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4-Letter Words (1):
abet (6 points)
Get away with murder, maybe (wordplay)
Be a wheelman for, say
Help download music, say
A·1+B·3+E·1+T·1 = 6 pts
5-Letter Words (9):
adept (8 points)
Expert from A-section (wordplay)
Really good (at)
Well-equipped (at)
A·1+D·2+E·1+P·3+T·1 = 8 pts
agent (6 points)
James Bond, for one
Counterspy, for one
Worker for say
A·1+G·2+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 6 pts
aglet (6 points)
Tip for a sneakerhead (wordplay)
Aid in threading perhaps
Lace end perhaps
A·1+G·2+L·1+E·1+T·1 = 6 pts
alert (5 points)
Ready to jump perhaps
'Fore!,' for one
Ready for an attack, say
A·1+L·1+E·1+R·1+T·1 = 5 pts
ament (7 points)
Tassellike spike on a birch tree.
Catkin of a willow tree.
Theban goddess with a sheep's head.
A·1+M·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 7 pts
anent (5 points)
In respect to
Concerning an entangled ten
Concerning an odd sort of a ten
A·1+N·1+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 5 pts
armet (7 points)
Knight cap (wordplay)
Armour for the head, used around AD1500
Headgear of old
A·1+R·1+M·3+E·1+T·1 = 7 pts
asset (5 points)
Winning smile, they say
Honesty for one
Talent, for one
A·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+T·1 = 5 pts
avert (8 points)
Stop, say, before junction
Prevent, say, those with no socks
Head off alien, green head off!
A·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+T·1 = 8 pts
6-Letter Words (33):
abject (17 points)
Grovelling, apology say
Lacking all pride, say apology
Extreme, poverty say
A·1+B·3+J·8+E·1+C·3+T·1 = 17 pts
ablest (8 points)
Best for the job
Most skilled, being such a blessed one
Adjective for your candidate.
A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 8 pts
absent (8 points)
Playing hooky, maybe
Out to lunch, say
Not voting "present", maybe
A·1+B·3+S·1+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 8 pts
accent (10 points)
Brogue, for one
Brogue, for one.
It's a sign of stress!
A·1+C·3+C·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 10 pts
accept (12 points)
Say "OK" to
Believe one wouldn't say no to this
Take on (responsibility)
A·1+C·3+C·3+E·1+P·3+T·1 = 12 pts
advect (12 points)
To transport by the flow of a fluid
A·1+D·2+V·4+E·1+C·3+T·1 = 12 pts
advent (10 points)
Period up to the present time (wordplay)
Coming (of Christmas)
Appearance of plughole (wordplay)
A·1+D·2+V·4+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 10 pts
advert (10 points)
Sun spot (wordplay)
Pitch to buy potato crisps, say
Call attention (to)
A·1+D·2+V·4+E·1+R·1+T·1 = 10 pts
affect (14 points)
Touch (feelings); pretend (to feel)
Pretend to influence
Impact, have a bearing on
A·1+F·4+F·4+E·1+C·3+T·1 = 14 pts
afreet (9 points)
Demon, Oriental style.
Demon in Arabian myth
Jinni of Arabian myth.
A·1+F·4+R·1+E·1+E·1+T·1 = 9 pts
ageist (7 points)
Senior discounter (wordplay)
Grandpa finally gets upset about one!
He won't stand for old people!
A·1+G·2+E·1+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 7 pts
aiglet (7 points)
Ornamental tag Var.
Ornamental tag variable
Garment securer variable
A·1+I·1+G·2+L·1+E·1+T·1 = 7 pts
aigret (7 points)
Heron plume
Plume variable
Plume Var.
A·1+I·1+G·2+R·1+E·1+T·1 = 7 pts
airest (6 points)
Early
A·1+I·1+R·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 6 pts
albeit (8 points)
A literary although
Even so, I joined in the table-turning
Jolly Roger pirate
A·1+L·1+B·3+E·1+I·1+T·1 = 8 pts
amulet (8 points)
Scarab, for one
Charming piece (wordplay)
Item worn around the neck, maybe
A·1+M·3+U·1+L·1+E·1+T·1 = 8 pts
anenst (6 points)
About Dial.
About: Dial.
Concerning: Dial.
A·1+N·1+E·1+N·1+S·1+T·1 = 6 pts
anklet (10 points)
Band on foot (wordplay)
Low-level charm (wordplay)
Type of sock
A·1+N·1+K·5+L·1+E·1+T·1 = 10 pts
aptest (8 points)
Most clever chap tested - only 6/10!
College Board exam, briefly
Opportunity for college credit
A·1+P·3+T·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 8 pts
ardent (7 points)
Zealous - ranted (anagram)
Burning (with emotion)
Daren't, maybe, get fiery
A·1+R·1+D·2+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 7 pts
argent (7 points)
(In heraldry) silver - garnet (anagram)
Silver, on a coat of arms
Money, in France.
A·1+R·1+G·2+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 7 pts
armlet (8 points)
Military band (wordplay)
Elm rat (anagram)
A military band (wordplay)
A·1+R·1+M·3+L·1+E·1+T·1 = 8 pts
arpent (8 points)
About an acre, in Quebec and Louisiana.
French land measure
A·1+R·1+P·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 8 pts
arrest (6 points)
Put a collar on (wordplay)
Pull into a station (wordplay)
Stop, check (progress)
A·1+R·1+R·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 6 pts
ascent (8 points)
Ride in an elevator, maybe
Might this get up your nose (wordplay)
Up with smell!
A·1+S·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 8 pts
aspect (10 points)
View of strand (wordplay)
Look - a ghost about to vanish!
Like being kissed, some say, in view
A·1+S·1+P·3+E·1+C·3+T·1 = 10 pts
assent (6 points)
Like perfume, say? OK!
Say yes (to)
Agreement (to a proposal)
A·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 6 pts
assert (6 points)
Say a switch has been turned on
Say it's a lock-up
Say it is so
A·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+R·1+T·1 = 6 pts
attent (6 points)
Heedful, old style
Observant, old style.
Heedful Archaic.
A·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 6 pts
attest (6 points)
Certify a t-trial (wordplay)
Give credence (to)
Declare (that something is the case)
A·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 6 pts
auklet (10 points)
Small, razor-billed bird
Small diving bird of the North Pacific
Small razor-billed bird
A·1+U·1+K·5+L·1+E·1+T·1 = 10 pts
avocet (11 points)
Wading bird - octave (anagram)
Shorebird - octave (anagram)
Slender-beaked shore bird
A·1+V·4+O·1+C·3+E·1+T·1 = 11 pts
avoset (9 points)
Web-footed shore bird Var.
Doctor to save winger
Web-footed shore bird variable
A·1+V·4+O·1+S·1+E·1+T·1 = 9 pts
7-Letter Words (28):
abeyant (12 points)
Heartless church worker is suspended
Suspended for the time being
In cold storage, so to speak
A·1+B·3+E·1+Y·4+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 12 pts
abluent (9 points)
Cleansing
Cleanser.
A·1+B·3+L·1+U·1+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 9 pts
abreact (11 points)
Talk out of one's troubles, in psychoanalysis.
A·1+B·3+R·1+E·1+A·1+C·3+T·1 = 11 pts
abreast (9 points)
Well-informed (of)
Facing parallel, say
On top (of)
A·1+B·3+R·1+E·1+A·1+S·1+T·1 = 9 pts
achiest (12 points)
Most in need of liniment
Most in need of ice
Sore to the max
A·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts
acquest (18 points)
An acquisition
A·1+C·3+Q·10+U·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 18 pts
acutest (9 points)
The sharpest French accent (wordplay)
Most sharp, making rip in broken seat
Most violent American copper on trial
A·1+C·3+U·1+T·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 9 pts
addrest (9 points)
Spoke to Poet.
Spoke to: Poet.
A·1+D·2+D·2+R·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 9 pts
aeriest (7 points)
Most ethereal (var.)
Most ethereal
A·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 7 pts
aerosat (7 points)
A satellite for air-traffic control
A·1+E·1+R·1+O·1+S·1+A·1+T·1 = 7 pts
ailment (9 points)
Charley horse, for one
Cold, for one.
Cold, for one
A·1+I·1+L·1+M·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 9 pts
airiest (7 points)
Most light-hearted
Most spacious and open
Most open to the breeze
A·1+I·1+R·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 7 pts
aliment (9 points)
Food from tin, meal that's horrible
A necessity for life
Food for worker, fruit included
A·1+L·1+I·1+M·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 9 pts
alkanet (11 points)
Plant yielding a red dye
Dye-yielding plant
Red dye from root of Mediterranean plant
A·1+L·1+K·5+A·1+N·1+E·1+T·1 = 11 pts
ambient (11 points)
Time to ban recycled music in shops, say
Surrounding - mean bit (anagram)
Going round in two minds? Not Val!
A·1+M·3+B·3+I·1+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 11 pts
amplest (11 points)
Most adequate sound booster in case
Least scrawny
Most abundant
A·1+M·3+P·3+L·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts
anapest (9 points)
Bit of a limerick
Foot of poetic meter.
Foot of a North American troublemaker
A·1+N·1+A·1+P·3+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 9 pts
ancient (9 points)
Very old, but getting nice tan maybe
Can I get to ten, as of old (wordplay)
Nice tan (anagram)
A·1+N·1+C·3+I·1+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 9 pts
annulet (7 points)
Small ring (heraldry)
Ring to cancel, not having started yet
Heraldic small ring
A·1+N·1+N·1+U·1+L·1+E·1+T·1 = 7 pts
aridest (8 points)
Having the least rainfall
Least productive outings at stores
Most in need of moisture
A·1+R·1+I·1+D·2+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 8 pts
armrest (9 points)
Place to rub elbows (wordplay)
Divisive thing at the movies (wordplay)
Backseat feature, maybe
A·1+R·1+M·3+R·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 9 pts
artiest (7 points)
Most chi-chi.
Bohemian to an extreme
Most culturally pretentious
A·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 7 pts
ashiest (10 points)
Most visibly frightened
Most in need of moisturizer
Most affected by an eruption
A·1+S·1+H·4+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
atheist (10 points)
Denier of God? In death 'e is terrified!
Non-believer in god - hates it (anagram)
One not likely to say "Oh, my God!"
A·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
attempt (11 points)
Try to climb (a peak)
A dry, barren, endless essay
Stab, of sorts
A·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+M·3+P·3+T·1 = 11 pts
audient (8 points)
Decline in relative listening
Listening, paying attention
Formal word in church history for one who hears
A·1+U·1+D·2+I·1+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 8 pts
augment (10 points)
Does mutagen change and grow (wordplay)
Add something - a grated nutmeg possibly
Raise staff get, finally, after month
A·1+U·1+G·2+M·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 10 pts
auldest (8 points)
Auld
A·1+U·1+L·1+D·2+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 8 pts
8-Letter Words (47):
abducent (13 points)
Drawing back
A·1+B·3+D·2+U·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 13 pts
aberrant (10 points)
Ran in a deviating Albert (wordplay)
'Deviant, behaviour say (8)'
Deviant, behaviour say
A·1+B·3+E·1+R·1+R·1+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 10 pts
abetment (12 points)
Help in holding up
Support in wrongdoing
Help on a heist
A·1+B·3+E·1+T·1+M·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 12 pts
abutment (12 points)
Point of contact
Only men go in at such a meeting
Only males go in at such a meeting
A·1+B·3+U·1+T·1+M·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 12 pts
accident (13 points)
Bumper-to-bumper occurrence (wordplay)
Eg, car crash
The discovery of penicillin, e.g
A·1+C·3+C·3+I·1+D·2+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 13 pts
accredit (13 points)
Red cacti (anagram)
Give official sanction to (a diplomat)
CID trace (anagram)
A·1+C·3+C·3+R·1+E·1+D·2+I·1+T·1 = 13 pts
acerbest (12 points)
Acerb
A·1+C·3+E·1+R·1+B·3+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts
acescent (12 points)
Of milk, sour or turning sour
A·1+C·3+E·1+S·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 12 pts
acridest (11 points)
Acrid
A·1+C·3+R·1+I·1+D·2+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts
adducent (12 points)
Drawing inward
A·1+D·2+D·2+U·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 12 pts
adeptest (11 points)
Adept
A·1+D·2+E·1+P·3+T·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts
adherent (12 points)
Fan sticking (wordplay)
Loyal follower - sticks close
He daren't appear as a supporter
A·1+D·2+H·4+E·1+R·1+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 12 pts
adjacent (18 points)
Lying near or next (to)
Lying next (to)
Next (to something)
A·1+D·2+J·8+A·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 18 pts
aeroduct (11 points)
A type of jet engine
A·1+E·1+R·1+O·1+D·2+U·1+C·3+T·1 = 11 pts
aeronaut (8 points)
Balloonist, say, in bar with tipsy aunt
Pilot - Eton aura (anagram)
Balloon man (wordplay)
A·1+E·1+R·1+O·1+N·1+A·1+U·1+T·1 = 8 pts
aerostat (8 points)
Balloon or dirigible
Balloon or blimp
Any lighter-than-air craft.
A·1+E·1+R·1+O·1+S·1+T·1+A·1+T·1 = 8 pts
afferent (14 points)
Conveying impulses toward a nerve center
Conveying impulses to a nerve center
Sensory relay to integrating center
A·1+F·4+F·4+E·1+R·1+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 14 pts
affluent (14 points)
Well off, having plenty of money
In the money
Have a piece of furniture polished
A·1+F·4+F·4+L·1+U·1+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 14 pts
afforest (14 points)
Plant with trees
Plant trees over a wide area
Would, by the sound of it, plant
A·1+F·4+F·4+O·1+R·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 14 pts
alcahest (13 points)
""The hypothetical solvent sought by alchemists, also ALKAHEST""
A·1+L·1+C·3+A·1+H·4+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 13 pts
alertest (8 points)
Least likely to nod off
Most wide-awake
Most on one's guard
A·1+L·1+E·1+R·1+T·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 8 pts
alienist (8 points)
Litanies about legal psychiatrist
Former doctor treating mental illness
Expert witness in a sanity trial
A·1+L·1+I·1+E·1+N·1+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 8 pts
alkahest (15 points)
Universal solvent of the alchemists
Fabled "universal solvent" of the alchemist.
A·1+L·1+K·5+A·1+H·4+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 15 pts
almagest (11 points)
Ptolemy's work on astronomy
Work on astronomy compiled by Ptolemy
Work on astronomy
A·1+L·1+M·3+A·1+G·2+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts
alphabet (15 points)
Cast of characters (wordplay)
A to Z, say
First elements (of language)
A·1+L·1+P·3+H·4+A·1+B·3+E·1+T·1 = 15 pts
alterant (8 points)
Change-producing agent
Catalyst of a sort
A cause of change
A·1+L·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 8 pts
ambivert (15 points)
Sometimes shy, sometimes outgoing
One who's sometimes outgoing, sometimes shy
Person who might enjoy a party and a Netflix binge equally
A·1+M·3+B·3+I·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+T·1 = 15 pts
amethyst (16 points)
Gift for an Aquarius, maybe
Valuable purple stone
During Sat. make me your bluestone
A·1+M·3+E·1+T·1+H·4+Y·4+S·1+T·1 = 16 pts
anapaest (10 points)
Foot rot for a peasant (wordplay)
Metrical foot of three syllables.
A peasant suffering breakage of foot
A·1+N·1+A·1+P·3+A·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
anchoret (13 points)
Religious worker holds arduous job
Solitary worker holds menial job
Miscreant surrounds house of hermit
A·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+O·1+R·1+E·1+T·1 = 13 pts
angriest (9 points)
Mostly across (wordplay)
Least at peace
Iran gets upset - most upset
A·1+N·1+G·2+R·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 9 pts
antepast (10 points)
A foretaste
A·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+P·3+A·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
antevert (11 points)
To tip forward
A·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+T·1 = 11 pts
antileft (11 points)
Opposed to leftism
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+L·1+E·1+F·4+T·1 = 11 pts
antsiest (8 points)
Restless to the max
Least likely to sit still
Most impatient
A·1+N·1+T·1+S·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 8 pts
aperient (10 points)
It has a laxative effect in repeat runs
Beast interchanged in opening
Drug that is seized by troubled parent
A·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+I·1+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 10 pts
apparent (12 points)
Dad backing Mum perhaps - it's obvious
Seeming to be a quiet dad maybe
Visible - plain - presumable
A·1+P·3+P·3+A·1+R·1+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 12 pts
appestat (12 points)
Hunger trigger
A·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+S·1+T·1+A·1+T·1 = 12 pts
appetent (12 points)
Pertaining to desire.
Of the nature of desire.
A·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 12 pts
aqueduct (20 points)
Water bearer (wordplay)
Artificial bridge-channel carrying water
Roman water conduit
A·1+Q·10+U·1+E·1+D·2+U·1+C·3+T·1 = 20 pts
arbalest (10 points)
Device for shooting bundles into craft
Old-time crossbow.
Powerful medieval crossbow
A·1+R·1+B·3+A·1+L·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
arbelest (10 points)
""A type of crossbow, also ARBALEST, ARBALIST, ARBLAST""
A·1+R·1+B·3+E·1+L·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
argument (11 points)
Perhaps Deb ate this
Turn game perhaps causing debate
Thrust in one's briefs (wordplay)
A·1+R·1+G·2+U·1+M·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 11 pts
armament (12 points)
Process of equipping for war
Weaponry used by military
So be it in the tram smashed for warfare
A·1+R·1+M·3+A·1+M·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 12 pts
artefact (13 points)
Man-made object (maybe found in dig)
Man-made object
A man-made object
A·1+R·1+T·1+E·1+F·4+A·1+C·3+T·1 = 13 pts
artsiest (8 points)
Most affected, in a way
A·1+R·1+T·1+S·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 8 pts
averment (13 points)
Positive affirmation.
Positive declaration
Affirmation
A·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+M·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 13 pts
9-Letter Words (47):
abasement (13 points)
What a shame to be below ground level!
Mean beast (anagram)
Humiliation in a crypt (wordplay)
A·1+B·3+A·1+S·1+E·1+M·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 13 pts
abashment (16 points)
Red state (wordplay)
One party intended verbal shaming
Party workers in for discomfort
A·1+B·3+A·1+S·1+H·4+M·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 16 pts
abatement (13 points)
Subsidence in a cellar? Time for spades
Reprieve from a tax obligation
Reduction in force
A·1+B·3+A·1+T·1+E·1+M·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 13 pts
abhorrent (14 points)
Ground hot and barren? Horrible!
Detestable/tenants' motto (wordplay)
Bad breath or not, initially offensive
A·1+B·3+H·4+O·1+R·1+R·1+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 14 pts
abruptest (13 points)
Abrupt
A·1+B·3+R·1+U·1+P·3+T·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 13 pts
absorbent (13 points)
Bob ran set (anagram)
Spongy clue for boars (wordplay)
Like paper towels
A·1+B·3+S·1+O·1+R·1+B·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 13 pts
abstinent (11 points)
Refraining from drinking alcohol
Showing self-restraint
Can - missing round - be sober
A·1+B·3+S·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 11 pts
absurdest (12 points)
Most foolish brutes, sad, torn apart
Most ludicrous
A·1+B·3+S·1+U·1+R·1+D·2+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts
acceptant (15 points)
Accepting; receiving.
A·1+C·3+C·3+E·1+P·3+T·1+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 15 pts
acidulent (12 points)
Having an acid quality; sour; acidulous.
A·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+U·1+L·1+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 12 pts
adornment (12 points)
Touch of color, perhaps
Decoration for naval personnel in a spot
Mend a torn dress with decoration
A·1+D·2+O·1+R·1+N·1+M·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 12 pts
adroitest (10 points)
Most skilful at concealing steroid misuse
A·1+D·2+R·1+O·1+I·1+T·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
adsorbent (12 points)
Like charcoal filter
Capable of deflecting moisture
Capable of producing a film about bears? Don't!
A·1+D·2+S·1+O·1+R·1+B·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 12 pts
advertent (13 points)
Attentive, heedful
The Reverend Father returns to his temporary quarters
A·1+D·2+V·4+E·1+R·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 13 pts
aerialist (9 points)
One living the high life (wordplay)
Turn up (wordplay)
Man on the flying trapeze
A·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 9 pts
affixment (24 points)
Noun (-ment)
A·1+F·4+F·4+I·1+X·8+M·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 24 pts
aftermost (14 points)
Last to be following the majority
Right at the back, yet wanting the lion's share
A·1+F·4+T·1+E·1+R·1+M·3+O·1+S·1+T·1 = 14 pts
agreement (12 points)
Gentlemen's, for one
Arbitrator's goal
Yes, that will make it contract
A·1+G·2+R·1+E·1+E·1+M·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 12 pts
alchemist (16 points)
St Michael (anagram)
Faust, for one
One with a gold standard (wordplay)
A·1+L·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+M·3+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 16 pts
alignment (12 points)
Tin mangle (anagram)
Arrangement in a straight line
Service-station job
A·1+L·1+I·1+G·2+N·1+M·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 12 pts
alinement (11 points)
A straightening of the ranks.
Troop order
Political arrangement
A·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+M·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 11 pts
allegiant (10 points)
Everybody say one soldier's loyal
Orchestra losing leader, a man very great and loyal
A·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+G·2+I·1+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 10 pts
allergist (10 points)
Inspector of hives, perhaps
She can scratch that itch (wordplay)
Doctor healing great ills
A·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+R·1+G·2+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
allotment (11 points)
Does this imply sharecropping (wordplay)
Share beds here (wordplay)
Tell man to make beds!
A·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+T·1+M·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 11 pts
amassment (13 points)
Big collection.
Collection
Accumulation
A·1+M·3+A·1+S·1+S·1+M·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 13 pts
amazement (22 points)
A puzzle designed to throw out a shock
Flooring (wordplay)
Astonished reaction
A·1+M·3+A·1+Z·10+E·1+M·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 22 pts
amendment (14 points)
A change for the better (wordplay)
Change made in Washington
Alteration of document
A·1+M·3+E·1+N·1+D·2+M·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 14 pts
amusement (13 points)
A maiden to exploit men - time for fun!
What fun so to employ people in the mat!
Park opening (wordplay)
A·1+M·3+U·1+S·1+E·1+M·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 13 pts
annulment (11 points)
Union buster (wordplay)
'I do' undoer
That may make an invalid of one
A·1+N·1+N·1+U·1+L·1+M·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 11 pts
antitheft (15 points)
Adjective for hood locks
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+F·4+T·1 = 15 pts
apartment (13 points)
Flat across the pond (wordplay)
Flat (chiefly US)
Flat (mainly US)
A·1+P·3+A·1+R·1+T·1+M·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 13 pts
appellant (13 points)
Try again to meet this person's request!
Man in court.
One takes a case to a higher court for review
A·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+L·1+L·1+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 13 pts
appendant (14 points)
""Hanging; annexed; adjunct; concomitant; as, a seal appendant to a paper. as, a seal appendant to a paper.""
A·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+N·1+D·2+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 14 pts
applecart (15 points)
How upsetting for Grany Smith!
One not to upset (wordplay)
Place trap to upset this!
A·1+P·3+P·3+L·1+E·1+C·3+A·1+R·1+T·1 = 15 pts
architect (16 points)
Wren, for one
I. M. Pei, for one
Building designer from the Arctic
A·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+T·1+E·1+C·3+T·1 = 16 pts
arrestant (9 points)
English word
A·1+R·1+R·1+E·1+S·1+T·1+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 9 pts
ascendant (12 points)
Get-upping (wordplay)
Rising man penetrating a series of clues
Where the Star was in
A·1+S·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+D·2+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 12 pts
ascendent (12 points)
Tending upward (var.)
Get up over the ant on the up and up
Rising; predominant
A·1+S·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 12 pts
assurgent (10 points)
Rising
A·1+S·1+S·1+U·1+R·1+G·2+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 10 pts
atonement (11 points)
Reparation (for a wrong)
Reparation agreed, paid around November
Satisfaction of a sort
A·1+T·1+O·1+N·1+E·1+M·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 11 pts
attendant (10 points)
Escort coming in at 10 (Danish time)
Cupbearer, for one
One who waits upon
A·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+D·2+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 10 pts
augustest (10 points)
August
A·1+U·1+G·2+U·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
auntliest (9 points)
Auntly
A·1+U·1+N·1+T·1+L·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 9 pts
austerest (9 points)
Most severe state sure to be troublesome
Extremely severe
A·1+U·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 9 pts
auteurist (9 points)
AUTEUR the creator of a film
A·1+U·1+T·1+E·1+U·1+R·1+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 9 pts
avirulent (12 points)
Not virulent.
A·1+V·4+I·1+R·1+U·1+L·1+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 12 pts
awfullest (15 points)
Awful
A·1+W·4+F·4+U·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 15 pts
10-Letter Words (43):
abiogenist (13 points)
A believer in spontaneous generation
A·1+B·3+I·1+O·1+G·2+E·1+N·1+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 13 pts
abridgment (16 points)
Compendium or synopsis.
Shortened version of a written work
Shortened form
A·1+B·3+R·1+I·1+D·2+G·2+M·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 16 pts
absolutest (12 points)
Perfect in quality or nature; complete.
A·1+B·3+S·1+O·1+L·1+U·1+T·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts
abstrusest (12 points)
Abstruse
A·1+B·3+S·1+T·1+R·1+U·1+S·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts
accelerant (14 points)
Speeder-up in processing something.
Agent for hastening the progress
A·1+C·3+C·3+E·1+L·1+E·1+R·1+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 14 pts
accruement (16 points)
Noun (-ment)
A·1+C·3+C·3+R·1+U·1+E·1+M·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 16 pts
adjustment (20 points)
End of the statement
Small change to achieve a desired result
Modification; regulation
A·1+D·2+J·8+U·1+S·1+T·1+M·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 20 pts
adolescent (13 points)
Not yet achieved adultery (wordplay)
Youth benefit stops rising
Minor trouble with the French cologne
A·1+D·2+O·1+L·1+E·1+S·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 13 pts
adulterant (11 points)
Any substance that lessens purity
Water, vis-a-vis vodka
Corrupter of mature queen by worker
A·1+D·2+U·1+L·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 11 pts
advisement (16 points)
Careful consideration
Deliberation
US lawyer rejected version of events I'm giving US counsel
A·1+D·2+V·4+I·1+S·1+E·1+M·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 16 pts
aeronomist (12 points)
""The study of the upper atmosphere, especially of regions of ionized gas.""
A·1+E·1+R·1+O·1+N·1+O·1+M·3+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts
airfreight (17 points)
Look about in box in carriage
The means by which goods get put up
Shipping service
A·1+I·1+R·1+F·4+R·1+E·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1 = 17 pts
algebraist (13 points)
Sorting bag later - is one dealing with problems involving letters (wordplay)
A·1+L·1+G·2+E·1+B·3+R·1+A·1+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 13 pts
alightment (16 points)
Noun (-ment)
A·1+L·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1+M·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 16 pts
allegorist (11 points)
C.S. Lewis, for one
John Bunyan, for one
Legislator (wordplay)
A·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+G·2+O·1+R·1+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts
allurement (12 points)
Power to attract
A·1+L·1+L·1+U·1+R·1+E·1+M·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 12 pts
ambivalent (17 points)
Having opposing attitudes
Right down the middle
Hemming and hawing
A·1+M·3+B·3+I·1+V·4+A·1+L·1+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 17 pts
ambushment (19 points)
An ambush.
A·1+M·3+B·3+U·1+S·1+H·4+M·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 19 pts
ameloblast (14 points)
(Medicine / Dentistry) a type of cell involved in forming dental enamel [from ( en ) amel + -o- + -blast ]
A·1+M·3+E·1+L·1+O·1+B·3+L·1+A·1+S·1+T·1 = 14 pts
amercement (16 points)
Court-imposed penalty
Fine semi-US binder
Punishment with a discretionary fine
A·1+M·3+E·1+R·1+C·3+E·1+M·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 16 pts
analphabet (17 points)
... illiterate needing help to follow a northern river
A·1+N·1+A·1+L·1+P·3+H·4+A·1+B·3+E·1+T·1 = 17 pts
ancientest (12 points)
Of great age; very old.
A·1+N·1+C·3+I·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts
anecdotist (13 points)
Noted cast I reassembled for storyteller
Raconteur.
Storyteller
A·1+N·1+E·1+C·3+D·2+O·1+T·1+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 13 pts
animadvert (16 points)
Make criticism of unreliable vermin data
Take note of trailer housing man I fancy
Comment on an individual and very angry Green
A·1+N·1+I·1+M·3+A·1+D·2+V·4+E·1+R·1+T·1 = 16 pts
anointment (12 points)
Consecration ceremony
Ritual naming
Consecration of a healing cream (wordplay)
A·1+N·1+O·1+I·1+N·1+T·1+M·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 12 pts
antecedent (13 points)
Going before (in time/order)
Hannah, in "Hannah and Her Sisters"
Preceding in time
A·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+C·3+E·1+D·2+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 13 pts
antepenult (12 points)
Third last syllable
Second syllable from the last.
third-from-last syllable
A·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+P·3+E·1+N·1+U·1+L·1+T·1 = 12 pts
antimarket (16 points)
MARKET to offer for sale
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+M·3+A·1+R·1+K·5+E·1+T·1 = 16 pts
antisexist (17 points)
Not standing for misandry or misogyny
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+S·1+E·1+X·8+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 17 pts
archpriest (17 points)
""A chief priest; also, a kind of vicar, or a rural dean.""
A·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+P·3+R·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 17 pts
arctangent (13 points)
Trigonometry function
45 degrees, for 1
A fellow admitting misdemeanour finally can't somehow function
A·1+R·1+C·3+T·1+A·1+N·1+G·2+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 13 pts
arrestment (12 points)
Stoppage.
Stoppage
A·1+R·1+R·1+E·1+S·1+T·1+M·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 12 pts
assessment (12 points)
Estimate that can be taxing!
Masses sent abroad for appraisal
Certain tax determinant
A·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+M·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 12 pts
assignment (13 points)
Reporter's stint
Task in which worker keeps messing about
Broken-down gents is man's task
A·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+G·2+N·1+M·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 13 pts
assoilment (12 points)
""Act of assoiling, or state of being assoiled; absolution; acquittal.""
A·1+S·1+S·1+O·1+I·1+L·1+M·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 12 pts

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