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carn (6 points)
Stone heap variable
Rockpile, of a sort
Stone heap Var.
C·3+A·1+R·1+N·1 = 6 pts
corn (6 points)
Husky food (wordplay)
A crop of trite material (wordplay)
"Hee Haw" jokes, say
C·3+O·1+R·1+N·1 = 6 pts
curn (6 points)
""Grain, also CURRAN""
C·3+U·1+R·1+N·1 = 6 pts
cairn (7 points)
Gormless mountain dog!
- terrier (Toto, for example)
Reading perhaps skirted by killer dog
C·3+A·1+I·1+R·1+N·1 = 7 pts
churn (10 points)
Milk shaker (wordplay)
Work with milk, maybe
Blender forerunner (wordplay)
C·3+H·4+U·1+R·1+N·1 = 10 pts
croon (7 points)
Perform Hawaiian music say
Perform karaoke, perhaps
Sing an Ink Spots song say
C·3+R·1+O·1+O·1+N·1 = 7 pts
crown (10 points)
5 6s per head (wordplay)
Tooth covering, perhaps
Tooth covering perhaps
C·3+R·1+O·1+W·4+N·1 = 10 pts
carbon (10 points)
Vehicle with black on - soot (wordplay)
Dioxide or monoxide, say
Copy that ale from Barcelona (wordplay)
C·3+A·1+R·1+B·3+O·1+N·1 = 10 pts
careen (8 points)
Swerve on a curve, say
List in a hurry (wordplay)
Take a corner too fast, say
C·3+A·1+R·1+E·1+E·1+N·1 = 8 pts
carlin (8 points)
Speaker of the quote
George, the first "SNL" guest host
Former coin of Sicily.
C·3+A·1+R·1+L·1+I·1+N·1 = 8 pts
carman (10 points)
Southern Manitoba town
Conductor, for instance.
Poet Bliss or Manitoba town
C·3+A·1+R·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 10 pts
carmen (10 points)
Opera sung by Miranda (wordplay)
Merimee's chauffeurs (wordplay)
Girl auto enthusiasts (wordplay)
C·3+A·1+R·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 10 pts
carton (8 points)
Sydney - (A Tale of Two Cities)
Camel group (wordplay)
Keep transporting box (wordplay)
C·3+A·1+R·1+T·1+O·1+N·1 = 8 pts
carven (11 points)
Cowardly
C·3+A·1+R·1+V·4+E·1+N·1 = 11 pts
casern (8 points)
Temporary lodging for troops
Barrack in a garrison town.
Soldier's billet.
C·3+A·1+S·1+E·1+R·1+N·1 = 8 pts
cavern (11 points)
Beware of sailors in a Liverpool club!
Echo chamber (wordplay)
Large dark recess
C·3+A·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+N·1 = 11 pts
cedarn (9 points)
Pronounced Arnold somewhat wooden
Pertaining to conifers.
Of certain trees Poet
C·3+E·1+D·2+A·1+R·1+N·1 = 9 pts
citrin (8 points)
A citric vitamin
C·3+I·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+N·1 = 8 pts
citron (8 points)
Many an article by Ronnie on fruit
Large lemonlike fruit
It's like a lemon
C·3+I·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+N·1 = 8 pts
corban (10 points)
Sacrifice, in Hebrew Bible.
C·3+O·1+R·1+B·3+A·1+N·1 = 10 pts
cordon (9 points)
Chain (of police)
Ring of, say, police enclosing something
Hardly a no-strings-attached roadblock!
C·3+O·1+R·1+D·2+O·1+N·1 = 9 pts
cortin (8 points)
""A hormone, also CORTISOL""
C·3+O·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+N·1 = 8 pts
craton (8 points)
A part of the earth's crust
C·3+R·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+N·1 = 8 pts
craven (11 points)
An abject coward
Long for direction, being faint-hearted
Faint of heart
C·3+R·1+A·1+V·4+E·1+N·1 = 11 pts
crayon (11 points)
Handout with a kids' menu, maybe
Writer Charles perhaps taken in by trick
Junior's art medium (wordplay)
C·3+R·1+A·1+Y·4+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
crepon (10 points)
Agent in trick to supply material
Crinkled fabric
C·3+R·1+E·1+P·3+O·1+N·1 = 10 pts
cretin (8 points)
Mentally defective person
Hardly a brainiac
See about the can, like an idiot
C·3+R·1+E·1+T·1+I·1+N·1 = 8 pts
croton (8 points)
N. Y. aqueduct
Reservoir on east shore of Hudson
Tropical plant of the spurge family
C·3+R·1+O·1+T·1+O·1+N·1 = 8 pts
curran (8 points)
Irish orator of Robert Emmett's time
The brute hurried to him in Ireland
President of National Maritime Union.
C·3+U·1+R·1+R·1+A·1+N·1 = 8 pts
caldron (10 points)
Coven's kettle (Var.)
It hold the witch's brew.
State of unrest
C·3+A·1+L·1+D·2+R·1+O·1+N·1 = 10 pts
carabin (11 points)
""A carbon compound, also CARABINE""
C·3+A·1+R·1+A·1+B·3+I·1+N·1 = 11 pts
caravan (12 points)
Transit line (wordplay)
Line in the sand (wordplay)
Pack of camels (wordplay)
C·3+A·1+R·1+A·1+V·4+A·1+N·1 = 12 pts
carbarn (11 points)
Bus and trolley shelter
Bus system housing.
Building for street railway equipment.
C·3+A·1+R·1+B·3+A·1+R·1+N·1 = 11 pts
cardoon (10 points)
Mediterranean plant, symbol of 8, old pair start to nurture
Mediterranean plant closely related to the artichoke
C·3+A·1+R·1+D·2+O·1+O·1+N·1 = 10 pts
carotin (9 points)
Source of vitamin A (var.)
Source of vitamin A
Tinned bread as source of vitamin A
C·3+A·1+R·1+O·1+T·1+I·1+N·1 = 9 pts
carrion (9 points)
Cor! Rain! (anagram)
Dead flesh (for for example crow)
Dead and decaying flesh
C·3+A·1+R·1+R·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 9 pts
carryon (12 points)
A fuss (colloq.)
As you are in the plane (wordplay)
Continue to see the small bag, perhaps
C·3+A·1+R·1+R·1+Y·4+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
cartoon (9 points)
Peanuts, for one
Peanuts, for one.
Drawing, maybe satirical
C·3+A·1+R·1+T·1+O·1+O·1+N·1 = 9 pts
cateran (9 points)
Ascot horse thief (wordplay)
Prepare food for an Highland marauder
Scottish freebooter
C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+A·1+N·1 = 9 pts
ceratin (9 points)
A fibrous protein
C·3+E·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+N·1 = 9 pts
certain (9 points)
Nice art (anagram)
Skip Iran, etc., for sure
Positive and sure
C·3+E·1+R·1+T·1+A·1+I·1+N·1 = 9 pts
cerumen (11 points)
Earwax, in medical terms
Earwax, more formally
Earwax
C·3+E·1+R·1+U·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 11 pts
chagrin (13 points)
Embarrassment - rich nag (anagram)
Feeling caused by failure
Feeling of annoyance and embarrassment
C·3+H·4+A·1+G·2+R·1+I·1+N·1 = 13 pts
chevron (15 points)
V-sign made official (wordplay)
Badge with stripes
College bird defending Victor's 25
C·3+H·4+E·1+V·4+R·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
chlorin (12 points)
Element used in purifying water
Bleaching agent.
C·3+H·4+L·1+O·1+R·1+I·1+N·1 = 12 pts
chorion (12 points)
Outermost embryonic membrane
Embryonic membrane.
C·3+H·4+O·1+R·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
chronon (12 points)
A hypothetical unit of time
C·3+H·4+R·1+O·1+N·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
cinerin (9 points)
A compound used in insecticides
C·3+I·1+N·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+N·1 = 9 pts
cistern (9 points)
Toilet tank ital (nonverbal)
Underground water tank
Hundred and one on back of water tank
C·3+I·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+N·1 = 9 pts
cistron (9 points)
A segment of DNA
C·3+I·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+N·1 = 9 pts
cithern (12 points)
""A pear-shaped guitar, also CITHER, CITHREN, CITOLA, CITOLE, CITTERN""
C·3+I·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+R·1+N·1 = 12 pts
cithren (12 points)
""A pear-shaped guitar, also CITHER, CITHERN, CITOLA, CITOLE, CITTERN""
C·3+I·1+T·1+H·4+R·1+E·1+N·1 = 12 pts
cittern (9 points)
Renaissance musical instrument
Old instrument gets bird changing key
C·3+I·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+N·1 = 9 pts
clarion (9 points)
Trumpet (now more likely a newspaper)
Clear and ringing
A loud, clear call.
C·3+L·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 9 pts
coarsen (9 points)
Rough up (wordplay)
Make more crude
Opposite of smooth
C·3+O·1+A·1+R·1+S·1+E·1+N·1 = 9 pts
concern (11 points)
Business interest (wordplay)
Endlessly show new baby (wordplay)
Business going first (wordplay)
C·3+O·1+N·1+C·3+E·1+R·1+N·1 = 11 pts
coreign (10 points)
A joint reign
C·3+O·1+R·1+E·1+I·1+G·2+N·1 = 10 pts
cothurn (12 points)
A buskin worn by Roman actors
C·3+O·1+T·1+H·4+U·1+R·1+N·1 = 12 pts
courlan (9 points)
A wading bird
C·3+O·1+U·1+R·1+L·1+A·1+N·1 = 9 pts
crampon (13 points)
Climber's sole aid (wordplay)
Ice-climber's boot attachment
Climbing aid on boot
C·3+R·1+A·1+M·3+P·3+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
creatin (9 points)
""A chemical found within vertebrate muscle, also CREATINE, KREATINE""
C·3+R·1+E·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+N·1 = 9 pts
crewman (14 points)
Sailor can jail band over onset of war
Operative on board
Member of ship's team
C·3+R·1+E·1+W·4+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 14 pts
crewmen (14 points)
Guys with oars, maybe
Certain athletes.
Spock, Sulu, McCoy, et al., to the Enterprise
C·3+R·1+E·1+W·4+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 14 pts
crimson (11 points)
I'm held in scorn turning purplish!
Woman-inclusive shade of red (wordplay)
Colour of deep blushing (wordplay)
C·3+R·1+I·1+M·3+S·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
crispen (11 points)
Make crunchy
C·3+R·1+I·1+S·1+P·3+E·1+N·1 = 11 pts
crocein (11 points)
""A red dye, also CROCEINE""
C·3+R·1+O·1+C·3+E·1+I·1+N·1 = 11 pts
crouton (9 points)
Bread with salad (wordplay)
Small piece of toasted bread.
Small cube of fried bread
C·3+R·1+O·1+U·1+T·1+O·1+N·1 = 9 pts
crucian (11 points)
Carp of Europe
C·3+R·1+U·1+C·3+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 11 pts
cryogen (13 points)
Keen to get type of melon in freezer
Call for melon in the freezer
Liquid used as a refrigerant
C·3+R·1+Y·4+O·1+G·2+E·1+N·1 = 13 pts
cumarin (11 points)
Flavor extract like vanilla.
C·3+U·1+M·3+A·1+R·1+I·1+N·1 = 11 pts
curtain (9 points)
Is there a short A in hanging (wordplay)
A short A in what's drawn (wordplay)
Blind actors behind this (wordplay)
C·3+U·1+R·1+T·1+A·1+I·1+N·1 = 9 pts
cyprian (14 points)
Third-century martyred saint
Nicosia native
Wanton
C·3+Y·4+P·3+R·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 14 pts
calutron (10 points)
A device used for separating isotopes
C·3+A·1+L·1+U·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+N·1 = 10 pts
carageen (11 points)
An edible seaweed
C·3+A·1+R·1+A·1+G·2+E·1+E·1+N·1 = 11 pts
cardamon (13 points)
Naughty man (or 'cad') offers spice
Condiment plant.
Seedy type from Madagascar with joker having an awful moan
C·3+A·1+R·1+D·2+A·1+M·3+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
cardigan (12 points)
Top horse I backed, Jack perhaps on it
It is worn in the bay (wordplay)
Sweater named for a general
C·3+A·1+R·1+D·2+I·1+G·2+A·1+N·1 = 12 pts
careworn (13 points)
Oarsman overturned in vessel in distress
Fatigued by worry
Tired through worry
C·3+A·1+R·1+E·1+W·4+O·1+R·1+N·1 = 13 pts
carillon (10 points)
Extra groups (wordplay)
Belly noises (wordplay)
Set of bells playing tunes
C·3+A·1+R·1+I·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+N·1 = 10 pts
carrotin (10 points)
Food coloring agent
C·3+A·1+R·1+R·1+O·1+T·1+I·1+N·1 = 10 pts
caryotin (13 points)
The nuclear material of a cell
C·3+A·1+R·1+Y·4+O·1+T·1+I·1+N·1 = 13 pts
cauldron (11 points)
A domestic potboiler (wordplay)
A potboiler (wordplay)
A cold urn boiling (wordplay)
C·3+A·1+U·1+L·1+D·2+R·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
cavicorn (15 points)
Having hollow horns
C·3+A·1+V·4+I·1+C·3+O·1+R·1+N·1 = 15 pts
cerulean (10 points)
Sky-blue in literary way
Deep blue colour
Light shade of blue
C·3+E·1+R·1+U·1+L·1+E·1+A·1+N·1 = 10 pts
cesarean (10 points)
Special delivery (wordplay)
It may bring out the kid in you
The 'C' of C-section
C·3+E·1+S·1+A·1+R·1+E·1+A·1+N·1 = 10 pts
cesarian (10 points)
""A method of child delivery, also CESAREAN""
C·3+E·1+S·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 10 pts
chairman (15 points)
Mao, for one
Mesmerizing dog (wordplay)
He presides at meetings
C·3+H·4+A·1+I·1+R·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 15 pts
chairmen (15 points)
Presidents honour service personnel
They sit at the top with church flyers
Swiss pilots get leadership roles
C·3+H·4+A·1+I·1+R·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 15 pts
chaldron (14 points)
A unit of dry measure
C·3+H·4+A·1+L·1+D·2+R·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
chamfron (18 points)
""Armour for a horse's head, also CHANFRON""
C·3+H·4+A·1+M·3+F·4+R·1+O·1+N·1 = 18 pts
chanfron (16 points)
""Armour for a horse's head, also CHAMFRON""
C·3+H·4+A·1+N·1+F·4+R·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
chaperon (15 points)
Car-phone (anagram)
Older prom attendee (var.)
Broken car phone in Escort
C·3+H·4+A·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
characin (15 points)
""A tropical fish, also CHARACID""
C·3+H·4+A·1+R·1+A·1+C·3+I·1+N·1 = 15 pts
cheveron (16 points)
""A V-shaped pattern, also CHEVRON""
C·3+H·4+E·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
children (14 points)
The issue of marriage (wordplay)
Members of Longfellow's hour
The line of those in the playground
C·3+H·4+I·1+L·1+D·2+R·1+E·1+N·1 = 14 pts
chlordan (14 points)
A toxic compound of chlorine
C·3+H·4+L·1+O·1+R·1+D·2+A·1+N·1 = 14 pts
choreman (15 points)
A menial worker
C·3+H·4+O·1+R·1+E·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 15 pts
choremen (15 points)
Choreman
C·3+H·4+O·1+R·1+E·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 15 pts
chrismon (15 points)
A Christian monogram
C·3+H·4+R·1+I·1+S·1+M·3+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
christen (13 points)
Give a name to (baby)
Break a bottle on, maybe
Name (a baby)
C·3+H·4+R·1+I·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+N·1 = 13 pts
citrinin (10 points)
An antibiotic
C·3+I·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+I·1+N·1 = 10 pts
codriven (14 points)
Codrive
C·3+O·1+D·2+R·1+I·1+V·4+E·1+N·1 = 14 pts
coercion (12 points)
Undue influence on Cicero? Wrong!
Interrogator's tactic
Firm getting poor reaction at lost force
C·3+O·1+E·1+R·1+C·3+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
copatron (12 points)
A fellow patron
C·3+O·1+P·3+A·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
cordovan (14 points)
Variety of leather
Chain around Virginia is soft leather
Fine-grain leather
C·3+O·1+R·1+D·2+O·1+V·4+A·1+N·1 = 14 pts
cordwain (14 points)
""A fine leather, also CORDOVAN""
C·3+O·1+R·1+D·2+W·4+A·1+I·1+N·1 = 14 pts
corpsman (14 points)
First-aid giver
Certain soldier or sailor.
Army medic
C·3+O·1+R·1+P·3+S·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 14 pts
corpsmen (14 points)
Army medics
C·3+O·1+R·1+P·3+S·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 14 pts
coumarin (12 points)
""A chemical compound, also CUMARIN""
C·3+O·1+U·1+M·3+A·1+R·1+I·1+N·1 = 12 pts
cragsman (13 points)
Someone who climbs crags
C·3+R·1+A·1+G·2+S·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 13 pts
cragsmen (13 points)
Cragsman
C·3+R·1+A·1+G·2+S·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 13 pts
crampoon (14 points)
""A device for raising heavy objects, also CRAMPET""
C·3+R·1+A·1+M·3+P·3+O·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
crankpin (16 points)
Journal on which connecting rod rides (5,3)
C·3+R·1+A·1+N·1+K·5+P·3+I·1+N·1 = 16 pts
creation (10 points)
Could this be made from 16 (wordplay)
May King start things going (wordplay)
First act (wordplay)
C·3+R·1+E·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 10 pts
crumhorn (15 points)
Renaissance woodwind
Instrument for putting spirit, hot, into excrescence
Renaissance period wind instrument with an upward curving end
C·3+R·1+U·1+M·3+H·4+O·1+R·1+N·1 = 15 pts
cryotron (13 points)
Supercooled switch; corny rot (anagram)
C·3+R·1+Y·4+O·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
culverin (13 points)
Did the vine curl for firing (wordplay)
Run, Clive, from the old canon, by the sound of it
Sounds as if the old canon has a nil curve in
C·3+U·1+L·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+I·1+N·1 = 13 pts
caesarean (11 points)
Delivery for Julian (wordplay)
Surgical birth (Var.)
Like "Et tu, Brute?"
C·3+A·1+E·1+S·1+A·1+R·1+E·1+A·1+N·1 = 11 pts
caesarian (11 points)
Relating to Brutus' victim (Var.)
Pertaining to Gaius Julius
Re some Roman emperors
C·3+A·1+E·1+S·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 11 pts
cameraman (15 points)
Snappy judge (wordplay)
TV station employee
Hollywood V. I. P.
C·3+A·1+M·3+E·1+R·1+A·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 15 pts
cameramen (15 points)
Movie shooters (wordplay)
Photographers arrived with noodles
They ride the dolly.
C·3+A·1+M·3+E·1+R·1+A·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 15 pts
caparison (13 points)
Perhaps dressages for the horses
Read about a capital way to dress well
Rich cloth laid over a warhorse
C·3+A·1+P·3+A·1+R·1+I·1+S·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
carbanion (13 points)
An anion in which carbon carries a negative charge and an unshared pair of electrons.
C·3+A·1+R·1+B·3+A·1+N·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
caretaken (15 points)
Caretake
C·3+A·1+R·1+E·1+T·1+A·1+K·5+E·1+N·1 = 15 pts
carnation (11 points)
America perhaps, after auto plant
What a blooming mechanical people!
Country estate perhaps first in bloom
C·3+A·1+R·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
carnelian (11 points)
Did Inca learn of this gem (wordplay)
Red cross member (wordplay)
Variety of quartz
C·3+A·1+R·1+N·1+E·1+L·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 11 pts
carrageen (12 points)
Mini modified genera of seaweed
Purplish-red, edible seaweed
Purplish-red North Atlantic seaweed
C·3+A·1+R·1+R·1+A·1+G·2+E·1+E·1+N·1 = 12 pts
catamaran (13 points)
Boat for felines (wordplay)
America's Cup winner, perhaps
Feline boat (wordplay)
C·3+A·1+T·1+A·1+M·3+A·1+R·1+A·1+N·1 = 13 pts
centurion (11 points)
Man of 18 (wordplay)
Roman army commander
Roman army officer
C·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+U·1+R·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
charlatan (14 points)
Flamboyant deceiver, mountebank
Quack, fraud, a flamboyant deceiver
Cleaner's mostly slow, and an imposter
C·3+H·4+A·1+R·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+A·1+N·1 = 14 pts
charwoman (19 points)
Tea-lady appears daily
Office building cleaner
Cleaner nation under fish wife
C·3+H·4+A·1+R·1+W·4+O·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 19 pts
charwomen (19 points)
Some cleaners
Cleaning ladies
Cleaners.
C·3+H·4+A·1+R·1+W·4+O·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 19 pts
checkrein (20 points)
A short rein looped over the check hook to prevent a horse from lowering his head; called also a bearing rein. bearing rein.
C·3+H·4+E·1+C·3+K·5+R·1+E·1+I·1+N·1 = 20 pts
chromatin (16 points)
Order discovered in laboratory animal in feature which contains DNA
C·3+H·4+R·1+O·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+N·1 = 16 pts
chromogen (17 points)
Vegetable coloring matter other than green; chromule.
C·3+H·4+R·1+O·1+M·3+O·1+G·2+E·1+N·1 = 17 pts
churchman (21 points)
Ecclesiastic
C·3+H·4+U·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 21 pts
churchmen (21 points)
CHURCH to bring to a building for Christian worship
C·3+H·4+U·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 21 pts
circadian (14 points)
Of daily biological processes
C·3+I·1+R·1+C·3+A·1+D·2+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 14 pts
clergyman (17 points)
Is he in a service industry (wordplay)
My clanger about the vicar (wordplay)
Person of the cloth
C·3+L·1+E·1+R·1+G·2+Y·4+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 17 pts
clergymen (17 points)
Cloth workers (wordplay)
Revs may have them in masses 99)
Spiritual leaders of a Christian Church
C·3+L·1+E·1+R·1+G·2+Y·4+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 17 pts
cnidarian (12 points)
Box jellyfish or sea anemone, for example
C·3+N·1+I·1+D·2+A·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 12 pts
constrain (11 points)
Hold back - non-racist (anagram)
Restrict scope of (an activity)
Prison conveyance (wordplay)
C·3+O·1+N·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+I·1+N·1 = 11 pts
cornelian (11 points)
Banal piece by essayist? It's a gem
Dull red stone; lone cairn (anagram)
July birthstone
C·3+O·1+R·1+N·1+E·1+L·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 11 pts
cornerman (13 points)
English word
C·3+O·1+R·1+N·1+E·1+R·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 13 pts
cornermen (13 points)
CORNER to gain control of
C·3+O·1+R·1+N·1+E·1+R·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 13 pts
corrasion (11 points)
""The erosion of the bed of a stream by running water, principally by attrition of the detritus carried along by the stream, but also by the solvent action of the water.""
C·3+O·1+R·1+R·1+A·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
corrosion (11 points)
Something worn on a hood
Rust, for example
Chemical process of metal erosion
C·3+O·1+R·1+R·1+O·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
courtesan (11 points)
She's seduced no curates (wordplay)
No curates get mixed up with her!
No curates should take her out
C·3+O·1+U·1+R·1+T·1+E·1+S·1+A·1+N·1 = 11 pts
cowritten (14 points)
Like many screenplays
Like Rodgers/Hart songs
Like Lennon/McCartney songs
C·3+O·1+W·4+R·1+I·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+N·1 = 14 pts
crackdown (21 points)
Expert depressed by repressive measures
Repressive action taken
Newly appointed disciplinarian's measure
C·3+R·1+A·1+C·3+K·5+D·2+O·1+W·4+N·1 = 21 pts
cracksman (19 points)
... joker that breaks in (wordplay)
The burglar works out on the island
Burglar jokes with servant
C·3+R·1+A·1+C·3+K·5+S·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 19 pts
cracksmen (19 points)
CRACKS crack
C·3+R·1+A·1+C·3+K·5+S·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 19 pts
craftsman (16 points)
Boatyard worker (wordplay)
Skilled sailor (wordplay)
Expert shipwright (wordplay)
C·3+R·1+A·1+F·4+T·1+S·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 16 pts
craftsmen (16 points)
Males with manual skills
Males with skill in the manual arts
Manual workers with great skill
C·3+R·1+A·1+F·4+T·1+S·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 16 pts
cremation (13 points)
Burning (of a body)
Disposal of last atom in life (wordplay)
A burning romance somehow holds it back
C·3+R·1+E·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
crenation (11 points)
A rounded tooth on the edge of a leaf.
C·3+R·1+E·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
criterion (11 points)
Swimsuit competition for one
Swimsuit competition for one
Where to play Touchstone (wordplay)
C·3+R·1+I·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
crosstown (14 points)
Traversing Waltham, say
EastWest in Manhattan.
East-West in Manhattan.
C·3+R·1+O·1+S·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+W·4+N·1 = 14 pts
cyclotron (16 points)
Physicist's accelerator
Particle-accelerating machine
Apparatus accelerating particles
C·3+Y·4+C·3+L·1+O·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
carcinogen (15 points)
Cause of cancer
Wanting a cigar, one can perhaps be at risk from this
Vehicle 101 has complete lack of data that produces growth
C·3+A·1+R·1+C·3+I·1+N·1+O·1+G·2+E·1+N·1 = 15 pts
carragheen (16 points)
Variant of carrageen .
C·3+A·1+R·1+R·1+A·1+G·2+H·4+E·1+E·1+N·1 = 16 pts
castration (12 points)
Actors taking part? It leads to voices being raised
C·3+A·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
cavalryman (20 points)
Little Bighorn fighter
Mounted soldier
Horse soldier
C·3+A·1+V·4+A·1+L·1+R·1+Y·4+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 20 pts
cavalrymen (20 points)
Soldiers on horseback
All the world wondered at 600 of them
Old troops on horseback
C·3+A·1+V·4+A·1+L·1+R·1+Y·4+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 20 pts
chairwoman (20 points)
President's musical 21 mostly tinned
Committee honcho, sometimes
President has haircut up in prison
C·3+H·4+A·1+I·1+R·1+W·4+O·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 20 pts
chairwomen (20 points)
Certain committee leaders
Committee heads.
C·3+H·4+A·1+I·1+R·1+W·4+O·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 20 pts
chirurgeon (16 points)
A surgeon.
C·3+H·4+I·1+R·1+U·1+R·1+G·2+E·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
chromaffin (23 points)
Readily stained with chromium salts: chromaffin cells of the adrenal medulla.
C·3+H·4+R·1+O·1+M·3+A·1+F·4+F·4+I·1+N·1 = 23 pts
cladoceran (15 points)
Of or belonging to the order Cladocera.
C·3+L·1+A·1+D·2+O·1+C·3+E·1+R·1+A·1+N·1 = 15 pts
cochairman (19 points)
Committee leadership sharer
C·3+O·1+C·3+H·4+A·1+I·1+R·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 19 pts
cochairmen (19 points)
CHAIRMEN chairman
C·3+O·1+C·3+H·4+A·1+I·1+R·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 19 pts
coloration (12 points)
Character or tone (of something)
Speech by officer about arrangement of shades
C·3+O·1+L·1+O·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
comparison (16 points)
French parallel (wordplay)
Assessment of differences
Act of examining resemblances
C·3+O·1+M·3+P·3+A·1+R·1+I·1+S·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
concretion (14 points)
""The process of concreting; the process of uniting or of becoming united, as particles of matter into a mass; solidification.""
C·3+O·1+N·1+C·3+R·1+E·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
contortion (12 points)
Human pretzel's act
Girl on wrong charge of 'twisting'
Gym twist
C·3+O·1+N·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
contrarian (12 points)
One who doesn't do what's expected
Person who doesn't jump on the bandwagon
C·3+O·1+N·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 12 pts
contrition (12 points)
Earnest repentance.
Regret that article for publication has two letters cut out
Remorse
C·3+O·1+N·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
conversion (15 points)
Inmate's side of the story?
One side of the debate (wordplay)
Inmate's side of the story (wordplay)
C·3+O·1+N·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
coronation (12 points)
Coming event in London
Ceremony, for my people embracing love
Ceremony of installing a monarch
C·3+O·1+R·1+O·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
corotation (12 points)
ROTATION an instance of rotating
C·3+O·1+R·1+O·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
correction (14 points)
Proofer's change
Embarrassing newspaper note
Proof entry
C·3+O·1+R·1+R·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
corruption (14 points)
Focus of muckraker journalists
Dishonesty, altering prior count
Rotten nature
C·3+O·1+R·1+R·1+U·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
counterion (12 points)
COUNTER to {oppose=v}
C·3+O·1+U·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
counterman (14 points)
Cafeteria worker
Drugstore employe.
C·3+O·1+U·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 14 pts
countermen (14 points)
COUNTER to {oppose=v}
C·3+O·1+U·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 14 pts
countryman (17 points)
Rural dweller
Compatriot
Rustic individual offering to go, for instance, with worker
C·3+O·1+U·1+N·1+T·1+R·1+Y·4+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 17 pts
countrymen (17 points)
Rustic types who were asked to lend an ear (wordplay)
C·3+O·1+U·1+N·1+T·1+R·1+Y·4+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 17 pts
crackbrain (20 points)
A foolish or eccentric person.
C·3+R·1+A·1+C·3+K·5+B·3+R·1+A·1+I·1+N·1 = 20 pts
crustacean (14 points)
Shrimp, for one
Lobster, for one
E.g. crab, lobster, woodlouse
C·3+R·1+U·1+S·1+T·1+A·1+C·3+E·1+A·1+N·1 = 14 pts
culinarian (12 points)
English word
C·3+U·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 12 pts
curmudgeon (16 points)
Bad-tempered person
Miser, old style.
Cousin of a crosspatch.
C·3+U·1+R·1+M·3+U·1+D·2+G·2+E·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
calibration (15 points)
9 politician to wear raincoat when going out
C·3+A·1+L·1+I·1+B·3+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
camerawoman (20 points)
A woman who operates a movie or television camera.
C·3+A·1+M·3+E·1+R·1+A·1+W·4+O·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 20 pts
camerawomen (20 points)
Female shooters arrived with harsh warning
C·3+A·1+M·3+E·1+R·1+A·1+W·4+O·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 20 pts
cantharidin (17 points)
""The active principe of the cantharis, or Spanish fly, a volatile, acrid, bitter solid, crystallizing in foursided prisms.""
C·3+A·1+N·1+T·1+H·4+A·1+R·1+I·1+D·2+I·1+N·1 = 17 pts
carbonation (15 points)
Process that makes water bubbly
Pasta-and-potato-loving country (wordplay)
Soda-making process that explains four transformations in this puzzle (wordplay)
C·3+A·1+R·1+B·3+O·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
carburetion (15 points)
CARBURET to combine chemically with carbon
C·3+A·1+R·1+B·3+U·1+R·1+E·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
carrageenan (14 points)
""Any of a group of closely related colloids derived from Irish moss and several other red algae, widely used as a thickening, stabilizing, emulsifying, or suspending agent in industrial, pharmaceutical, and food products.""
C·3+A·1+R·1+R·1+A·1+G·2+E·1+E·1+N·1+A·1+N·1 = 14 pts
carrageenin (14 points)
""Any of a group of closely related colloids derived from Irish moss and several other red algae, widely used as a thickening, stabilizing, emulsifying, or suspending agent in industrial, pharmaceutical, and food products.""
C·3+A·1+R·1+R·1+A·1+G·2+E·1+E·1+N·1+I·1+N·1 = 14 pts
celebration (15 points)
Star's allowance for party (wordplay)
Reception, for example
Famous person with share in a 10
C·3+E·1+L·1+E·1+B·3+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
centenarian (13 points)
Squashing nectarine, an old person
Person of a great age
Person over a hundred
C·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 13 pts

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