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vacation (13 points)
Summer's highlight
Time away from work
Worker's respite
V·4+A·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
viomycin (18 points)
An antibiotic
V·4+I·1+O·1+M·3+Y·4+C·3+I·1+N·1 = 18 pts
vocation (13 points)
A calling as to priesthood
Trade produced in octavo
Calling in life
V·4+O·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
watchman (18 points)
Night-worker (wordplay)
Jeweller formerly on guard (wordplay)
Guard to observe staff
W·4+A·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 18 pts
watchmen (18 points)
Nighttime security-guard guys
Security folk
First ones to spot the king's ghost, in "Hamlet"
W·4+A·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 18 pts
yachtman (18 points)
""One who sails a yacht, also YACHTER, YACHTIE""
Y·4+A·1+C·3+H·4+T·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 18 pts
yachtmen (18 points)
Yachtman
Y·4+A·1+C·3+H·4+T·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 18 pts
abduction (14 points)
Carrying off (of a person)
Taking badly (wordplay)
Alien encounter, some claim
A·1+B·3+D·2+U·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
abjection (20 points)
Hopeless state of protest when leader's been replaced
A·1+B·3+J·8+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 20 pts
accession (13 points)
The act of becoming monarch
Pretender's dream.
Getting to the office
A·1+C·3+C·3+E·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
accordion (14 points)
Push my buttons!
Musical folder (wordplay)
Welk's instrument
A·1+C·3+C·3+O·1+R·1+D·2+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
accretion (13 points)
Collecting corps' soldiers during battle
Process of growth
Increase of carbon in explosive reaction
A·1+C·3+C·3+R·1+E·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
actuation (11 points)
Process of making operate
A·1+C·3+T·1+U·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
acylation (14 points)
ACYLATE to introduce acyl into
A·1+C·3+Y·4+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
addiction (13 points)
Monkey on one's back ("Henry V")
I did act on (anagram)
Maybe this is inhabited
A·1+D·2+D·2+I·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
adduction (13 points)
The act of adducing or bringing forward.
A·1+D·2+D·2+U·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
advection (15 points)
ADVECT to transport by the flow of a fluid
A·1+D·2+V·4+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
affection (17 points)
Feeling of fondness
Feeling of strong liking
Admiration of affectation from the army
A·1+F·4+F·4+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
anchorman (16 points)
Rather rank (wordplay)
One with breaking news
Jim Lehrer, for instance
A·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+O·1+R·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 16 pts
anchormen (16 points)
Huntley and Brinkley, for example
Rather and Brokaw, for example
Rather and Jennings, for example
A·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+O·1+R·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 16 pts
anthocyan (17 points)
Any of various water-soluble pigments that impart to flowers and other plant parts colors ranging from violet and blue to most shades of red.
A·1+N·1+T·1+H·4+O·1+C·3+Y·4+A·1+N·1 = 17 pts
anticodon (12 points)
CODON a triplet of basic DNA components
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+O·1+D·2+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
antimycin (16 points)
""One of several antibiotic substances produced by several species of Streptomyces, active against various fungi. They are used only experimentally, not in medicine. The two best-known antimycins are antimycin A1 (C28H40N2O9) and antimycin A3 (C26H36N2O9). They are notable for their mechanism of action, interference with the proton pumping mechanism of fungi.Streptomyces, active against various fungi. They are used only experimentally, not in medicine. The two best-known antimycins are antimycin A1 (C28H40N2O9) and antimycin A3 (C26H36N2O9). They are notable for their mechanism of action, interference with the proton pumping mechanism of fungi.""
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+M·3+Y·4+C·3+I·1+N·1 = 16 pts
ascension (11 points)
The Easter Rising (wordplay)
Canonises, being on the way up
Island of St. Helena.
A·1+S·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
ascertain (11 points)
Establish (the facts)
'Find out to assure me, perhaps (9)'
Find assure out (wordplay)
A·1+S·1+C·3+E·1+R·1+T·1+A·1+I·1+N·1 = 11 pts
attackman (17 points)
Offense player in lacrosse
Lacrosse player on the offensive side of the field
A·1+T·1+T·1+A·1+C·3+K·5+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 17 pts
attackmen (17 points)
ATTACK to {assault=v}
A·1+T·1+T·1+A·1+C·3+K·5+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 17 pts
avocation (14 points)
That's the job - or maybe a calling
Hobby; avian coot (anagram)
A life's work leads to hobby
A·1+V·4+O·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
baldachin (17 points)
Canopy for a shaven jaw (wordplay)
Unadorned feature beneath a cloth canopy
'Lacking a beard, this will give some cover over the head (9)'
B·3+A·1+L·1+D·2+A·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+N·1 = 17 pts
balmacaan (15 points)
Loose, boxy overcoat
Coat with raglan sleeves.
Man's knee-length loose flaring overcoat with raglan sleeves
B·3+A·1+L·1+M·3+A·1+C·3+A·1+A·1+N·1 = 15 pts
barracoon (13 points)
Prevent the car going in reverse with norhing on the end for the slaves
B·3+A·1+R·1+R·1+A·1+C·3+O·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
basilican (13 points)
Church's prohibition covering mineral substance
Major church's interdict embracing quartz etc
One is able to follow saint of the church
B·3+A·1+S·1+I·1+L·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+N·1 = 13 pts
bijection (20 points)
Mathematics A function that is both one-to-one and onto.
B·3+I·1+J·8+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 20 pts
bisection (13 points)
Division in half
B·3+I·1+S·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
broomcorn (15 points)
""A variety of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) having a stiff, erect, much-branched flower cluster, the stalks of which are used to make brooms.""
B·3+R·1+O·1+O·1+M·3+C·3+O·1+R·1+N·1 = 15 pts
buckthorn (20 points)
Prickly berried shrub
Prickly shrub with black berries
B·3+U·1+C·3+K·5+T·1+H·4+O·1+R·1+N·1 = 20 pts
cacodemon (16 points)
Shakespearean nightmare
Come and dance, keeping company with the devil
Running water stifles means of communication concerning evil spirit
C·3+A·1+C·3+O·1+D·2+E·1+M·3+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
caecilian (13 points)
""Any of various legless, burrowing, wormlike amphibians of the order Gymnophiona, of tropical regions.""
C·3+A·1+E·1+C·3+I·1+L·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 13 pts
caesarean (11 points)
Delivery for Julian (wordplay)
Surgical birth (Var.)
Like "Et tu, Brute?"
C·3+A·1+E·1+S·1+A·1+R·1+E·1+A·1+N·1 = 11 pts
caesarian (11 points)
Relating to Brutus' victim (Var.)
Pertaining to Gaius Julius
Re some Roman emperors
C·3+A·1+E·1+S·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 11 pts
cameraman (15 points)
Snappy judge (wordplay)
TV station employee
Hollywood V. I. P.
C·3+A·1+M·3+E·1+R·1+A·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 15 pts
cameramen (15 points)
Movie shooters (wordplay)
Photographers arrived with noodles
They ride the dolly.
C·3+A·1+M·3+E·1+R·1+A·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 15 pts
candlepin (14 points)
Small-ball bowling target
Target for some keglers
*Boston bowler's target
C·3+A·1+N·1+D·2+L·1+E·1+P·3+I·1+N·1 = 14 pts
caparison (13 points)
Perhaps dressages for the horses
Read about a capital way to dress well
Rich cloth laid over a warhorse
C·3+A·1+P·3+A·1+R·1+I·1+S·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
capsaicin (15 points)
""A colorless crystalline substance extracted from the Capsicum annuum, and giving off vapors of intense acridity. Capsicum annuum, and giving off vapors of intense acridity.""
C·3+A·1+P·3+S·1+A·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+N·1 = 15 pts
carbanion (13 points)
An anion in which carbon carries a negative charge and an unshared pair of electrons.
C·3+A·1+R·1+B·3+A·1+N·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
caretaken (15 points)
Caretake
C·3+A·1+R·1+E·1+T·1+A·1+K·5+E·1+N·1 = 15 pts
carnation (11 points)
America perhaps, after auto plant
What a blooming mechanical people!
Country estate perhaps first in bloom
C·3+A·1+R·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
carnelian (11 points)
Did Inca learn of this gem (wordplay)
Red cross member (wordplay)
Variety of quartz
C·3+A·1+R·1+N·1+E·1+L·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 11 pts
carrageen (12 points)
Mini modified genera of seaweed
Purplish-red, edible seaweed
Purplish-red North Atlantic seaweed
C·3+A·1+R·1+R·1+A·1+G·2+E·1+E·1+N·1 = 12 pts
caseation (11 points)
A degeneration of animal tissue into a cheesy or curdy mass.
C·3+A·1+S·1+E·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
castellan (11 points)
Governor of a fortress
Warden in a medieval stronghold.
For one running keep tin of beer (wordplay)
C·3+A·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+L·1+L·1+A·1+N·1 = 11 pts
catamaran (13 points)
Boat for felines (wordplay)
America's Cup winner, perhaps
Feline boat (wordplay)
C·3+A·1+T·1+A·1+M·3+A·1+R·1+A·1+N·1 = 13 pts
cathepsin (16 points)
Any of various proteolytic enzymes found in animal tissue that catalyze the hydrolysis of proteins into polypeptides.
C·3+A·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+P·3+S·1+I·1+N·1 = 16 pts
cattleman (13 points)
Neat fellow on the ranch (wordplay)
Ben Cartwright, for one
Shepherd's nemesis, in many oaters
C·3+A·1+T·1+T·1+L·1+E·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 13 pts
cattlemen (13 points)
Characters in "Old Arizona."
The sound of their work may be heard
Prime factors in the meat situation.
C·3+A·1+T·1+T·1+L·1+E·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 13 pts
causation (11 points)
Reason why
Why one thing leads to another (wordplay)
Effect producer
C·3+A·1+U·1+S·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
celloidin (12 points)
A pure form of pyroxylin in which specimens for microscopic examination are embedded.
C·3+E·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+I·1+D·2+I·1+N·1 = 12 pts
centurion (11 points)
Man of 18 (wordplay)
Roman army commander
Roman army officer
C·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+U·1+R·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
cessation (11 points)
Stopping canoeists capsizing
Process of ending
The ending or being brought to an end
C·3+E·1+S·1+S·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
chalazion (23 points)
""A tumour of the eyelid, pl CHALAZIONS or CHALAZIA""
C·3+H·4+A·1+L·1+A·1+Z·10+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 23 pts
chalcogen (17 points)
""(Chemistry / Elements & Compounds) any of the elements oxygen, sulphur, selenium, tellurium, or polonium, of group 6A of the periodic table [from chalco ( pyrite ) + -gen ]""
C·3+H·4+A·1+L·1+C·3+O·1+G·2+E·1+N·1 = 17 pts
chameleon (16 points)
Lizard hard for animal to eat (wild one)
Quick change artist (wordplay)
Lizard able to change its skin colour
C·3+H·4+A·1+M·3+E·1+L·1+E·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
champaign (19 points)
University town in east central Illinois
Victor contrived gain in old country
Hospital used during manoeuvres in open country
C·3+H·4+A·1+M·3+P·3+A·1+I·1+G·2+N·1 = 19 pts
charlatan (14 points)
Flamboyant deceiver, mountebank
Quack, fraud, a flamboyant deceiver
Cleaner's mostly slow, and an imposter
C·3+H·4+A·1+R·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+A·1+N·1 = 14 pts
charwoman (19 points)
Tea-lady appears daily
Office building cleaner
Cleaner nation under fish wife
C·3+H·4+A·1+R·1+W·4+O·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 19 pts
charwomen (19 points)
Some cleaners
Cleaning ladies
Cleaners.
C·3+H·4+A·1+R·1+W·4+O·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 19 pts
chatelain (14 points)
The master of a castle; a castellan.
C·3+H·4+A·1+T·1+E·1+L·1+A·1+I·1+N·1 = 14 pts
chawbacon (21 points)
'Half a dozen grinning -s watching him (Richard Jefferies, Green Ferne Farm)
C·3+H·4+A·1+W·4+B·3+A·1+C·3+O·1+N·1 = 21 pts
checkrein (20 points)
A short rein looped over the check hook to prevent a horse from lowering his head; called also a bearing rein. bearing rein.
C·3+H·4+E·1+C·3+K·5+R·1+E·1+I·1+N·1 = 20 pts
chelation (14 points)
The process of removing a heavy metal from a solution by means of a chelate;
C·3+H·4+E·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
chelonian (14 points)
Hen Nicola chopped up for reptile
C·3+H·4+E·1+L·1+O·1+N·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 14 pts
chieftain (17 points)
Emir or raja
Leading man's changing it, if he can
One newt in file is the leader
C·3+H·4+I·1+E·1+F·4+T·1+A·1+I·1+N·1 = 17 pts
chilblain (16 points)
A chap on foot (wordplay)
Painful swelling brought on by cold
Painful swelling in winter
C·3+H·4+I·1+L·1+B·3+L·1+A·1+I·1+N·1 = 16 pts
chinkapin (20 points)
Chestnut tree Var.
Chestnut tree variable
C·3+H·4+I·1+N·1+K·5+A·1+P·3+I·1+N·1 = 20 pts
chromatin (16 points)
Order discovered in laboratory animal in feature which contains DNA
C·3+H·4+R·1+O·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+N·1 = 16 pts
chromogen (17 points)
Vegetable coloring matter other than green; chromule.
C·3+H·4+R·1+O·1+M·3+O·1+G·2+E·1+N·1 = 17 pts
chthonian (17 points)
Of the underworld
C·3+H·4+T·1+H·4+O·1+N·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 17 pts
churchman (21 points)
Ecclesiastic
C·3+H·4+U·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 21 pts
churchmen (21 points)
CHURCH to bring to a building for Christian worship
C·3+H·4+U·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 21 pts
ciliation (11 points)
CILIATE a class of protozoans
C·3+I·1+L·1+I·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
circadian (14 points)
Of daily biological processes
C·3+I·1+R·1+C·3+A·1+D·2+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 14 pts
cisplatin (13 points)
""A platinum-containing chemotherapeutic drug, Cl 2 H 6 N 2 Pt, used in the treatment of metastatic ovarian or testicular cancers and advanced bladder cancer.""
C·3+I·1+S·1+P·3+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+N·1 = 13 pts
clampdown (19 points)
Get a grip (wordplay)
Attempt at suppression
Attempt to suppress something
C·3+L·1+A·1+M·3+P·3+D·2+O·1+W·4+N·1 = 19 pts
clergyman (17 points)
Is he in a service industry (wordplay)
My clanger about the vicar (wordplay)
Person of the cloth
C·3+L·1+E·1+R·1+G·2+Y·4+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 17 pts
clergymen (17 points)
Cloth workers (wordplay)
Revs may have them in masses 99)
Spiritual leaders of a Christian Church
C·3+L·1+E·1+R·1+G·2+Y·4+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 17 pts
clinician (13 points)
Doctor treating patients
Doctor working directly with patients
Workshop giver
C·3+L·1+I·1+N·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 13 pts
closedown (15 points)
Shut completely, perhaps a business
Near to getting depressed? Gets wind up!
Secretive and depressed, stop operating
C·3+L·1+O·1+S·1+E·1+D·2+O·1+W·4+N·1 = 15 pts
cnidarian (12 points)
Box jellyfish or sea anemone, for example
C·3+N·1+I·1+D·2+A·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 12 pts
coalition (11 points)
Alliance to adopt fossil fuel, perhaps
The alliance of carbonisation, perhaps
Group of allies
C·3+O·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
cobalamin (15 points)
See vitamin B .
C·3+O·1+B·3+A·1+L·1+A·1+M·3+I·1+N·1 = 15 pts
cocaptain (15 points)
Continental title
C·3+O·1+C·3+A·1+P·3+T·1+A·1+I·1+N·1 = 15 pts
cognation (12 points)
Relationship by blood; descent from the same original; kindred.
C·3+O·1+G·2+N·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
cognition (12 points)
Knowledge - incognito (anagram)
Knowledge - no to icing (anagram)
Faculty of knowing while incognito
C·3+O·1+G·2+N·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
colcannon (13 points)
Irish cabbage, potato dish
Pass priest eating Northern Irish food
Cabbage mashed with potatoes
C·3+O·1+L·1+C·3+A·1+N·1+N·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
collation (11 points)
Making a meal of Lolita con (wordplay)
Fast food (wordplay)
Putting in sequence
C·3+O·1+L·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
collegian (12 points)
Student pass many picked up
Fisk attendee, for example
Student makes Colorado member confront Scotsman
C·3+O·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+G·2+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 12 pts
collision (11 points)
Violent meeting of objects
Course drivers should avoid
Course to avoid
C·3+O·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
collodion (12 points)
""A solution of pyroxylin (soluble gun cotton) in ether containing a varying proportion of alcohol. It is strongly adhesive, and is used by surgeons as a containing for wounds; but its chief application is as a vehicle for the sensitive film in photography.""
C·3+O·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+D·2+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
collusion (11 points)
Secret or illegal conspiracy to deceive
Secret cooperation
Secret deception
C·3+O·1+L·1+L·1+U·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
commotion (15 points)
Public disorder
Disorderly outburst
Conservative proposal about honour causing uproar
C·3+O·1+M·3+M·3+O·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
communion (15 points)
Act of participating in the Eucharist
Sharing of spiritual feelings
Mass consumption that's common around university
C·3+O·1+M·3+M·3+U·1+N·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
companion (15 points)
Mate (maybe of honour!)
Person who lives or travels with you
One of the gang
C·3+O·1+M·3+P·3+A·1+N·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
concision (13 points)
Terseness
C·3+O·1+N·1+C·3+I·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
condition (12 points)
Provision for one's health
Part of an agreement
State one's requirement
C·3+O·1+N·1+D·2+I·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
confusion (14 points)
Averse to an alliance (wordplay)
Study nuclear process in chaos
What a blow to the head might cause
C·3+O·1+N·1+F·4+U·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
connexion (18 points)
Relationship: Brit. sp
A relationship: Eng. spelling.
Relationship Brit. sp.
C·3+O·1+N·1+N·1+E·1+X·8+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 18 pts
constrain (11 points)
Hold back - non-racist (anagram)
Restrict scope of (an activity)
Prison conveyance (wordplay)
C·3+O·1+N·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+I·1+N·1 = 11 pts
contagion (12 points)
Liquid coating on a virus maybe
It can go on spreading disease
Common epidemic factor
C·3+O·1+N·1+T·1+A·1+G·2+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
contusion (11 points)
Blemish beneath skin of onions cut out
This brews, by the sound of it.
Discoloration of skin of onions cut in pieces
C·3+O·1+N·1+T·1+U·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
cornelian (11 points)
Banal piece by essayist? It's a gem
Dull red stone; lone cairn (anagram)
July birthstone
C·3+O·1+R·1+N·1+E·1+L·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 11 pts
cornerman (13 points)
English word
C·3+O·1+R·1+N·1+E·1+R·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 13 pts
cornermen (13 points)
CORNER to gain control of
C·3+O·1+R·1+N·1+E·1+R·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 13 pts
corrasion (11 points)
""The erosion of the bed of a stream by running water, principally by attrition of the detritus carried along by the stream, but also by the solvent action of the water.""
C·3+O·1+R·1+R·1+A·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
corrosion (11 points)
Something worn on a hood
Rust, for example
Chemical process of metal erosion
C·3+O·1+R·1+R·1+O·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
cotillion (11 points)
Lively French social dance
Deb's ball
C eighteen dance
C·3+O·1+T·1+I·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
cotyledon (15 points)
NCO old, yet turned over a new leaf
C·3+O·1+T·1+Y·4+L·1+E·1+D·2+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
countdown (15 points)
Missile launching procedure.
New Year's Eve tally
Stop at nothing
C·3+O·1+U·1+N·1+T·1+D·2+O·1+W·4+N·1 = 15 pts
courtesan (11 points)
She's seduced no curates (wordplay)
No curates get mixed up with her!
No curates should take her out
C·3+O·1+U·1+R·1+T·1+E·1+S·1+A·1+N·1 = 11 pts
cowritten (14 points)
Like many screenplays
Like Rodgers/Hart songs
Like Lennon/McCartney songs
C·3+O·1+W·4+R·1+I·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+N·1 = 14 pts
crackdown (21 points)
Expert depressed by repressive measures
Repressive action taken
Newly appointed disciplinarian's measure
C·3+R·1+A·1+C·3+K·5+D·2+O·1+W·4+N·1 = 21 pts
cracksman (19 points)
... joker that breaks in (wordplay)
The burglar works out on the island
Burglar jokes with servant
C·3+R·1+A·1+C·3+K·5+S·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 19 pts
cracksmen (19 points)
CRACKS crack
C·3+R·1+A·1+C·3+K·5+S·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 19 pts
craftsman (16 points)
Boatyard worker (wordplay)
Skilled sailor (wordplay)
Expert shipwright (wordplay)
C·3+R·1+A·1+F·4+T·1+S·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 16 pts
craftsmen (16 points)
Males with manual skills
Males with skill in the manual arts
Manual workers with great skill
C·3+R·1+A·1+F·4+T·1+S·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 16 pts
cremation (13 points)
Burning (of a body)
Disposal of last atom in life (wordplay)
A burning romance somehow holds it back
C·3+R·1+E·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
crenation (11 points)
A rounded tooth on the edge of a leaf.
C·3+R·1+E·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
criterion (11 points)
Swimsuit competition for one
Swimsuit competition for one
Where to play Touchstone (wordplay)
C·3+R·1+I·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
crosstown (14 points)
Traversing Waltham, say
EastWest in Manhattan.
East-West in Manhattan.
C·3+R·1+O·1+S·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+W·4+N·1 = 14 pts
custodian (12 points)
Protector/guardian (of something)
He takes care to get a discount, perhaps
Keeper of keys
C·3+U·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+D·2+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 12 pts
cyclopean (18 points)
Vast empty city with no place to settle
Gigantic.
Massive
C·3+Y·4+C·3+L·1+O·1+P·3+E·1+A·1+N·1 = 18 pts
cyclotron (16 points)
Physicist's accelerator
Particle-accelerating machine
Apparatus accelerating particles
C·3+Y·4+C·3+L·1+O·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
cytokinin (18 points)
Any of a class of plant hormones that promote cell division and growth and delay the senescence of leaves.
C·3+Y·4+T·1+O·1+K·5+I·1+N·1+I·1+N·1 = 18 pts
cytolysin (17 points)
""A substance, such as an antibody, capable of dissolving or destroying cells.""
C·3+Y·4+T·1+O·1+L·1+Y·4+S·1+I·1+N·1 = 17 pts
cytotoxin (21 points)
A substance having a specific toxic effect on certain cells.
C·3+Y·4+T·1+O·1+T·1+O·1+X·8+I·1+N·1 = 21 pts
decapodan (15 points)
Of or relating to the Decapoda or a decapod.
D·2+E·1+C·3+A·1+P·3+O·1+D·2+A·1+N·1 = 15 pts
decathlon (15 points)
Latched on to jockey - it's eventful!
Ten out of ten for the all-rounder!
Summer Olympics event
D·2+E·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+H·4+L·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
deception (14 points)
'Code' with inept resolution is cunning
For such trickery one must need cop it
Smoke, from a magician
D·2+E·1+C·3+E·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
decillion (12 points)
One followed by 33 zeros
1 followed by 33 zeros.
D·2+E·1+C·3+I·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
decoction (14 points)
Nice doctor shortly produced a pharmacological essence
D·2+E·1+C·3+O·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
deduction (13 points)
Removal from gathering
That's not 25 down, and with reason
Points taken away in the ring
D·2+E·1+D·2+U·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
defection (15 points)
The Berlin Wall's purpose was largely to prevent this
D·2+E·1+F·4+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
dejection (19 points)
Low spirits of a number getting dismissal
Despondency
Sadness ... or, read another way, what five puzzle answers have in common
D·2+E·1+J·8+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 19 pts
depiction (14 points)
Drawing EP, in a manner of speaking
Representation in art
Delivery contains record of picture
D·2+E·1+P·3+I·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
detection (12 points)
Uncovering deceit? Not difficult!
What sleuthing is all about
Police work cited note in question
D·2+E·1+T·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
dictation (12 points)
Get this at in a manner of speaking
Take it down from this
Speaking of words to be taken down
D·2+I·1+C·3+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
dietician (12 points)
I incited a bent authority on food
He'll tell you what to have, of course
One guides you, as a matter of course
D·2+I·1+E·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 12 pts
direction (12 points)
Course of a free-kick (wordplay)
Telling the way to go (wordplay)
Management's right, perhaps
D·2+I·1+R·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
dodecagon (14 points)
Twelve-sided figure
Good movement with dance figure
12-sided figure
D·2+O·1+D·2+E·1+C·3+A·1+G·2+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
draconian (12 points)
Very severe medic with a look over Scot
Very harsh like severe laws
Incan road (anagram) - extremely harsh
D·2+R·1+A·1+C·3+O·1+N·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 12 pts
education (12 points)
McMahon's schooling (wordplay)
Letters perhaps auctioned off
A tonic due (anagram)
E·1+D·2+U·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
elocution (11 points)
Speech in clue too complicated
The talking cure? That's a nice way of saying it!
The skill of clear and expressive speech
E·1+L·1+O·1+C·3+U·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
encrimson (13 points)
Incarnadine. Possibly for non-crimes
E·1+N·1+C·3+R·1+I·1+M·3+S·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
epicurean (13 points)
The French Laundry patron, perhaps
Fond of luxury, pleasure, etc.
Lover of fine dining
E·1+P·3+I·1+C·3+U·1+R·1+E·1+A·1+N·1 = 13 pts
euclidean (12 points)
Of an ancient system of geometry
Dutch uncle without a notion of geometry
Type of geometry
E·1+U·1+C·3+L·1+I·1+D·2+E·1+A·1+N·1 = 12 pts
euclidian (12 points)
Geometry type
That's figuratively the hidden clue I had over the boy
E·1+U·1+C·3+L·1+I·1+D·2+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 12 pts
evocation (14 points)
Online occupation (wordplay)
Computer business (wordplay)
Calling for online mission (wordplay)
E·1+V·4+O·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
exception (20 points)
Rule breaker (wordplay)
It's said to prove a rule
It doesn't conform to the general rule
E·1+X·8+C·3+E·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 20 pts
exciseman (20 points)
Duty collector (hist.)
'The de'il's away wi' him', said Burns
Old smuggler's foe
E·1+X·8+C·3+I·1+S·1+E·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 20 pts
excisemen (20 points)
Duty officer? Remove him!
Smugglers are their quarry
British tax officers.
E·1+X·8+C·3+I·1+S·1+E·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 20 pts
exclusion (18 points)
""The act of excluding, or of shutting out, whether by thrusting out or by preventing admission; a debarring; rejection; prohibition; the state of being excluded.""
E·1+X·8+C·3+L·1+U·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 18 pts
excretion (18 points)
Getting you way stout, by the sound of it
E·1+X·8+C·3+R·1+E·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 18 pts
excursion (18 points)
Insure cox on pleasure trip
Outing curs, once it's charged
Sally's trip
E·1+X·8+C·3+U·1+R·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 18 pts
execution (18 points)
Performance killing act
How something is done
Performance of capital detachment
E·1+X·8+E·1+C·3+U·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 18 pts
francolin (14 points)
Partridge old dictator left at home
How in France one might buy this bird with nothing and get nothing back
F·4+R·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+O·1+L·1+I·1+N·1 = 14 pts
furcation (14 points)
A branching like a. fork.
F·4+U·1+R·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
gerfalcon (15 points)
Arctic bird of prey
G·2+E·1+R·1+F·4+A·1+L·1+C·3+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
guncotton (12 points)
Type of explosive
Count on GT form for an old banger
Explosive concoction
G·2+U·1+N·1+C·3+O·1+T·1+T·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
gyrfalcon (18 points)
Fly, garcon (anagram)
Arctic bird of prey
NWT's official bird
G·2+Y·4+R·1+F·4+A·1+L·1+C·3+O·1+N·1 = 18 pts
herculean (14 points)
Enormously demanding (task)
Strong as Poirot (wordplay)
Requiring very great effort
H·4+E·1+R·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+E·1+A·1+N·1 = 14 pts
ichneumon (16 points)
Mongoose: one and one munch snakes
Parasitic wasp
Mongoose chewing coati's tail with one munch
I·1+C·3+H·4+N·1+E·1+U·1+M·3+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
impaction (15 points)
Pressing suit with the devil
Dental problem
I·1+M·3+P·3+A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
incaution (11 points)
Is that enough to give one a rash (wordplay)
I·1+N·1+C·3+A·1+U·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
inception (13 points)
Nice point made from the start
Start to notice PIN forgery
Start playing in pit, once
I·1+N·1+C·3+E·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
inclusion (11 points)
Incorporation
Admittance
I·1+N·1+C·3+L·1+U·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
incursion (11 points)
Protecting love, suffer evil attack
Attack made into enemy territory
Arouse love to block evil hostile action
I·1+N·1+C·3+U·1+R·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
indiction (12 points)
Popular enunciation of proclamation
I·1+N·1+D·2+I·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
induction (12 points)
- Loop; - heating; - coil
Relative of inauguration.
Kind of coil
I·1+N·1+D·2+U·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
infection (14 points)
Invasion by pathogenic micro-organism
Process of catching virus
18 across is to prevent this
I·1+N·1+F·4+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
injection (18 points)
It often comes with pace
Introduction of a new factor.
A sudden burst of pace, possibly fuelled
I·1+N·1+J·8+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 18 pts
interclan (11 points)
CLAN a group of families
I·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+C·3+L·1+A·1+N·1 = 11 pts
inunction (11 points)
""The act of anointing, or the state of being anointed; unction; specifically (Med.), the rubbing of ointments into the pores of the skin, by which medicinal agents contained in them, such as mercury, iodide of potash, etc., are absorbed. (Med.), the rubbing of ointments into the pores of the skin, by which medicinal agents contained in them, such as mercury, iodide of potash, etc., are absorbed.""
I·1+N·1+U·1+N·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
kanamycin (20 points)
""A water-soluble broad-spectrum antibiotic, C 18 H 36 O 11 N 4 , obtained from the soil bacterium Streptomyces kanamyceticus.""
K·5+A·1+N·1+A·1+M·3+Y·4+C·3+I·1+N·1 = 20 pts
knockdown (23 points)
Fell - to this bargain price (wordplay)
Criticize pillow filling (wordplay)
Demolish buildings at a very low price
K·5+N·1+O·1+C·3+K·5+D·2+O·1+W·4+N·1 = 23 pts
lactation (11 points)
Dairy process
Play at this in the dairy with a lion around
Sounds as if one might lack this to a tin of milk
L·1+A·1+C·3+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
longicorn (12 points)
Beetle with a lengthy narrow body
L·1+O·1+N·1+G·2+I·1+C·3+O·1+R·1+N·1 = 12 pts
luciferin (14 points)
""Any of several substances found in luminescent organisms (such as the firefly, Photinus pyralis) which, when oxidized, produces an almost heatless light. It was first isolated from fireflies, and is the source of the firefly luminescence. See also firefly luciferinPhotinus pyralis) which, when oxidized, produces an almost heatless light. It was first isolated from fireflies, and is the source of the firefly luminescence. See also firefly luciferin""
L·1+U·1+C·3+I·1+F·4+E·1+R·1+I·1+N·1 = 14 pts
mercaptan (15 points)
On foreign sea skipper discharges one organic compound
M·3+E·1+R·1+C·3+A·1+P·3+T·1+A·1+N·1 = 15 pts
misreckon (17 points)
To reckon wrongly; to miscalculate.
M·3+I·1+S·1+R·1+E·1+C·3+K·5+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
mitomycin (18 points)
Any of a group of antibiotics produced by the soil actinomycete Streptomyces caespitosus that inhibit DNA synthesis and are used against bacteria and cancerous tumor cells.
M·3+I·1+T·1+O·1+M·3+Y·4+C·3+I·1+N·1 = 18 pts
molluscan (13 points)
Of or pertaining to mollusks.
M·3+O·1+L·1+L·1+U·1+S·1+C·3+A·1+N·1 = 13 pts
mortician (13 points)
"Six Feet Under" occupation
'Six Feet Under' occupation
Six Feet Under occupation
M·3+O·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 13 pts
mycotoxin (23 points)
A toxin produced by a fungus.
M·3+Y·4+C·3+O·1+T·1+O·1+X·8+I·1+N·1 = 23 pts
nonaction (11 points)
Passivity
N·1+O·1+N·1+A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
objection (20 points)
Notice job is to be relocated - protest!
Statement of protest
Don't like the thing with one on the end
O·1+B·3+J·8+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 20 pts
occlusion (13 points)
Obstruction, blockage
Stopping up
O·1+C·3+C·3+L·1+U·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
octillion (11 points)
1 followed by 27 zeros
Thousand raised to the ninth power
Billion cubed
O·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
offscreen (17 points)
Like many a Hollywood romance
Apt filmdom rhyme for "unseen"
In real life, to a movie actor
O·1+F·4+F·4+S·1+C·3+R·1+E·1+E·1+N·1 = 17 pts
olecranon (11 points)
The large process at the proximal end of the ulna which projects behind the articulation with the humerus and forms the bony prominence of the elbow.
O·1+L·1+E·1+C·3+R·1+A·1+N·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
olfaction (14 points)
Sense of smell
Act or function of smelling
O·1+L·1+F·4+A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts

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