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execration (19 points)
Ben's posthumous curse against fire god
Curse of senior manager on dole
Hate helping to support boss
E·1+X·8+E·1+C·3+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 19 pts
expunction (21 points)
The act of expunging or erasing; the condition of being expunged.
E·1+X·8+P·3+U·1+N·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 21 pts
extinction (19 points)
Death of a species
Process of dying out
Dying out, as of species
E·1+X·8+T·1+I·1+N·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 19 pts
extraction (19 points)
Trace toxin circulating in blood
The strain of dental treatment
Dental operation
E·1+X·8+T·1+R·1+A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 19 pts
fasciation (15 points)
Act of bandaging
F·4+A·1+S·1+C·3+I·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
gentamicin (15 points)
""A broad-spectrum antibiotic derived from an actinomycete of the genus Micromonospora, used in its sulfate form to treat various infections.""
G·2+E·1+N·1+T·1+A·1+M·3+I·1+C·3+I·1+N·1 = 15 pts
glaciation (13 points)
Act of freezing.
G·2+L·1+A·1+C·3+I·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
gramicidin (16 points)
An antibiotic produced by the soil bacterium Bacillus brevis and used to treat infections caused by certain gram-positive bacteria.
G·2+R·1+A·1+M·3+I·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+I·1+N·1 = 16 pts
halocarbon (17 points)
""A compound, such as a fluorocarbon, that consists of carbon and one or more halogens.""
H·4+A·1+L·1+O·1+C·3+A·1+R·1+B·3+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
hemocyanin (20 points)
""A bluish, copper-containing protein with an oxygen-carrying function similar to that of hemoglobin, present in the blood of certain mollusks and arthropods.""
H·4+E·1+M·3+O·1+C·3+Y·4+A·1+N·1+I·1+N·1 = 20 pts
houseclean (15 points)
Remove the undesirables
Tidy up the abode
H·4+O·1+U·1+S·1+E·1+C·3+L·1+E·1+A·1+N·1 = 15 pts
incitation (12 points)
The act of inciting or moving to action.
I·1+N·1+C·3+I·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
incubation (14 points)
Process of brooding (wordplay)
Development period
Independent young reporter in state should see development
I·1+N·1+C·3+U·1+B·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
indecision (13 points)
Judge's uncertainty (wordplay)
Inability to make up one's mind
State of uncertainty
I·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+C·3+I·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
indication (13 points)
Sign (of something)
Justification when leader's ignored sign
In one state police rejected evidence
I·1+N·1+D·2+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
infarction (15 points)
The act of stuffing or filling; an overloading and obstruction of any organ or vessel of the body; constipation.
I·1+N·1+F·4+A·1+R·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
inflection (15 points)
Stress of left in disorder
Pitch is left in clinical condition
Disease found around port causing stress
I·1+N·1+F·4+L·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
infliction (15 points)
Fashionable novels, when about fifty, can be an imposition
I·1+N·1+F·4+L·1+I·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
infraction (15 points)
Breach fashionable quarter (wordplay)
Infringement, for example
In part it's a violation
I·1+N·1+F·4+R·1+A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
injunction (19 points)
Command having entered 9 perhaps
I name meeting-place for court order
Directive popular with union
I·1+N·1+J·8+U·1+N·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 19 pts
inspection (14 points)
Check popular page in part of paper
Nine topics redrafted for examination
Check popular area after power input
I·1+N·1+S·1+P·3+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
interchain (15 points)
""To link together; to unite closely or firmly, as by a chain.""
I·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+A·1+I·1+N·1 = 15 pts
interocean (12 points)
OCEAN vast sections of salt water over most of the world
I·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+O·1+C·3+E·1+A·1+N·1 = 12 pts
intinction (12 points)
Dipping bread into wine at Holy Communion
I·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
invocation (15 points)
The appeal of a fashionable career
A fashionable career in conjuring
A plea to be satisfyingly employed (wordplay)
I·1+N·1+V·4+O·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
ivermectin (17 points)
""(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Veterinary Science) a drug that kills parasitic nematode worms, mites, and insects. It is used to treat a variety of parasitic infections in domestic animals and onchocerciasis in humans""
I·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+M·3+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+N·1 = 17 pts
laceration (12 points)
Tearing (of skin)
How much material you can get wound
Cut the material allowance
L·1+A·1+C·3+E·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
leprechaun (17 points)
Little green man (wordplay)
Og of "Finian's Rainbow," for example
Clean up her mess, little one
L·1+E·1+P·3+R·1+E·1+C·3+H·4+A·1+U·1+N·1 = 17 pts
leucocidin (15 points)
English word
L·1+E·1+U·1+C·3+O·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+I·1+N·1 = 15 pts
lincomycin (19 points)
An antibacterial antibiotic obtained from the bacterium Streptomyces lincolnensis and used in the treatment of certain penicillin-resistant infections.Streptomyces lincolnensis and used in the treatment of certain penicillin-resistant infections.
L·1+I·1+N·1+C·3+O·1+M·3+Y·4+C·3+I·1+N·1 = 19 pts
locomotion (14 points)
Crazy movement (wordplay)
Power of moving crazy proposal
Movement from place to place
L·1+O·1+C·3+O·1+M·3+O·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
maceration (14 points)
Process of soaking fixed amount of spice
Process of breaking up staff allowance
Staff given allowance in softening-up process
M·3+A·1+C·3+E·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
maculation (14 points)
Stain
M·3+A·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
medication (15 points)
Nurse's concern
Doctor's offering
Caught in a way to settle dispute: drugs, perhaps
M·3+E·1+D·2+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
midsection (15 points)
Torso
Trunk
M·3+I·1+D·2+S·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
miscaption (16 points)
CAPTION to provide with a title
M·3+I·1+S·1+C·3+A·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
morphactin (19 points)
English word
M·3+O·1+R·1+P·3+H·4+A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+N·1 = 19 pts
multichain (17 points)
Word with prefix multi-
M·3+U·1+L·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+H·4+A·1+I·1+N·1 = 17 pts
mycetozoan (26 points)
""(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) a former name for a slime mould MYOMECTOMY pl -mies (Medicine / Surgery) surgical removal of a myoma, especially in the uterus""
M·3+Y·4+C·3+E·1+T·1+O·1+Z·10+O·1+A·1+N·1 = 26 pts
noncitizen (21 points)
CITIZEN a resident of a city
N·1+O·1+N·1+C·3+I·1+T·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1+N·1 = 21 pts
nonconcern (14 points)
CONCERN to be of interest to
N·1+O·1+N·1+C·3+O·1+N·1+C·3+E·1+R·1+N·1 = 14 pts
nonfiction (15 points)
No fancy work (wordplay)
As a writer, you couldn't make it up!
Best seller category
N·1+O·1+N·1+F·4+I·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
novobiocin (17 points)
""An antibiotic, C 31 H 36 N 2 O 11 , produced by the actinomycete Streptomyces nivens and used to treat infections by gram-positive bacteria.""
N·1+O·1+V·4+O·1+B·3+I·1+O·1+C·3+I·1+N·1 = 17 pts
nucleation (12 points)
NUCLEATE to form into a nucleus
N·1+U·1+C·3+L·1+E·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
occupation (16 points)
Calling for work (wordplay)
Cop working with caution - it's his job!
An orphan in The Idiot
O·1+C·3+C·3+U·1+P·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
octahedron (16 points)
A figure once hard to work out
Solid anchored to fluid
Cartoon he'd redrawn, taking solid form
O·1+C·3+T·1+A·1+H·4+E·1+D·2+R·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
osculation (12 points)
Act of kissing
Spooning Pasteur's third inoculation (wordplay)
Performance of coital nous in close contact
O·1+S·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
outchidden (17 points)
OUTCHIDE to surpass in chiding
O·1+U·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+D·2+D·2+E·1+N·1 = 17 pts
overaction (15 points)
Excessive performance
O·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
pancreatin (14 points)
""One of the digestive ferments of the pancreatic juice; also, a preparation containing such a ferment, made from the pancreas of animals, and used in medicine as an aid to digestion.""
P·3+A·1+N·1+C·3+R·1+E·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+N·1 = 14 pts
peculation (14 points)
Common inside crime.
Conjecture becomes embezzlement
Anagram for unpoetical
P·3+E·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
penicillin (14 points)
Sir Alexander Fleming discovery of 1928
Fleming's discovery
Sir Alexander Fleming's antibiotic
P·3+E·1+N·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+N·1 = 14 pts
peppercorn (18 points)
Vegetable + vegetable = spice
(Of rent) notional
Spray painful area, which is hot
P·3+E·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+R·1+C·3+O·1+R·1+N·1 = 18 pts
perception (16 points)
Understanding 'the knowledge'
Softly creep into dances for view
It's said to be reality
P·3+E·1+R·1+C·3+E·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
percussion (14 points)
Striking group of musicians (wordplay)
Instruments played by striking
Striking supersonic travelling
P·3+E·1+R·1+C·3+U·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
perfection (17 points)
For each infection, dropping in is ideal
What "none must hope to find": Pope
High price often reveals excellence
P·3+E·1+R·1+F·4+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
phenacetin (17 points)
See acetophenetidin .
P·3+H·4+E·1+N·1+A·1+C·3+E·1+T·1+I·1+N·1 = 17 pts
picrotoxin (21 points)
""A bitter white crystalline substance found in the cocculus indicus. It is a peculiar poisonous neurotic and intoxicant, and consists of a mixture of several neutral substances.""
P·3+I·1+C·3+R·1+O·1+T·1+O·1+X·8+I·1+N·1 = 21 pts
pincushion (17 points)
Bowler's margin of comfort (wordplay)
Etui's cousin (wordplay)
Backup digits for the ATM (wordplay)
P·3+I·1+N·1+C·3+U·1+S·1+H·4+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
pitchwoman (22 points)
English word
P·3+I·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+W·4+O·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 22 pts
pitchwomen (22 points)
English word
P·3+I·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+W·4+O·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 22 pts
politician (14 points)
Pork source (wordplay)
Wooer of voters
Butler or Hall.
P·3+O·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 14 pts
precaution (14 points)
Safeguard cast on a picture
Run a poetic struggle for The Backstop (wordplay)
Sensible step
P·3+R·1+E·1+C·3+A·1+U·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
precession (14 points)
Regular change in direction of an axis
P·3+R·1+E·1+C·3+E·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
precipitin (16 points)
An antibody that reacts with a specific soluble antigen to produce a precipitate.
P·3+R·1+E·1+C·3+I·1+P·3+I·1+T·1+I·1+N·1 = 16 pts
preclusion (14 points)
""The act of precluding, or the state of being precluded; a shutting out.""
P·3+R·1+E·1+C·3+L·1+U·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
prediction (15 points)
Weatherman's job.
*'Here's what I think'll happen...'
*"Here's what I think'll happen..."
P·3+R·1+E·1+D·2+I·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
prelection (14 points)
A lecture or discourse read in public or to a select company.
P·3+R·1+E·1+L·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
procession (14 points)
It's just one thing after the other!
March parade (wordplay)
March in support of home rule
P·3+R·1+O·1+C·3+E·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
production (15 points)
Stage play, for one
Making exotic crouton dip
... making boozy crouton dip
P·3+R·1+O·1+D·2+U·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
projection (21 points)
Bump kin (wordplay)
Estimate of future possibilities
Certain linear transformation
P·3+R·1+O·1+J·8+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 21 pts
protection (14 points)
Body guard, for example
Bribe Johnny Cash
Rotten cop I fancy extorting money
P·3+R·1+O·1+T·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
psilocybin (19 points)
Active hallucinogen in funny mushrooms
Drug cultivated in cow poop
Hallucinogenic drug, obtained from the Mexican mushroom
P·3+S·1+I·1+L·1+O·1+C·3+Y·4+B·3+I·1+N·1 = 19 pts
punctation (14 points)
PUNCTATE covered with dots
P·3+U·1+N·1+C·3+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
quercitron (21 points)
Black oak
Q·10+U·1+E·1+R·1+C·3+I·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+N·1 = 21 pts
rechristen (15 points)
Change the names of
Give a new name to
Name afresh
R·1+E·1+C·3+H·4+R·1+I·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+N·1 = 15 pts
recitation (12 points)
Delivery of passage quoted
Classroom performance
Classroom activity
R·1+E·1+C·3+I·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
recreation (12 points)
Enjoyable leisure activity
To do with mixed reaction for play
Refreshment of mind or body
R·1+E·1+C·3+R·1+E·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
reelection (12 points)
Incumbent's aim, perhaps
Process of voting someone in again
Affirmation from the voters
R·1+E·1+E·1+L·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
reflection (15 points)
Study reference shortly before lesson
Thought of doing it with Florence
Thought of liner, etc, at sea
R·1+E·1+F·4+L·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
refraction (15 points)
Engineers taking part in light diversion
Function of a prism
Light diversion forcing father into response
R·1+E·1+F·4+R·1+A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
relocation (12 points)
Slum-clearance problem
Problem in urban renewal
Narrative about old Conservative's moving deed
R·1+E·1+L·1+O·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
republican (16 points)
Abraham Lincoln, for one
Miller, for one.
Howard Baker, politically
R·1+E·1+P·3+U·1+B·3+L·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+N·1 = 16 pts
rescission (12 points)
One's crisis forced annulment
Cancellation
R·1+E·1+S·1+C·3+I·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
restricken (16 points)
Restrike
R·1+E·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+K·5+E·1+N·1 = 16 pts
retraction (12 points)
Something unsaid (wordplay)
Act of eating one's words
Taking back engineer's drawing
R·1+E·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
revocation (15 points)
Military force calling for withdrawal
Recall with reference to one's business
State of withdrawal
R·1+E·1+V·4+O·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
rifampicin (19 points)
A semisynthetic antibiotic derived from a form of rifamycin that interferes with the synthesis of RNA and is used to treat bacterial and viral diseases.
R·1+I·1+F·4+A·1+M·3+P·3+I·1+C·3+I·1+N·1 = 19 pts
scattergun (13 points)
With which to shoot gnu (wordplay)
Firearm with an unfocused shot
Distribute piece that's a bit haphazard
S·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+G·2+U·1+N·1 = 13 pts
scrubwoman (19 points)
A woman hired to clean.
S·1+C·3+R·1+U·1+B·3+W·4+O·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 19 pts
scrubwomen (19 points)
A woman hired to clean.
S·1+C·3+R·1+U·1+B·3+W·4+O·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 19 pts
scyphozoan (29 points)
Of or belonging to the class Scyphozoa.
S·1+C·3+Y·4+P·3+H·4+O·1+Z·10+O·1+A·1+N·1 = 29 pts
serviceman (17 points)
Maybe a private priest (wordplay)
Chaplain, perhaps one in Army (wordplay)
Bishop perhaps fixes the washing machine
S·1+E·1+R·1+V·4+I·1+C·3+E·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 17 pts
servicemen (17 points)
People in the armed forces
Members of armed forces
Members of the armed forces.
S·1+E·1+R·1+V·4+I·1+C·3+E·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 17 pts
sonication (12 points)
SONICATE to disrupt with sound waves
S·1+O·1+N·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
speciation (14 points)
Evolutionary process
S·1+P·3+E·1+C·3+I·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
subclavian (17 points)
""Situated under the clavicle, or collar bone; as, the subclavian arteries. as, the subclavian arteries.""
S·1+U·1+B·3+C·3+L·1+A·1+V·4+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 17 pts
subduction (15 points)
The act of subducting or taking away.
S·1+U·1+B·3+D·2+U·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
subjection (21 points)
Buccaneering
S·1+U·1+B·3+J·8+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 21 pts
subsection (14 points)
SECTION to divide into distinct parts
S·1+U·1+B·3+S·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
succession (14 points)
Line of people coming after one another
I did it for one broadcast and then another and another!
Its no failure to find charged item in chain
S·1+U·1+C·3+C·3+E·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
superclean (14 points)
English word
S·1+U·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+C·3+L·1+E·1+A·1+N·1 = 14 pts
surjection (19 points)
Mathematics A function that is onto.
S·1+U·1+R·1+J·8+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 19 pts
technician (17 points)
Skilled musician, for example.
Skilled lab worker
Lab worker's hint: ice can lose shape
T·1+E·1+C·3+H·4+N·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 17 pts
trajection (19 points)
""The act of trajecting; a throwing or casting through or across; also, emission.""
T·1+R·1+A·1+J·8+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 19 pts
trisection (12 points)
Three-way division
T·1+R·1+I·1+S·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
truncation (12 points)
Act of cutting short
Shortening
T·1+R·1+U·1+N·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
tuberculin (14 points)
A fluid containing the products formed by the growth of the tubercle bacillus in a suitable culture medium.
T·1+U·1+B·3+E·1+R·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+I·1+N·1 = 14 pts
ulceration (12 points)
Development of trouble to curtail one's movement
U·1+L·1+C·3+E·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
ultraclean (12 points)
CLEAN to rid of stain
U·1+L·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+C·3+L·1+E·1+A·1+N·1 = 12 pts
urtication (12 points)
The act or process of whipping or stinging with nettles; sometimes used in the treatment of paralysis.
U·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
windscreen (16 points)
Snake vet found in part of vehicle
Sheet of glass in front of driver
Engineer screwed in new part of car
W·4+I·1+N·1+D·2+S·1+C·3+R·1+E·1+E·1+N·1 = 16 pts
abecedarian (16 points)
Sorted alphabetically (like this puzzle's clues)
Unusual way to see crossword clues arranged
Rudimentary
A·1+B·3+E·1+C·3+E·1+D·2+A·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 16 pts
abstraction (15 points)
Formless art work
Theoretical concept - removal
Preoccupied state
A·1+B·3+S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
academician (18 points)
An RA, perhaps
Member of a teaching establishment
Member of the RA
A·1+C·3+A·1+D·2+E·1+M·3+I·1+C·3+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 18 pts
acceptation (17 points)
Acceptance; reception; favorable reception or regard; state of being acceptable.
A·1+C·3+C·3+E·1+P·3+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
acclamation (17 points)
Enthusiastic praise
Public praise
A·1+C·3+C·3+L·1+A·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
acclimation (17 points)
""The process of becoming, or the state of being, acclimated, or habituated to a new climate; acclimatization.""
A·1+C·3+C·3+L·1+I·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
acetylation (16 points)
ACETYLATE receive substitution of an acetyl group; of chemical compounds
A·1+C·3+E·1+T·1+Y·4+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
acidulation (14 points)
ACIDULATE To make sour or acid in a moderate degree; to sour somewhat.
A·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+U·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
acoustician (15 points)
Expert in sound
Source of sound advice
A·1+C·3+O·1+U·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 15 pts
acquisition (22 points)
A recently received asset or object
Getting clear one that's charged is to be held inside
Gain
A·1+C·3+Q·10+U·1+I·1+S·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 22 pts
actinomycin (20 points)
Any of various red antibiotics isolated from soil bacteria with a three-ring heterocyclic nucleus with an attached peptide chain.
A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+N·1+O·1+M·3+Y·4+C·3+I·1+N·1 = 20 pts
affectation (19 points)
A change of face tint giving unnatural appearance
Deliberate pretence of kindness, embracing volunteers
A·1+F·4+F·4+E·1+C·3+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 19 pts
alcyonarian (16 points)
English word
A·1+L·1+C·3+Y·4+O·1+N·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 16 pts
altercation (13 points)
Action (wordplay)
Caught in middle of change, quarrel
Can't loiter about after a row
A·1+L·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
amoxicillin (22 points)
Pneumonia medicine
A·1+M·3+O·1+X·8+I·1+C·3+I·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+N·1 = 22 pts
amoxycillin (25 points)
""An semisynthetic penicillin, C 16 H 19 N 3 O 5 S, having an antibacterial spectrum of action similar to that of ampicillin.""
A·1+M·3+O·1+X·8+Y·4+C·3+I·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+N·1 = 25 pts
amylopectin (20 points)
""The outer portion of a starch granule consisting of insoluble, highly branched polysaccharides of high molecular weight.""
A·1+M·3+Y·4+L·1+O·1+P·3+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+N·1 = 20 pts
anacoluthon (16 points)
Syntactical incoherence
A·1+N·1+A·1+C·3+O·1+L·1+U·1+T·1+H·4+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
anchorwoman (21 points)
Paula Zahn of CNN, for example
Norah O'Donnell, for example
Katie Couric, for example
A·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+O·1+R·1+W·4+O·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 21 pts
anchorwomen (21 points)
A woman who narrates or coordinates a newscast in which several correspondents give reports.
A·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+O·1+R·1+W·4+O·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 21 pts
anthocyanin (19 points)
Same as Anthokyan. Anthokyan.
A·1+N·1+T·1+H·4+O·1+C·3+Y·4+A·1+N·1+I·1+N·1 = 19 pts
antinucleon (13 points)
NUCLEON a subatomic particle
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+U·1+C·3+L·1+E·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
application (17 points)
Request for hard work
Computer program requiring diligence
Formal request; sustained effort
A·1+P·3+P·3+L·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
archenteron (16 points)
The primitive enteron or undifferentiated digestive sac of a gastrula or other embryo. See Illust. under Invagination. Illust. under Invagination.
A·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
association (13 points)
Football club (wordplay)
Part of PA
Conceptual connection
A·1+S·1+S·1+O·1+C·3+I·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
awestricken (20 points)
A bridge player, Richard, and two fellow players filled with astonishment
A·1+W·4+E·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+K·5+E·1+N·1 = 20 pts
backslidden (21 points)
""BACKSLIDE to fall back, pa t BACKSLID""
B·3+A·1+C·3+K·5+S·1+L·1+I·1+D·2+D·2+E·1+N·1 = 21 pts
bacteriocin (17 points)
""An antibacterial substance, such as colicin, produced by a strain of certain bacteria and harmful to another strain within the same family.""
B·3+A·1+C·3+T·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+O·1+C·3+I·1+N·1 = 17 pts
benediction (16 points)
Grace before or after a meal
Prayer for divine protection
Blessing whose name comes from the Latin for "to speak well"
B·3+E·1+N·1+E·1+D·2+I·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
benefaction (18 points)
The act of conferring a benefit.
B·3+E·1+N·1+E·1+F·4+A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 18 pts
bifurcation (18 points)
""A forking, or division into two branches.""
B·3+I·1+F·4+U·1+R·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 18 pts
brachiation (18 points)
""BRACHIATE Having branches in pairs, decussated, all nearly horizontal, and each pair at right angles with the next, as in the maple and lilac.""
B·3+R·1+A·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 18 pts
brecciation (17 points)
BRECCIATE BRECCIA a type of rock
B·3+R·1+E·1+C·3+C·3+I·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
calcination (15 points)
""The act or process of disintegrating a substance, or rendering it friable by the action of heat, esp. by the expulsion of some volatile matter, as when carbonic and acid is expelled from carbonate of calcium in the burning of limestone in order to make lime.""
C·3+A·1+L·1+C·3+I·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
calculation (15 points)
Mathematical process; assessment
C·3+A·1+L·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
calibration (15 points)
9 politician to wear raincoat when going out
C·3+A·1+L·1+I·1+B·3+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
callipygian (19 points)
Having beautifully proportioned buttocks.
C·3+A·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+P·3+Y·4+G·2+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 19 pts
calypsonian (18 points)
""Greek Mythology A sea nymph who delayed Odysseus on her island, Ogygia, for seven years.""
C·3+A·1+L·1+Y·4+P·3+S·1+O·1+N·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 18 pts
camerawoman (20 points)
A woman who operates a movie or television camera.
C·3+A·1+M·3+E·1+R·1+A·1+W·4+O·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 20 pts
camerawomen (20 points)
Female shooters arrived with harsh warning
C·3+A·1+M·3+E·1+R·1+A·1+W·4+O·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 20 pts
cancelation (15 points)
Variant of cancellation .
C·3+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
cantharidin (17 points)
""The active principe of the cantharis, or Spanish fly, a volatile, acrid, bitter solid, crystallizing in foursided prisms.""
C·3+A·1+N·1+T·1+H·4+A·1+R·1+I·1+D·2+I·1+N·1 = 17 pts
captivation (18 points)
Enchantment
C·3+A·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 18 pts
carbonation (15 points)
Process that makes water bubbly
Pasta-and-potato-loving country (wordplay)
Soda-making process that explains four transformations in this puzzle (wordplay)
C·3+A·1+R·1+B·3+O·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
carburetion (15 points)
CARBURET to combine chemically with carbon
C·3+A·1+R·1+B·3+U·1+R·1+E·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
carrageenan (14 points)
""Any of a group of closely related colloids derived from Irish moss and several other red algae, widely used as a thickening, stabilizing, emulsifying, or suspending agent in industrial, pharmaceutical, and food products.""
C·3+A·1+R·1+R·1+A·1+G·2+E·1+E·1+N·1+A·1+N·1 = 14 pts
carrageenin (14 points)
""Any of a group of closely related colloids derived from Irish moss and several other red algae, widely used as a thickening, stabilizing, emulsifying, or suspending agent in industrial, pharmaceutical, and food products.""
C·3+A·1+R·1+R·1+A·1+G·2+E·1+E·1+N·1+I·1+N·1 = 14 pts
castigation (14 points)
Severe scolding
C·3+A·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+G·2+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
celebration (15 points)
Star's allowance for party (wordplay)
Reception, for example
Famous person with share in a 10
C·3+E·1+L·1+E·1+B·3+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
cementation (15 points)
The act or process of cementing.
C·3+E·1+M·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
centenarian (13 points)
Squashing nectarine, an old person
Person of a great age
Person over a hundred
C·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 13 pts
centimorgan (16 points)
""(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Genetics) Genetics a unit of chromosome length, used in genetic mapping, equal to the length of chromosome over which crossing over occurs with 1 per cent frequency [named after Thomas Hunt Morgan (1866-1945), US biologist]""
C·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+M·3+O·1+R·1+G·2+A·1+N·1 = 16 pts
cephalothin (21 points)
A semisynthetic analogue of cephalosporin having a broad spectrum of antibiotic activity that is administered parenterally and used especially to treat systemic infections caused by susceptible microorganisms.
C·3+E·1+P·3+H·4+A·1+L·1+O·1+T·1+H·4+I·1+N·1 = 21 pts
ceratopsian (15 points)
""Any of several four-footed herbivorous horned dinosaurs with enormous beaked skulls, of the late Cretaceous in North America and Mongolia.""
C·3+E·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+P·3+S·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 15 pts
cerebration (15 points)
""Action of the brain, whether conscious or unconscious.""
C·3+E·1+R·1+E·1+B·3+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
chairperson (18 points)
President reformed prisoner after tea
Committee head, feminist style
*Board meeting VIP
C·3+H·4+A·1+I·1+R·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1+O·1+N·1 = 18 pts
chamberlain (20 points)
Court official - former Prime Minister!
British Prime Minister, 1937.
PM's domestic officer
C·3+H·4+A·1+M·3+B·3+E·1+R·1+L·1+A·1+I·1+N·1 = 20 pts
chiropteran (18 points)
Same as chiropter.chiropter.
C·3+H·4+I·1+R·1+O·1+P·3+T·1+E·1+R·1+A·1+N·1 = 18 pts
chondroitin (17 points)
A major constituient of cartilage
C·3+H·4+O·1+N·1+D·2+R·1+O·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+N·1 = 17 pts
chrismation (18 points)
""The act of applying the chrism, or consecrated oil.""
C·3+H·4+R·1+I·1+S·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 18 pts
chrysarobin (21 points)
""A bitter, yellow substance forming the essential constituent of Goa powder, and yielding chrysophanic acid proper; hence formerly called also chrysphanic acid. chrysphanic acid.""
C·3+H·4+R·1+Y·4+S·1+A·1+R·1+O·1+B·3+I·1+N·1 = 21 pts
churchwoman (26 points)
Female pastor, e.g
Female pastor, for example
C·3+H·4+U·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+W·4+O·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 26 pts
churchwomen (26 points)
A woman who is a cleric.
C·3+H·4+U·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+W·4+O·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 26 pts
chylomicron (23 points)
One of the microscopic particles of emulsified fat found in the blood and lymph and formed during the digestion of fats.
C·3+H·4+Y·4+L·1+O·1+M·3+I·1+C·3+R·1+O·1+N·1 = 23 pts
circulation (15 points)
Caloric unit (anagram)
Blood flow round body
Number representing total magazines sold
C·3+I·1+R·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
clergywoman (22 points)
A woman who is a member of the clergy.
C·3+L·1+E·1+R·1+G·2+Y·4+W·4+O·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 22 pts
clergywomen (22 points)
Female priests
C·3+L·1+E·1+R·1+G·2+Y·4+W·4+O·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 22 pts
cloxacillin (22 points)
""A semisynthetic antibiotic of the penicillin group that is used primarily to treat infections caused by staphylococci, streptococci, or pneumococci.""
C·3+L·1+O·1+X·8+A·1+C·3+I·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+N·1 = 22 pts
coagulation (14 points)
Hardening (of blood)
Nautical goo could be forming a clot
C·3+O·1+A·1+G·2+U·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
coarctation (15 points)
Confinement to a narrow space.
C·3+O·1+A·1+R·1+C·3+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
codirection (16 points)
""DIRECTION The act of directing, of aiming, regulating, guiding, or ordering; guidance; management; superintendence; administration; as, the direction o. as, the direction o.""
C·3+O·1+D·2+I·1+R·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
coeducation (16 points)
""An educating together, as of persons of different sexes or races.""
C·3+O·1+E·1+D·2+U·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
coelenteron (13 points)
Pl. coelentera (-t r- ) The saclike cavity within the body of a coelenterate.
C·3+O·1+E·1+L·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
coevolution (16 points)
""EVOLUTION The act of unfolding or unrolling; hence, in the process of growth; development; as, the evolution of a flower from a bud, or an animal from the egg. as, the evolution of a flower from a bud, or an animal from the egg.""
C·3+O·1+E·1+V·4+O·1+L·1+U·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
coleopteran (15 points)
Insect having hard or horny forewings
C·3+O·1+L·1+E·1+O·1+P·3+T·1+E·1+R·1+A·1+N·1 = 15 pts
collembolan (17 points)
See springtail .
C·3+O·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+M·3+B·3+O·1+L·1+A·1+N·1 = 17 pts
colligation (14 points)
A binding together.
C·3+O·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+G·2+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
collimation (15 points)
""The act of collimating; the adjustment of the line of the sights, as the axial line of the telescope of an instrument, into its proper position relative to the other parts of the instrument.""
C·3+O·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
collocation (15 points)
The placing of things together
C·3+O·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
combination (17 points)
Items joined together
Student's lock opener
Marriage state? Tease one at first
C·3+O·1+M·3+B·3+I·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
commination (17 points)
A threat or threatening; a denunciation of punishment or vengeance.
C·3+O·1+M·3+M·3+I·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
comminution (17 points)
The act of reducing to a fine powder or to small particles; pulverization; the state of being comminuted.
C·3+O·1+M·3+M·3+I·1+N·1+U·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
commutation (17 points)
A passing from one state to another; change; alteration; mutation.
C·3+O·1+M·3+M·3+U·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
competition (17 points)
Rival prize crossword (wordplay)
The life of trade.
Final part of the chance card
C·3+O·1+M·3+P·3+E·1+T·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
compilation (17 points)
At the Close of a Century, for Stevie Wonder, for example
Anthology
C·3+O·1+M·3+P·3+I·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
composition (17 points)
Some notes for an essay
Character study, perhaps
Make-up - essay
C·3+O·1+M·3+P·3+O·1+S·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
compression (17 points)
Forced reduction in volume (of gas)
Process of being forcibly condensed
Act of forcing together
C·3+O·1+M·3+P·3+R·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
compunction (19 points)
I'm feeling sorry for wordplay in cryptic not comic setting
C·3+O·1+M·3+P·3+U·1+N·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 19 pts

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