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ambulacra (15 points)
""Pl. ambulacra (-l k r , -l kr ) One of the five radial areas on the undersurface of the starfish and similar echinoderms, from which the tube feet are protruded and withdrawn.""
A·1+M·3+B·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+C·3+R·1+A·1 = 15 pts
ambushers (16 points)
Ambusher
A·1+M·3+B·3+U·1+S·1+H·4+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 16 pts
ameerates (11 points)
Ameerate
A·1+M·3+E·1+E·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
amelcorns (13 points)
Amelcorn
A·1+M·3+E·1+L·1+C·3+O·1+R·1+N·1+S·1 = 13 pts
americium (15 points)
New chemical element, Number 95.
Element named by Glenn Seaborg
Element used in radiation research
A·1+M·3+E·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+U·1+M·3 = 15 pts
ametropia (13 points)
Any abnormal condition of the refracting powers of the eye.
A·1+M·3+E·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+P·3+I·1+A·1 = 13 pts
ametropic (15 points)
Of or pertaining to ametropia.
A·1+M·3+E·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+P·3+I·1+C·3 = 15 pts
amitroles (11 points)
Amitrole
A·1+M·3+I·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+L·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
amoralism (13 points)
Movement largely unconcerned with human rights (wordplay)
A·1+M·3+O·1+R·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+S·1+M·3 = 13 pts
amorality (14 points)
Lack of a sense of right and wrong
Lack of right and wrong
Lack of concern for right or wrong
A·1+M·3+O·1+R·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
amorettos (11 points)
Little cupids
Valentine figures
A·1+M·3+O·1+R·1+E·1+T·1+T·1+O·1+S·1 = 11 pts
amoristic (13 points)
AMORIST a {lover=n}
A·1+M·3+O·1+R·1+I·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+C·3 = 13 pts
amorously (14 points)
Morals? You worry, in a loving way
How Casanovas make their moves
Morals you abandoned in passionate style
A·1+M·3+O·1+R·1+O·1+U·1+S·1+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
amorphous (16 points)
Not in shape (wordplay)
Without clearly defined shape
Without a clearly-defined shape
A·1+M·3+O·1+R·1+P·3+H·4+O·1+U·1+S·1 = 16 pts
amortised (12 points)
Written off over time
Mediators somehow paid debts
A·1+M·3+O·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+S·1+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
amortises (11 points)
Amortise
A·1+M·3+O·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
amortized (21 points)
Liquidated by periodic payments
Spread out, in a way
Wrote off gradually
A·1+M·3+O·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1+D·2 = 21 pts
amortizes (20 points)
Pays off, via a sinking fund.
Pays down incrementally
Puts money in a sinking fund.
A·1+M·3+O·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1+S·1 = 20 pts
amperages (14 points)
Current measures
A·1+M·3+P·3+E·1+R·1+A·1+G·2+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts
ampersand (14 points)
... and Pan's Dream, perhaps
Thelma & Louise character (wordplay)
Barnes & Noble link (wordplay)
A·1+M·3+P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1+A·1+N·1+D·2 = 14 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
ampullary (16 points)
Resembling an ampulla.
A·1+M·3+P·3+U·1+L·1+L·1+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
anacruses (11 points)
Upbeats
A·1+N·1+A·1+C·3+R·1+U·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
anacrusis (11 points)
Russia can rebuild - that's upbeat!
Unstressed syllable, in verse.
Musical upbeat
A·1+N·1+A·1+C·3+R·1+U·1+S·1+I·1+S·1 = 11 pts
anaerobes (11 points)
Bacteria, for example
Microorganisms that don't need oxygen
Many gastrointestinal tract residents
A·1+N·1+A·1+E·1+R·1+O·1+B·3+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
anaerobic (13 points)
Lacking free oxygen
Like the bacteria in a septic tank
Causing an oxygen debt, as exercise
A·1+N·1+A·1+E·1+R·1+O·1+B·3+I·1+C·3 = 13 pts
analysers (12 points)
Analyser
A·1+N·1+A·1+L·1+Y·4+S·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 12 pts
analyzers (21 points)
Analyzer
A·1+N·1+A·1+L·1+Y·4+Z·10+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 21 pts
anaphoras (14 points)
Anaphora
A·1+N·1+A·1+P·3+H·4+O·1+R·1+A·1+S·1 = 14 pts
anaphoric (16 points)
Strange air Pancho adopts, referring back in this rhetorical fashion
Like the phrase "she's beauty, she's grace", in linguistics
A·1+N·1+A·1+P·3+H·4+O·1+R·1+I·1+C·3 = 16 pts
anarchies (14 points)
States of lawlessness and disorder
Political upheavals
A·1+N·1+A·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts
anarchism (16 points)
As in March, perhaps, causing disorder
Man's chair (anagram)
Form of government, sired by Proudhon.
A·1+N·1+A·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+S·1+M·3 = 16 pts
anarchist (14 points)
Disorderly sort (wordplay)
Revolutionary in rash act (wordplay)
No government would please him!
A·1+N·1+A·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 14 pts
anasarcas (11 points)
Anasarca
A·1+N·1+A·1+S·1+A·1+R·1+C·3+A·1+S·1 = 11 pts
ancestors (11 points)
Some people in a tree
Ones higher up in a tree
People in trees
A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+S·1 = 11 pts
ancestral (11 points)
Of the family of Lancaster, perhaps
To do with forebears, say stately home
Like a family tree's roots (wordplay)
A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+L·1 = 11 pts
anchorage (15 points)
City at the head of Cook Inlet
Alaskan Air Force base.
Place for ships to stop
A·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+O·1+R·1+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 15 pts
anchoress (14 points)
Religious lady's short reply about housework
Things to be done in response to solitary soul
A·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+O·1+R·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 14 pts
anchorets (14 points)
Workers taking on board routine task for folk living alone
Hermits.
A·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+O·1+R·1+E·1+T·1+S·1 = 14 pts
anchoring (15 points)
Stopping the vessel
Stopping at sea
A·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+O·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 15 pts
anchorite (14 points)
Religious recluse (hist.)
Hermit or religious recluse
Hermit as a result of her action, sadly
A·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+O·1+R·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 14 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
ancienter (11 points)
ANCIENT an aged man
A·1+N·1+C·3+I·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
ancientry (14 points)
Antiquity; what is ancient.
A·1+N·1+C·3+I·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+R·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
ancillary (14 points)
Of lesser importance
Romantically involved? - Not Tom in subsidiary!
Supporting, subsidiary
A·1+N·1+C·3+I·1+L·1+L·1+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
ancresses (11 points)
Ancress
A·1+N·1+C·3+R·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 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
androecia (12 points)
""Pl. androecia (-sh - , -sh ) The stamens of a flower considered as a group.""
A·1+N·1+D·2+R·1+O·1+E·1+C·3+I·1+A·1 = 12 pts
androgens (11 points)
They can send organ mad
A·1+N·1+D·2+R·1+O·1+G·2+E·1+N·1+S·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
androgyny (17 points)
Subject explored in "The Crying Game"
Subject explored in 'The Crying Game'
Hermaphroditism
A·1+N·1+D·2+R·1+O·1+G·2+Y·4+N·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
andromeda (13 points)
Dead Roman, perhaps, or mythical Greek
Princess attached to rock stars in group
The Chained Lady
A·1+N·1+D·2+R·1+O·1+M·3+E·1+D·2+A·1 = 13 pts
anestrous (9 points)
Of or pertaining to anestrus.
A·1+N·1+E·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+U·1+S·1 = 9 pts
aneurisms (11 points)
Enlargements of arteries
Disturbing means taking in spoon-bender's abnormal enlargements
A·1+N·1+E·1+U·1+R·1+I·1+S·1+M·3+S·1 = 11 pts
aneurysms (14 points)
Aneurysm
A·1+N·1+E·1+U·1+R·1+Y·4+S·1+M·3+S·1 = 14 pts
angerless (10 points)
ANGER to {irritate=v}
A·1+N·1+G·2+E·1+R·1+L·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 10 pts
angiogram (13 points)
Cardiologist's X-ray
X-ray of blood or lymph vessels
Cardiologist's request
A·1+N·1+G·2+I·1+O·1+G·2+R·1+A·1+M·3 = 13 pts
angleworm (15 points)
Bait male? Wrong, wrong!
Fisherman's bait; meal grown (anagram)
Nightcrawler, to some Northerners
A·1+N·1+G·2+L·1+E·1+W·4+O·1+R·1+M·3 = 15 pts
angriness (10 points)
""The quality of being angry, or of being inclined to anger.""
A·1+N·1+G·2+R·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 10 pts
angstroms (12 points)
Ten-millionths of millimeters
Ten make up a millimicron
Wavelength units
A·1+N·1+G·2+S·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+M·3+S·1 = 12 pts
angularly (13 points)
Awkwardly.
A·1+N·1+G·2+U·1+L·1+A·1+R·1+L·1+Y·4 = 13 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
anhydrous (16 points)
Your hands could be lacking moisture
Rear exit keeping spa hotel free from water
An unfinished shelter, terribly dry inside without water
A·1+N·1+H·4+Y·4+D·2+R·1+O·1+U·1+S·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
animaters (11 points)
Producers of some shorts variable
A·1+N·1+I·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 11 pts
animators (11 points)
Short drawers (wordplay)
Snow White workers
Makers of sequential frames
A·1+N·1+I·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+S·1 = 11 pts
ankerites (13 points)
Ankerite
A·1+N·1+K·5+E·1+R·1+I·1+T·1+E·1+S·1 = 13 pts
annealers (9 points)
Steel workers.
A·1+N·1+N·1+E·1+A·1+L·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 9 pts
annotator (9 points)
One making explanatory notes
Jotter in the year disposed to art
Editor of a kind
A·1+N·1+N·1+O·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 9 pts
announcer (11 points)
Newsreader can run one broadcast
Person with a booming voice, often
Radio/TV introducer
A·1+N·1+N·1+O·1+U·1+N·1+C·3+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
anointers (9 points)
Oilers.
A·1+N·1+O·1+I·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 9 pts
anorectic (13 points)
Lacking appetite
A·1+N·1+O·1+R·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+C·3 = 13 pts
anoretics (11 points)
Anoretic
A·1+N·1+O·1+R·1+E·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+S·1 = 11 pts
anorexias (16 points)
Anorexia
A·1+N·1+O·1+R·1+E·1+X·8+I·1+A·1+S·1 = 16 pts
anorexics (18 points)
Anorexic
A·1+N·1+O·1+R·1+E·1+X·8+I·1+C·3+S·1 = 18 pts
anorexies (16 points)
Anorexy
A·1+N·1+O·1+R·1+E·1+X·8+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 16 pts
anorthite (12 points)
""A mineral of the feldspar family, commonly occurring in small glassy crystals, also a constituent of some igneous rocks. It is a lime feldspar. See Feldspar. Feldspar.""
A·1+N·1+O·1+R·1+T·1+H·4+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
anserines (9 points)
Anserine
A·1+N·1+S·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+S·1 = 9 pts
answerers (12 points)
Poles used to be right among Anglo-Saxon respondents
A·1+N·1+S·1+W·4+E·1+R·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 12 pts
answering (13 points)
Replying in anger, wins surprisingly
Swearing awfully about new meeting
Meeting some swans we ringed
A·1+N·1+S·1+W·4+E·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 13 pts
antarctic (13 points)
Deep frozen (wordplay)
In pole position (wordplay)
Where to pick up a penguin (wordplay)
A·1+N·1+T·1+A·1+R·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+C·3 = 13 pts
anteaters (9 points)
Colonial enemies (wordplay)
Army consumers (wordplay)
Long snouted mammals
A·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 9 pts
antechoir (14 points)
Part of church; anchorite (anagram)
Part of a church
Area in church; icon heart anag.
A·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+C·3+H·4+O·1+I·1+R·1 = 14 pts
anterooms (11 points)
No maestro (anagram)
Where waiters gather
Chambers ran to some races
A·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+O·1+O·1+M·3+S·1 = 11 pts
anteverts (12 points)
Antevert
A·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+T·1+S·1 = 12 pts
antherids (13 points)
Antherid
A·1+N·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+R·1+I·1+D·2+S·1 = 13 pts
anthraces (14 points)
Anthrax
A·1+N·1+T·1+H·4+R·1+A·1+C·3+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts
anthropic (16 points)
Human error in pact with rhino
A·1+N·1+T·1+H·4+R·1+O·1+P·3+I·1+C·3 = 16 pts
anthurium (14 points)
""Any of various evergreen tropical American plants of the genus Anthurium, grown as ornamentals for their attractive leaves and their showy, often red spathes.""
A·1+N·1+T·1+H·4+U·1+R·1+I·1+U·1+M·3 = 14 pts
antiarins (9 points)
Antiarin
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+S·1 = 9 pts
anticrack (17 points)
CRACK to {fracture=v}
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+R·1+A·1+C·3+K·5 = 17 pts
anticrime (13 points)
Against lawbreaking
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+R·1+I·1+M·3+E·1 = 13 pts
antidraft (13 points)
DRAFT to conscript for military service
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+D·2+R·1+A·1+F·4+T·1 = 13 pts
antifraud (13 points)
FRAUD criminal deception
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+F·4+R·1+A·1+U·1+D·2 = 13 pts
antiglare (10 points)
Like sun visors
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+G·2+L·1+A·1+R·1+E·1 = 10 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
antimeres (11 points)
Antimere
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+M·3+E·1+R·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
antiparty (14 points)
PARTY to attend a social gathering
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+P·3+A·1+R·1+T·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
antipress (11 points)
Targeting the Fourth Estate
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+P·3+R·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 11 pts
antiquark (22 points)
QUARK an imagined atomic particle
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+Q·10+U·1+A·1+R·1+K·5 = 22 pts
antiquary (21 points)
Dealer in or collector of old things
Specialist in old items
Expert in (or collector of) old artefacts
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+Q·10+U·1+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 21 pts
antiquers (18 points)
Antiquer
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+Q·10+U·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 18 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
antirusts (9 points)
Antirust
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+R·1+U·1+S·1+T·1+S·1 = 9 pts
antiserum (11 points)
Injection; I'm at nurse (anagram)
I'm nature's fluid remedy for disease
Term in immunology.
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+S·1+E·1+R·1+U·1+M·3 = 11 pts
antishark (16 points)
SHARK to obtain by swindling
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+S·1+H·4+A·1+R·1+K·5 = 16 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
antistory (12 points)
STORY to relate an account of an event
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
antitrust (9 points)
Like some business suits (wordplay)
Opposed to centralized industry.
Describing the Clayton Act.
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+T·1+R·1+U·1+S·1+T·1 = 9 pts
antitumor (11 points)
TUMOR an abnormal swelling
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+T·1+U·1+M·3+O·1+R·1 = 11 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
antiurban (11 points)
URBAN pertaining to a {city=n}
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+U·1+R·1+B·3+A·1+N·1 = 11 pts
antiviral (12 points)
Like AZT
Terrible liar with interminable vanity makes treatment for Aids
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+I·1+R·1+A·1+L·1 = 12 pts
antivirus (12 points)
Type of protective software
Designed to prevent intrusion, in a way
Like much Norton software
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+I·1+R·1+U·1+S·1 = 12 pts
anywheres (18 points)
Anywhere
A·1+N·1+Y·4+W·4+H·4+E·1+R·1+E·1+S·1 = 18 pts
apartheid (15 points)
Colour scheme that's out of date
South African issue
former South African segregation system
A·1+P·3+A·1+R·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+I·1+D·2 = 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
apartness (11 points)
Isolation
A·1+P·3+A·1+R·1+T·1+N·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 11 pts
aperients (11 points)
A present I gave you to get you moving with them
A·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+I·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+S·1 = 11 pts
aperiodic (14 points)
Radio epic broadcast irregularly
Not regular
Irregular
A·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+I·1+O·1+D·2+I·1+C·3 = 14 pts
aperitifs (14 points)
Drinks provided in wild parties
Drinks before meals
Drinks before food
A·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+F·4+S·1 = 14 pts
apertures (11 points)
Openings at a photo studio (wordplay)
Openings for super rate of exchange
Super tear damaged perforations
A·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+T·1+U·1+R·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
aphereses (14 points)
Plural or third person singular
A·1+P·3+H·4+E·1+R·1+E·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts
apheresis (14 points)
Term for the dropping of an initial letter, as in 'possum'
Loss of a sound at the start of a word, as "opossum" to "possum"
Loss of a sound at the start of a word, as 'opossum' to 'possum'
A·1+P·3+H·4+E·1+R·1+E·1+S·1+I·1+S·1 = 14 pts
aphorised (15 points)
Aphorise
A·1+P·3+H·4+O·1+R·1+I·1+S·1+E·1+D·2 = 15 pts
aphorises (14 points)
Aphorise
A·1+P·3+H·4+O·1+R·1+I·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts
aphorisms (16 points)
Short, pithy and instructive sayings
Gnomologist's output
Terse truths
A·1+P·3+H·4+O·1+R·1+I·1+S·1+M·3+S·1 = 16 pts
aphorists (14 points)
Saw people (wordplay)
A·1+P·3+H·4+O·1+R·1+I·1+S·1+T·1+S·1 = 14 pts
aphorized (24 points)
Aphorize
A·1+P·3+H·4+O·1+R·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1+D·2 = 24 pts
aphorizes (23 points)
Speaks tersely
A·1+P·3+H·4+O·1+R·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1+S·1 = 23 pts
apiarians (11 points)
Apiarian
A·1+P·3+I·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+N·1+S·1 = 11 pts
apiarists (11 points)
They work with buzzers
A pair of 1 acrosses sits here
Sounds as if they may be keepers
A·1+P·3+I·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+S·1+T·1+S·1 = 11 pts
apocrypha (21 points)
Writings of dubious authorship
Secret things books left out
Writings not considered genuine
A·1+P·3+O·1+C·3+R·1+Y·4+P·3+H·4+A·1 = 21 pts
apparatus (13 points)
Horse, maybe, in system
Soldier in appropriate American gear
Gear, as put out for soldier to wear
A·1+P·3+P·3+A·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+U·1+S·1 = 13 pts
appareled (14 points)
Decked out
Geared up
A·1+P·3+P·3+A·1+R·1+E·1+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 14 pts
apparitor (13 points)
""Formerly, an officer who attended magistrates and judges to execute their orders.""
A·1+P·3+P·3+A·1+R·1+I·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 13 pts
appealers (13 points)
Retrial seekers
A·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+A·1+L·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 13 pts
appearing (14 points)
Seeming not to be 23 across
Showing one's face
Becoming publicly available
A·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 14 pts
appeasers (13 points)
Peas in pears for peace
Offspring of Munich.
Pacifying people
A·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+A·1+S·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 13 pts
appellors (13 points)
Appellor
A·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+R·1+S·1 = 13 pts
appertain (13 points)
Belong, relate (to)
Relate to an unusual pet pirana
Not the way 8 down would relate to
A·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+R·1+T·1+A·1+I·1+N·1 = 13 pts
appetiser (13 points)
An early form of fuel (wordplay)
Cook prepares it right away, perhaps
Hors d'oeuvre
A·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+T·1+I·1+S·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
appetizer (22 points)
Eats before dinner (wordplay)
Clams on the half shell, perhaps
Hors d'oeuvre
A·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+T·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1+R·1 = 22 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
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
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
appraisal (13 points)
Evaluation - papal airs (anagram)
Opinion of pair as lap dancing
Artist is in shock from assessment
A·1+P·3+P·3+R·1+A·1+I·1+S·1+A·1+L·1 = 13 pts
appraised (14 points)
Disappear (anagram)
Told about article being valued
Phone feature put up and sized up
A·1+P·3+P·3+R·1+A·1+I·1+S·1+E·1+D·2 = 14 pts
appraisee (13 points)
""(tr) to assess the worth, value, or quality of""
A·1+P·3+P·3+R·1+A·1+I·1+S·1+E·1+E·1 = 13 pts
appraiser (13 points)
Vintage-vehicle valuation expert
Art expert, at times
Extoller of a news agency's virtues (wordplay)
A·1+P·3+P·3+R·1+A·1+I·1+S·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
appraises (13 points)
Estimates a price for
A parish priest puts up rates
Rates a page, then cracks up
A·1+P·3+P·3+R·1+A·1+I·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 13 pts
apprehend (17 points)
Arrest (for a crime)
Perceive or take in
Recognise and arrest
A·1+P·3+P·3+R·1+E·1+H·4+E·1+N·1+D·2 = 17 pts
appressed (14 points)
Appress
A·1+P·3+P·3+R·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+D·2 = 14 pts
apprisers (13 points)
Informers
A·1+P·3+P·3+R·1+I·1+S·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 13 pts
apprising (14 points)
Informing a priest on the up and up
Is a priest getting up to being an informer (wordplay)
How a priest may be informing one that he is getting up
A·1+P·3+P·3+R·1+I·1+S·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 14 pts
apprizers (22 points)
Apprizer
A·1+P·3+P·3+R·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 22 pts
apprizing (23 points)
Apprize
A·1+P·3+P·3+R·1+I·1+Z·10+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 23 pts
approbate (15 points)
Sanction
Sanction.
A·1+P·3+P·3+R·1+O·1+B·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 15 pts
approvals (16 points)
Yeses from bosses
Thumbs-ups
Favourable opinions
A·1+P·3+P·3+R·1+O·1+V·4+A·1+L·1+S·1 = 16 pts
approvers (16 points)
Approver
A·1+P·3+P·3+R·1+O·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 16 pts
approving (17 points)
Giving the OK
Sanctioning
Is he not staying in his parish? One is not objecting to that
A·1+P·3+P·3+R·1+O·1+V·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 17 pts
apriority (14 points)
State of being deductive.
A·1+P·3+R·1+I·1+O·1+R·1+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
apteryxes (21 points)
Kiwis
A·1+P·3+T·1+E·1+R·1+Y·4+X·8+E·1+S·1 = 21 pts
aquarelle (18 points)
Watercolour is all a queer mishmash
Painting technique
Watercolor
A·1+Q·10+U·1+A·1+R·1+E·1+L·1+L·1+E·1 = 18 pts
aquarians (18 points)
Lincoln, F.D.R. et al.
Most people born in February
Oprah and Ellen, by birth
A·1+Q·10+U·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+N·1+S·1 = 18 pts
aquarists (18 points)
Dolphin fans (wordplay)
A·1+Q·10+U·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+S·1+T·1+S·1 = 18 pts
aquariums (20 points)
Water plants inside these (wordplay)
Pet store purchases
Tanks or bowls for fish
A·1+Q·10+U·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+U·1+M·3+S·1 = 20 pts
arabesque (20 points)
Ballet position - sea barque (anagram)
A square be a ballet movement (wordplay)
Intertwined ornamental design
A·1+R·1+A·1+B·3+E·1+S·1+Q·10+U·1+E·1 = 20 pts
arabicize (22 points)
ARABIC derived from gum arabic
A·1+R·1+A·1+B·3+I·1+C·3+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 22 pts
arability (14 points)
""Fit for cultivation, as by plowing.""
A·1+R·1+A·1+B·3+I·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
arabinose (11 points)
A sugar used as a culture medium in bacteriology
A sugar used as a culture medium for certain bacteria
A·1+R·1+A·1+B·3+I·1+N·1+O·1+S·1+E·1 = 11 pts
arabizing (21 points)
Arabize
A·1+R·1+A·1+B·3+I·1+Z·10+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 21 pts
arachnids (15 points)
Spiders and ticks
Spiders, for example
Web users
A·1+R·1+A·1+C·3+H·4+N·1+I·1+D·2+S·1 = 15 pts
arachnoid (15 points)
Of spiders and such
Daddy longlegs, e.g
Daddy longlegs, for example
A·1+R·1+A·1+C·3+H·4+N·1+O·1+I·1+D·2 = 15 pts
aragonite (10 points)
Mineral similar to calcite.
Calcium carbonate
A·1+R·1+A·1+G·2+O·1+N·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts
arapaimas (13 points)
Fish of Brazil
A·1+R·1+A·1+P·3+A·1+I·1+M·3+A·1+S·1 = 13 pts
araucaria (11 points)
* Song about goldfish (nearly)
Monkey puzzle tree (or Chile pine)
Evergreen song about golden vehicle
A·1+R·1+A·1+U·1+C·3+A·1+R·1+I·1+A·1 = 11 pts
arbalests (11 points)
Medieval crossbows
A·1+R·1+B·3+A·1+L·1+E·1+S·1+T·1+S·1 = 11 pts
arbalists (11 points)
Arbalist
A·1+R·1+B·3+A·1+L·1+I·1+S·1+T·1+S·1 = 11 pts
arbelests (11 points)
Arbelest
A·1+R·1+B·3+E·1+L·1+E·1+S·1+T·1+S·1 = 11 pts
arbitrage (12 points)
Trading that exploits cost differences
Market dealer's activity
Simultaneous purchase and sale of assets
A·1+R·1+B·3+I·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 12 pts
arbitrary (14 points)
Without specific motive
Like a fiat
Based on random choice
A·1+R·1+B·3+I·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
arbitrate (11 points)
Be a middle man (wordplay)
Be a referee
Use a certain route in a dispute
A·1+R·1+B·3+I·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
arboreous (11 points)
Opposite of 26 Across
A·1+R·1+B·3+O·1+R·1+E·1+O·1+U·1+S·1 = 11 pts
arboretum (13 points)
Where one can't see the wood, they say!
Place for ashes in the garden (wordplay)
A gathering of elders (wordplay)
A·1+R·1+B·3+O·1+R·1+E·1+T·1+U·1+M·3 = 13 pts
arborists (11 points)
Alder men (wordplay)
Limb trimmers
Tree experts
A·1+R·1+B·3+O·1+R·1+I·1+S·1+T·1+S·1 = 11 pts
arborized (21 points)
Arborize
A·1+R·1+B·3+O·1+R·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1+D·2 = 21 pts
arborizes (20 points)
Arborize
A·1+R·1+B·3+O·1+R·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1+S·1 = 20 pts
arbovirus (14 points)
""Any of a large group of viruses transmitted by arthropods, such as mosquitoes and ticks, that include the causative agents of encephalitis, yellow fever, and dengue.""
A·1+R·1+B·3+O·1+V·4+I·1+R·1+U·1+S·1 = 14 pts
arbuscles (13 points)
Arbuscle
A·1+R·1+B·3+U·1+S·1+C·3+L·1+E·1+S·1 = 13 pts
arbutuses (11 points)
Arbutus
A·1+R·1+B·3+U·1+T·1+U·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
arcadians (12 points)
A circular unit's housing 100 idyllic peasants
A·1+R·1+C·3+A·1+D·2+I·1+A·1+N·1+S·1 = 12 pts
arcadings (13 points)
Arcading
A·1+R·1+C·3+A·1+D·2+I·1+N·1+G·2+S·1 = 13 pts
arcatures (11 points)
Arcature
A·1+R·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+U·1+R·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
arccosine (13 points)
Inverse trig function
A·1+R·1+C·3+C·3+O·1+S·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 13 pts
archaised (15 points)
Archaise
A·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+A·1+I·1+S·1+E·1+D·2 = 15 pts
archaises (14 points)
Archaise
A·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+A·1+I·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts
archaisms (16 points)
Obsolete words
A·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+A·1+I·1+S·1+M·3+S·1 = 16 pts

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