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4-Letter Words (5):
aeon (4 points)
Common time for crosswords (wordplay)
Big time (wordplay)
One spelling for one billion years
A·1+E·1+O·1+N·1 = 4 pts
agon (5 points)
Shapely suffix (wordplay)
Ancient Greek athletic meet
Verbal joust on stage
A·1+G·2+O·1+N·1 = 5 pts
anon (4 points)
Ere you can say Jack Robinson (wordplay)
Oft-quoted author? (abbreviation)
I don't know who said this (nonverbal)
A·1+N·1+O·1+N·1 = 4 pts
axon (11 points)
Nervous conductor (wordplay)
Impulsive type (wordplay)
Little bit of nerve (wordplay)
A·1+X·8+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
azon (13 points)
Kind of aerial bomb
Radio-controlled bomb
Bomb controlled by radio.
A·1+Z·10+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
5-Letter Words (12):
aboon (7 points)
Is life Gilbert
to all mankind
to mankind
A·1+B·3+O·1+O·1+N·1 = 7 pts
acorn (7 points)
Part of a winter stash maybe
Bigtime Obama supporters (abbreviation)
The fruit of the shoetree (wordplay)
A·1+C·3+O·1+R·1+N·1 = 7 pts
adorn (6 points)
Sew sequins on, say
Drape with tinsel, perhaps
Put studs on, perhaps
A·1+D·2+O·1+R·1+N·1 = 6 pts
adown (9 points)
Below to poets
Below, to poets
At a lower level Poet
A·1+D·2+O·1+W·4+N·1 = 9 pts
aloin (5 points)
Pharmaceutical obtained from the aloe
Bitter crystalline substance
Extremely bitter drug
A·1+L·1+O·1+I·1+N·1 = 5 pts
ancon (7 points)
Suburb of Panama.
The elbow: Anat
Part of Panama City.
A·1+N·1+C·3+O·1+N·1 = 7 pts
anion (5 points)
Bit of negativity (wordplay)
OH-, for one
Negative type (wordplay)
A·1+N·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 5 pts
apron (7 points)
Kitchen aid (wordplay)
It may say "World's Okayest Cook"
It may say Kiss the Cook
A·1+P·3+R·1+O·1+N·1 = 7 pts
argon (6 points)
Sounds as if they have left - great gas!
It's a gas!
Gas in incandescent lamps, perhaps
A·1+R·1+G·2+O·1+N·1 = 6 pts
arson (5 points)
Theater lighting, maybe (wordplay)
Topless vicar? That's flaming wrong!
Paying with fire (wordplay)
A·1+R·1+S·1+O·1+N·1 = 5 pts
avion (8 points)
Word on an envelope from abroad perhaps
Word on an envelope from abroad, perhaps
Orly bird (wordplay)
A·1+V·4+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 8 pts
azlon (14 points)
A textile fibre
A·1+Z·10+L·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
6-Letter Words (10):
action (8 points)
The mechanism of, say, a watch
Deed (or the doing)
First part of play about war (wordplay)
A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 8 pts
adjoin (14 points)
Notice to merge to come next (wordplay)
Be next to (something)
Be next to, say building
A·1+D·2+J·8+O·1+I·1+N·1 = 14 pts
adnoun (7 points)
Adjective used substantively
Adjective in its substantive use.
Free, in "land of the free"
A·1+D·2+N·1+O·1+U·1+N·1 = 7 pts
ajowan (16 points)
""An Egyptian fruit, also AJWAN""
A·1+J·8+O·1+W·4+A·1+N·1 = 16 pts
amazon (17 points)
River shrew (wordplay)
Super girl (wordplay)
Hippolyte, for one
A·1+M·3+A·1+Z·10+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
amnion (8 points)
Membrane protecting a fetus
Baby wrap an omnishambles
Protective membrane
A·1+M·3+N·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 8 pts
archon (11 points)
Magistrate in anc. Athens.
Magistrate of ancient Athens.
Ancient Greek magistrate
A·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
aswoon (9 points)
In a faint over one's dreamboat, perhaps
Dazed or in a faint
In a faint
A·1+S·1+W·4+O·1+O·1+N·1 = 9 pts
attorn (6 points)
Transfer of tenancy or ownership: Law
A·1+T·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+N·1 = 6 pts
awoken (13 points)
Roused (from sleep)
Like a body no longer at rest (wordplay)
No longer sleeping
A·1+W·4+O·1+K·5+E·1+N·1 = 13 pts
7-Letter Words (26):
abandon (10 points)
Leave (sinking ship)
Walk out on sailor and no looking back!
Leave sailor and no mistake!
A·1+B·3+A·1+N·1+D·2+O·1+N·1 = 10 pts
abdomen (12 points)
Mean bod (anagram)
Ban demo (anagram)
Place for a six-pack (wordplay)
A·1+B·3+D·2+O·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 12 pts
acrogen (10 points)
Rag once used to gather moss
Fern or moss, a non-flowering plant
Non-flowering plant with point at the tip
A·1+C·3+R·1+O·1+G·2+E·1+N·1 = 10 pts
actinon (9 points)
An isotope of radon
A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+N·1+O·1+N·1 = 9 pts
acyloin (12 points)
A type of chemical compound
A·1+C·3+Y·4+L·1+O·1+I·1+N·1 = 12 pts
adjourn (15 points)
Briefly break off (a meeting, say)
Put off to later date, say meeting
Break off (meeting till later)
A·1+D·2+J·8+O·1+U·1+R·1+N·1 = 15 pts
aeolian (7 points)
Carried or eroded by wind (var.)
Wind-activated (harp)
Of the wind (Var.)
A·1+E·1+O·1+L·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 7 pts
aeonian (7 points)
Continuing forever (Var.)
Everlasting
A·1+E·1+O·1+N·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 7 pts
aglycon (13 points)
""A type of chemical compound, also AGLYCONE""
A·1+G·2+L·1+Y·4+C·3+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
agnomen (10 points)
Name tag (wordplay)
Additional honorary Roman name.
No women can finish with such a nickname
A·1+G·2+N·1+O·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 10 pts
aileron (7 points)
Near oil (anagram)
To make one rail for one plane
Banking aid (wordplay)
A·1+I·1+L·1+E·1+R·1+O·1+N·1 = 7 pts
alation (7 points)
State of having wings
State of having wings.
Wingedness
A·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 7 pts
alencon (9 points)
Where can Noel find lace (wordplay)
Home of needlepoint in France
Type of lace
A·1+L·1+E·1+N·1+C·3+O·1+N·1 = 9 pts
aleuron (7 points)
Protein in cereal grains
A·1+L·1+E·1+U·1+R·1+O·1+N·1 = 7 pts
alloxan (14 points)
A chemical compound
A·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+X·8+A·1+N·1 = 14 pts
alphorn (12 points)
Colorful Swiss artifact.
Swiss instrument for signaling.
Swiss mountaineers' instrument
A·1+L·1+P·3+H·4+O·1+R·1+N·1 = 12 pts
althorn (10 points)
Instrument that's low even if fleet
Cornet's cousin
Instrument for a pound a point
A·1+L·1+T·1+H·4+O·1+R·1+N·1 = 10 pts
amoeban (11 points)
Like a microscopic animal
A·1+M·3+O·1+E·1+B·3+A·1+N·1 = 11 pts
amotion (9 points)
The removal of a corporate officer from his office
A·1+M·3+O·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 9 pts
andiron (8 points)
Ingrate for the club, as well (wordplay)
An ingrate, perhaps - metal, too
Holder of hot stuff (wordplay)
A·1+N·1+D·2+I·1+R·1+O·1+N·1 = 8 pts
antlion (7 points)
Kind of insect.
Hole-digging larva
Fly without a national licence
A·1+N·1+T·1+L·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 7 pts
apogean (10 points)
A curious gap, one at the furthest point
Of the most distant part of an orbit
Go in a pane that's furthest from the earth
A·1+P·3+O·1+G·2+E·1+A·1+N·1 = 10 pts
atropin (9 points)
Eye-dilating chemical variable
Eye-dilating chemical Var.
Belladonna product Var.
A·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+P·3+I·1+N·1 = 9 pts
auction (9 points)
Kind of bridge - posh indeed!
Lots are sold here!
Offer a lot for sale (wordplay)
A·1+U·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 9 pts
automan (9 points)
Short-lived '80s TV show about a hologram with a sidekick named Cursor
A·1+U·1+T·1+O·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 9 pts
automen (9 points)
U.A.W. members.
A·1+U·1+T·1+O·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 9 pts
8-Letter Words (36):
ablation (10 points)
Surgical removal procedure
Surgical removal
Loss of material by melting or evaporation
A·1+B·3+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 10 pts
ablution (10 points)
About nil (anagram)
Remission of sins not so cleansing
The work a washer does
A·1+B·3+L·1+U·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 10 pts
abortion (10 points)
Premature termination, as of life
Subject of many demonstrations
Premature ending or termination
A·1+B·3+O·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 10 pts
abrasion (10 points)
Result of scraping by (wordplay)
Souvenir from a bad trip (wordplay)
A support is replaced on wound
A·1+B·3+R·1+A·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 10 pts
abutilon (10 points)
Plate dropped in ablution plant
Flowering maple
Built on a structure with a flowering maple
A·1+B·3+U·1+T·1+I·1+L·1+O·1+N·1 = 10 pts
acrolein (10 points)
Caroline's nasty chemical
A·1+C·3+R·1+O·1+L·1+E·1+I·1+N·1 = 10 pts
acromion (12 points)
A projecting part of the spine of the scapula
A·1+C·3+R·1+O·1+M·3+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
adaption (11 points)
Adjustment to cultural surroundings
Process of adjusting to new conditions
Conversion of a flat back into building
A·1+D·2+A·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
addition (10 points)
This, perhaps, will never be nonplussed
Summing up process (wordplay)
Increase dependency? Not Charlie!
A·1+D·2+D·2+I·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 10 pts
adhesion (12 points)
Stick-to-it-iveness (wordplay)
Stick-to-itiveness (wordplay)
Unhappily he said no steady attachment!
A·1+D·2+H·4+E·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
adnation (9 points)
The state of being {adnate=adj}
A·1+D·2+N·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 9 pts
adoption (11 points)
Bloodless takeover (wordplay)
Acceptance (of, eg, a report)
Choosing (of a candidate for office)
A·1+D·2+O·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
advowson (15 points)
For Church living - that's right
Living for the present in church (wordplay)
A fellow keeping promises has gift of living
A·1+D·2+V·4+O·1+W·4+S·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
aequorin (17 points)
A protein secreted by jellyfish
A·1+E·1+Q·10+U·1+O·1+R·1+I·1+N·1 = 17 pts
aeration (8 points)
An allowance of Russell is great gas!
Treatment with carbon dioxide
Function of a faucet insert
A·1+E·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 8 pts
affusion (14 points)
The act of pouring a liquid on
A·1+F·4+F·4+U·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
agnation (9 points)
Silver to race for? It's one for the male line!
Relationship through paternal line in a good country
Kinship
A·1+G·2+N·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 9 pts
airwoman (13 points)
Bessie Coleman, for one
Pilot for Aeroplane (wordplay)
Future sergeant, maybe
A·1+I·1+R·1+W·4+O·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 13 pts
airwomen (13 points)
They fly, like songstresses!
Earhart and others
Amelia Earhart and others
A·1+I·1+R·1+W·4+O·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 13 pts
allusion (8 points)
Hint of troubled soul in LA
Oblique or indirect reference
A brief or indirect reference
A·1+L·1+L·1+U·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 8 pts
alluvion (11 points)
1 down and earth forming land gradually gained from a river
A·1+L·1+L·1+U·1+V·4+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
ambition (12 points)
Desire to get on? No, I'm a bit sloppy!
I'm in boat (anagram)
Aim not to be a mocker, as 5 says
A·1+M·3+B·3+I·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
amelcorn (12 points)
Romance left abandoned in the wheat
Emmer, a type of wheat
Hard red grain
A·1+M·3+E·1+L·1+C·3+O·1+R·1+N·1 = 12 pts
amidogen (12 points)
A univalent chemical radical
A·1+M·3+I·1+D·2+O·1+G·2+E·1+N·1 = 12 pts
amoebean (12 points)
""Alternately responding, also AMEBEAN""
A·1+M·3+O·1+E·1+B·3+E·1+A·1+N·1 = 12 pts
amylogen (14 points)
""The relatively soluble component of starch, also AMYLOSE""
A·1+M·3+Y·4+L·1+O·1+G·2+E·1+N·1 = 14 pts
anatoxin (15 points)
A type of poison
A·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+X·8+I·1+N·1 = 15 pts
androgen (10 points)
No danger reproducing hormone
Sex hormone replaced on gander
Male sex hormone
A·1+N·1+D·2+R·1+O·1+G·2+E·1+N·1 = 10 pts
antiphon (13 points)
Musical church response
Response expected by a pair at the altar
Item sung in church
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+P·3+H·4+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
aphelion (13 points)
Orbital point farthest from the sun
Farthest-from-the-sun orbital point
*Point of orbit furthest from the sun
A·1+P·3+H·4+E·1+L·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
audition (9 points)
A process for rejecting ham (wordplay)
Show trial (wordplay)
(To) assess (an actor)
A·1+U·1+D·2+I·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 9 pts
aurorean (8 points)
Radiant
A·1+U·1+R·1+O·1+R·1+E·1+A·1+N·1 = 8 pts
autobahn (13 points)
Main route (wordplay)
... and how to get there (wordplay)
Famously fast route
A·1+U·1+T·1+O·1+B·3+A·1+H·4+N·1 = 13 pts
aversion (11 points)
Dislike and say so in a roundabout way
One way of expressing distaste
Horror of a kind
A·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
aviation (11 points)
The Wright thing to do (wordplay)
Wright field (wordplay)
Air field (wordplay)
A·1+V·4+I·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
avulsion (11 points)
Tearing away
Sudden removal of land, but no visual changes (wordplay)
A·1+V·4+U·1+L·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
9-Letter Words (42):
abduction (14 points)
Carrying off (of a person)
Taking badly (wordplay)
Alien encounter, some claim
A·1+B·3+D·2+U·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
abjection (20 points)
Hopeless state of protest when leader's been replaced
A·1+B·3+J·8+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 20 pts
abolition (11 points)
End of the act (wordplay)
A way to be doing with this (wordplay)
Action of terminating (a practice)
A·1+B·3+O·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
abruption (13 points)
""A sudden, violent separation""
A·1+B·3+R·1+U·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
accession (13 points)
The act of becoming monarch
Pretender's dream.
Getting to the office
A·1+C·3+C·3+E·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
accordion (14 points)
Push my buttons!
Musical folder (wordplay)
Welk's instrument
A·1+C·3+C·3+O·1+R·1+D·2+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
accretion (13 points)
Collecting corps' soldiers during battle
Process of growth
Increase of carbon in explosive reaction
A·1+C·3+C·3+R·1+E·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
actuation (11 points)
Process of making operate
A·1+C·3+T·1+U·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
acylation (14 points)
ACYLATE to introduce acyl into
A·1+C·3+Y·4+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
addiction (13 points)
Monkey on one's back ("Henry V")
I did act on (anagram)
Maybe this is inhabited
A·1+D·2+D·2+I·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
adduction (13 points)
The act of adducing or bringing forward.
A·1+D·2+D·2+U·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
admission (12 points)
Madison Avenue undertaking (wordplay)
Guilty plea, say
Commercial assignment (wordplay)
A·1+D·2+M·3+I·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
adoration (10 points)
Commercial speech (wordplay)
Love a fair helping of bother (wordplay)
Allowance of fuss and of love (wordplay)
A·1+D·2+O·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 10 pts
adulation (10 points)
Very high regard
Sycophant's specialty
High praise for an adult I love to tease
A·1+D·2+U·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 10 pts
advection (15 points)
ADVECT to transport by the flow of a fluid
A·1+D·2+V·4+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
affection (17 points)
Feeling of fondness
Feeling of strong liking
Admiration of affectation from the army
A·1+F·4+F·4+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
aflatoxin (19 points)
Poison produced by food moulds; oxtail fan (anagram)
A·1+F·4+L·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+X·8+I·1+N·1 = 19 pts
afternoon (12 points)
Perhaps I am never in time like this
On following no following amend, perhaps
Am finished before it starts (wordplay)
A·1+F·4+T·1+E·1+R·1+N·1+O·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
agitation (10 points)
State of unrest
Rabble-rouser's activity
Attack of the fidgets.
A·1+G·2+I·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 10 pts
allantoin (9 points)
""A crystalline, transparent, colorless substance found in the allantoic liquid of the fetal calf; formerly called allantoic acid and amniotic acid. allantoic acid and amniotic acid.""
A·1+L·1+L·1+A·1+N·1+T·1+O·1+I·1+N·1 = 9 pts
alpenhorn (14 points)
Swiss signaling instrument.
Swiss wind instrument
Instrument planner used round the house
A·1+L·1+P·3+E·1+N·1+H·4+O·1+R·1+N·1 = 14 pts
amylopsin (16 points)
The diastase of the pancreatic juice.
A·1+M·3+Y·4+L·1+O·1+P·3+S·1+I·1+N·1 = 16 pts
anchorman (16 points)
Rather rank (wordplay)
One with breaking news
Jim Lehrer, for instance
A·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+O·1+R·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 16 pts
anchormen (16 points)
Huntley and Brinkley, for example
Rather and Brokaw, for example
Rather and Jennings, for example
A·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+O·1+R·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 16 pts
animation (11 points)
I'm in a race - go!
Paul's in a state - that's life!
Perhaps I'm A in a people for life
A·1+N·1+I·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
anthelion (12 points)
Articles above Leo, seen opposite the sun
A·1+N·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+L·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
anthemion (14 points)
A floral ornament. See Palmette Palmette
A·1+N·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+M·3+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
anthocyan (17 points)
Any of various water-soluble pigments that impart to flowers and other plant parts colors ranging from violet and blue to most shades of red.
A·1+N·1+T·1+H·4+O·1+C·3+Y·4+A·1+N·1 = 17 pts
anthozoan (21 points)
Pertaining to the Anthozoa.
A·1+N·1+T·1+H·4+O·1+Z·10+O·1+A·1+N·1 = 21 pts
anticodon (12 points)
CODON a triplet of basic DNA components
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+O·1+D·2+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
antitoxin (16 points)
Shot in the arm, perhaps
Neutralizer of a sort
Substance that neutralises poison
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+T·1+O·1+X·8+I·1+N·1 = 16 pts
antiunion (9 points)
Buster's stance, maybe
Wal-Mart, to many labor advocates
Unwilling to get organized
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+U·1+N·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 9 pts
antiwoman (14 points)
WOMAN to play the part of a woman
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+W·4+O·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 14 pts
apportion (13 points)
Divide into shares
Distribute pro rata
Give it out that Father is up a bit
A·1+P·3+P·3+O·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
ascension (11 points)
The Easter Rising (wordplay)
Canonises, being on the way up
Island of St. Helena.
A·1+S·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
aspersion (11 points)
It's slander, like the old Iranian said
It's cast in a derogatory manner
This may be cast like one in one
A·1+S·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
assertion (9 points)
How silly to start to make such a claim!
Senator is about to make a statement
Claim first son has trouble in store
A·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 9 pts
asyndeton (13 points)
I came, I saw, I conquered, for example
A·1+S·1+Y·4+N·1+D·2+E·1+T·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
attention (9 points)
Standing order (wordplay)
Notice a pressure in the ear (wordplay)
Mental concentration or awareness( 9)
A·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 9 pts
attrition (9 points)
How wearing down here!
A wearing away
Wearing down, turning it into art
A·1+T·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 9 pts
automaton (11 points)
Man of sorts.
Does this amount to a robot (wordplay)
Man of many parts, perhaps
A·1+U·1+T·1+O·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
avocation (14 points)
That's the job - or maybe a calling
Hobby; avian coot (anagram)
A life's work leads to hobby
A·1+V·4+O·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
10-Letter Words (53):
abdication (15 points)
Acid in boat (anagram)
Edward VIII's action of 1936
Regal resignation
A·1+B·3+D·2+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
aberration (12 points)
Deviation from normality
Delusion or illusion
A wandering from the norm.
A·1+B·3+E·1+R·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
abjuration (19 points)
Renunciation
A·1+B·3+J·8+U·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 19 pts
abnegation (13 points)
Sailor, say, in the country giving up
Bet again? No chance for denial
Disclaimer - there's no beating a developer!
A·1+B·3+N·1+E·1+G·2+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
abreaction (14 points)
Rating right-wing attitude as a psychological process
A·1+B·3+R·1+E·1+A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
abrogation (13 points)
Annulment of an agreement or law
The sailor's asking for an annulment
Cancelling a second-rate allowance? Go back to intervene
A·1+B·3+R·1+O·1+G·2+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
abscission (14 points)
Leaves shed as some scissors cut bonsai strain
His jazz opera illustrated the importance of being Ernst
A·1+B·3+S·1+C·3+I·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
absolution (12 points)
Obtain soul renewed with this (wordplay)
Release sailor - there you have it!
A second-rate answer requires indulgence
A·1+B·3+S·1+O·1+L·1+U·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
absorption (14 points)
Bounty work (wordplay)
(Process of) taking in
Process of soaking up
A·1+B·3+S·1+O·1+R·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
abstention (12 points)
Pass in Congress (wordplay)
Act of declining to vote
Withholding of vote
A·1+B·3+S·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
accusation (14 points)
Whodunit plot element
Charge copyright to America in case
Charge about, protecting us in battle
A·1+C·3+C·3+U·1+S·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
activation (15 points)
Process of starting up (something)
Being called up, military-wise
Removal from mothballs
A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
actomyosin (17 points)
Splattered on my coat is a muscle protein
A·1+C·3+T·1+O·1+M·3+Y·4+O·1+S·1+I·1+N·1 = 17 pts
adaptation (13 points)
Play from a novel, for instance
Film version, e.g
TV version of a book
A·1+D·2+A·1+P·3+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
adjunction (20 points)
The act of joining; the thing joined or added.
A·1+D·2+J·8+U·1+N·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 20 pts
adjuration (18 points)
""The act of adjuring; a solemn charging on oath, or under the penalty of a curse; an earnest appeal.""
A·1+D·2+J·8+U·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 18 pts
admiration (13 points)
Scotch maid to share esteem (wordplay)
One may be lost in it
Maid out helping gains approval
A·1+D·2+M·3+I·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
admonition (13 points)
Warning poster has proposal about Ulster
Cautious counsel
Tina in mood that's awkward gets a reprimand
A·1+D·2+M·3+O·1+N·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
adsorption (13 points)
Process facilitated by silica gel
Broadcast on Sport Aid - 'a superficial process of accumulating gas'
A·1+D·2+S·1+O·1+R·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
advocation (16 points)
Commercial role being a defender
A·1+D·2+V·4+O·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
affixation (23 points)
Noun (-tion)
A·1+F·4+F·4+I·1+X·8+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 23 pts
affliction (18 points)
A Fine Romance: left in distress
Cause of pain or harm
Coburn's 1998 Oscar-winning film
A·1+F·4+F·4+L·1+I·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 18 pts
aggression (12 points)
Is sore with gang's violent hostility
What eleven Ac displays
Act of aggression,physical force
A·1+G·2+G·2+R·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
alderwoman (16 points)
Local lady legislator
A·1+L·1+D·2+E·1+R·1+W·4+O·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 16 pts
alderwomen (16 points)
Abbr. Ald. A member of the municipal legislative body in a town or city in many jurisdictions.
A·1+L·1+D·2+E·1+R·1+W·4+O·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 16 pts
alienation (10 points)
State of feeling isolated
Legal transfer of ownership.
Common punk rock theme
A·1+L·1+I·1+E·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 10 pts
alkylation (17 points)
ALKYLATE to combine with alkyl
A·1+L·1+K·5+Y·4+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
allegation (11 points)
Testimony that is contestable
Assertion made without proof.
Charge a liberal group of diplomats
A·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+G·2+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
allocation (12 points)
Divvying-up process
Assignment left in a particular spot
Arrangement of resources or funds
A·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
allocution (12 points)
""The act or manner of speaking to, or of addressing in words.""
A·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+C·3+U·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
alteration (10 points)
Tailor's service.
Tailor's job
Change made by modiste.
A·1+L·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 10 pts
ambulation (14 points)
The act of walking.
A·1+M·3+B·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
ammunition (14 points)
Charge for fire-arms
An A of A&E
Charge for firearms
A·1+M·3+M·3+U·1+N·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
amputation (14 points)
Limb removal
In the morning put it back in a leg that's cut
Removal of member from a redcap university rubbish club not right
A·1+M·3+P·3+U·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
angulation (11 points)
A making angular; angular formation.
A·1+N·1+G·2+U·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
annexation (17 points)
Appropriation of adjoining territory
Act of taking possession of.
Forced takeover, at times
A·1+N·1+N·1+E·1+X·8+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
annotation (10 points)
Marginal comment, for example
Explanatory item in a textbook.
The adding of notes to a text
A·1+N·1+N·1+O·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 10 pts
annulation (10 points)
Ring formation
A·1+N·1+N·1+U·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 10 pts
antimodern (13 points)
Old-fashioned and then some
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+M·3+O·1+D·2+E·1+R·1+N·1 = 13 pts
antinomian (12 points)
Possibly anoint main sectarian denying moral law
'His true Penelope was Flaubert, / He fished by - isles' (Ezra Pound)
Not accepting moral law, yet opposed to revolutionary Minoan
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+O·1+M·3+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 12 pts
antipodean (13 points)
22 against potty principal
Coming from other side of the world
Relating to Australia/New Zealand
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+P·3+O·1+D·2+E·1+A·1+N·1 = 13 pts
antiproton (12 points)
Cosmic ray component
Certain particle with an opposite charge
Particle discovered in 1955
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+P·3+R·1+O·1+T·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
apparition (14 points)
Banquo, for one.
Hamlet's father made one
Phantom pair in a top review
A·1+P·3+P·3+A·1+R·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
apposition (14 points)
Putting side by side.
Proximity to a quiet location
Contiguity, grammatically
A·1+P·3+P·3+O·1+S·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
archdeacon (18 points)
Roguish cleric (wordplay)
Cleric ruined chance with Dora
Ecclesiastic next below a bishop
A·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+D·2+E·1+A·1+C·3+O·1+N·1 = 18 pts
arrogation (11 points)
Unfair claiming giro, rat on a suspect
Improper seizure.
Unjustified seizure.
A·1+R·1+R·1+O·1+G·2+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
ascription (14 points)
I give praise to Paris in a hundred shapes
Assignment
A·1+S·1+C·3+R·1+I·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
aspiration (12 points)
... to turn Paris into a dream, ...
Breathing in desire
Desire to Parisian is strange ...
A·1+S·1+P·3+I·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
assumption (14 points)
Guess feast day (wordplay)
Belief held without proof
Undertaking reform must pain so
A·1+S·1+S·1+U·1+M·3+P·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
attraction (12 points)
It's not repulsive at drawing, perhaps
... for a tire company (wordplay)
Erotic experience is a drag, we're told
A·1+T·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
autobahnen (15 points)
AUTOBAHN a German superhighway
A·1+U·1+T·1+O·1+B·3+A·1+H·4+N·1+E·1+N·1 = 15 pts
autochthon (18 points)
Native.
A·1+U·1+T·1+O·1+C·3+H·4+T·1+H·4+O·1+N·1 = 18 pts
automation (12 points)
Present-day production trend.
Feature of modern industry.
Use of electronic devices.
A·1+U·1+T·1+O·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
11-Letter Words (54):
abomination (15 points)
Curse hum during a big road race
Action that is vile
Feeling of hatred or disgust
A·1+B·3+O·1+M·3+I·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
abstraction (15 points)
Formless art work
Theoretical concept - removal
Preoccupied state
A·1+B·3+S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
acceptation (17 points)
Acceptance; reception; favorable reception or regard; state of being acceptable.
A·1+C·3+C·3+E·1+P·3+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
acclamation (17 points)
Enthusiastic praise
Public praise
A·1+C·3+C·3+L·1+A·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
acclimation (17 points)
""The process of becoming, or the state of being, acclimated, or habituated to a new climate; acclimatization.""
A·1+C·3+C·3+L·1+I·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
acetylation (16 points)
ACETYLATE receive substitution of an acetyl group; of chemical compounds
A·1+C·3+E·1+T·1+Y·4+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
acidulation (14 points)
ACIDULATE To make sour or acid in a moderate degree; to sour somewhat.
A·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+U·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
acoustician (15 points)
Expert in sound
Source of sound advice
A·1+C·3+O·1+U·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 15 pts
acquisition (22 points)
A recently received asset or object
Getting clear one that's charged is to be held inside
Gain
A·1+C·3+Q·10+U·1+I·1+S·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 22 pts
actinomycin (20 points)
Any of various red antibiotics isolated from soil bacteria with a three-ring heterocyclic nucleus with an attached peptide chain.
A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+N·1+O·1+M·3+Y·4+C·3+I·1+N·1 = 20 pts
adumbration (16 points)
Faint sketch; outline
Act of overshadowing
Shadow a non-speaking part
A·1+D·2+U·1+M·3+B·3+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
aestivation (14 points)
Torpid state during the hot season
A·1+E·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
affectation (19 points)
A change of face tint giving unnatural appearance
Deliberate pretence of kindness, embracing volunteers
A·1+F·4+F·4+E·1+C·3+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 19 pts
affiliation (17 points)
Attachment (to an organisation)
Official connection
Business relationship
A·1+F·4+F·4+I·1+L·1+I·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
affirmation (19 points)
""Confirmation of anything established; ratification; as, the affirmation of a law. as, the affirmation of a law.""
A·1+F·4+F·4+I·1+R·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 19 pts
aggradation (14 points)
AGGRADE to fill (a stream bed) with sediment
A·1+G·2+G·2+R·1+A·1+D·2+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts

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