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5-Letter Words (1):
actor (7 points)
Role call answerer (wordplay)
Paul Newman for one
Cue user, maybe
A·1+C·3+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 7 pts
6-Letter Words (5):
achier (11 points)
More in need of Bengay, say
Needing more kneading, maybe
More flu-like, say
A·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
acinar (8 points)
""Relating to a sacklike division of a gland, also ACINOSE, ACINIC, ACINOUS""
A·1+C·3+I·1+N·1+A·1+R·1 = 8 pts
acuter (8 points)
Closer to being right (wordplay)
More sharp or shrewd
Sharper, in a way
A·1+C·3+U·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
anchor (11 points)
It weighs salt? On the contrary!
Rear person in a tug-of-war ( 6 )
Moor (ship at sea)
A·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+O·1+R·1 = 11 pts
archer (11 points)
Bow for one
Robin Hood, for one
Jeff Bowman (wordplay)
A·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
7-Letter Words (8):
acceder (12 points)
Person who acquiesces
One who gives in to pressure
One who consents
A·1+C·3+C·3+E·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
accuser (11 points)
Trial figure, perhaps
Person saying its you is bank client
Plaintiff's role.
A·1+C·3+C·3+U·1+S·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
acerber (11 points)
Acerb
A·1+C·3+E·1+R·1+B·3+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
acrider (10 points)
More biting
A·1+C·3+R·1+I·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
adducer (11 points)
Citer, as of facts or proof
He's shown clearly total cure may be effected
Alleger.
A·1+D·2+D·2+U·1+C·3+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
alcazar (18 points)
Spanish Moors' palace
Isabella's home in Seville
Castle in Seville.
A·1+L·1+C·3+A·1+Z·10+A·1+R·1 = 18 pts
amercer (11 points)
Imposer of a fine.
One who fines in a court
Penalty imposer
A·1+M·3+E·1+R·1+C·3+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
anticar (9 points)
Opposed to cars
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+R·1 = 9 pts
8-Letter Words (20):
abductor (13 points)
Taker (of someone)
One removing by force
Hercules, to Iole
A·1+B·3+D·2+U·1+C·3+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 13 pts
accentor (12 points)
Player stuck round half century gets the bird ...
Bird, in a manner of speaking, joining other ranks
Prunella, the player retaining part of part of play
A·1+C·3+C·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 12 pts
accepter (14 points)
Oscar winner's stand-in
Recipient
A·1+C·3+C·3+E·1+P·3+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
acceptor (14 points)
Bill-of-exchange signer
He takes the prize
Draft signer
A·1+C·3+C·3+E·1+P·3+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 14 pts
accorder (13 points)
One who {agrees=v}
A·1+C·3+C·3+O·1+R·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
accouter (12 points)
Ready for battle
Equip
Outfit
A·1+C·3+C·3+O·1+U·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
achiever (16 points)
Vie! Reach! Perhaps become the winner
One who accomplishes or reaches goal
He gets things done
A·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+E·1+V·4+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts
acicular (12 points)
A mail shot has no right to be sharp
Needle-shaped.
A·1+C·3+I·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+R·1 = 12 pts
acquirer (19 points)
One who gains something
A·1+C·3+Q·10+U·1+I·1+R·1+E·1+R·1 = 19 pts
actuator (10 points)
Something causing operation
Electric motor, mechanically speaking
Mechanism causing operation
A·1+C·3+T·1+U·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 10 pts
adductor (12 points)
An adducent muscle
A·1+D·2+D·2+U·1+C·3+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 12 pts
advancer (14 points)
One moving forward
A·1+D·2+V·4+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
affecter (16 points)
One who {affects=v}
A·1+F·4+F·4+E·1+C·3+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts
ancestor (10 points)
Someone in a tree (wordplay)
Great-great-great grandmother, for one
Someone up in a tree (wordplay)
A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 10 pts
armchair (15 points)
Certain critic's seat (wordplay)
Quarterback's spot (wordplay)
Athlete's place (wordplay)
A·1+R·1+M·3+C·3+H·4+A·1+I·1+R·1 = 15 pts
ascender (11 points)
Part of letter one posts, say
Characteristic of b, d, or h
d or k, for example
A·1+S·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
attacher (13 points)
Welder, for example
Paper clip, for example
Stapling machine
A·1+T·1+T·1+A·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
attacker (14 points)
What an offensive sort of a person!
Take cart moving forward
One picking holes in fancy cake and tart
A·1+T·1+T·1+A·1+C·3+K·5+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
avicular (13 points)
Pertaining to birds
A·1+V·4+I·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+R·1 = 13 pts
avoucher (16 points)
One who {avouches=v}
A·1+V·4+O·1+U·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts
9-Letter Words (22):
abdicator (14 points)
Edward VIII in 1936
He's giving up
King Edward VIII, for example
A·1+B·3+D·2+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 14 pts
absconder (14 points)
Person on the run
Band score rewritten for The Fugitive
Fugitive running Bond's race
A·1+B·3+S·1+C·3+O·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
accipiter (15 points)
A hawk
Hawk shows caprice flying - the thing must be caught
A·1+C·3+C·3+I·1+P·3+I·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
acclaimer (15 points)
Applauder
A·1+C·3+C·3+L·1+A·1+I·1+M·3+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
acellular (11 points)
Lacking the basic structure of life
Like viruses having a rest, lying back inside maple
A·1+C·3+E·1+L·1+L·1+U·1+L·1+A·1+R·1 = 11 pts
acidifier (15 points)
""A simple or compound principle, whose presence is necessary to produce acidity, as oxygen, chlorine, bromine, iodine, etc.""
A·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+I·1+F·4+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
acquitter (20 points)
One letting go
A·1+C·3+Q·10+U·1+I·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 20 pts
activator (14 points)
Turn-on (wordplay)
Chemical catalyst
Catalyst
A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 14 pts
acyclovir (19 points)
""A synthetic purine nucleoside analog, C 8 H 10 N 5 O 3 , derived from guanine and used in the treatment of herpes simplex, herpes zoster, and varicella zoster virus infections.""
A·1+C·3+Y·4+C·3+L·1+O·1+V·4+I·1+R·1 = 19 pts
advocator (15 points)
ADVOCATE to plead in favour of
A·1+D·2+V·4+O·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 15 pts
allocator (11 points)
Designated hitter finder (wordplay)
Distributor of resources
Budgeter, in a way
A·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 11 pts
ancienter (11 points)
ANCIENT an aged man
A·1+N·1+C·3+I·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
announcer (11 points)
Newsreader can run one broadcast
Person with a booming voice, often
Radio/TV introducer
A·1+N·1+N·1+O·1+U·1+N·1+C·3+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
antechoir (14 points)
Part of church; anchorite (anagram)
Part of a church
Area in church; icon heart anag.
A·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+C·3+H·4+O·1+I·1+R·1 = 14 pts
antiulcer (11 points)
""ULCER to affect with a type of lesion, also ULCERATE""
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+U·1+L·1+C·3+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
archosaur (14 points)
""A reptile of the subclass Archosauria, which includes the dinosaurs, pterosaurs, and the modern crocodilians.""
A·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+O·1+S·1+A·1+U·1+R·1 = 14 pts
articular (11 points)
Pertaining to the joints
Pertaining to joints
Relating to a joint
A·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+R·1 = 11 pts
artificer (14 points)
Mechanic in the armed forces
A terrific oily mechanic
A terrific construction worker
A·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+F·4+I·1+C·3+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
attractor (11 points)
Magnet or pheromone
Drawing card, essentially
Magnet, vis-a-vis iron
A·1+T·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+C·3+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 11 pts
auricular (11 points)
Cur Laura and I stupidly told privately
French composer's universal god of the ear
A·1+U·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+R·1 = 11 pts
avascular (14 points)
Not having blood vessels
A·1+V·4+A·1+S·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+R·1 = 14 pts
avuncular (14 points)
Friendly, as an older relative, say
Friendly, like some relatives
Friendly in a non-threatening way
A·1+V·4+U·1+N·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+R·1 = 14 pts
10-Letter Words (12):
abstracter (14 points)
Abstract
A·1+B·3+S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+C·3+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
abstractor (14 points)
ABSTRACT to draw away
A·1+B·3+S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+C·3+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 14 pts
accoucheur (19 points)
A man who assists women in childbirth; a man midwife; an obstetrician.
A·1+C·3+C·3+O·1+U·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+U·1+R·1 = 19 pts
acetabular (14 points)
Cupshaped; saucershaped; acetabuliform.
A·1+C·3+E·1+T·1+A·1+B·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+R·1 = 14 pts
acidimeter (15 points)
An instrument for ascertaining the strength of acids.
A·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+I·1+M·3+E·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
acquisitor (21 points)
One who acquires.
A·1+C·3+Q·10+U·1+I·1+S·1+I·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 21 pts
ambuscader (17 points)
""AMBUSCADE A lying in a wood, concealed, for the purpose of attacking an enemy by surprise. Hence: A lying in wait, and concealed in any situation, for a like purpose; a snare laid for an enemy; an ambush.""
A·1+M·3+B·3+U·1+S·1+C·3+A·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 17 pts
amphimacer (21 points)
""A foot of three syllables, the middle one short and the others long, as in c\'best. c\'best.""
A·1+M·3+P·3+H·4+I·1+M·3+A·1+C·3+E·1+R·1 = 21 pts
antecessor (12 points)
Previous incumbent
Forerunner.
Forerunner
A·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+C·3+E·1+S·1+S·1+O·1+R·1 = 12 pts
anticancer (14 points)
Powerful drug-treatment class
Like chemotherapy drugs
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
applicator (16 points)
Nail polish brush, for example
Cosmetician's device.
Device used as a swab.
A·1+P·3+P·3+L·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 16 pts
auctioneer (12 points)
One with lots to offer (wordplay)
One has lots to shift!
Man with lots on his mind (wordplay)
A·1+U·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1+E·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
11-Letter Words (11):
accelerator (15 points)
Part of an auto.
Driver's foot pedal
Cycling race, clear to pedal
A·1+C·3+C·3+E·1+L·1+E·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 15 pts
accumulator (17 points)
Bet; large battery cell
Battery - type of bet
Electric cell; bet
A·1+C·3+C·3+U·1+M·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 17 pts
actinometer (15 points)
An instrument for measuring the direct heating power of the sun's rays.
A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+N·1+O·1+M·3+E·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
adjudicator (22 points)
He has decisive qualities
Settler of disagreement
Arbitrator
A·1+D·2+J·8+U·1+D·2+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 22 pts
annunciator (13 points)
""One who announces. Specifically: An officer in the church of Constantinople, whose business it was to inform the people of the festivals to be celebrated.""
A·1+N·1+N·1+U·1+N·1+C·3+I·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 13 pts
antechamber (20 points)
Small room leading to a larger room
Lobby one college with sign of caution
Small entrance room
A·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+C·3+H·4+A·1+M·3+B·3+E·1+R·1 = 20 pts
anticipator (15 points)
Expectant one.
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+P·3+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 15 pts
antinuclear (13 points)
NUCLEAR pertaining to a {nucleus=n}
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+U·1+C·3+L·1+E·1+A·1+R·1 = 13 pts
appreciator (17 points)
One who values
A·1+P·3+P·3+R·1+E·1+C·3+I·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 17 pts
articulator (13 points)
""One who, or that which, articulates; as: (a) One who enunciates distinctly. (b) One who prepares and mounts skeletons. (c) An instrument to cure stammering. (a) One who enunciates distinctly. (b) One who prepares and mounts skeletons. (c) An instrument to cure stammering.""
A·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 13 pts
azotobacter (24 points)
""Any of various rod-shaped, nonpathogenic, nitrogen-fixing bacteria of the genus Azotobacter, found in soil and water.""
A·1+Z·10+O·1+T·1+O·1+B·3+A·1+C·3+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 24 pts
12-Letter Words (6):
acclimatizer (27 points)
""ACCLIMATIZE To inure or habituate to a climate different from that which is natural; to adapt to the peculiarities of a foreign or strange climate; said of man, the inferior animals, or plants.""
A·1+C·3+C·3+L·1+I·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1+R·1 = 27 pts
accommodator (21 points)
""He who, or that which, accommodates.""
A·1+C·3+C·3+O·1+M·3+M·3+O·1+D·2+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 21 pts
accomplisher (23 points)
One who accomplishes.
A·1+C·3+C·3+O·1+M·3+P·3+L·1+I·1+S·1+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 23 pts
anticonsumer (16 points)
CONSUMER one who {consumes=v}
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+O·1+N·1+S·1+U·1+M·3+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts
antimacassar (16 points)
Non-PC chair protector (wordplay)
Chair cover mascara stain made a mess of
Protective cloth on upholstered seat
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+M·3+A·1+C·3+A·1+S·1+S·1+A·1+R·1 = 16 pts
appendicular (19 points)
Relating to an appendicle; appendiculate.
A·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+N·1+D·2+I·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+R·1 = 19 pts
13-Letter Words (3):
accelerometer (19 points)
Mobile balance checker (wordplay)
Device measuring changes in speed
Velocity change sensor
A·1+C·3+C·3+E·1+L·1+E·1+R·1+O·1+M·3+E·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 19 pts
affenpinscher (26 points)
German dog in fine French spa, barking
A·1+F·4+F·4+E·1+N·1+P·3+I·1+N·1+S·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 26 pts
authenticator (18 points)
""AUTHENTICATE To render authentic; to give authority to, by the proof, attestation, or formalities required by law, or sufficient to entitle to credit.""
A·1+U·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 18 pts
14-Letter Words (1):
antitubercular (18 points)
TUBERCULAR Having tubercles; affected with tubercles; tubercled; tuberculate.
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+T·1+U·1+B·3+E·1+R·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+R·1 = 18 pts
16-Letter Words (1):
atrioventricular (21 points)
A·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+O·1+V·4+E·1+N·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+R·1 = 21 pts

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