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3-Letter Words (3):
ava (6 points)
Actress Gardner, for one
Gardner, for one
. . . Gardner (film star)
A·1+V·4+A·1 = 6 pts
ave (6 points)
Monopoly stop, perhaps (abbreviation)
Broadway's Q, for one (abbreviation)
A backwards Gabor (wordplay)
A·1+V·4+E·1 = 6 pts
avo (6 points)
The Lone Ranger's outfit (wordplay)
Sometimes savory ingredient!
Money in Macao
A·1+V·4+O·1 = 6 pts
4-Letter Words (6):
arvo (7 points)
Afternoon, in Australia
Aussie PM visiting Qatar voluntarily
Tabula Rasa composer Part
A·1+R·1+V·4+O·1 = 7 pts
aver (7 points)
Just say yes (wordplay)
Say with one's fist clenched, say
Say to be so
A·1+V·4+E·1+R·1 = 7 pts
aves (7 points)
Some map lines: Abbr.
1st, 2nd and 3rd, perhaps
Marathon rtes., perhaps
A·1+V·4+E·1+S·1 = 7 pts
avid (8 points)
Eager to behead Welsh saint (wordplay)
Like fans at the World Cup, say
Maybe Cameron's leader dismissed as mad
A·1+V·4+I·1+D·2 = 8 pts
avos (7 points)
Coins of Macao
Macao money
Smashed fruit
A·1+V·4+O·1+S·1 = 7 pts
avow (10 points)
Say it is so
Say with conviction
Say with certitude
A·1+V·4+O·1+W·4 = 10 pts
5-Letter Words (19):
above (10 points)
In the preceding paragraph perhaps
Over your head (wordplay)
In the preceding paragraph, perhaps
A·1+B·3+O·1+V·4+E·1 = 10 pts
agave (9 points)
Sisal for one
Century plant, for one
Maguey for one
A·1+G·2+A·1+V·4+E·1 = 9 pts
aiver (8 points)
A draft horse
A·1+I·1+V·4+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
ajiva (15 points)
Inanimate matter
A·1+J·8+I·1+V·4+A·1 = 15 pts
alive (8 points)
Like Maria von Trapp's hills (wordplay)
Kicking partner (wordplay)
Still with us (wordplay)
A·1+L·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 8 pts
anvil (8 points)
Verdi's choral instrument (wordplay)
Site of a metalworking strike (wordplay)
Where Binyon forged his work (wordplay)
A·1+N·1+V·4+I·1+L·1 = 8 pts
arval (8 points)
Pertaining to plowed land
A·1+R·1+V·4+A·1+L·1 = 8 pts
arvos (8 points)
Arvo
A·1+R·1+V·4+O·1+S·1 = 8 pts
avail (8 points)
Benefit afforded by a yashmak, they say
Take advantage (of)
Help to make a curtain, say
A·1+V·4+A·1+I·1+L·1 = 8 pts
avast (8 points)
Stop while floating (wordplay)
Stop, you tars!
Salty greeting (wordplay)
A·1+V·4+A·1+S·1+T·1 = 8 pts
avens (8 points)
Plant used for arbours (wordplay)
Plant of the rose family
Perennial flowering herb
A·1+V·4+E·1+N·1+S·1 = 8 pts
avers (8 points)
Says with confidence
Says without hesitation
Says with assurance
A·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 8 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
avgas (9 points)
Aircraft fuel portmanteau
Fuel for pistonengine airplanes
Fuel for piston-engine aircraft
A·1+V·4+G·2+A·1+S·1 = 9 pts
avian (8 points)
A little birdy (wordplay)
Like Penguins or Redwings (wordplay)
Swift-like, say
A·1+V·4+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 8 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
aviso (8 points)
Warning (Spanish)
Advice to Alfonso
Warning, for Juan
A·1+V·4+I·1+S·1+O·1 = 8 pts
avoid (9 points)
Prevent from happening; nullify (law)
Refrain from (something)
Dodge a tough opponent, perhaps
A·1+V·4+O·1+I·1+D·2 = 9 pts
avows (11 points)
Says "I do"
Says with conviction
Says with a hand in the air, perhaps
A·1+V·4+O·1+W·4+S·1 = 11 pts
6-Letter Words (40):
aboves (11 points)
Above
A·1+B·3+O·1+V·4+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
abvolt (11 points)
Electrical-potential unit
Electromagnetic unit
A·1+B·3+V·4+O·1+L·1+T·1 = 11 pts
active (11 points)
Not extinct (of volcano)
Act 4, fifth scene? It's all the go!
On the move
A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 11 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
adverb (12 points)
Qualifying word (gram.)
Word as well, badly (gram.)
Now or never (wordplay)
A·1+D·2+V·4+E·1+R·1+B·3 = 12 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
advice (12 points)
Suggestion (invited or otherwise)
One dead in place of tips (wordplay)
Publicity wrong for counsel
A·1+D·2+V·4+I·1+C·3+E·1 = 12 pts
advise (10 points)
Recommend (course of action)
Inform (of situation)
I saved (anagram)
A·1+D·2+V·4+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 10 pts
agaves (10 points)
Louvre, par exemple
Sisals, century plants, etc.
Plants that yield mezcal
A·1+G·2+A·1+V·4+E·1+S·1 = 10 pts
aivers (9 points)
Aiver
A·1+I·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 9 pts
ajivas (16 points)
Ajiva
A·1+J·8+I·1+V·4+A·1+S·1 = 16 pts
alcove (11 points)
Recess (in room)
Breakfast place (wordplay)
Dinette set's spot, perhaps
A·1+L·1+C·3+O·1+V·4+E·1 = 11 pts
alevin (9 points)
Young fish, especially a salmonid
Newly hatched salmon.
Fish with beer and plonk
A·1+L·1+E·1+V·4+I·1+N·1 = 9 pts
alvine (9 points)
Of the belly
A·1+L·1+V·4+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 9 pts
anvils (9 points)
Blocks for metal workers.
Blacksmith's tools
Some clouds' shapes
A·1+N·1+V·4+I·1+L·1+S·1 = 9 pts
arrive (9 points)
Don't go (wordplay)
Reach the depot, say
Touch down, say
A·1+R·1+R·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 9 pts
atavic (11 points)
Like a throwback
Of ancient ancestors
Like a throwback.
A·1+T·1+A·1+V·4+I·1+C·3 = 11 pts
avails (9 points)
Makes use (of)
Takes advantage (of)
Is of use when a number set sail
A·1+V·4+A·1+I·1+L·1+S·1 = 9 pts
avatar (9 points)
Manifestation of a deity (Hinduism)
Embodiment, of sorts
Two-dimensional game face (wordplay)
A·1+V·4+A·1+T·1+A·1+R·1 = 9 pts
avaunt (9 points)
Get thee hence!
Make yourself scarce!
A boast? Get away!
A·1+V·4+A·1+U·1+N·1+T·1 = 9 pts
avenge (10 points)
Exact retribution on behalf of (someone)
Get back at for (a wrong)
Repay (a wrong)
A·1+V·4+E·1+N·1+G·2+E·1 = 10 pts
avenue (9 points)
Park on Manhattan's East Side (wordplay)
Park, for one
Way to go!
A·1+V·4+E·1+N·1+U·1+E·1 = 9 pts
averse (9 points)
Disinclined - as ever (anagram)
Reluctant to say 'step', oddly
Hostile element in poetry (wordplay)
A·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+S·1+E·1 = 9 pts
averts (9 points)
Heads off, prevents from happening
Turns away, as one's gaze
Turns away or causes to turn away
A·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+T·1+S·1 = 9 pts
avians (9 points)
Rooks, e.g
Cardinals, e.g
Rails and kites
A·1+V·4+I·1+A·1+N·1+S·1 = 9 pts
aviary (12 points)
Home, tweet home (wordplay)
Bird house (wordplay)
A by way of RY! That's for the birds!
A·1+V·4+I·1+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
aviate (9 points)
Fly jets, say
Wing it (wordplay)
Handle a chopper, say
A·1+V·4+I·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 9 pts
avidin (10 points)
White of egg substance.
Protein in egg white
Egg protein
A·1+V·4+I·1+D·2+I·1+N·1 = 10 pts
avidly (13 points)
Eagerly, maybe greedily
In a keen way
The greedy way.
A·1+V·4+I·1+D·2+L·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
avions (9 points)
Planes at Orly.
Aircraft in Lyon
French airplanes
A·1+V·4+I·1+O·1+N·1+S·1 = 9 pts
avisos (9 points)
Warnings, to Juan
Spanish dispatch boats.
Dispatch boats
A·1+V·4+I·1+S·1+O·1+S·1 = 9 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
avoids (10 points)
Ducks (out of)
Shies away from
Keeps away from.
A·1+V·4+O·1+I·1+D·2+S·1 = 10 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
avouch (14 points)
Admit openly and bluntly
Declare the truth of
Acknowledge openly and bluntly
A·1+V·4+O·1+U·1+C·3+H·4 = 14 pts
avowal (12 points)
I, say, go after a positive declaration
Said perhaps I will make a statement
Assertion I, for one, heard
A·1+V·4+O·1+W·4+A·1+L·1 = 12 pts
avowed (13 points)
Maintained a five-nil lead over United
Professed, in a way
Declared the eggs showed up one day
A·1+V·4+O·1+W·4+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
avower (12 points)
One saying 'I do'
One saying "I do"
One who frankly admits
A·1+V·4+O·1+W·4+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
avulse (9 points)
Pluck or pull off.
To pluck off.
Tear off with force
A·1+V·4+U·1+L·1+S·1+E·1 = 9 pts
7-Letter Words (70):
absolve (12 points)
Clear (of blame)
Sailor's love sick? Pardon!
Lob vase (anagram)
A·1+B·3+S·1+O·1+L·1+V·4+E·1 = 12 pts
abusive (12 points)
Profanity-laced, say
Rude writer's under a vehicle!
Harshly insulting, as language
A·1+B·3+U·1+S·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 12 pts
abvolts (12 points)
Cgs electrical units
Electrical units
A·1+B·3+V·4+O·1+L·1+T·1+S·1 = 12 pts
achieve (15 points)
Have ice (anagram)
Reach (a goal)
Attain a sales goal
A·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+E·1+V·4+E·1 = 15 pts
actives (12 points)
Soldiers in current service
They're not the retiring type
Army regulars.
A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
advance (13 points)
Very absorbed in waltz, say? Go on!
Five in a ball? Go on!
A ball about five? Go on!
A·1+D·2+V·4+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 13 pts
advects (13 points)
Advect
A·1+D·2+V·4+E·1+C·3+T·1+S·1 = 13 pts
advents (11 points)
Important arrivals.
Incarnation periods
Beginnings
A·1+D·2+V·4+E·1+N·1+T·1+S·1 = 11 pts
adverbs (13 points)
Many end with '-ly'
Duly and truly, for example
Purely and simply, for example
A·1+D·2+V·4+E·1+R·1+B·3+S·1 = 13 pts
adverse (11 points)
Commercial jingle (wordplay)
Harmful jingle (wordplay)
Unfavourable jingle (wordplay)
A·1+D·2+V·4+E·1+R·1+S·1+E·1 = 11 pts
adverts (11 points)
Refers or alludes to
Brit's commercials
Break items when starved, cooking
A·1+D·2+V·4+E·1+R·1+T·1+S·1 = 11 pts
advices (13 points)
They give notification that Father will turn up, with all his bad habits
A·1+D·2+V·4+I·1+C·3+E·1+S·1 = 13 pts
advised (12 points)
Did guide distribute dive ads (wordplay)
Gave notice (of)
Warned I've dad's pants
A·1+D·2+V·4+I·1+S·1+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
advisee (11 points)
Person receiving counseling
One being counseled
Person getting counseling
A·1+D·2+V·4+I·1+S·1+E·1+E·1 = 11 pts
adviser (11 points)
ID saver (anagram)
Ann Landers, for one
What Harriman is to Truman.
A·1+D·2+V·4+I·1+S·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
advises (11 points)
Acts the consigliere
Tells someone how to play*
Haggles over price
A·1+D·2+V·4+I·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
advisor (11 points)
One giving counsel (O, not E)
Commercial sun shade (wordplay)
Counsel of Ovid (ars horrendus)
A·1+D·2+V·4+I·1+S·1+O·1+R·1 = 11 pts
agravic (13 points)
Relating to zero gravity
A·1+G·2+R·1+A·1+V·4+I·1+C·3 = 13 pts
airwave (13 points)
Media element (wordplay)
Via Ware (anagram)
Broadcasting unit (wordplay)
A·1+I·1+R·1+W·4+A·1+V·4+E·1 = 13 pts
akvavit (17 points)
Scandinavian drink Var.
Caraway-flavored Scandinavian spirit
Scandinavian drink variable
A·1+K·5+V·4+A·1+V·4+I·1+T·1 = 17 pts
alcoved (13 points)
Relating to an alcove
A·1+L·1+C·3+O·1+V·4+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
alcoves (12 points)
Sites for dinettes, perhaps
Spots for bookcases
Bays? A lake has bays
A·1+L·1+C·3+O·1+V·4+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
alevins (10 points)
Salmon fry
A·1+L·1+E·1+V·4+I·1+N·1+S·1 = 10 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
alluvia (10 points)
Sediments or deposits
Deposits of a sort
River deposits
A·1+L·1+L·1+U·1+V·4+I·1+A·1 = 10 pts
alveoli (10 points)
Lung sacs (anagram of I LOVE L.A.)
Tooth sockets, anatomically speaking
Parts of the lungs
A·1+L·1+V·4+E·1+O·1+L·1+I·1 = 10 pts
amative (12 points)
Inclined to love
In the mood
In romantic mood.
A·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 12 pts
amusive (12 points)
Tending to excite mirth
Tending to tickle
A·1+M·3+U·1+S·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 12 pts
anchovy (18 points)
Caesar salad morsel, maybe
Pizza-topping fish
Pizza topping choice
A·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+O·1+V·4+Y·4 = 18 pts
anviled (11 points)
Anvil
A·1+N·1+V·4+I·1+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 11 pts
approve (14 points)
Think well (of)
Say yes to
Pronounce (something) satisfactory
A·1+P·3+P·3+R·1+O·1+V·4+E·1 = 14 pts
aquavit (19 points)
Scandinavian spiced quaff
Spirits of Scandinavia
Caraway-flavored liquor
A·1+Q·10+U·1+A·1+V·4+I·1+T·1 = 19 pts
aquiver (19 points)
Like a witness who's quite nervous
Trembling, if born in 1650
Shaking some projectiles
A·1+Q·10+U·1+I·1+V·4+E·1+R·1 = 19 pts
archive (15 points)
Put in the library, say
Vicar - he destroyed records!
Vicar - he falsified records!
A·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 15 pts
arrival (10 points)
Appearance (at a destination)
Appearance (at a place)
Scene-maker (wordplay)
A·1+R·1+R·1+I·1+V·4+A·1+L·1 = 10 pts
arrived (11 points)
A driver perhaps made it!
A driver (anagram)
There at last
A·1+R·1+R·1+I·1+V·4+E·1+D·2 = 11 pts
arriver (10 points)
One who has it made
One who's just gotten in
One who shows up
A·1+R·1+R·1+I·1+V·4+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
arrives (10 points)
Lands at O'Hare, say
Comes to hand
Makes the scene
A·1+R·1+R·1+I·1+V·4+E·1+S·1 = 10 pts
atavism (12 points)
Reversion to primitive type
Reversion to more primitive type.
Reversion to an earlier type
A·1+T·1+A·1+V·4+I·1+S·1+M·3 = 12 pts
atavist (10 points)
One marked by a throwback
Reverter to primitive type.
One who is a throwback
A·1+T·1+A·1+V·4+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
availed (11 points)
Made use (of)
Took advantage (of)
Was of service
A·1+V·4+A·1+I·1+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 11 pts
avarice (12 points)
Agreed, perhaps, that it's meant to mean
Yen for yen, perhaps
Caviare free? That's materialism!
A·1+V·4+A·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+E·1 = 12 pts
avatars (10 points)
Rama-fications (wordplay)
Pictures of games (wordplay)
Blog posters' self-images
A·1+V·4+A·1+T·1+A·1+R·1+S·1 = 10 pts
avellan (10 points)
Designating the filbert or hazelnut
Describing a cross shaped like "X."
A·1+V·4+E·1+L·1+L·1+A·1+N·1 = 10 pts
avenged (12 points)
Inflicted retribution for (a wrong)
Got even for
Got back at
A·1+V·4+E·1+N·1+G·2+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
avenger (11 points)
Steed, for one
Emma Peel, for one
Erinys, for one
A·1+V·4+E·1+N·1+G·2+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
avenges (11 points)
Settles things (wordplay)
Retaliates when birds trap engineer
Retaliates for some craven gestures
A·1+V·4+E·1+N·1+G·2+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
avenses (10 points)
Avens
A·1+V·4+E·1+N·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 10 pts
avenues (10 points)
Street crossers (wordplay)
First and Second places (wordplay)
Ways of access
A·1+V·4+E·1+N·1+U·1+E·1+S·1 = 10 pts
average (11 points)
How mean to claim time to welcome fury!
The Dow, for one
Mean relative (wordplay)
A·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 11 pts
averred (11 points)
Claimed Bible was wrong
Stated to be the case
Declared a number was incorrect
A·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+R·1+E·1+D·2 = 11 pts
averted (11 points)
Turned away (one's eyes)
Dodged a close one, say
Turned away, perhaps gaze
A·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 11 pts
avgases (11 points)
Avgas
A·1+V·4+G·2+A·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
aviated (11 points)
Managed banks (wordplay)
Played an ace (wordplay)
Kept one's nose in the air (wordplay)
A·1+V·4+I·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 11 pts
aviates (10 points)
Plays an ace (wordplay)
Wings it (wordplay)
Does the Wright thing (wordplay)
A·1+V·4+I·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+S·1 = 10 pts
aviator (10 points)
Smilin' Jack, for one
Lindbergh, for one
One up (wordplay)
A·1+V·4+I·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 10 pts
avidins (11 points)
Avidin
A·1+V·4+I·1+D·2+I·1+N·1+S·1 = 11 pts
avidity (14 points)
Profiteer's vice
Extreme eagerness.
Greediness.
A·1+V·4+I·1+D·2+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
avionic (12 points)
High-flying adjective (wordplay)
Like collision avoidance systems
Like airplane controls
A·1+V·4+I·1+O·1+N·1+I·1+C·3 = 12 pts
avocado (13 points)
Mostly noisy party after a dip maybe
Toast topper, maybe
Will that place do for pears (wordplay)
A·1+V·4+O·1+C·3+A·1+D·2+O·1 = 13 pts
avocets (12 points)
Curved-billed wading birds
Long-legged shorebirds
Shorebirds with upturned beaks
A·1+V·4+O·1+C·3+E·1+T·1+S·1 = 12 pts
avodire (11 points)
An African tree
A·1+V·4+O·1+D·2+I·1+R·1+E·1 = 11 pts
avoided (12 points)
Steered clear of
Wouldn't go near
Like a pariah
A·1+V·4+O·1+I·1+D·2+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
avoider (11 points)
One using a bypass, maybe
One playing hooky, for example
One who shuns
A·1+V·4+O·1+I·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
avosets (10 points)
Wading birds variable
Wading birds Var.
A·1+V·4+O·1+S·1+E·1+T·1+S·1 = 10 pts
avowals (13 points)
Life's work
Open affirmations
Open admissions
A·1+V·4+O·1+W·4+A·1+L·1+S·1 = 13 pts
avowers (13 points)
They say "I do"
They declare openly
Those who make declarations.
A·1+V·4+O·1+W·4+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 13 pts
avowing (14 points)
Declaring, when a victory is due
Declaring a short volume outstanding
Stating firmly
A·1+V·4+O·1+W·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 14 pts
avulsed (11 points)
Torn off forcibly
Detached forcibly
Plucked off.
A·1+V·4+U·1+L·1+S·1+E·1+D·2 = 11 pts
avulses (10 points)
Tears away
Pulls off
A·1+V·4+U·1+L·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 10 pts
8-Letter Words (112):
aardvark (16 points)
First animal (wordplay)
Picnickers' pet (wordplay)
First creature found in a dictionary
A·1+A·1+R·1+D·2+V·4+A·1+R·1+K·5 = 16 pts
aasvogel (12 points)
A South African vulture
A·1+A·1+S·1+V·4+O·1+G·2+E·1+L·1 = 12 pts
ablative (13 points)
The table, via the case
The case of a table about four
Case for Caesar
A·1+B·3+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 13 pts
abortive (13 points)
Are a little fruitless in a boat I have
Steal show outside, returning fruitless
Coming to no result
A·1+B·3+O·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 13 pts
abrasive (13 points)
Vie with Arabs? Could be rough!
Emery paper or steel wool, say
Rubbing the wrong way (wordplay)
A·1+B·3+R·1+A·1+S·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 13 pts
absolved (14 points)
Declared free (from guilt)
Let off the hook, a slob finally cracked
Sailor, cracked, released from duty
A·1+B·3+S·1+O·1+L·1+V·4+E·1+D·2 = 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
absolves (13 points)
Saves lob shot and clears
Saves lob shot and clears completely
Remits, as sins
A·1+B·3+S·1+O·1+L·1+V·4+E·1+S·1 = 13 pts
acervate (13 points)
Heaped
A·1+C·3+E·1+R·1+V·4+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
acervuli (13 points)
Spore-producing organs of certain fungi
A·1+C·3+E·1+R·1+V·4+U·1+L·1+I·1 = 13 pts
achieved (17 points)
Dive and got there with an ache
Reached or accomplished
Bad advice he obtained
A·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+E·1+V·4+E·1+D·2 = 17 pts
achiever (16 points)
Vie! Reach! Perhaps become the winner
One who accomplishes or reaches goal
He gets things done
A·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+E·1+V·4+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts
achieves (16 points)
Accomplishes with effort
Accomplishes, gains by effort
Each vies desperately and is successful
A·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+E·1+V·4+E·1+S·1 = 16 pts
activate (13 points)
Put in play
Set off, trip
Cat I, a vet, managed to get going
A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
actively (16 points)
In an energetic way
See appended part of play with animation
With true effort
A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1+L·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
activism (15 points)
Nader's way
Trying to change society
Policy of being involved
A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+I·1+S·1+M·3 = 15 pts
activist (13 points)
Subversive part of play I view endlessly
Issue-oriented person
Busy worker for cause
A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 13 pts
activity (16 points)
Show and tell, for one
Occupation or bustle
An occupation, recreation, or the like.
A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
activize (22 points)
""To activate, also ACTIVIZE""
A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 22 pts
adaptive (14 points)
Not set in one's ways
Like a chameleon's color
Doctor paid a vet to be compliant
A·1+D·2+A·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 14 pts
additive (13 points)
Something joined, to food say
Something put into food
STP, for example
A·1+D·2+D·2+I·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 13 pts
adhesive (15 points)
Hide vase (anagram)
Hades! I have got stuck with it!
A small deposit secures!
A·1+D·2+H·4+E·1+S·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 15 pts
adjuvant (19 points)
A help
A·1+D·2+J·8+U·1+V·4+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 19 pts
adoptive (14 points)
Kind of parent
Adult pivoted turning parental
Like certain parents
A·1+D·2+O·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 14 pts
advanced (15 points)
Made progress during Lent!
Far on; complex
Lent - ahead in development
A·1+D·2+V·4+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1+D·2 = 15 pts
advancer (14 points)
One moving forward
A·1+D·2+V·4+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
advances (14 points)
Moneylender's overtures (wordplay)
Makes overtures to get cash loans
Adult cavorts, accepting volume rises
A·1+D·2+V·4+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts
advected (15 points)
Advect
A·1+D·2+V·4+E·1+C·3+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 15 pts
adverted (13 points)
Referred (to)
Made reference
That referred to the holy Father up there, my boy
A·1+D·2+V·4+E·1+R·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
advisees (12 points)
Advisee
A·1+D·2+V·4+I·1+S·1+E·1+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
advisers (12 points)
Faculty members appointed to students
Cabinet members, for example
Counsellors or guides
A·1+D·2+V·4+I·1+S·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 12 pts
advising (13 points)
Diva confused by Carol in counselling
Counselling, suggesting
Recommending a holy condition, I render hymn perhaps
A·1+D·2+V·4+I·1+S·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 13 pts
advisors (12 points)
Guides from peak in Andes, oddly
Guides of a sort
Cabinet members, for example
A·1+D·2+V·4+I·1+S·1+O·1+R·1+S·1 = 12 pts
advisory (15 points)
Recommended but not compulsory
Like some boards
In the position of a back-seat driver (wordplay)
A·1+D·2+V·4+I·1+S·1+O·1+R·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
advocacy (19 points)
Public support (for something)
Pleading in support (of someone)
Support of a cause
A·1+D·2+V·4+O·1+C·3+A·1+C·3+Y·4 = 19 pts
advocate (14 points)
Recommend like counsellor (wordplay)
Recommend a solicitor (wordplay)
Urge one to be a barman (wordplay)
A·1+D·2+V·4+O·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 14 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
aestival (11 points)
A gala bar opening in summer
A·1+E·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+A·1+L·1 = 11 pts
agentive (12 points)
A word part that denotes the doer of an action
A·1+G·2+E·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 12 pts
aggrieve (13 points)
Distress; cause pain to
Cause offence or injury to
A stuttering lament will cause injury
A·1+G·2+G·2+R·1+I·1+E·1+V·4+E·1 = 13 pts
airwaves (14 points)
Atmospheric whitecaps (wordplay)
Medium for radio
TV programs go over them
A·1+I·1+R·1+W·4+A·1+V·4+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts
akvavits (18 points)
Alaska tanks hold six bottles of poit?n perhaps
Alaska tanks hold six bottles of poitn perhaps
A·1+K·5+V·4+A·1+V·4+I·1+T·1+S·1 = 18 pts
alewives (14 points)
Spirited ladies (wordplay)
Fish of the herring family.
Atlantic Coast herrings.
A·1+L·1+E·1+W·4+I·1+V·4+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts
allovers (11 points)
Allover
A·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 11 pts
allusive (11 points)
Having lots of references to evil Saul
Having reference to
Having indirect references
A·1+L·1+L·1+U·1+S·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 11 pts
alluvial (11 points)
Of a delta deposit
Kind of deposit
Everyone on university vessel washed up
A·1+L·1+L·1+U·1+V·4+I·1+A·1+L·1 = 11 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
alluvium (13 points)
Matter deposited by river or flood
Stream deposit
Delta sediment
A·1+L·1+L·1+U·1+V·4+I·1+U·1+M·3 = 13 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
alveolus (11 points)
Small pit or cavity, eg a honeycomb cell
Lung compartment
A sort of love and lust that won't end depression
A·1+L·1+V·4+E·1+O·1+L·1+U·1+S·1 = 11 pts
amadavat (14 points)
Cage bird from India
A loony woman beginning to tickle a bird
Fleet losing right to put tax on a bird
A·1+M·3+A·1+D·2+A·1+V·4+A·1+T·1 = 14 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
anovular (11 points)
Not involving ovulation
A·1+N·1+O·1+V·4+U·1+L·1+A·1+R·1 = 11 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
anviling (12 points)
Anvil
A·1+N·1+V·4+I·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
anvilled (12 points)
Anvil
A·1+N·1+V·4+I·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
anviltop (13 points)
A cloud mass shaped like an anvil
A·1+N·1+V·4+I·1+L·1+T·1+O·1+P·3 = 13 pts
approval (15 points)
Thumbs up for it!
It may come with a stamp
Trying to get on this
A·1+P·3+P·3+R·1+O·1+V·4+A·1+L·1 = 15 pts
approved (16 points)
A very quiet ramble daughter agreed to
Loan application stamp
Agreed to a very quiet ramble with duke
A·1+P·3+P·3+R·1+O·1+V·4+E·1+D·2 = 16 pts
approver (15 points)
One signing off
FDA, vis-a-vis Pfizer products
One who gives permission
A·1+P·3+P·3+R·1+O·1+V·4+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
approves (15 points)
Thinks well of or authorises
Gives the high sign
Stamps, maybe
A·1+P·3+P·3+R·1+O·1+V·4+E·1+S·1 = 15 pts
aquavits (20 points)
Caraway-flavored liquors
A·1+Q·10+U·1+A·1+V·4+I·1+T·1+S·1 = 20 pts

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