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3-Letter Words (1):
ben (5 points)
Big name in bells (wordplay)
Big thing in London (wordplay)
Big name in London (wordplay)
B·3+E·1+N·1 = 5 pts
4-Letter Words (3):
B·3+E·1+A·1+N·1 = 6 pts
been (6 points)
Has she this to drink there (wordplay)
Has this got past it (wordplay)
How have you been (wordplay)
B·3+E·1+E·1+N·1 = 6 pts
B·3+R·1+E·1+N·1 = 6 pts
5-Letter Words (4):
B·3+E·1+G·2+A·1+N·1 = 8 pts
B·3+E·1+G·2+I·1+N·1 = 8 pts
B·3+E·1+G·2+U·1+N·1 = 8 pts
B·3+E·1+T·1+O·1+N·1 = 7 pts
6-Letter Words (27):
B·3+A·1+D·2+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 11 pts
B·3+A·1+G·2+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 11 pts
baleen (8 points)
Who abandons whalebone (wordplay)
Whalebone - enable (anagram)
Enable (anagram) - whalebone
B·3+A·1+L·1+E·1+E·1+N·1 = 8 pts
B·3+A·1+R·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 10 pts
B·3+A·1+R·1+R·1+E·1+N·1 = 8 pts
B·3+A·1+T·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 10 pts
batten (8 points)
Fasten securely - say the hatches
Close securely (with "down")
Close securely, say the hatches
B·3+A·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+N·1 = 8 pts
beacon (10 points)
Guiding light to join Tories (wordplay)
Light communication aid (wordplay)
Source of hope (wordplay)
B·3+E·1+A·1+C·3+O·1+N·1 = 10 pts
beaten (8 points)
Not one sound of bex, perhaps
Not one, by the sound of it, to be an X
Not 1, by the sound of it, might be 10
B·3+E·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+N·1 = 8 pts
B·3+E·1+C·3+K·5+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
B·3+E·1+D·2+A·1+M·3+N·1 = 11 pts
bedpan (11 points)
Thing cleaned by nurses (bless them)
Hospital room object, sometimes
Where to go in a hospital
B·3+E·1+D·2+P·3+A·1+N·1 = 11 pts
B·3+E·1+D·2+U·1+I·1+N·1 = 9 pts
B·3+E·1+M·3+E·1+A·1+N·1 = 10 pts
B·3+E·1+M·3+O·1+A·1+N·1 = 10 pts
benign (9 points)
Live number, it's said. Gracious!
Kindly or not malignant
Mild and gentle, not malignant
B·3+E·1+N·1+I·1+G·2+N·1 = 9 pts
B·3+E·1+N·1+Z·10+I·1+N·1 = 17 pts
berlin (8 points)
Who's Israel Baline (wordplay)
Fifty-one entering capital ... capital!
How capital to have one's BL in Erin!
B·3+E·1+R·1+L·1+I·1+N·1 = 8 pts
B·3+I·1+D·2+D·2+E·1+N·1 = 10 pts
biogen (9 points)
Unit of protoplasm; Boeing (anagram)
Hypothetical cell unit
Hypothetical protein molecule
B·3+I·1+O·1+G·2+E·1+N·1 = 9 pts
bitten (8 points)
Once partly X, twice 30 across, perhaps
Wounded (by a snake)
Wounded (by a gnat, spider, etc)
B·3+I·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+N·1 = 8 pts
B·3+O·1+R·1+E·1+E·1+N·1 = 8 pts
B·3+O·1+W·4+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 13 pts
B·3+R·1+A·1+Z·10+E·1+N·1 = 17 pts
B·3+R·1+O·1+K·5+E·1+N·1 = 12 pts
B·3+U·1+R·1+D·2+E·1+N·1 = 9 pts
busmen (10 points)
They may drive on holiday
Greyhound drivers, for example
Some public transportation employees
B·3+U·1+S·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 10 pts
7-Letter Words (41):
baseman (11 points)
First, second or third person (wordplay)
One playing near a bag (wordplay)
One left holding the bag (wordplay)
B·3+A·1+S·1+E·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 11 pts
B·3+A·1+S·1+E·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 11 pts
B·3+A·1+T·1+S·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 11 pts
B·3+E·1+A·1+D·2+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 12 pts
B·3+E·1+A·1+D·2+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 12 pts
B·3+E·1+C·3+L·1+O·1+W·4+N·1 = 14 pts
B·3+E·1+D·2+E·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 12 pts
B·3+E·1+D·2+E·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 12 pts
B·3+E·1+D·2+G·2+O·1+W·4+N·1 = 14 pts
B·3+E·1+D·2+I·1+Z·10+E·1+N·1 = 19 pts
bedouin (10 points)
I dub one (anagram)
That's for lying, Oh you in the desert
Nomadic Arab of the desert
B·3+E·1+D·2+O·1+U·1+I·1+N·1 = 10 pts
B·3+E·1+E·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+N·1 = 14 pts
B·3+E·1+G·2+R·1+O·1+A·1+N·1 = 10 pts
B·3+E·1+L·1+L·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 11 pts
B·3+E·1+L·1+L·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 11 pts
benison (9 points)
Johnson is working. What a blessing!
Jack's heir (wordplay)
What a blessing to be a child of Ulster!
B·3+E·1+N·1+I·1+S·1+O·1+N·1 = 9 pts
B·3+E·1+N·1+Z·10+O·1+I·1+N·1 = 18 pts
B·3+E·1+T·1+A·1+K·5+E·1+N·1 = 13 pts
B·3+E·1+T·1+H·4+O·1+R·1+N·1 = 12 pts
betoken (13 points)
Happen to know signal (wordplay)
Be a warning sign of (an event)
Be a sign of (something)
B·3+E·1+T·1+O·1+K·5+E·1+N·1 = 13 pts
B·3+E·1+T·1+W·4+E·1+E·1+N·1 = 12 pts
B·3+I·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+N·1 = 14 pts
B·3+I·1+R·1+D·2+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 12 pts
bittern (9 points)
Acrimonious character (wordplay)
Bird of the unforgiving North (wordplay)
Bird pecked another
B·3+I·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+N·1 = 9 pts
B·3+I·1+T·1+U·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 11 pts
B·3+L·1+A·1+C·3+K·5+E·1+N·1 = 15 pts
B·3+L·1+U·1+E·1+F·4+I·1+N·1 = 12 pts
B·3+O·1+A·1+T·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 11 pts
B·3+O·1+G·2+B·3+E·1+A·1+N·1 = 12 pts
B·3+O·1+G·2+Y·4+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 15 pts
B·3+O·1+N·1+D·2+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 12 pts
B·3+O·1+O·1+K·5+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 15 pts
bounden (10 points)
Obligatory.
Obligatory
One's . . . . . . . duty is dictated by conscience - sounds jumpy
B·3+O·1+U·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+N·1 = 10 pts
bracken (15 points)
Lad grips harrow to extract fern
Mass of ferns as on mountains
Manitoba Premier John
B·3+R·1+A·1+C·3+K·5+E·1+N·1 = 15 pts
B·3+R·1+E·1+C·3+H·4+A·1+N·1 = 14 pts
broaden (10 points)
Make wide or liberal, perhaps the mind
Enlarge the pass through the mountain
Expand, as one's horizons
B·3+R·1+O·1+A·1+D·2+E·1+N·1 = 10 pts
B·3+U·1+C·3+K·5+E·1+E·1+N·1 = 15 pts
bullpen (11 points)
Source of relief (wordplay)
Bovine enclosure (wordplay)
Ballpoint for an optimist (wordplay)
B·3+U·1+L·1+L·1+P·3+E·1+N·1 = 11 pts
burgeon (10 points)
Develop British egg
Food returned with one bad sprout
British medic hasn't started to develop
B·3+U·1+R·1+G·2+E·1+O·1+N·1 = 10 pts
B·3+U·1+R·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+N·1 = 12 pts
bushmen (14 points)
Australian frontier dwellers
The Gods Must Be Crazy extras
Some dwellers of the Australian Outback
B·3+U·1+S·1+H·4+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 14 pts
8-Letter Words (48):
B·3+A·1+C·3+T·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+N·1 = 12 pts
B·3+A·1+I·1+L·1+S·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 12 pts
bandsmen (13 points)
Do they play as strippers (wordplay)
Rings me with number for musicians
They like to play in bar for policeman on the job
B·3+A·1+N·1+D·2+S·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 13 pts
bargeman (13 points)
Lighter or narrow boat manager
Person in charge of canal boat
A lighter sort of guy
B·3+A·1+R·1+G·2+E·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 13 pts
bargemen (13 points)
Lighter chaps (wordplay)
Canal workers say turning up among those offering drinks (wordplay)
B·3+A·1+R·1+G·2+E·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 13 pts
B·3+A·1+S·1+E·1+B·3+O·1+R·1+N·1 = 12 pts
B·3+A·1+U·1+D·2+E·1+K·5+I·1+N·1 = 15 pts
B·3+E·1+A·1+D·2+S·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 13 pts
B·3+E·1+A·1+D·2+S·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 13 pts
B·3+E·1+A·1+R·1+S·1+K·5+I·1+N·1 = 14 pts
B·3+E·1+D·2+A·1+R·1+K·5+E·1+N·1 = 15 pts
B·3+E·1+D·2+E·1+A·1+F·4+E·1+N·1 = 14 pts
B·3+E·1+D·2+E·1+S·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 13 pts
B·3+E·1+D·2+E·1+S·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 13 pts
befallen (13 points)
(Having) happened to (someone)
Happened to have been about to decline
Happened to drop, having been holding
B·3+E·1+F·4+A·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+N·1 = 13 pts
begotten (11 points)
Part 7 of an Easter reminder
Fathered and be obtained over ten
Implore to get up to ten all sired
B·3+E·1+G·2+O·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+N·1 = 11 pts
B·3+E·1+H·4+O·1+L·1+D·2+E·1+N·1 = 14 pts
B·3+E·1+M·3+A·1+D·2+D·2+E·1+N·1 = 14 pts
B·3+E·1+N·1+J·8+A·1+M·3+I·1+N·1 = 19 pts
B·3+E·1+N·1+Z·10+I·1+D·2+I·1+N·1 = 20 pts
B·3+E·1+R·1+B·3+E·1+R·1+I·1+N·1 = 12 pts
B·3+E·1+S·1+C·3+R·1+E·1+E·1+N·1 = 12 pts
B·3+E·1+S·1+P·3+O·1+K·5+E·1+N·1 = 16 pts
bestrewn (13 points)
Scattered insects on the course, say
Cast haphazardly in bad 'B' Western
Elton, holding pants back to front to show spread
B·3+E·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+E·1+W·4+N·1 = 13 pts
B·3+E·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+W·4+N·1 = 13 pts
betatron (10 points)
The original one is in the Smithsonian
New apparatus for M. D.'s.
Apparatus for accelerating electrons
B·3+E·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+N·1 = 10 pts
B·3+E·1+V·4+A·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
B·3+I·1+O·1+C·3+L·1+E·1+A·1+N·1 = 12 pts
bludgeon (12 points)
Begun old novel in club
Stick bond with glue coming unstuck
Beat repeatedly with a heavy object
B·3+L·1+U·1+D·2+G·2+E·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
B·3+L·1+U·1+E·1+S·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 12 pts
B·3+L·1+U·1+E·1+S·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 12 pts
B·3+O·1+A·1+R·1+D·2+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 13 pts
B·3+O·1+A·1+T·1+S·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 12 pts
bogeyman (16 points)
Scary personification (wordplay)
Monster moneybag with change (wordplay)
Phantom golfer (wordplay)
B·3+O·1+G·2+E·1+Y·4+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 16 pts
B·3+O·1+G·2+E·1+Y·4+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 16 pts
bohemian (15 points)
Unconventional - like King Wenceslas!
Ham bone I cooked in unconventional way
Avant-garde one
B·3+O·1+H·4+E·1+M·3+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 15 pts
B·3+O·1+M·3+B·3+E·1+S·1+I·1+N·1 = 14 pts
B·3+O·1+N·1+D·2+S·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 13 pts
B·3+O·1+O·1+G·2+Y·4+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 16 pts
B·3+O·1+U·1+G·2+H·4+T·1+E·1+N·1 = 14 pts
B·3+O·1+U·1+R·1+G·2+E·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
B·3+R·1+A·1+K·5+E·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 16 pts
B·3+R·1+A·1+K·5+E·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 16 pts
B·3+R·1+E·1+T·1+H·4+R·1+E·1+N·1 = 13 pts
brighten (14 points)
Cheer up - prison changes the name!
Turn gay in seaside town, say
Make more colorful
B·3+R·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1+E·1+N·1 = 14 pts
B·3+R·1+O·1+M·3+E·1+L·1+I·1+N·1 = 12 pts
B·3+U·1+C·3+K·5+B·3+E·1+A·1+N·1 = 18 pts
bulletin (10 points)
Report like loaded weapon (wordplay)
Blue lint (anagram)
Loaded statement (wordplay)
B·3+U·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+T·1+I·1+N·1 = 10 pts
9-Letter Words (11):
B·3+E·1+D·2+R·1+I·1+D·2+D·2+E·1+N·1 = 14 pts
B·3+I·1+J·8+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 20 pts
B·3+I·1+S·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
B·3+O·1+N·1+D·2+W·4+O·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 17 pts
B·3+O·1+O·1+G·2+E·1+R·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 14 pts
B·3+O·1+O·1+G·2+E·1+R·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 14 pts
B·3+O·1+O·1+G·2+E·1+Y·4+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 17 pts
B·3+O·1+O·1+G·2+E·1+Y·4+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 17 pts
B·3+R·1+E·1+A·1+K·5+D·2+O·1+W·4+N·1 = 19 pts
B·3+R·1+E·1+A·1+K·5+E·1+V·4+E·1+N·1 = 18 pts
B·3+R·1+O·1+M·3+E·1+L·1+A·1+I·1+N·1 = 13 pts
10-Letter Words (7):
B·3+A·1+C·3+K·5+B·3+I·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+N·1 = 20 pts
B·3+A·1+R·1+L·1+E·1+Y·4+C·3+O·1+R·1+N·1 = 17 pts
beautician (14 points)
Hair-cutting job
Candidate for "What's My Line?"
One who has to take a makeup test (wordplay)
B·3+E·1+A·1+U·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 14 pts
benzofuran (24 points)
""A colorless liquid, C 8 H 6 O, found in coal tar and used to make thermoplastic resins for paints and varnishes. Also called coumarone .""
B·3+E·1+N·1+Z·10+O·1+F·4+U·1+R·1+A·1+N·1 = 24 pts
bestridden (14 points)
Spanned, it's clear, in first study
Finest travelled by horse and dominated
First past the post would surely have been this!
B·3+E·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+D·2+D·2+E·1+N·1 = 14 pts
B·3+I·1+L·1+I·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+D·2+I·1+N·1 = 16 pts
browbeaten (17 points)
Too intimidated to object
Frightened into submission
Bullied Br Owen to uncover rhythm
B·3+R·1+O·1+W·4+B·3+E·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+N·1 = 17 pts
11-Letter Words (9):
B·3+A·1+C·3+K·5+S·1+L·1+I·1+D·2+D·2+E·1+N·1 = 21 pts
bacteriocin (17 points)
""An antibacterial substance, such as colicin, produced by a strain of certain bacteria and harmful to another strain within the same family.""
B·3+A·1+C·3+T·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+O·1+C·3+I·1+N·1 = 17 pts
B·3+A·1+T·1+T·1+L·1+E·1+W·4+A·1+G·2+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
benediction (16 points)
Grace before or after a meal
Prayer for divine protection
Blessing whose name comes from the Latin for "to speak well"
B·3+E·1+N·1+E·1+D·2+I·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
B·3+E·1+N·1+E·1+F·4+A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 18 pts
B·3+O·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
B·3+R·1+E·1+C·3+C·3+I·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
B·3+U·1+S·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 15 pts
B·3+U·1+S·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 15 pts
12-Letter Words (4):
B·3+A·1+C·3+K·5+C·3+O·1+U·1+R·1+T·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 24 pts
B·3+A·1+C·3+K·5+W·4+O·1+O·1+D·2+S·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 26 pts
B·3+E·1+T·1+W·4+E·1+E·1+N·1+B·3+R·1+A·1+I·1+N·1 = 19 pts
B·3+I·1+O·1+M·3+E·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 18 pts
13-Letter Words (8):
B·3+A·1+C·3+T·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+Z·10+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 26 pts
beatification (20 points)
First step towards sainthood
You finally quit cosmetic enhancement? That's a great blessing!
First stage in becoming saint in Roman Catholic church
B·3+E·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+F·4+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 20 pts
B·3+E·1+N·1+E·1+F·4+I·1+C·3+I·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 20 pts
bioconversion (20 points)
""The conversion of organic materials, such as plant or animal waste, into usable products or energy sources by biological processes or agents, such as certain microorganisms.""
B·3+I·1+O·1+C·3+O·1+N·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 20 pts
boustrophedon (21 points)
""An ancient mode of writing, in alternate directions, one line from left to right, and the next from right to left (as fields are plowed), as in early Greek and Hittite.""
B·3+O·1+U·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+P·3+H·4+E·1+D·2+O·1+N·1 = 21 pts
brainchildren (21 points)
Original ideas from hit issue
Creative products
Products of a fertile imagination (wordplay)
B·3+R·1+A·1+I·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+L·1+D·2+R·1+E·1+N·1 = 21 pts
B·3+U·1+S·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+W·4+O·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 20 pts
businesswomen (20 points)
More than one female professional wins me bonuses, working
Those involved in dealing, practice with half the golf club workers
B·3+U·1+S·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+W·4+O·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 20 pts
14-Letter Words (4):
beautification (21 points)
Cosmetic exercise for all to see in Pope's action (wordplay)
Improving appearance, you said, added to achievement of venerable status
B·3+E·1+A·1+U·1+T·1+I·1+F·4+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 21 pts
B·3+I·1+O·1+D·2+E·1+G·2+R·1+A·1+D·2+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 19 pts
B·3+O·1+W·4+D·2+L·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+Z·10+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 29 pts
B·3+U·1+S·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1+O·1+N·1 = 18 pts
16-Letter Words (2):
biodeterioration (19 points)
B·3+I·1+O·1+D·2+E·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+O·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 19 pts
biomathematician (27 points)
B·3+I·1+O·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 27 pts
17-Letter Words (2):
bacteriorhodopsin (27 points)
B·3+A·1+C·3+T·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+O·1+R·1+H·4+O·1+D·2+O·1+P·3+S·1+I·1+N·1 = 27 pts
bureaucratization (30 points)
B·3+U·1+R·1+E·1+A·1+U·1+C·3+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+Z·10+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 30 pts
18-Letter Words (1):
bourgeoisification (26 points)
B·3+O·1+U·1+R·1+G·2+E·1+O·1+I·1+S·1+I·1+F·4+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 26 pts
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