·1+L·1+I·1+G·2+E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 13 pts
directive (15 points)
Vet and I cried out for order
Criminal tried vice in Fiat
I have to follow dreadful court order
D·2+I·1+R·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 15 pts
discharge (16 points)
Perform for free (wordplay)
Fire (gun); sack (worker)
Fire - or let off (wordplay)
D·2+I·1+S·1+C·3+H·4+A·1+R·1+G·2+E·1 = 16 pts
discourse (12 points)
Talk of Sidney being back on course!
Engage in conversation
Formal discussion of a topic
D·2+I·1+S·1+C·3+O·1+U·1+R·1+S·1+E·1 = 12 pts
dislocate (12 points)
Remove from a socket (wordplay)
Developing Aldi: Tesco put out
Put out of place.
D·2+I·1+S·1+L·1+O·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
doctorate (12 points)
Severinsen's degree (wordplay)
Degree given to redcoat - for dancing!
PhD or D.Phil
D·2+O·1+C·3+T·1+O·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
dominance (14 points)
Power (over others)
Influence (over others)
I condemn a terrible authority
D·2+O·1+M·3+I·1+N·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 14 pts
doughface (19 points)
C.S.A. sympathizer in the North
D·2+O·1+U·1+G·2+H·4+F·4+A·1+C·3+E·1 = 19 pts
downscale (15 points)
On the cheap end
Not luxurious
D·2+O·1+W·4+N·1+S·1+C·3+A·1+L·1+E·1 = 15 pts
dulcimore (14 points)
English word
D·2+U·1+L·1+C·3+I·1+M·3+O·1+R·1+E·1 = 14 pts
duplicate (14 points)
Bridge match (wordplay)
Copy - teacup lid (anagram)
Double up refashioning citadel walls
D·2+U·1+P·3+L·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 14 pts
ecclesiae (13 points)
Ecclesia
E·1+C·3+C·3+L·1+E·1+S·1+I·1+A·1+E·1 = 13 pts
economise (13 points)
Save someone with ice almost melting
Someone once contrived to emulate 1
Mean to do this
E·1+C·3+O·1+N·1+O·1+M·3+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 13 pts
economize (22 points)
Bypass brand names, say
Cut back
Be frugal
E·1+C·3+O·1+N·1+O·1+M·3+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 22 pts
ecosphere (16 points)
Core sheep (anagram)
Life-support system (wordplay)
All habitable areas, collectively
E·1+C·3+O·1+S·1+P·3+H·4+E·1+R·1+E·1 = 16 pts
educative (15 points)
What Dotheboys' Hall was not.
Like much PBS programming
Relating to teaching
E·1+D·2+U·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 15 pts
effective (20 points)
Accomplishing a purpose, efficient
The result I have will do the trick
Producing the desired result
E·1+F·4+F·4+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 20 pts
effluence (17 points)
Blind partner and uncle dancing merengue ultimately is filth
Flower border carrying disease beyond back of house
E·1+F·4+F·4+L·1+U·1+E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 17 pts
ejaculate (18 points)
""To throw out suddenly and swiftly, as if a dart; to dart; to eject.""
E·1+J·8+A·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 18 pts
ejectable (20 points)
Like some jet fighter seats
Like CDs and DVDs
E·1+J·8+E·1+C·3+T·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 20 pts
electable (13 points)
Likely to attract votes
Fit to pick first, as those standing should be
Having a chance of getting in with gorgeous date being taken out
E·1+L·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 13 pts
electrode (12 points)
Item of current technology (wordplay)
Conductor (eg, in battery)
A lightning-conductor (wordplay)
E·1+L·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+R·1+O·1+D·2+E·1 = 12 pts
eloquence (20 points)
Sweet talking (wordplay)
Ease with words
Art of using language with fluency
E·1+L·1+O·1+Q·10+U·1+E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 20 pts
elucidate (12 points)
Edit a clue, perhaps, to make it clear
Explain cryptic clue one time
Throw light on a problem, make clear
E·1+L·1+U·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
embracive (18 points)
Disposed to embrace; fond of caressing.
E·1+M·3+B·3+R·1+A·1+C·3+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 18 pts
emergence (14 points)
Development in Greece men vandalised
A coming out.
A coming forth
E·1+M·3+E·1+R·1+G·2+E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 14 pts
emittance (13 points)
Ability to give off radiant energy
Optics unit
E·1+M·3+I·1+T·1+T·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 13 pts
encapsule (13 points)
For Paul, scene to summarize
Summarize
E·1+N·1+C·3+A·1+P·3+S·1+U·1+L·1+E·1 = 13 pts
enclosure (11 points)
It's included, with a letter say
Does this pen keep it all in (wordplay)
Corral, for one
E·1+N·1+C·3+L·1+O·1+S·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 11 pts
encourage (12 points)
Give hope to (someone)
Give support to, stimulate hope
Argue once mistakenly and inspire
E·1+N·1+C·3+O·1+U·1+R·1+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 12 pts
endocrine (12 points)
Type of gland
Thyroid or pituitary.
Hormonal, in a sense
E·1+N·1+D·2+O·1+C·3+R·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 12 pts
endoscope (14 points)
Camera on a tube
Instrument for viewing internally
Instrument for viewing internal body parts
E·1+N·1+D·2+O·1+S·1+C·3+O·1+P·3+E·1 = 14 pts
endurance (12 points)
Last to be first in this test (wordplay)
Last to demonstrate this (wordplay)
Crude Anne (anagram)
E·1+N·1+D·2+U·1+R·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 12 pts
entrecote (11 points)
Steak cut from between the ribs
Boned steak cut off the sirloin
Company time during course gets cut
E·1+N·1+T·1+R·1+E·1+C·3+O·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
enucleate (11 points)
Remove a core or a growth
Extract (a kernel) from shell or husk.
E·1+N·1+U·1+C·3+L·1+E·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
enunciate (11 points)
Composing a nice tune, say (wordplay)
Provide clear terms (wordplay)
Say (something) clearly
E·1+N·1+U·1+N·1+C·3+I·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
eradicate (12 points)
Kill time say, losing time
I created a grisly murder
Get rid of, eliminate entirely
E·1+R·1+A·1+D·2+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
erectable (13 points)
""Capable of being erected; as, an erectable feather. as, an erectable feather.""
E·1+R·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 13 pts
eroticize (20 points)
Sex up
Turn blue
E·1+R·1+O·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 20 pts
esperance (13 points)
Cape on northwest tip of Guadalcanal
E·1+S·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 13 pts
esurience (11 points)
Poor niece sure has hunger
European sinecure falling to rapacity ...
Greediness
E·1+S·1+U·1+R·1+I·1+E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 11 pts
eucaryote (14 points)
""An organism with "good" or membrane-bound nuclei having multiple chromosomes; eucaryotes also have other membrane-bound organelles such as mitochondria or chloroplasts, within the cytoplasm enclosed by the outer membrane. Such cells are characteristic of all life forms except primitive microorganisms such as bacteria and blue-green algae. Contrasted with prokaryote.prokaryote.""
E·1+U·1+C·3+A·1+R·1+Y·4+O·1+T·1+E·1 = 14 pts
evincible (16 points)
Capable of being proved beyond doubt
Able to be proven
Demonstrable
E·1+V·4+I·1+N·1+C·3+I·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 16 pts
evocative (17 points)
Tending to call up, say memories
Awakening memories of octave I've lost
Evoking deep memories
E·1+V·4+O·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 17 pts
exactable (20 points)
Like back rents
E·1+X·8+A·1+C·3+T·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 20 pts
exarchate (21 points)
Byzantine governorship - formerly a Thrace, perhaps
E·1+X·8+A·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 21 pts
exceptive (23 points)
""That excepts; including an exception; as, an exceptive proposition. as, an exceptive proposition.""
E·1+X·8+C·3+E·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 23 pts
excessive (21 points)
More than is desirable
Essex vice? Possibly getting high
Over the top
E·1+X·8+C·3+E·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 21 pts
excisable (20 points)
May be cut out
E·1+X·8+C·3+I·1+S·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 20 pts
excitable (20 points)
Easily aroused or made emotional
Highly strung - easily roused
Easily enthused
E·1+X·8+C·3+I·1+T·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 20 pts
exclusive (21 points)
Select story for one newspaper only
Select, high-class
Tabloid publisher's coup
E·1+X·8+C·3+L·1+U·1+S·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 21 pts
excoriate (18 points)
Tear a new one
'Blame former wife? Blow me!', I scoffed
Censure actor I threw in river
E·1+X·8+C·3+O·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 18 pts
exculpate (20 points)
Absolve (from a crime)
Free or clear from blame
Clear of charges
E·1+X·8+C·3+U·1+L·1+P·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 20 pts
excursive (21 points)
Tending to digress
Joining former scoundrels, this person has to be going off-topic
Making detours, rescue injured, 10 and 4 in different places
E·1+X·8+C·3+U·1+R·1+S·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 21 pts
excusable (20 points)
Minor, maybe
Forgivable, pardonable
Justifiable
E·1+X·8+C·3+U·1+S·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 20 pts
execrable (20 points)
River crustacean to the French abhorrent
Abominable, deserves to be detested
No good at all
E·1+X·8+E·1+C·3+R·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 20 pts
executive (21 points)
Old style I incorporated in evening suit
Having the power to act
Management finish around four
E·1+X·8+E·1+C·3+U·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 21 pts
existence (18 points)
Is this to exit this scene (wordplay)
That's life!
Being sixteen, maybe, at church
E·1+X·8+I·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 18 pts
explicate (20 points)
Former head catching nearly 16? Clarify!
Analyse and develop in detail
Make clear the meaning of
E·1+X·8+P·3+L·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 20 pts
exsiccate (20 points)
Ordered chiefs of Taxes, Customs and Excise to dry up!
Following sex change, preserve queen in ice that's dry
E·1+X·8+S·1+I·1+C·3+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 20 pts
extricate (18 points)
Free (from a difficulty)
Free (from difficulty)
Release from entanglement or difficulty
E·1+X·8+T·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 18 pts
exultance (18 points)
Noun (-ance)
E·1+X·8+U·1+L·1+T·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 18 pts
fabricate (16 points)
Make up (story)
Make material corroded
Invent, make up
F·4+A·1+B·3+R·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 16 pts
faceplate (16 points)
Removeable part of car stereo (4,5)
Light-switch cover
Astronaut helmet "window"
F·4+A·1+C·3+E·1+P·3+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 16 pts
facsimile (16 points)
Families' new house key and duplicate
Xerox, for example
Xerox, e.g
F·4+A·1+C·3+S·1+I·1+M·3+I·1+L·1+E·1 = 16 pts
factitive (17 points)
Causing; causative.
F·4+A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 17 pts
factorage (15 points)
""The allowance given to a factor, as a compensation for his services; called also a commission. commission.""
F·4+A·1+C·3+T·1+O·1+R·1+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 15 pts
factorize (23 points)
Determine the divisors of
F·4+A·1+C·3+T·1+O·1+R·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 23 pts
falconine (14 points)
Like a falcon or hawk; belonging to the Falconid\'91 Falconid\'91
F·4+A·1+L·1+C·3+O·1+N·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 14 pts
fascicule (16 points)
She couldn't tell 'vat is baiser en Anglish'
F·4+A·1+S·1+C·3+I·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+E·1 = 16 pts
fascinate (14 points)
Charm of sea in fact being at sea!
Charm of a fine cat's dissipating
Don't bore Fs with mix-up at Nice
F·4+A·1+S·1+C·3+I·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 14 pts
feculence (16 points)
The state or quality of being feculent; muddiness; foulness.
F·4+E·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 16 pts
fecundate (15 points)
To make fruitful or prolific.
F·4+E·1+C·3+U·1+N·1+D·2+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 15 pts
ferrocene (14 points)
(Chemistry / Elements & Compounds) a reddish-orange insoluble crystalline compound. Its molecules have an iron atom sandwiched between two cyclopentadiene rings. Formula: Fe(C 5 H 5 ) 2 [from ferro- + c ( yclopentadi ) ene ]
F·4+E·1+R·1+R·1+O·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+E·1 = 14 pts
fetoscope (16 points)
A flexible fiberoptic device used to view a fetus in utero.
F·4+E·1+T·1+O·1+S·1+C·3+O·1+P·3+E·1 = 16 pts
fettucine (14 points)
Trattoria type
Pasta
F·4+E·1+T·1+T·1+U·1+C·3+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 14 pts
fireplace (16 points)
Volcano's address (wordplay)
Milieu for stockings.
Recess at the base of a chimney
F·4+I·1+R·1+E·1+P·3+L·1+A·1+C·3+E·1 = 16 pts
flagrance (15 points)
Notoriety of prisoner held in country
Outrageousness in first-hand changing of scent
F·4+L·1+A·1+G·2+R·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 15 pts
flashcube (19 points)
A small cube that contains four flashbulbs and that rotates automatically to the next unused bulb when a picture is taken with the camera to which it is attached.
F·4+L·1+A·1+S·1+H·4+C·3+U·1+B·3+E·1 = 19 pts
flechette (17 points)
Steel dart dropped from aeroplane
F·4+L·1+E·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+T·1+T·1+E·1 = 17 pts
fluctuate (14 points)
Vary irregularly, rise and fall
Waver, go this way and that
Shift back and forth
F·4+L·1+U·1+C·3+T·1+U·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 14 pts
fluoresce (14 points)
Emit light when irradiated
Glow under a black light
Glow with radiation
F·4+L·1+U·1+O·1+R·1+E·1+S·1+C·3+E·1 = 14 pts
focusable (16 points)
FOCUS a point in which rays converge
F·4+O·1+C·3+U·1+S·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 16 pts
foreclose (14 points)
Distress a homeowner, maybe
Take possession of job for bank
React to delinquency, in a way
F·4+O·1+R·1+E·1+C·3+L·1+O·1+S·1+E·1 = 14 pts
fornicate (14 points)
Be unfaithful, when Orient FC a shambles
F·4+O·1+R·1+N·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 14 pts
fortalice (14 points)
A small outwork of a fortification; a fortilage; called also fortelace. fortelace.
F·4+O·1+R·1+T·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+C·3+E·1 = 14 pts
fourscore (14 points)
Start of a noted address
First word of a famous address.
Start of a Lincoln address
F·4+O·1+U·1+R·1+S·1+C·3+O·1+R·1+E·1 = 14 pts
fragrance (15 points)
Aroma of cloth in European country
Country kid entering to offer bouquet
Scent badger in the country
F·4+R·1+A·1+G·2+R·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 15 pts
franchise (17 points)
Team in a pro league
Rights assigned by authorisation
Any pro sports team, for example
F·4+R·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 17 pts
freelance (14 points)
Work on spec, perhaps
Home work (wordplay)
Like many writers
F·4+R·1+E·1+E·1+L·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 14 pts
frequence (23 points)
A crowd; a throng; a concourse.
F·4+R·1+E·1+Q·10+U·1+E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 23 pts
fricassee (14 points)
Dish that caused cafes rise, perhaps
Dish of fried meat in thick sauce
Dish with thick sauce
F·4+R·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+E·1 = 14 pts
fricative (17 points)
Stinging arachnid
The type of consonant ending "buzz", "hiss" and "puff"
F·4+R·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 17 pts
friedcake (19 points)
Doughnut.
F·4+R·1+I·1+E·1+D·2+C·3+A·1+K·5+E·1 = 19 pts
fruitcake (18 points)
Nut consumed at teatime!
Christmas baked good
Holiday dinner finale
F·4+R·1+U·1+I·1+T·1+C·3+A·1+K·5+E·1 = 18 pts
fruticose (14 points)
""Pertaining to a shrub or shrubs; branching like a shrub; shrubby; shrublike; as, a fruticose stem. as, a fruticose stem.""
F·4+R·1+U·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+O·1+S·1+E·1 = 14 pts
fungicide (16 points)
Athlete's foot stopper
Jojoba oil is a natural one
Bordeaux mixture, for one, is fun to start with
F·4+U·1+N·1+G·2+I·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 16 pts
galactose (12 points)
Glucose obtained from milk-sugar
Sweet thing, a Scot unfortunately beset by wind
Sugar that sounds like it'd be good source of energy during interstellar travel
G·2+A·1+L·1+A·1+C·3+T·1+O·1+S·1+E·1 = 12 pts
gallicize (21 points)
To conform to the French mode or idiom.
G·2+A·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 21 pts
gasconade (13 points)
Bluster from de Bergerac
Literary word for boasting talk
Extravagant boasting
G·2+A·1+S·1+C·3+O·1+N·1+A·1+D·2+E·1 = 13 pts
gaucherie (15 points)
Malapropism, perhaps
Lack of grace
France curtailed its girl's clumsiness
G·2+A·1+U·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+R·1+I·1+E·1 = 15 pts
germicide (15 points)
Substance destroying harmful microorganisms
Disinfectant
Disinfectant.
G·2+E·1+R·1+M·3+I·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 15 pts
gluconate (12 points)
GLUCONATE
G·2+L·1+U·1+C·3+O·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
glucoside (13 points)
""One of a large series of amorphous or crystalline substances, occurring very widely distributed in plants, rarely in animals, and regarded as influental agents in the formation and disposition of the sugars. They are frequently of a bitter taste, but, by the action of ferments, or of dilute acids and alkalies, always break down into some characteristic substance (acid, aldehyde, alcohol, phenole, or alkaloid) and glucose (or some other sugar); hence the name. They are of the nature of complex and compound ethers, and ethereal salts of the sugar carbohydrates. glucose (or some other sugar); hence the name. They are of the nature of complex and compound ethers, and ethereal salts of the sugar carbohydrates.""
G·2+L·1+U·1+C·3+O·1+S·1+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 13 pts
glyceride (16 points)
Ester found in vegetable oils and animal fats
G·2+L·1+Y·4+C·3+E·1+R·1+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 16 pts
glycerine (15 points)
Sweet liquid taken round by Reg nicely
Syrupy chemical liquid
Viscous material used in antifreeze
G·2+L·1+Y·4+C·3+E·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 15 pts
glycoside (16 points)
""Any of a group of organic compounds, occurring abundantly in plants, that yield a sugar and one or more nonsugar substances on hydrolysis.""
G·2+L·1+Y·4+C·3+O·1+S·1+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 16 pts
gothicize (24 points)
To make Gothic; to bring back to barbarism.
G·2+O·1+T·1+H·4+I·1+C·3+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 24 pts
graticule (12 points)
Guidelines on a screen
G·2+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+E·1 = 12 pts
graywacke (22 points)
""A conglomerate or grit rock, consisting of rounded pebbles sand firmly united together.""
G·2+R·1+A·1+Y·4+W·4+A·1+C·3+K·5+E·1 = 22 pts
grievance (15 points)
Cause for complaint
Item causing resentment
Grounds for a complaint
G·2+R·1+I·1+E·1+V·4+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 15 pts
guacamole (14 points)
Holy food (wordplay)
Salsa partner (wordplay)
Mashed avocado dish
G·2+U·1+A·1+C·3+A·1+M·3+O·1+L·1+E·1 = 14 pts
guilloche (15 points)
Dostoevsky's jottings on the Tube (wordplay)
Decoration displayed by craft going round lake
G·2+U·1+I·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+C·3+H·4+E·1 = 15 pts
gyroscope (17 points)
Device with a rotating wheel
Although in a spin, I provide stability
Physics-lab spinner
G·2+Y·4+R·1+O·1+S·1+C·3+O·1+P·3+E·1 = 17 pts
hackamore (20 points)
Bridle? Not a bit of it!
Further behind horse, a bridle
Headgear for a horse
H·4+A·1+C·3+K·5+A·1+M·3+O·1+R·1+E·1 = 20 pts
hairpiece (16 points)
Bald lie (wordplay)
Rug, so to speak
Locks you can pick
H·4+A·1+I·1+R·1+P·3+I·1+E·1+C·3+E·1 = 16 pts
halfpence (19 points)
Coins withdrawn in 1985
Fen chapel gives old money for some ...
Former small coins
H·4+A·1+L·1+F·4+P·3+E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 19 pts
halocline (14 points)
A vertical gradient in ocean salinity.
H·4+A·1+L·1+O·1+C·3+L·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 14 pts
hatchable (19 points)
HATCH to bring forth young from an egg
H·4+A·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 19 pts
headpiece (17 points)
Item of armour wasn't disturbed, we hear
Ice heaped over protective wear
Perhaps this might have crossed your mind illustratively opening a chapter
H·4+E·1+A·1+D·2+P·3+I·1+E·1+C·3+E·1 = 17 pts
headspace (17 points)
State of mind
H·4+E·1+A·1+D·2+S·1+P·3+A·1+C·3+E·1 = 17 pts
heartache (17 points)
Lovelorn doctor's diagnosis (wordplay)
Extreme emotional pain
Listen to army rebel's sorrow
H·4+E·1+A·1+R·1+T·1+A·1+C·3+H·4+E·1 = 17 pts
heelpiece (16 points)
Part of a shoe.
Sounds like hell hold gun found in cobblers
Sounds like he'll be associated with weapon found in cobblers
H·4+E·1+E·1+L·1+P·3+I·1+E·1+C·3+E·1 = 16 pts
hemicycle (21 points)
Bandshell
H·4+E·1+M·3+I·1+C·3+Y·4+C·3+L·1+E·1 = 21 pts
hepaticae (16 points)
English word
H·4+E·1+P·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+E·1 = 16 pts
herbicide (17 points)
Substance toxic to plants
Substance for killing weeds
Chemical agent that destroys plants
H·4+E·1+R·1+B·3+I·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 17 pts
hesitance (14 points)
Uncertainty teaches information
Reservation at Chinese buffet
Fence-sitter's attribute
H·4+E·1+S·1+I·1+T·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 14 pts
hindrance (15 points)
Nicer hand (anagram)
CNN hired a drunk with an impediment
Exotic dancer seen by husband in bar
H·4+I·1+N·1+D·2+R·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 15 pts
hitchhike (24 points)
Use one's thumb to go places (wordplay)
Cadge a lift
Walk with help of free rides
H·4+I·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+H·4+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 24 pts
hodoscope (17 points)
Tracer for ionizing particles
H·4+O·1+D·2+O·1+S·1+C·3+O·1+P·3+E·1 = 17 pts
holocrine (14 points)
English word
H·4+O·1+L·1+O·1+C·3+R·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 14 pts
horoscope (16 points)
An all-star cast (wordplay)
Signs up for this (wordplay)
Daily reading for many
H·4+O·1+R·1+O·1+S·1+C·3+O·1+P·3+E·1 = 16 pts
hurricane (14 points)
Great depression (wordplay)
Hazel, for one
Alex Higgins raunchier perhaps (wordplay)
H·4+U·1+R·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+N·1+E·1 = 14 pts
hydrocele (18 points)
""A collection of serous fluid in the areolar texture of the scrotum or in the coverings, especially in the serous sac, investing the testicle or the spermatic cord; dropsy of the testicle.""
H·4+Y·4+D·2+R·1+O·1+C·3+E·1+L·1+E·1 = 18 pts
hypercube (21 points)
Four-dimensional figure
H·4+Y·4+P·3+E·1+R·1+C·3+U·1+B·3+E·1 = 21 pts
hypocrite (19 points)
One who doesn't walk the talk
Insincere person
Insincere type
H·4+Y·4+P·3+O·1+C·3+R·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 19 pts
ignorance (12 points)
Groin acne (anagram)
Not knowing the answer!
Not 2, no? How blissful that could be!
I·1+G·2+N·1+O·1+R·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 12 pts
imbalance (15 points)
Lack of harmony in stormy male cabin
Lack of proportion I am to compare
One can blame corrupt bias
I·1+M·3+B·3+A·1+L·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 15 pts
imbricate (15 points)
I'm to whip in the cheese to make it overlap
I am the cat among dairy produce, going to overlap (wordplay)
Regularly overlapping brick, mostly, framed by one friend
I·1+M·3+B·3+R·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 15 pts
immanence (15 points)
Innateness
I·1+M·3+M·3+A·1+N·1+E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 15 pts
imminence (15 points)
Impending danger
That's what's soon that I am for me to start with
Twice this writer's discontented clientele after new approach
I·1+M·3+M·3+I·1+N·1+E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 15 pts
impactive (18 points)
Smashing together
I·1+M·3+P·3+A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 18 pts
impedance (16 points)
Z stands for it in electronics
Electrical resistance
Measure of opposition that is restricting politician on trip
I·1+M·3+P·3+E·1+D·2+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 16 pts
implicate (15 points)
Involve in, say a crime
Put some of the blame on
Involve in a crime, ensnare
I·1+M·3+P·3+L·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 15 pts
impotence (15 points)
Lack of strength or power
Helplessness, powerlessness
Helplessness and how, perhaps, men cope with it
I·1+M·3+P·3+O·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 15 pts
imprecate (15 points)
Put curse on (someone)
Invoke evil - crime tape (anagram)
Swear tripe came badly cooked
I·1+M·3+P·3+R·1+E·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 15 pts
imprecise (15 points)
Woolly mice Peri's beaten!
Off the mark
Not quite right
I·1+M·3+P·3+R·1+E·1+C·3+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 15 pts
impudence (16 points)
Gall bladder finally removed in folly
Dessert in pieces in cool sauce
Lip or cheek
I·1+M·3+P·3+U·1+D·2+E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 16 pts
incapable (15 points)
Is that just cant (wordplay)
Some win cap --a bleary-eyed drunk!
With no trace of expertise
I·1+N·1+C·3+A·1+P·3+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 15 pts
incarnate (11 points)
Embodied in human form
Embodied in flesh like a spirit or devil
Represented in bodily form
I·1+N·1+C·3+A·1+R·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
incentive (14 points)
Inducement I have to get in money first
In a small coin I have inducement
Carrot on a stick, for example
I·1+N·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 14 pts
inceptive (16 points)
Noting the beginning
I·1+N·1+C·3+E·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 16 pts
incidence (14 points)
Rate of occurrence (eg, of a crime)
Range of occurrence
Extent of influence.
I·1+N·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 14 pts
inclosure (11 points)
""The act of inclosing; the state of being inclosed, shut up, or encompassed; the separation of land from common ground by a fence.""
I·1+N·1+C·3+L·1+O·1+S·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 11 pts
inclusive (14 points)
Nonsexist, in a way
Allowing anyone to enter
Broad in scope.
I·1+N·1+C·3+L·1+U·1+S·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 14 pts

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