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alar (4 points)
Creator of bad apples (wordplay)
Cause of some bad apples (wordplay)
Poison apple creator (wordplay)
A·1+L·1+A·1+R·1 = 4 pts
abler (7 points)
More talented? Be real!
More like a seaman, perhaps
More competent, perhaps like seaman
A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 7 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
algor (6 points)
Chill
A·1+L·1+G·2+O·1+R·1 = 6 pts
altar (5 points)
Single person's last stand (wordplay)
Sacrificial spot, perhaps
Where to say "I do"
A·1+L·1+T·1+A·1+R·1 = 5 pts
alter (5 points)
Size up, maybe (wordplay)
Put the cuffs on (wordplay)
Put change in one's pocket (wordplay)
A·1+L·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 5 pts
alegar (7 points)
Sour beer or a lager perhaps
A kind of vinegar
Product of fermentation
A·1+L·1+E·1+G·2+A·1+R·1 = 7 pts
aliner (6 points)
One making adjustments
Big name in campers
One who straightens
A·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 6 pts
almner (8 points)
""One who distributes alms, also ALMONER""
A·1+L·1+M·3+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
alular (6 points)
Of a bird's spurious wing
Like a bird's wing.
Of a bird's "thumb"
A·1+L·1+U·1+L·1+A·1+R·1 = 6 pts
ambler (10 points)
Eric Walker (wordplay)
Writer was better beheaded (wordplay)
English thriller writer; walker
A·1+M·3+B·3+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
ampler (10 points)
Larger in extent.
That's more than enough
Harder to run out of
A·1+M·3+P·3+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
angler (7 points)
One who opens a can of worms (wordplay)
One seeking haul from bank (wordplay)
One opening up a can of worms (wordplay)
A·1+N·1+G·2+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 7 pts
antler (6 points)
Improvised place to hang a hat, say
Buck's crowning glory (wordplay)
One of two for a buck (wordplay)
A·1+N·1+T·1+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 6 pts
ashlar (9 points)
Dressed stone for facing (A, not E)
Large masonry stones
Masonry made of large square-cut stones
A·1+S·1+H·4+L·1+A·1+R·1 = 9 pts
ashler (9 points)
Stone left enthralled by Macca's ex
Squared stone Var.
Squared stone variable
A·1+S·1+H·4+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
aulder (7 points)
Auld
A·1+U·1+L·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 7 pts
alastor (7 points)
Poem by Shelley, 1816
Poem by Shelley, 1815.
Poem by Shelley.
A·1+L·1+A·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 7 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
alerter (7 points)
Paul Revere, for one
Siren, for one
More on guard.
A·1+L·1+E·1+R·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 7 pts
aliener (7 points)
One transferring property variable
One transferring property Var.
A·1+L·1+I·1+E·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 7 pts
alienor (7 points)
One who transfers property
One from whom property is transferred
Transferor of property.
A·1+L·1+I·1+E·1+N·1+O·1+R·1 = 7 pts
aligner (8 points)
Surveyor's instrument
Surveyor's device
Mechanic, at times
A·1+L·1+I·1+G·2+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
allayer (10 points)
Calming agent
Everyone wants philosopher to be a bringer of comfort
Soother
A·1+L·1+L·1+A·1+Y·4+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
alleger (8 points)
He quotes without proof.
One who states positively.
One asserting without proof.
A·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+G·2+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
allobar (9 points)
Depleted uranium, vis-a-vis natural uranium
A·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+B·3+A·1+R·1 = 9 pts
allover (10 points)
A Latin gigolo finished (wordplay)
Done being Pacino fan (wordplay)
Finished with a b-boyfriend (wordplay)
A·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+V·4+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
allurer (7 points)
One who entices
Siren, for example
Don Juan, for example
A·1+L·1+L·1+U·1+R·1+E·1+R·1 = 7 pts
almemar (11 points)
Synagogue platform
A·1+L·1+M·3+E·1+M·3+A·1+R·1 = 11 pts
almoner (9 points)
Man role (anagram)
Distributor of charitable gifts
Distributor of charity.
A·1+L·1+M·3+O·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
alterer (7 points)
Waist reducer, perhaps
Agent of change (wordplay)
One you get change from (wordplay)
A·1+L·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+E·1+R·1 = 7 pts
angular (8 points)
Lean to a certain degree (wordplay)
Thin to quite a degree (wordplay)
'Bony' ran Gaul erratically
A·1+N·1+G·2+U·1+L·1+A·1+R·1 = 8 pts
annular (7 points)
Doughnut-shaped - a LAN run (anagram)
Type of eclipse
Ringlike; type of eclipse
A·1+N·1+N·1+U·1+L·1+A·1+R·1 = 7 pts
applier (11 points)
One who puts something on (to surface)
One who puts (a substance) on surface
Makeup kit item
A·1+P·3+P·3+L·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
areolar (7 points)
Of a birthmark
Of a ring-shaped part of the iris
Pertaining to colored rings
A·1+R·1+E·1+O·1+L·1+A·1+R·1 = 7 pts
astylar (10 points)
Without columns
A·1+S·1+T·1+Y·4+L·1+A·1+R·1 = 10 pts
atelier (7 points)
Art studio / Amazon, for one (hyph.)
Where one might find oils (wordplay)
Oil production site (wordplay)
A·1+T·1+E·1+L·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 7 pts
axillar (14 points)
Vein, nerve or feather
Pertaining to the armpit
Pertaining to the armpit.
A·1+X·8+I·1+L·1+L·1+A·1+R·1 = 14 pts
absolver (13 points)
He who pardons.
Jack you may forgive
A priest may be such, or half a French one and you
A·1+B·3+S·1+O·1+L·1+V·4+E·1+R·1 = 13 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
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
aflutter (11 points)
Waving a couple of flippers, say
A US state, say, in hyped-up state
Agitated - excited (eg in anticipation)
A·1+F·4+L·1+U·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
aglimmer (13 points)
Visible in the dark, as fireflies
Like stars on a clear night
Arm and leg I'm breaking with a twinkle
A·1+G·2+L·1+I·1+M·3+M·3+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
aglitter (9 points)
Sparkling silver? Rubbish!
Sparkling silver rubbish
Silver on recent issue, sparkling
A·1+G·2+L·1+I·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
airliner (8 points)
Member of the jet set (wordplay)
. . . flying boat (wordplay)
Irish in a ship or 747 (wordplay)
A·1+I·1+R·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
allotter (8 points)
One who {allots=v}
A·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
alveolar (11 points)
Pertaining to the lungs' air sacs
Of the lungs' air cells
Like the sound "tsk"
A·1+L·1+V·4+E·1+O·1+L·1+A·1+R·1 = 11 pts
ampullar (12 points)
Pertaining to an
A·1+M·3+P·3+U·1+L·1+L·1+A·1+R·1 = 12 pts
analyser (11 points)
One who traces the cause of things
One that breaks down, as nearly mad
A·1+N·1+A·1+L·1+Y·4+S·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
analyzer (20 points)
One who assays
Good looker (wordplay)
One doing a dissection
A·1+N·1+A·1+L·1+Y·4+Z·10+E·1+R·1 = 20 pts
annealer (8 points)
Oven for tempering glass.
Glassworker, at times
One working with glass, at times
A·1+N·1+N·1+E·1+A·1+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
anovular (11 points)
Not involving ovulation
A·1+N·1+O·1+V·4+U·1+L·1+A·1+R·1 = 11 pts
appealer (12 points)
Advocate.
A·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+A·1+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
appellor (12 points)
A confessed criminal who accuses an accomplice
A·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+R·1 = 12 pts
assailer (8 points)
He mugged a sailor, they say
One on the attack
One casting aspersions
A·1+S·1+S·1+A·1+I·1+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
auntlier (8 points)
Auntly
A·1+U·1+N·1+T·1+L·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 8 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
awfuller (14 points)
Awful
A·1+W·4+F·4+U·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
abolisher (14 points)
Abraham Lincoln, notably
Lincoln, notably
A throwback by literary cameraman chopping wood - one wielding axe
A·1+B·3+O·1+L·1+I·1+S·1+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
absoluter (11 points)
Absolute
A·1+B·3+S·1+O·1+L·1+U·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 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
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
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
alabaster (11 points)
Statue material, perhaps
Altar base (anagram)
Figurine material, perhaps
A·1+L·1+A·1+B·3+A·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 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
alienator (9 points)
Poor diplomat, say
Family outcast, perhaps
One causing estrangement
A·1+L·1+I·1+E·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 9 pts
alligator (10 points)
Creature seen later (wordplay)
Pogo's pal Albert, for one
Florida snapper (wordplay)
A·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+G·2+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 10 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
almsgiver (15 points)
A giver of alms.
A·1+L·1+M·3+S·1+G·2+I·1+V·4+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
altimeter (11 points)
Changeover time in the cockpit
Parachutist's device
It measures height above sea level
A·1+L·1+T·1+I·1+M·3+E·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
amplifier (16 points)
Device used to increase sound
Device to boost sound levels
Part of a plane detector.
A·1+M·3+P·3+L·1+I·1+F·4+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts
animalier (11 points)
ANIMAL a living organism with voluntary motion and sensation
A·1+N·1+I·1+M·3+A·1+L·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
antilabor (11 points)
Union-busting, say
Opposed to the union, say
Don't be this tomorrow
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+L·1+A·1+B·3+O·1+R·1 = 11 pts
antisolar (9 points)
Opposite the sun
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+S·1+O·1+L·1+A·1+R·1 = 9 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
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
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
assaulter (9 points)
One making violent attack (on another person)
Attacker.
A·1+S·1+S·1+A·1+U·1+L·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
assembler (13 points)
Constructor, of a sort
Person piecing something together
Code-converting computer program
A·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+M·3+B·3+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 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
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
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
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
alleviator (13 points)
""One who, or that which, alleviaties.""
A·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+V·4+I·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 13 pts
alternator (10 points)
Current-generating car part
Dodge Charger charger
Auto part introduced by Chrysler in 1960
A·1+L·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 10 pts
altogether (14 points)
Later, he got drunk (completely)
Entirely in the natural state (wordplay)
Great hotel renovated completely
A·1+L·1+T·1+O·1+G·2+E·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
ankylosaur (17 points)
Armored beast of old
A·1+N·1+K·5+Y·4+L·1+O·1+S·1+A·1+U·1+R·1 = 17 pts
antennular (10 points)
""Zoology A small antenna or similar organ, especially one of the first pair of small antennae on the head of a crustacean.""
A·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+N·1+U·1+L·1+A·1+R·1 = 10 pts
antilitter (10 points)
LITTER to scatter rubbish about
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
apologizer (22 points)
One who makes an apology; an apologist.
A·1+P·3+O·1+L·1+O·1+G·2+I·1+Z·10+E·1+R·1 = 22 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
aquaplaner (21 points)
Water-skier's next of kin
A·1+Q·10+U·1+A·1+P·3+L·1+A·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 21 pts
arteriolar (10 points)
Of or pertaining to an arteriole.
A·1+R·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+O·1+L·1+A·1+R·1 = 10 pts
astrologer (11 points)
Expert on moving house (wordplay)
Charter for 11 (wordplay)
House examiner (wordplay)
A·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+L·1+O·1+G·2+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
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
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
alkalimeter (17 points)
""An instrument to ascertain the strength of alkalies, or the quantity of alkali in a mixture.""
A·1+L·1+K·5+A·1+L·1+I·1+M·3+E·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 17 pts
allegorizer (21 points)
""One who allegorizes, or turns things into allegory; an allegorist.""
A·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+G·2+O·1+R·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1+R·1 = 21 pts
amalgamator (16 points)
""One who, or that which, amalgamates. Specifically: A machine for separating precious metals from earthy particles by bringing them in contact with a body of mercury with which they form an amalgam.""
A·1+M·3+A·1+L·1+G·2+A·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 16 pts
ameliorator (13 points)
One who ameliorates.
A·1+M·3+E·1+L·1+I·1+O·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 13 pts
annihilator (14 points)
""One who, or that which, annihilates; as, a fire annihilator. as, a fire annihilator.""
A·1+N·1+N·1+I·1+H·4+I·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 14 pts
antiburglar (14 points)
BURGLAR to enter a building to steal
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+B·3+U·1+R·1+G·2+L·1+A·1+R·1 = 14 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
antipopular (15 points)
POPULAR something pleasing
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+P·3+O·1+P·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+R·1 = 15 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
assimilator (13 points)
ASSIMILATE To bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a resemblance between.
A·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+M·3+I·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 13 pts
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
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
alphabetizer (28 points)
""ALPHABETIZE To arrange alphabetically; as, to alphabetize a list of words. as, to alphabetize a list of words.""
A·1+L·1+P·3+H·4+A·1+B·3+E·1+T·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1+R·1 = 28 pts
anthologizer (25 points)
ANTHOLOGIZE compile an anthology.
A·1+N·1+T·1+H·4+O·1+L·1+O·1+G·2+I·1+Z·10+E·1+R·1 = 25 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
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
antifilibuster (19 points)
""FILIBUSTER A lawless military adventurer, especially one in quest of plunder; a freebooter; originally applied to buccaneers infesting the Spanish American coasts, but introduced into common English to designate the followers of Lopez in his expedition to Cuba in 1851, and those of Walker in his expedition to Nicaragua, in 1855.""
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+F·4+I·1+L·1+I·1+B·3+U·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 19 pts
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
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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