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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
ashen (8 points)
Pale as ladybird (wordplay)
Beyond the pale (wordplay)
Pale (with shock/illness)
A·1+S·1+H·4+E·1+N·1 = 8 pts
aspen (7 points)
Really cool hot spot (wordplay)
Poplar spot to ski (wordplay)
Pulpwood source perhaps
A·1+S·1+P·3+E·1+N·1 = 7 pts
arisen (6 points)
Out of retirement (wordplay)
Off one's rocker (wordplay)
Up with Ena, Sir!
A·1+R·1+I·1+S·1+E·1+N·1 = 6 pts
arshin (9 points)
Russian measure, twenty-eight inches
A·1+R·1+S·1+H·4+I·1+N·1 = 9 pts
ashcan (11 points)
Cash an' (anagram)
Place for refuse
Sub sinker or trash receptacle
A·1+S·1+H·4+C·3+A·1+N·1 = 11 pts
ashman (11 points)
Hauler of sorts
Cinder fella (wordplay)
"The Little Mermaid" lyricist Howard
A·1+S·1+H·4+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 11 pts
ashmen (11 points)
Garbage collectors, in the past
Refuse collectors
Trash collectors
A·1+S·1+H·4+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 11 pts
assign (7 points)
Allocate, a job say
Transfer (legal rights)
How silly to give it all away with gin!
A·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+G·2+N·1 = 7 pts
astern (6 points)
Birdy behind (wordplay)
Sailor's behind (wordplay)
Back in the Navy (wordplay)
A·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+N·1 = 6 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
abstain (9 points)
Just say no (wordplay)
Ban Asti perhaps (wordplay)
Refrain (from voting)
A·1+B·3+S·1+T·1+A·1+I·1+N·1 = 9 pts
acrasin (9 points)
A substance secreted by a slime mold
A·1+C·3+R·1+A·1+S·1+I·1+N·1 = 9 pts
almsman (11 points)
One who gets charity
One supported by charity
Poor box beneficiary
A·1+L·1+M·3+S·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 11 pts
almsmen (11 points)
Ye olde gendered charity recipients
A·1+L·1+M·3+S·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 11 pts
artisan (7 points)
Paul Revere, for one
Cobbler, for one
Crafty person (wordplay)
A·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+S·1+A·1+N·1 = 7 pts
aspirin (9 points)
Smart stopper (wordplay)
Headache cure (wordplay)
Smart helper (wordplay)
A·1+S·1+P·3+I·1+R·1+I·1+N·1 = 9 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
abscisin (12 points)
Plant hormone causing the fall of leaves in autumn
A·1+B·3+S·1+C·3+I·1+S·1+I·1+N·1 = 12 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
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
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
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
anchusin (13 points)
A red dye
A·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+U·1+S·1+I·1+N·1 = 13 pts
ascidian (11 points)
Sea squirt
A·1+S·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 11 pts
assassin (8 points)
Murderer (of prominent figure)
Ruby, for one
One with a killer job (wordplay)
A·1+S·1+S·1+A·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+N·1 = 8 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
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
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
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
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
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
ascertain (11 points)
Establish (the facts)
'Find out to assure me, perhaps (9)'
Find assure out (wordplay)
A·1+S·1+C·3+E·1+R·1+T·1+A·1+I·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
astrakhan (16 points)
Hark Satan (anagram)
Hark, Santa is in Russian wool
Fur - city on Volga
A·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+K·5+H·4+A·1+N·1 = 16 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
ambiversion (18 points)
A balanced disposition intermediate between extroversion and introversion.
A·1+M·3+B·3+I·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 18 pts
angiotensin (12 points)
""Any of three polypeptide hormones, one of which is a powerful vasoconstrictor, that function in the body in controlling arterial pressure.""
A·1+N·1+G·2+I·1+O·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+S·1+I·1+N·1 = 12 pts
antifashion (17 points)
FASHION to {shape=v}
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+F·4+A·1+S·1+H·4+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
assemblyman (20 points)
Member of a legislative body
Superhero whose power is putting together IKEA furniture (wordplay)
Job mistakenly sought by a model airplane builder (wordplay)
A·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+M·3+B·3+L·1+Y·4+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 20 pts
assemblymen (20 points)
ASSEMBLY the act of {assembling=v}
A·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+M·3+B·3+L·1+Y·4+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 20 pts
assentation (11 points)
""Insincere, flattering, or obsequious assent; hypocritical or pretended concurrence.""
A·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
assignation (12 points)
Go in as saint (anagram)
Secret rendezvous
Secret meeting
A·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+G·2+N·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
association (13 points)
Football club (wordplay)
Part of PA
Conceptual connection
A·1+S·1+S·1+O·1+C·3+I·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
attestation (11 points)
Taken in by police without husband, giving testimony
A·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+S·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
awestricken (20 points)
A bridge player, Richard, and two fellow players filled with astonishment
A·1+W·4+E·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+K·5+E·1+N·1 = 20 pts
aesthetician (17 points)
One versed in the theory of beauty and artistic expression.
A·1+E·1+S·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 17 pts
anchorperson (19 points)
""An anchorman or anchorwoman.. The anchorperson usually begins the broadcast, discusses certain topics, and introduces new topics, which may be discussed by other reprorters, especially when the report is recorded or broadcast from a location other than the main broadcast studio.anchorman or anchorwoman.. The anchorperson usually begins the broadcast, discusses certain topics, and introduces new topics, which may be discussed by other reprorters, especially when the report is recorded or broadcast from a location other than the main broadcast studio.""
A·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+O·1+R·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1+O·1+N·1 = 19 pts
antiestrogen (13 points)
""ESTROGEN a female sex hormone, also ESTRIOL, OESTRIOL, ESTRIN, OESTRIN, OESTROGEN, ESTRONE, OESTRONE, THEELIN, THEELOL""
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+G·2+E·1+N·1 = 13 pts
apprehension (19 points)
Fear taking (wordplay)
Fear, perhaps, in one that's disturbed
Taking fright (wordplay)
A·1+P·3+P·3+R·1+E·1+H·4+E·1+N·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 19 pts
archdiocesan (20 points)
Dean co-chairs shambles in one of the church provinces
Relates to clerical figure starting off in March around the sea reportedly
A·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+D·2+I·1+O·1+C·3+E·1+S·1+A·1+N·1 = 20 pts
archosaurian (17 points)
English word
A·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+O·1+S·1+A·1+U·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 17 pts
asphyxiation (27 points)
Suffocation
A·1+S·1+P·3+H·4+Y·4+X·8+I·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 27 pts
asseveration (15 points)
Solemn statement
Stupid person the day before helping to produce solemn statement
A·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
assimilation (14 points)
""The act or process of assimilating or bringing to a resemblance, likeness, or identity; also, the state of being so assimilated; as, the assimilation of one sound to another. as, the assimilation of one sound to another.""
A·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+M·3+I·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
auscultation (14 points)
The act of listening or hearkening to.
A·1+U·1+S·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
accustomation (19 points)
Noun (-tion)
A·1+C·3+C·3+U·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 19 pts
afforestation (19 points)
The act of converting into forest or woodland.
A·1+F·4+F·4+O·1+R·1+E·1+S·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 19 pts
animadversion (19 points)
Rebuke cuckoo, wild type
Censure Damian, vile type
Critical comment
A·1+N·1+I·1+M·3+A·1+D·2+V·4+E·1+R·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 19 pts
anticollision (15 points)
""COLLISION The act of striking together; a striking together, as of two hard bodies; a violent meeting, as of railroad trains; a clashing.""
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+O·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
anticorrosion (15 points)
""CORROSION The action or effect of corrosive agents, or the process of corrosive change; as, the rusting of iron is a variety of corrosion. as, the rusting of iron is a variety of corrosion.""
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+O·1+R·1+R·1+O·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
antirecession (15 points)
""RECESSION The act of receding or withdrawing, as from a place, a claim, or a demand.""
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+R·1+E·1+C·3+E·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
assassination (13 points)
Murder of a public figure
Two fools and one country - get killing
Murder of a prominent person
A·1+S·1+S·1+A·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
assemblywoman (25 points)
A female member of a legislative body called an assembly.assembly.
A·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+M·3+B·3+L·1+Y·4+W·4+O·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 25 pts
assemblywomen (25 points)
English word
A·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+M·3+B·3+L·1+Y·4+W·4+O·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 25 pts
administration (17 points)
Running wild isn't held in high esteem
If you're huge, you'll have this at home office
Commercial vehicle on street helping government
A·1+D·2+M·3+I·1+N·1+I·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
aerosolization (23 points)
AEROSOLIZE AEROSOL a spray released under pressure
A·1+E·1+R·1+O·1+S·1+O·1+L·1+I·1+Z·10+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 23 pts
antiaggression (16 points)
""AGGRESSION The first attack, or act of hostility; the first act of injury, or first act leading to a war or a controversy; unprovoked attack; assault; as, a war of aggression. \'bdAggressions of power.\'b8as, a war of aggression. \'bdAggressions of power.\'b8""
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+A·1+G·2+G·2+R·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
antidepression (17 points)
DEPRESSION The act of depressing.
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+D·2+E·1+P·3+R·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
antisubversion (19 points)
""SUBVERSION The act of overturning, or the state of being overturned; entire overthrow; an overthrow from the foundation; utter ruin; destruction; as, the subversion of a government; the subversion of despotic power; the subversion of the constitution. as, the subversion of a government; the subversion of despotic power; the subversion of the constitution.""
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+S·1+U·1+B·3+V·4+E·1+R·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 19 pts
autosuggestion (16 points)
Try stepping on the gas
Tip for drivers? It may affect one's own behaviour
Thought process provoked by a car salesman (wordplay)
A·1+U·1+T·1+O·1+S·1+U·1+G·2+G·2+E·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
axiomatisation (23 points)
AXIOMATISE
A·1+X·8+I·1+O·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+S·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 23 pts
agribusinessman (20 points)
English word
A·1+G·2+R·1+I·1+B·3+U·1+S·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 20 pts
agribusinessmen (20 points)
AGRIBUSINESS
A·1+G·2+R·1+I·1+B·3+U·1+S·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 20 pts
antisegregation (17 points)
""SEGREGATION The act of segregating, or the state of being segregated; separation from others; a parting.""
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+S·1+E·1+G·2+R·1+E·1+G·2+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
antispeculation (19 points)
SPECULATION The act of speculating.
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+S·1+P·3+E·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 19 pts
antivivisection (23 points)
Opposition to vivisection.
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+I·1+V·4+I·1+S·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 23 pts
autotransfusion (18 points)
(Med) → Eigenbluttransfusion f
A·1+U·1+T·1+O·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+N·1+S·1+F·4+U·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 18 pts
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+A·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+M·3+I·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 18 pts
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+O·1+N·1+S·1+E·1+R·1+V·4+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 21 pts
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+P·3+R·1+O·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+T·1+U·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 18 pts
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+D·2+E·1+S·1+E·1+G·2+R·1+E·1+G·2+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 20 pts
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+M·3+I·1+S·1+C·3+E·1+G·2+E·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 22 pts
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+A·1+D·2+M·3+I·1+N·1+I·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 21 pts
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+D·2+I·1+S·1+C·3+R·1+I·1+M·3+I·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 23 pts
A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+D·2+E·1+S·1+E·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+F·4+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 25 pts

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