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adze (14 points)
Cutter says more in conversation
Tool acts as a calculator, they say
Timber-dressing tool
A·1+D·2+Z·10+E·1 = 14 pts
aide (5 points)
One on a coffee run, say
Guy Friday, for one
Staff member, maybe
A·1+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 5 pts
abide (8 points)
Might aid be needed to endure (wordplay)
Put up with a bass (fish)
Bear to live in the past (wordplay)
A·1+B·3+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 8 pts
abode (8 points)
Palace, for one.
Apartment, for one
Humble dwelling (wordplay)
A·1+B·3+O·1+D·2+E·1 = 8 pts
adage (7 points)
A watched pot never boils, for one
"Waste not, want not," for one
"Money talks," for one
A·1+D·2+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 7 pts
addle (7 points)
Mix up or confuse
Make confused - go bad
Muddle or confuse
A·1+D·2+D·2+L·1+E·1 = 7 pts
adobe (8 points)
Casa material, perhaps
Material found in an ABODE (wordplay)
Feat of clay (wordplay)
A·1+D·2+O·1+B·3+E·1 = 8 pts
adore (6 points)
Dig deeply (wordplay)
Love what's found in bread? Oregano!
Hero-worship, say
A·1+D·2+O·1+R·1+E·1 = 6 pts
adoze (15 points)
Catching some Z's
'Twixt the covers
Catching a few zs
A·1+D·2+O·1+Z·10+E·1 = 15 pts
amide (8 points)
LSD, for one
Acetaminophen for one
LSD for one
A·1+M·3+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 8 pts
anode (6 points)
Cell division (wordplay)
Positively, some poetry!
Plus side (wordplay)
A·1+N·1+O·1+D·2+E·1 = 6 pts
aside (6 points)
To the right, maybe
Whisper behind a hand (wordplay)
In reserve Weakerthans tune (wordplay)
A·1+S·1+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 6 pts
azide (15 points)
Sodium salt used in airbag systems
Nitrogen-based compound
Chemical compound
A·1+Z·10+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 15 pts
abduce (11 points)
Draw away, as a limb
Draw away, as from the body
A·1+B·3+D·2+U·1+C·3+E·1 = 11 pts
abrade (9 points)
They say it's a plait to wear down
Use sandpaper on, say
Wear away (by friction)
A·1+B·3+R·1+A·1+D·2+E·1 = 9 pts
accede (11 points)
Say yes (to)
Agree (to request)
Sign up for...? Give in!
A·1+C·3+C·3+E·1+D·2+E·1 = 11 pts
acnode (9 points)
Isolated mathematical point
Geometrical point of curve.
A·1+C·3+N·1+O·1+D·2+E·1 = 9 pts
adduce (10 points)
Cue dad (anagram)
The way to make less of red (wordplay)
Cite (as evidence)
A·1+D·2+D·2+U·1+C·3+E·1 = 10 pts
adhere (10 points)
Stick fast (to)
Have stick-to-itiveness (wordplay)
Be attached (to)
A·1+D·2+H·4+E·1+R·1+E·1 = 10 pts
adjure (14 points)
Request or command solemnly
Make a solemn request
Charge on oath
A·1+D·2+J·8+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 14 pts
admire (9 points)
Idolise commercial muck!
Stare at, say
Drool over, perhaps
A·1+D·2+M·3+I·1+R·1+E·1 = 9 pts
adnate (7 points)
Grown together Bot.
Joined by having grown together
Congenitally grown together.
A·1+D·2+N·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 7 pts
advice (12 points)
Suggestion (invited or otherwise)
One dead in place of tips (wordplay)
Publicity wrong for counsel
A·1+D·2+V·4+I·1+C·3+E·1 = 12 pts
advise (10 points)
Recommend (course of action)
Inform (of situation)
I saved (anagram)
A·1+D·2+V·4+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 10 pts
aedile (7 points)
Early job for Caesar
Old Roman politico
Early title for Caesar.
A·1+E·1+D·2+I·1+L·1+E·1 = 7 pts
aedine (7 points)
Pertaining to an {aedes=n}
A·1+E·1+D·2+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 7 pts
alcade (9 points)
The mayor of a Spanish town
A·1+L·1+C·3+A·1+D·2+E·1 = 9 pts
aldose (7 points)
Chemical sugar
A·1+L·1+D·2+O·1+S·1+E·1 = 7 pts
allude (7 points)
Indirectly refer (to)
Refer casually (to)
Refer subtly (to)
A·1+L·1+L·1+U·1+D·2+E·1 = 7 pts
almude (9 points)
""A Spanish unit of capacity, also ALMUD""
A·1+L·1+M·3+U·1+D·2+E·1 = 9 pts
arcade (9 points)
Game sanctuary (wordplay)
Teen hangout in the mall, perhaps
Quartermaster's hangout (wordplay)
A·1+R·1+C·3+A·1+D·2+E·1 = 9 pts
aubade (9 points)
Music? Oh dreadful sounds!
Morning love poem
Piece of music appropriate to the dawn
A·1+U·1+B·3+A·1+D·2+E·1 = 9 pts
audile (7 points)
Pertaining to hearing
Transmitted by cochlear nerves
Relating to hearing
A·1+U·1+D·2+I·1+L·1+E·1 = 7 pts
abridge (11 points)
Shorten (a text)
Make shorter, book say
Adapt for audio format, perhaps
A·1+B·3+R·1+I·1+D·2+G·2+E·1 = 11 pts
academe (12 points)
Brown world (wordplay)
Ace held made trick in Oxford, say
Halls of learning
A·1+C·3+A·1+D·2+E·1+M·3+E·1 = 12 pts
accidie (12 points)
Apathy, despair
I'm on my way out after a small amount of torpor
A small amount one takes to end it all in a depressed state
A·1+C·3+C·3+I·1+D·2+I·1+E·1 = 12 pts
addable (11 points)
Ready for summing.
Designed to be appended
Available for summing up
A·1+D·2+D·2+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 11 pts
addible (11 points)
Possible to sum up.
A·1+D·2+D·2+I·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 11 pts
adenine (8 points)
Thymine's counterpart
DNA's A base
Component of DNA or RNA
A·1+D·2+E·1+N·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 8 pts
adipose (10 points)
'Fatty is a dope' - that's cruel!
Is a dope fat (wordplay)
Fat-storing (tissue)
A·1+D·2+I·1+P·3+O·1+S·1+E·1 = 10 pts
adjudge (17 points)
Decide or award judicially
Reckon that Father is back on the Bench
The jade has just about dug to 12 across
A·1+D·2+J·8+U·1+D·2+G·2+E·1 = 17 pts
adoptee (10 points)
Tarzan, for one
Steve Jobs, for one
Stuart Little, for one
A·1+D·2+O·1+P·3+T·1+E·1+E·1 = 10 pts
adulate (8 points)
Nowadays upstart's delayed and flatter
Praise from grown-up holding a note
Admire to a fault
A·1+D·2+U·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 8 pts
advance (13 points)
Very absorbed in waltz, say? Go on!
Five in a ball? Go on!
A ball about five? Go on!
A·1+D·2+V·4+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 13 pts
adverse (11 points)
Commercial jingle (wordplay)
Harmful jingle (wordplay)
Unfavourable jingle (wordplay)
A·1+D·2+V·4+E·1+R·1+S·1+E·1 = 11 pts
advisee (11 points)
Person receiving counseling
One being counseled
Person getting counseling
A·1+D·2+V·4+I·1+S·1+E·1+E·1 = 11 pts
aggrade (10 points)
Build up a slope
Build up sediment deposit
Fill, as with silt
A·1+G·2+G·2+R·1+A·1+D·2+E·1 = 10 pts
airdate (8 points)
Time for a new watch (wordplay)
When something is on
Broadcast time, in TV Guide
A·1+I·1+R·1+D·2+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 8 pts
alamode (10 points)
With extra calories, so to say
Do a meal in French style (1, 2, 4)
Having gotten the scoop (wordplay)
A·1+L·1+A·1+M·3+O·1+D·2+E·1 = 10 pts
alcaide (10 points)
Jailer, in Southwest
Commander of a Spanish fortress.
Spanish jailer in C.I.A. deal
A·1+L·1+C·3+A·1+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 10 pts
alcalde (10 points)
Spanish town mayor
Mayor, in Spain
Mayor (Spanish)
A·1+L·1+C·3+A·1+L·1+D·2+E·1 = 10 pts
alcayde (13 points)
""The commander of Spanish fortress, also ALCAIDE""
A·1+L·1+C·3+A·1+Y·4+D·2+E·1 = 13 pts
alidade (9 points)
Surveyor's device.
Surveyor's instrument
Movable arm of a microscope.
A·1+L·1+I·1+D·2+A·1+D·2+E·1 = 9 pts
aliunde (8 points)
From elsewhere Law
A·1+L·1+I·1+U·1+N·1+D·2+E·1 = 8 pts
amidase (10 points)
An {enzyme=n}
A·1+M·3+I·1+D·2+A·1+S·1+E·1 = 10 pts
amidine (10 points)
Chemical compound
A·1+M·3+I·1+D·2+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 10 pts
amidone (10 points)
A chemical compound
A·1+M·3+I·1+D·2+O·1+N·1+E·1 = 10 pts
andante (8 points)
Moderately slow (music)
Moderately slow (mus.)
Fairly slow (mus.)
A·1+N·1+D·2+A·1+N·1+T·1+E·1 = 8 pts
anodize (17 points)
Supply a coat (wordplay)
Prepare for coating, as aluminum
Protect from rusting
A·1+N·1+O·1+D·2+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 17 pts
anodyne (11 points)
Done any other sedative (wordplay)
G-rated, say
Annoyed, having to reorder painkiller
A·1+N·1+O·1+D·2+Y·4+N·1+E·1 = 11 pts
astride (8 points)
Ready to pedal, perhaps
Bear this with me (wordplay)
A step like a colossus (wordplay)
A·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 8 pts
audible (10 points)
Bail due (anagram)
Bail due to be fixed in hearing
Quarterback's call
A·1+U·1+D·2+I·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 10 pts
avodire (11 points)
An African tree
A·1+V·4+O·1+D·2+I·1+R·1+E·1 = 11 pts
awardee (11 points)
Cup holder (wordplay)
Oscar winner, for example
Scholarship recipient, for example
A·1+W·4+A·1+R·1+D·2+E·1+E·1 = 11 pts
abdicate (13 points)
Renounce (a throne)
Abandon royal dignity
Quit, a la Edward
A·1+B·3+D·2+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
abidance (13 points)
Act of enduring without yielding
Patient waiting
Conformity
A·1+B·3+I·1+D·2+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 13 pts
acaudate (11 points)
Zoological word meaning having no tail
Without a tail
Without a tail.
A·1+C·3+A·1+U·1+D·2+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
accolade (13 points)
A steel tap (wordplay)
Praising mention or award.
A praising mention
A·1+C·3+C·3+O·1+L·1+A·1+D·2+E·1 = 13 pts
acridine (11 points)
Crystalline compound
Bill runs before I sup what's found in coaltar
A·1+C·3+R·1+I·1+D·2+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 11 pts
actinide (11 points)
Einsteinium, for one
Indicate dicey radioactive element
Uranium, neptunium, or plutonium
A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+N·1+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 11 pts
adamance (13 points)
Unwillingness to yield
Inflexibility
A·1+D·2+A·1+M·3+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 13 pts
adamsite (11 points)
A lung-irritating gas
A·1+D·2+A·1+M·3+S·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
adaptive (14 points)
Not set in one's ways
Like a chameleon's color
Doctor paid a vet to be compliant
A·1+D·2+A·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 14 pts
additive (13 points)
Something joined, to food say
Something put into food
STP, for example
A·1+D·2+D·2+I·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 13 pts
adequate (18 points)
Less than stellar
It'll do for Bill and associate
Sufficient now to regard as similar
A·1+D·2+E·1+Q·10+U·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 18 pts
adhesive (15 points)
Hide vase (anagram)
Hades! I have got stuck with it!
A small deposit secures!
A·1+D·2+H·4+E·1+S·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 15 pts
adoptive (14 points)
Kind of parent
Adult pivoted turning parental
Like certain parents
A·1+D·2+O·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 14 pts
adorable (11 points)
Eliciting an "aww," maybe
Cute and cuddly (wordplay)
Eliciting an 'aww,' maybe
A·1+D·2+O·1+R·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 11 pts
aduncate (11 points)
Hooked
A·1+D·2+U·1+N·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
advocate (14 points)
Recommend like counsellor (wordplay)
Recommend a solicitor (wordplay)
Urge one to be a barman (wordplay)
A·1+D·2+V·4+O·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 14 pts
aerodyne (12 points)
Heavier-than-air craft
Heavier-than-air aircraft
Weighty flier
A·1+E·1+R·1+O·1+D·2+Y·4+N·1+E·1 = 12 pts
airdrome (11 points)
Landing field, of a kind
When you might start school
Field of a sort
A·1+I·1+R·1+D·2+R·1+O·1+M·3+E·1 = 11 pts
alcidine (11 points)
Pertaining to a family of seabirds
A·1+L·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 11 pts
aldehyde (16 points)
Organic compound used in perfumery
Volatile alcohol derivative.
Chemical with lead ruined northern town
A·1+L·1+D·2+E·1+H·4+Y·4+D·2+E·1 = 16 pts
aldolase (9 points)
An {enzyme=n}
A·1+L·1+D·2+O·1+L·1+A·1+S·1+E·1 = 9 pts
algicide (12 points)
Fish pond treatment
Doing away with seaweed, a nostalgic idea in part (8) 5,3
A·1+L·1+G·2+I·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 12 pts
altitude (9 points)
Height (above ground)
Something to gain from flying (wordplay)
High number (wordplay)
A·1+L·1+T·1+I·1+T·1+U·1+D·2+E·1 = 9 pts
amandine (11 points)
A bloke gets to eat a candle maybe!
Garnished with almonds
A chap to scoff: 'This is nutty!'
A·1+M·3+A·1+N·1+D·2+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 11 pts
amygdale (15 points)
""A small gas bubble in lava, also AMYGDULE""
A·1+M·3+Y·4+G·2+D·2+A·1+L·1+E·1 = 15 pts
amygdule (15 points)
""A small gas bubble in lava, also AMYGDALE""
A·1+M·3+Y·4+G·2+D·2+U·1+L·1+E·1 = 15 pts
andesite (9 points)
Volcanic rock
A night informally includes some Parisian rock
Volcanic rock around volcano - outside inside (wordplay)
A·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+S·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 9 pts
andesyte (12 points)
""A volcanic rock, also ANDESITE""
A·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+S·1+Y·4+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
anecdote (11 points)
Neat code (anagram)
Date once (anagram)
Speaker's intro, perhaps
A·1+N·1+E·1+C·3+D·2+O·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
antecede (11 points)
Go ahead of
Come earlier than
Go in advance
A·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+C·3+E·1+D·2+E·1 = 11 pts
antedate (9 points)
Precede in time
Come before in time.
The day poker players kicked in
A·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+D·2+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 9 pts
antidote (9 points)
Toxic avenger (wordplay)
Remedy for one opposing love
I'd not eat nasty poison? Certainly not!
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+D·2+O·1+T·1+E·1 = 9 pts
antinode (9 points)
Part of a radio wave
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+O·1+D·2+E·1 = 9 pts
antipode (11 points)
Hint, in one poem, the exact opposite
Opposite conductor, head buried
North, to south
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+P·3+O·1+D·2+E·1 = 11 pts
aptitude (11 points)
A diet put out for fitness
Tied up at work acquiring proficiency
Natural ability or skill
A·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+T·1+U·1+D·2+E·1 = 11 pts
aquacade (20 points)
Billy Rose production
Swimming and diving pageant
Billy Rose offering
A·1+Q·10+U·1+A·1+C·3+A·1+D·2+E·1 = 20 pts
archduke (18 points)
Franz Ferdinand, for one
Waggish nobleman (wordplay)
Prince Henry follows car, shaking fist
A·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+D·2+U·1+K·5+E·1 = 18 pts
arillode (9 points)
A type of {aril=n}
A·1+R·1+I·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+D·2+E·1 = 9 pts
arsenide (9 points)
Poisonous compound
Chemical compound.
Compound of poisonous element; nearside (anagram)
A·1+R·1+S·1+E·1+N·1+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 9 pts
attendee (9 points)
One at a meeting; teen date (anagram)
One present (at event)
Face in the crowd (wordplay)
A·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+E·1 = 9 pts
attitude (9 points)
Conviction for temper (wordplay)
Frame of mind.
Chip on one's shoulder
A·1+T·1+T·1+I·1+T·1+U·1+D·2+E·1 = 9 pts
audience (11 points)
Public house (wordplay)
Theater group (wordplay)
Assembly gathered to watch, say, a play
A·1+U·1+D·2+I·1+E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 11 pts
auditive (12 points)
Related to hearing
Hearing-related
A·1+U·1+D·2+I·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 12 pts
autocade (11 points)
Antique car show event, perhaps
Parade of a sort
Procession of cars
A·1+U·1+T·1+O·1+C·3+A·1+D·2+E·1 = 11 pts
autodyne (12 points)
Relating to a type of electrical circuit
A·1+U·1+T·1+O·1+D·2+Y·4+N·1+E·1 = 12 pts
abdicable (16 points)
Capable of being renounced
A·1+B·3+D·2+I·1+C·3+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 16 pts
abradable (14 points)
Capable of being abraded (worn away by friction)
A·1+B·3+R·1+A·1+D·2+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 14 pts
abundance (14 points)
A bread roll twist perhaps is plenty
Plenty, but it isn't a cake-walk!
Lots of baking at the ball (wordplay)
A·1+B·3+U·1+N·1+D·2+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 14 pts
acaricide (14 points)
(Medicine / Pharmacology) any drug or formulation for killing acarids
A·1+C·3+A·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 14 pts
accidence (16 points)
That's to do with grammar, for a change, and not by chance, by the sound of it
The sound of the mishaps may get to grammar for a change like this
A·1+C·3+C·3+I·1+D·2+E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 16 pts
acetamide (14 points)
Solvent used in lacquers
Chemical came with a diet specially formulated
Musty-smelling crystalline solid (chemistry), emaciated (anagram)
A·1+C·3+E·1+T·1+A·1+M·3+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 14 pts
acidulate (12 points)
Make slightly sour.
Make slightly sour
That's enough to make you sour - and make you dead in the end
A·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+U·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
adaptable (14 points)
Of flexible nature.
American with bald pate oddly plastic
Good at fitting in to new circumstances
A·1+D·2+A·1+P·3+T·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 14 pts
addictive (16 points)
Hard to give up
(Of drug) habit-forming
Habit-forming
A·1+D·2+D·2+I·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 16 pts
addressee (11 points)
Letter-opener (wordplay)
Letter opener (wordplay)
A letter opener (wordplay)
A·1+D·2+D·2+R·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+E·1 = 11 pts
adductive (16 points)
""Adducing, or bringing towards or to something.""
A·1+D·2+D·2+U·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 16 pts
adenosine (10 points)
The 'A' of ATP
The A in ATP
A·1+D·2+E·1+N·1+O·1+S·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 10 pts
adherence (15 points)
Observant quality present in fluid dance
You'd be stuck with that
Sticking ability
A·1+D·2+H·4+E·1+R·1+E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 15 pts
adipocyte (17 points)
Biological word for a fat-storing cell
Fat cell
A·1+D·2+I·1+P·3+O·1+C·3+Y·4+T·1+E·1 = 17 pts
adjective (22 points)
The good in "good riddance"
Modifier of a noun
'Dead' or 'alive'
A·1+D·2+J·8+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 22 pts
adjustive (20 points)
Tending to adjust.
A·1+D·2+J·8+U·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 20 pts
admeasure (12 points)
This made a certain share
Will Father get back to me with a certain way to share this out (wordplay)
Can A get made certain to apportion this (wordplay)
A·1+D·2+M·3+E·1+A·1+S·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 12 pts
admirable (14 points)
Deserving respect and approval
Excellent as Barrie's butler
Deserving of esteem
A·1+D·2+M·3+I·1+R·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 14 pts
admissive (15 points)
Allowing a girl to enter a sleazy place
Notice the formal letter allowing entry
Tending to concede.
A·1+D·2+M·3+I·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 15 pts
admixture (19 points)
Extraneous ingredient
Say nice things about new tux, creating bit of a stir (wordplay)
Ingredient.
A·1+D·2+M·3+I·1+X·8+T·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 19 pts
adobelike (16 points)
Adjective meaning resembling
A·1+D·2+O·1+B·3+E·1+L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 16 pts
adoptable (14 points)
Able to be taken up
Fit for taking home from the animal shelter
Commercial work on board is such as may be undertaken
A·1+D·2+O·1+P·3+T·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 14 pts
adsorbate (12 points)
Substance taken up in a lab
A type of tree covered in fruit? It's only on the surface
A·1+D·2+S·1+O·1+R·1+B·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
adultlike (14 points)
Adjective meaning resembling
A·1+D·2+U·1+L·1+T·1+L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 14 pts
adumbrate (14 points)
Foreshadow a silent tear, perhaps
Indicate a silent speed (wordplay)
Outline from an unintelligent judge
A·1+D·2+U·1+M·3+B·3+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 14 pts
advantage (14 points)
Service commercial vehicle, say, at back
Edge of the tennis court (wordplay)
Head start, say
A·1+D·2+V·4+A·1+N·1+T·1+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 14 pts
advective (18 points)
ADVECT to transport by the flow of a fluid
A·1+D·2+V·4+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 18 pts
adventive (16 points)
Accidental.
A·1+D·2+V·4+E·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 16 pts
adventure (13 points)
Commercial gamble (wordplay)
Per this perhaps it's exciting
New account on Madison Avenue (wordplay)
A·1+D·2+V·4+E·1+N·1+T·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 13 pts
advertise (13 points)
Throw out pitches (wordplay)
Promote (a product)
Push kin (wordplay)
A·1+D·2+V·4+E·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 13 pts
advertize (22 points)
{advertise=v}
A·1+D·2+V·4+E·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 22 pts
advisable (15 points)
To be recommended
Worthy of recommendation
Expedient to be recommended
A·1+D·2+V·4+I·1+S·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 15 pts
aerodrome (12 points)
Heathrow, for one
Bumper edition of The Waves (wordplay)
By the sound of it, a plain place
A·1+E·1+R·1+O·1+D·2+R·1+O·1+M·3+E·1 = 12 pts
algaecide (13 points)
English word
A·1+L·1+G·2+A·1+E·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 13 pts
allemande (12 points)
German folk dance
A German in Paris.
Baroque-era dance
A·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+M·3+A·1+N·1+D·2+E·1 = 12 pts
almandine (12 points)
Variety of garnet
Deep red garnet
Purplish-red Indian garnet.
A·1+L·1+M·3+A·1+N·1+D·2+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 12 pts
almandite (12 points)
""A deep violet-red garnet, FeAl 2 Si 3 O 12 , found in metamorphic rocks and used as a gemstone.""
A·1+L·1+M·3+A·1+N·1+D·2+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
alongside (11 points)
Close to the hypotenuse, say (wordplay)
Age-old sin (anagram)
Close to a hypotenuse (wordplay)
A·1+L·1+O·1+N·1+G·2+S·1+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 11 pts
ambuscade (16 points)
Lie in wait for (someone)
Breaking: Cuba's made surprise attack
Concealed military force.
A·1+M·3+B·3+U·1+S·1+C·3+A·1+D·2+E·1 = 16 pts
amendable (14 points)
Like our Constitution
May be corrected
Not set in stone, as a constitution
A·1+M·3+E·1+N·1+D·2+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 14 pts
amplidyne (17 points)
A rotating magnetic amplifier with specialized windings that allow small changes in power input to produce large changes in power output.
A·1+M·3+P·3+L·1+I·1+D·2+Y·4+N·1+E·1 = 17 pts
amplitude (14 points)
An attenuator decreases it
Maximum extent of signal or vibration
On a radio, the A in AM
A·1+M·3+P·3+L·1+I·1+T·1+U·1+D·2+E·1 = 14 pts
amygdalae (16 points)
Amygdala
A·1+M·3+Y·4+G·2+D·2+A·1+L·1+A·1+E·1 = 16 pts
andouille (10 points)
Spicy sausage
A spicy smoked pork sausage with a blackish skin
A·1+N·1+D·2+O·1+U·1+I·1+L·1+L·1+E·1 = 10 pts
andradite (11 points)
""A green to brown or black calcium-iron garnet, Ca 3 Fe 2 (SiO 4 ) 3 .""
A·1+N·1+D·2+R·1+A·1+D·2+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
androgyne (14 points)
Hermaphroditic plant
Man or woman? Not black or white, but grey and no mistake
A·1+N·1+D·2+R·1+O·1+G·2+Y·4+N·1+E·1 = 14 pts
anhydride (17 points)
""An oxide of a nonmetallic body or an organic radical, capable of forming an acid by uniting with the elements of water; so called because it may be formed from an acid by the abstraction of water.""
A·1+N·1+H·4+Y·4+D·2+R·1+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 17 pts
anhydrite (16 points)
""A mineral of a white a slightly bluish color, usually massive. It is anhydrous sulphate of lime, and differs from gypsum in not containing water (whence the name).""
A·1+N·1+H·4+Y·4+D·2+R·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 16 pts
appendage (15 points)
E.g. insect's leg, feeler
One of an octopod's octad
An attached part
A·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+N·1+D·2+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 15 pts
astraddle (11 points)
With a leg on either side of (something)
Riding, in a way
On the fence.
A·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+D·2+D·2+L·1+E·1 = 11 pts
astrodome (12 points)
Spot for celestial navigation
Stadium for almost 68,000
Park that opened in April 1965
A·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+D·2+O·1+M·3+E·1 = 12 pts
audiotape (12 points)
Band that plays music (wordplay)
Sound evidence (wordplay)
Garage band's production, once
A·1+U·1+D·2+I·1+O·1+T·1+A·1+P·3+E·1 = 12 pts
auditable (12 points)
AUDIT to examine accounts
A·1+U·1+D·2+I·1+T·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 12 pts
avoidable (15 points)
Unlike death and taxes (wordplay)
A useless fit can be prevented
Like careless mistakes
A·1+V·4+O·1+I·1+D·2+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 15 pts
avoidance (15 points)
The shunning (of something)
Dodger's goal
Dodger's aim
A·1+V·4+O·1+I·1+D·2+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 15 pts
awardable (15 points)
Conferrable
A·1+W·4+A·1+R·1+D·2+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 15 pts
accordance (17 points)
(In) conformity (with)
Treating cancer a doc gets agreement
Agreement of opinion
A·1+C·3+C·3+O·1+R·1+D·2+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 17 pts
achondrite (16 points)
Stony meteorite
A·1+C·3+H·4+O·1+N·1+D·2+R·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 16 pts
acidophile (18 points)
Growing well in an acid medium: acidophilic bacteria.
A·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+O·1+P·3+H·4+I·1+L·1+E·1 = 18 pts
acrylamide (18 points)
""A readily polymerized amide, C 3 H 5 NO, derived from acrylic acid and used in synthetic fibers and sewage treatment. It is a carcinogen and is present in some foods, especially starches and cereals that are cooked at high temperatures.""
A·1+C·3+R·1+Y·4+L·1+A·1+M·3+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 18 pts
adamantine (13 points)
Maybe detain a man of unyielding nature
Hard type of man, worker in Eden originally
A barrier against Tyneside must be unbreakable
A·1+D·2+A·1+M·3+A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 13 pts
adjudicate (21 points)
Decide (between claims or in games)
Decide officially on a dispute
Hear and decide (a case).
A·1+D·2+J·8+U·1+D·2+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 21 pts
adjunctive (23 points)
Joining; having the quality of joining; forming an adjunct.
A·1+D·2+J·8+U·1+N·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 23 pts
adjustable (20 points)
Able to be adapted
Not set in stone
Like hospital beds
A·1+D·2+J·8+U·1+S·1+T·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 20 pts
admissible (15 points)
Like certain evidence
Like some evidence
(As evidence in court) valid
A·1+D·2+M·3+I·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 15 pts
admittance (15 points)
Maiden, with tact, ordered entree
Letting in a ball stopped by hand
Permission to enter
A·1+D·2+M·3+I·1+T·1+T·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 15 pts
adrenaline (11 points)
Rush before a flight (wordplay)
It can give you a rush
Stimulator of ideal Queen Anne building
A·1+D·2+R·1+E·1+N·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 11 pts
adsorbable (15 points)
ADSORB to gather on the surface in a condensed layer
A·1+D·2+S·1+O·1+R·1+B·3+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 15 pts
adsorptive (16 points)
Having capacity or tendency to adsorb or cause to accumulate on a surface; displaying adsorption.adsorption.
A·1+D·2+S·1+O·1+R·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 16 pts
adulterate (11 points)
Cut a deal? Utter chicanery!
Water down, perhaps
Grown up with age, note, can be corrupt
A·1+D·2+U·1+L·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
adulterine (11 points)
Proceeding from adulterous intercourse. Hence: Spurious; without the support of law; illegal.
A·1+D·2+U·1+L·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 11 pts
advertence (16 points)
The quality or practice of being advertent; heedfulness.
A·1+D·2+V·4+E·1+R·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 16 pts
advocative (19 points)
ADVOCATE to plead in favour of
A·1+D·2+V·4+O·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 19 pts
affordable (19 points)
Model T, to Henry (wordplay)
Within one's ability to pay
Not too dear a passage in a story
A·1+F·4+F·4+O·1+R·1+D·2+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 19 pts
aggrandise (13 points)
M1's in time to expand
Magnify; increase power of
Make greater grade gains after revision
A·1+G·2+G·2+R·1+A·1+N·1+D·2+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 13 pts
aggrandize (22 points)
Exaggerate
A·1+G·2+G·2+R·1+A·1+N·1+D·2+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 22 pts
amantadine (13 points)
""An antiviral drug, C 10 H 17 NHCl, also used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease.""
A·1+M·3+A·1+N·1+T·1+A·1+D·2+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 13 pts
andalusite (11 points)
Gold place in which land is mined for mineral
A·1+N·1+D·2+A·1+L·1+U·1+S·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
anecdotage (14 points)
Anecdotes collectively; a collection of anecdotes.
A·1+N·1+E·1+C·3+D·2+O·1+T·1+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 14 pts
antimonide (13 points)
Word with prefix anti-
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+M·3+O·1+N·1+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 13 pts
ascendable (15 points)
A ben scaled could be construed as this
A·1+S·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+D·2+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 15 pts
ascendance (15 points)
Canes get twisted up at the ball
Coming into prominence
Upper hand
A·1+S·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+D·2+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 15 pts
ascendence (15 points)
Ascendancy.
A·1+S·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 15 pts
ascendible (15 points)
Carbon tip in abseil device, suitable for climbers
A·1+S·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+D·2+I·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 15 pts
attendance (13 points)
Factor in grading, perhaps
Gate - enact Dante (anagram)
Guests at Blair's ball (wordplay)
A·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+D·2+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 13 pts
audiophile (16 points)
Emery phor buphs (wordplay)
One making a sound investment (wordplay)
Hi-fi fan.
A·1+U·1+D·2+I·1+O·1+P·3+H·4+I·1+L·1+E·1 = 16 pts
autostrade (11 points)
Italian superhighways.
A·1+U·1+T·1+O·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+D·2+E·1 = 11 pts
accommodate (20 points)
Do something obliging (wordplay)
Provide lodging for (someone)
Provide shelter for
A·1+C·3+C·3+O·1+M·3+M·3+O·1+D·2+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 20 pts
acetanilide (14 points)
""A compound of aniline with acetyl, used to allay fever or pain; called also antifebrine. antifebrine.""
A·1+C·3+E·1+T·1+A·1+N·1+I·1+L·1+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 14 pts
acknowledge (22 points)
Admit (the truth of something)
Admit the truth of (something)
Recognise current learning
A·1+C·3+K·5+N·1+O·1+W·4+L·1+E·1+D·2+G·2+E·1 = 22 pts
addressable (15 points)
ADDRESS to speak to
A·1+D·2+D·2+R·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 15 pts

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