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5-Letter Words (4):
adder (7 points)
Maybe a summer snake (wordplay)
To make in Erin (wordplay)
Mathematical reptile (wordplay)
A·1+D·2+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 7 pts
aider (6 points)
Of golf (wordplay)
A friend indeed!
Abettor's partner (wordplay)
A·1+I·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 6 pts
alder (6 points)
Tree many be deal? Right (wordplay)
Cabinet wood, perhaps
Not starting to be less hairy tree!
A·1+L·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 6 pts
ardor (6 points)
Zeal or passion
Intensity of feeling.
Hot-blooded emotion
A·1+R·1+D·2+O·1+R·1 = 6 pts
6-Letter Words (5):
abider (9 points)
Resident (in Tarrytown?)
Job, for one
One who endures
A·1+B·3+I·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
adorer (7 points)
Might beau do in the rear (wordplay)
Fan-club member (wordplay)
Fan club member, say
A·1+D·2+O·1+R·1+E·1+R·1 = 7 pts
ardour (7 points)
How a Cockney says he works with this
Intense feeling (of love?)
Great enthusiasm or passion
A·1+R·1+D·2+O·1+U·1+R·1 = 7 pts
arider (7 points)
Having less rainfall (var.)
One's added in the saddle
More dry and hot
A·1+R·1+I·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 7 pts
aulder (7 points)
Auld
A·1+U·1+L·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 7 pts
7-Letter Words (20):
abrader (10 points)
Carpenter's rasp, for one
Rubber eraser, for one
Rubber (wordplay)
A·1+B·3+R·1+A·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
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
acrider (10 points)
More biting
A·1+C·3+R·1+I·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
adapter (10 points)
He makes work play, perhaps
Dear Pat (anagram)
Device providing flexibility
A·1+D·2+A·1+P·3+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
adaptor (10 points)
Compatibility connecting device (var.)
Connector (O, not E)
Tap road (anagram)
A·1+D·2+A·1+P·3+T·1+O·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
adepter (10 points)
Having more talent
A·1+D·2+E·1+P·3+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
adherer (11 points)
One who sticks to his beliefs
Dare her to be a sticker
One who toes the line
A·1+D·2+H·4+E·1+R·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
adjurer (15 points)
One requesting in earnest
Judge, at times
A·1+D·2+J·8+U·1+R·1+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
adjuror (15 points)
""One who commands solemnly, also ADJURER""
A·1+D·2+J·8+U·1+R·1+O·1+R·1 = 15 pts
admirer (10 points)
One who goes to court (wordplay)
One sending flowers, say
Secretive sort (wordplay)
A·1+D·2+M·3+I·1+R·1+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
adopter (10 points)
A redtop (anagram)
Parent-by-choice, of sorts
Pet shelter visitor, perhaps
A·1+D·2+O·1+P·3+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
adorner (8 points)
Sewer of sequins, say
Ornament handler, say
One who decks the halls, say
A·1+D·2+O·1+R·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
adviser (11 points)
ID saver (anagram)
Ann Landers, for one
What Harriman is to Truman.
A·1+D·2+V·4+I·1+S·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
advisor (11 points)
One giving counsel (O, not E)
Commercial sun shade (wordplay)
Counsel of Ovid (ars horrendus)
A·1+D·2+V·4+I·1+S·1+O·1+R·1 = 11 pts
amender (10 points)
One who tacks riders on bills
Maker of a change or revision.
Copyreader, for example
A·1+M·3+E·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
asunder (8 points)
Like junior perhaps going to pieces
Split like Neath (wordplay)
Sad rune (anagram)
A·1+S·1+U·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
auditor (8 points)
One who keeps work in balance (wordplay)
Reviewer of books (wordplay)
One has a checkered career (wordplay)
A·1+U·1+D·2+I·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 8 pts
avoider (11 points)
One using a bypass, maybe
One playing hooky, for example
One who shuns
A·1+V·4+O·1+I·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
awarder (11 points)
Medal presenter, say
Judge, as of a contest
Oscar giver, for example
A·1+W·4+A·1+R·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
8-Letter Words (13):
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
abridger (12 points)
Reader's Digest staffer
One who makes short work of a link with ringleader
Person who curtails a game of cards with king
A·1+B·3+R·1+I·1+D·2+G·2+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
absurder (11 points)
More ridiculous
More ridiculous bends on road during Lincoln runs
It's more ridiculous - I'm lost for words after Australian has bowled Root
A·1+B·3+S·1+U·1+R·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 11 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
adductor (12 points)
An adducent muscle
A·1+D·2+D·2+U·1+C·3+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 12 pts
adjuster (16 points)
Insurance-company employee
Insurance agency employee
Insurance company employee
A·1+D·2+J·8+U·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts
adjustor (16 points)
Professional claims examiner
A·1+D·2+J·8+U·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 16 pts
admitter (11 points)
One who tells all.
A·1+D·2+M·3+I·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
adroiter (9 points)
More crafty or skillful
With more skill
More skillful
A·1+D·2+R·1+O·1+I·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
adulator (9 points)
One who overdoes the praise
Flatterer is one among grown-up men
Person who praises excessively
A·1+D·2+U·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 9 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
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
attender (9 points)
One who's all there (wordplay)
One who showed up
Someone who shows up
A·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
9-Letter Words (13):
abandoner (12 points)
Deserter
Deserter.
A·1+B·3+A·1+N·1+D·2+O·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
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
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
addresser (11 points)
One on a podium, perhaps
Speech-maker
Business machine.
A·1+D·2+D·2+R·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
adulterer (10 points)
Who later rued straying (wordplay)
Durer tale (anagram)
One's business affairs (wordplay)
A·1+D·2+U·1+L·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+E·1+R·1 = 10 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
alexander (17 points)
Author of stepquote (first name)
A great Greek ruler (wordplay)
Any of three Russian emperors
A·1+L·1+E·1+X·8+A·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 17 pts
antiradar (10 points)
Stealthy (wordplay)
Like some hard-to-detect missiles
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+R·1+A·1+D·2+A·1+R·1 = 10 pts
applauder (14 points)
One who applauds.
A·1+P·3+P·3+L·1+A·1+U·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
attainder (10 points)
Loss of civil rights.
Loss of all civil rights, in law
Get the German punishment for treason
A·1+T·1+T·1+A·1+I·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
auslander (10 points)
A foreigner.
A·1+U·1+S·1+L·1+A·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
awkwarder (20 points)
More inept
Less comfortable as a Mon-Sun prison officer
A·1+W·4+K·5+W·4+A·1+R·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 20 pts
10-Letter Words (8):
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
administer (13 points)
Manage publicity for one in church
Run as 'today's politician' (wordplay)
Pastor who pitches (wordplay)
A·1+D·2+M·3+I·1+N·1+I·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
admonisher (16 points)
One who admonishes.
A·1+D·2+M·3+O·1+N·1+I·1+S·1+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts
adventurer (14 points)
Man of derring-do
Many a Jules Verne protagonist
Soldier of fortune.
A·1+D·2+V·4+E·1+N·1+T·1+U·1+R·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
advertiser (14 points)
One publicising a product (S, not Z)
He pays the price of publicity
He has his own ideas on hoarding
A·1+D·2+V·4+E·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+S·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
ambassador (15 points)
David K. E. Bruce, for one
Bunker, for one.
One who's goodwill hunting (wordplay)
A·1+M·3+B·3+A·1+S·1+S·1+A·1+D·2+O·1+R·1 = 15 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
audiometer (13 points)
Alexander Graham Bell invention
Otologist's instrument
Otology instrument
A·1+U·1+D·2+I·1+O·1+M·3+E·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
11-Letter Words (3):
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
adulterator (12 points)
One who adulterates or corrupts.
A·1+D·2+U·1+L·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 12 pts
aggrandizer (23 points)
""One who aggrandizes, or makes great.""
A·1+G·2+G·2+R·1+A·1+N·1+D·2+I·1+Z·10+E·1+R·1 = 23 pts
12-Letter Words (3):
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
antipredator (15 points)
PREDATOR one that {plunders=v}
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+P·3+R·1+E·1+D·2+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 15 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 (1):
administrator (16 points)
Runner or dramatist in play
One managing business affairs
Overseer of a sort
A·1+D·2+M·3+I·1+N·1+I·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 16 pts

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