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exon (11 points)
Certain British student
Yeomen of the Guard officer
Native of a Devonshire city.
E·1+X·8+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
examen (15 points)
Test in Spanish class
Critical study
Ecclesiastical test
E·1+X·8+A·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 15 pts
exogen (14 points)
A plant which grows by thickening its outer layer
E·1+X·8+O·1+G·2+E·1+N·1 = 14 pts
extern (13 points)
Nonresident hospital aide.
Law student learning on the job
Nonresident doctor or examiner
E·1+X·8+T·1+E·1+R·1+N·1 = 13 pts
exciton (16 points)
Bound hole-electron pair in a semiconductor
Electron bound to arouse notice in Times? Quite the reverse
E·1+X·8+C·3+I·1+T·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
exilian (14 points)
""Pertaining to exile, also EXILIC""
E·1+X·8+I·1+L·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 14 pts
explain (16 points)
Clarify, so now complicated (wordplay)
Describe former lover: ugly (wordplay)
Account for one in former scheme
E·1+X·8+P·3+L·1+A·1+I·1+N·1 = 16 pts
exurban (16 points)
Far out (wordplay)
Like some semirural towns
Beyond the metropolitan area
E·1+X·8+U·1+R·1+B·3+A·1+N·1 = 16 pts
exaction (17 points)
Blackmailer's specialty
Old lawsuit involving exorbitant demand
Act of demanding by force or authority
E·1+X·8+A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
excision (17 points)
Act of cutting out
Act of surgical removal
Surgical removal
E·1+X·8+C·3+I·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
exertion (15 points)
Why do oxen tire out (wordplay)
Strain from Nero (exit, fiddling)
Use force to tire one among the oxen
E·1+X·8+E·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts
exotoxin (22 points)
Microorganism discharge
Poison produced by micro-organism found in surrounding medium
Poison secreted by bacteria which cause damage to the infected host
E·1+X·8+O·1+T·1+O·1+X·8+I·1+N·1 = 22 pts
effluxion (22 points)
The act of flowing out; effusion.
E·1+F·4+F·4+L·1+U·1+X·8+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 22 pts
endotoxin (17 points)
A toxin produced by certain bacteria and released upon destruction of the bacterial cell.
E·1+N·1+D·2+O·1+T·1+O·1+X·8+I·1+N·1 = 17 pts
exception (20 points)
Rule breaker (wordplay)
It's said to prove a rule
It doesn't conform to the general rule
E·1+X·8+C·3+E·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 20 pts
exciseman (20 points)
Duty collector (hist.)
'The de'il's away wi' him', said Burns
Old smuggler's foe
E·1+X·8+C·3+I·1+S·1+E·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 20 pts
excisemen (20 points)
Duty officer? Remove him!
Smugglers are their quarry
British tax officers.
E·1+X·8+C·3+I·1+S·1+E·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 20 pts
exclusion (18 points)
""The act of excluding, or of shutting out, whether by thrusting out or by preventing admission; a debarring; rejection; prohibition; the state of being excluded.""
E·1+X·8+C·3+L·1+U·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 18 pts
excretion (18 points)
Getting you way stout, by the sound of it
E·1+X·8+C·3+R·1+E·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 18 pts
excursion (18 points)
Insure cox on pleasure trip
Outing curs, once it's charged
Sally's trip
E·1+X·8+C·3+U·1+R·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 18 pts
execution (18 points)
Performance killing act
How something is done
Performance of capital detachment
E·1+X·8+E·1+C·3+U·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 18 pts
exemption (20 points)
Freedom (from, eg, tax)
Daughter or son
Immunity from the next poem I compose
E·1+X·8+E·1+M·3+P·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 20 pts
expansion (18 points)
Sienna pox disorder is spreading
Increase in volume
Board game add-on
E·1+X·8+P·3+A·1+N·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 18 pts
expiation (18 points)
Penitent's aim
Atonement
E·1+X·8+P·3+I·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 18 pts
explosion (18 points)
Report rapid increase
Violent release of energy
Brisance causer
E·1+X·8+P·3+L·1+O·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 18 pts
expulsion (18 points)
Removal, as from school
Action of forcing out
Dismissal
E·1+X·8+P·3+U·1+L·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 18 pts
exsertion (16 points)
EXSERT to {protrude=v}
E·1+X·8+S·1+E·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
extension (16 points)
Annexe's relieved state (wordplay)
Anxiety no longer felt (wordplay)
Long to be more like this
E·1+X·8+T·1+E·1+N·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
extortion (16 points)
Blackmail, for example
Resort next to Rio for blackmail
An E of A&E
E·1+X·8+T·1+O·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
extrusion (16 points)
Way of shaping metal.
Something squeezed out
E·1+X·8+T·1+R·1+U·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 16 pts
exudation (17 points)
That's the outcome
Act of oozing
Sweat embarrassingly in a tuxedo (wordplay)
E·1+X·8+U·1+D·2+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
exaltation (17 points)
Group of larks
Flock of larks
Flocks of larks
E·1+X·8+A·1+L·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
excavation (22 points)
The act of digging
Hole created by paleontologists
Virginia in old action organised on site
E·1+X·8+C·3+A·1+V·4+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 22 pts
excerption (21 points)
The act of excerpting or selecting.
E·1+X·8+C·3+E·1+R·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 21 pts
excitation (19 points)
Bygone award (wordplay)
Fervour of old lover getting recognition
I got in awful tax notice, hence agitated state
E·1+X·8+C·3+I·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 19 pts
execration (19 points)
Ben's posthumous curse against fire god
Curse of senior manager on dole
Hate helping to support boss
E·1+X·8+E·1+C·3+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 19 pts
exhalation (20 points)
Breathing out
Former wife Henry VIII beheaded: country gives a sigh
E·1+X·8+H·4+A·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 20 pts
exhaustion (20 points)
The anxious eccentric shows fatigue
Possible effect of heat
Marathoner's concern
E·1+X·8+H·4+A·1+U·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 20 pts
exhibition (22 points)
Show (of art)
Showing off scholastic achievement
Show how a student may be financed
E·1+X·8+H·4+I·1+B·3+I·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 22 pts
exhumation (22 points)
Digging up (of a corpse)
Digging up (of a body)
Archaeologist's work
E·1+X·8+H·4+U·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 22 pts
expedition (20 points)
Speed of journey (wordplay)
Lewis and Clark's trip, for one
Dispatch old penny publication
E·1+X·8+P·3+E·1+D·2+I·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 20 pts
expiration (19 points)
Contract nullifier
E·1+X·8+P·3+I·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 19 pts
exposition (19 points)
Point of view of an old flame (wordplay)
Divorcee's demand (wordplay)
World's fair.
E·1+X·8+P·3+O·1+S·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 19 pts
expression (19 points)
An emoticon represents one
A particular word or phrase.
Explicit, one on choice of words
E·1+X·8+P·3+R·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 19 pts
expressman (21 points)
""A person employed in the express business; also, the driver of a job wagon.""
E·1+X·8+P·3+R·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 21 pts
expressmen (21 points)
""EXPRESS to make known by words,signs or symbols""
E·1+X·8+P·3+R·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 21 pts
expunction (21 points)
The act of expunging or erasing; the condition of being expunged.
E·1+X·8+P·3+U·1+N·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 21 pts
exsolution (17 points)
Relaxation.
E·1+X·8+S·1+O·1+L·1+U·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
extinction (19 points)
Death of a species
Process of dying out
Dying out, as of species
E·1+X·8+T·1+I·1+N·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 19 pts
extraction (19 points)
Trace toxin circulating in blood
The strain of dental treatment
Dental operation
E·1+X·8+T·1+R·1+A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 19 pts
exultation (17 points)
""The act of exulting; lively joy at success or victory, or at any advantage gained; rapturous delight; triumph.""
E·1+X·8+U·1+L·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
exuviation (20 points)
""The rejecting or casting off of some part, more particularly, the outer cuticular layer, as the shells of crustaceans, skins of snakes, etc.; molting; ecdysis.""
E·1+X·8+U·1+V·4+I·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 20 pts
enterotoxin (18 points)
A toxin produced by bacteria that is specific for intestinal cells and causes the vomiting and diarrhea associated with food poisoning.
E·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+O·1+T·1+O·1+X·8+I·1+N·1 = 18 pts
epoxidation (21 points)
EPOXIDE an epoxy compound
E·1+P·3+O·1+X·8+I·1+D·2+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 21 pts
examination (20 points)
Test of proficiency
Test of knowledge
Formal test
E·1+X·8+A·1+M·3+I·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 20 pts
exclamation (22 points)
Eureka!, for one.
O frabjous day!
"O frabjous day!"
E·1+X·8+C·3+L·1+A·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 22 pts
excoriation (20 points)
""The act of excoriating or flaying, or state of being excoriated, or stripped of the skin; abrasion.""
E·1+X·8+C·3+O·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 20 pts
exculpation (22 points)
The act of exculpating from alleged fault or crime; that which exculpates; excuse.
E·1+X·8+C·3+U·1+L·1+P·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 22 pts
exfoliation (21 points)
Skin removal
E·1+X·8+F·4+O·1+L·1+I·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 21 pts
exhortation (21 points)
"O come all ye faithful . . . "
O come all ye faithful...
O come all ye faithful . . .
E·1+X·8+H·4+O·1+R·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 21 pts
exoneration (18 points)
Finding of not guilty
Proof of innocence
Innocence Project victory
E·1+X·8+O·1+N·1+E·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 18 pts
exoskeleton (22 points)
Insect's hard outer covering
Rigid outer cover of some creatures
Teens look curiously after second book shows part of body
E·1+X·8+O·1+S·1+K·5+E·1+L·1+E·1+T·1+O·1+N·1 = 22 pts
expatiation (20 points)
Act of expatiating.
E·1+X·8+P·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 20 pts
expectation (22 points)
Prospect (Pip's were great!)
Prospect of future good
Assumption - hope
E·1+X·8+P·3+E·1+C·3+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 22 pts
explanation (20 points)
Reason or justification (for something)
Justification for an action or belief
That which makes meaning clear
E·1+X·8+P·3+L·1+A·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 20 pts
explication (22 points)
""The act of opening, unfolding, or explaining; explanation; exposition; interpretation.""
E·1+X·8+P·3+L·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 22 pts
exploration (20 points)
Process of investigation
Committee's activity
Process of discovering new lands
E·1+X·8+P·3+L·1+O·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 20 pts
exportation (20 points)
""The act of exporting; the act of conveying or sending commodities abroad or to another country, in the course of commerce.""
E·1+X·8+P·3+O·1+R·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 20 pts
expurgation (21 points)
""The act of expurgating, purging, or cleansing; purification from anything noxious, offensive, sinful, or erroneous.""
E·1+X·8+P·3+U·1+R·1+G·2+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 21 pts
exsiccation (22 points)
The act of operation of drying; evaporation or expulsion of moisture; state of being dried up; dryness.
E·1+X·8+S·1+I·1+C·3+C·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 22 pts
extenuation (18 points)
Partial excuse
Mitigation; palliation
E·1+X·8+T·1+E·1+N·1+U·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 18 pts
extirpation (20 points)
Complete eradication
Eradication
E·1+X·8+T·1+I·1+R·1+P·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 20 pts
extradition (19 points)
End of the quote
Former custom producing court surrender
Deportation, one-time practice
E·1+X·8+T·1+R·1+A·1+D·2+I·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 19 pts
extrication (20 points)
Process of freeing from a constraint or difficulty
Disentanglement
E·1+X·8+T·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 20 pts
exacerbation (23 points)
Making (something) worse
E·1+X·8+A·1+C·3+E·1+R·1+B·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 23 pts
exaggeration (21 points)
Inflation? Cut rising going rate perhaps
An overdrawn account
Overstatement - overestimate
E·1+X·8+A·1+G·2+G·2+E·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 21 pts
exasperation (21 points)
Intense irritation
Open-air sex at assembly causes annoyance
Disgruntlement
E·1+X·8+A·1+S·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 21 pts
excogitation (22 points)
The act of excogitating; a devising in the thoughts; invention; contrivance.
E·1+X·8+C·3+O·1+G·2+I·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 22 pts
excruciation (23 points)
""The act of inflicting agonizing pain, or the state of being thus afflicted; that which excruciates; torture.""
E·1+X·8+C·3+R·1+U·1+C·3+I·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 23 pts
exenteration (19 points)
Act of exenterating.
E·1+X·8+E·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 19 pts
exercitation (21 points)
Exercise; practice; use.
E·1+X·8+E·1+R·1+C·3+I·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 21 pts
exhilaration (22 points)
Strong feeling of excited happiness
Joy for old Benn is without end: people oust leader!
Joyousness
E·1+X·8+H·4+I·1+L·1+A·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 22 pts
expatriation (21 points)
In atonement, treacherous rat gets exile
E·1+X·8+P·3+A·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 21 pts
explantation (21 points)
( ks pl nt ) Explanted tissue.
E·1+X·8+P·3+L·1+A·1+N·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 21 pts
exploitation (21 points)
Unfair use
Taking advantage - optional exit (anagram)
E·1+X·8+P·3+L·1+O·1+I·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 21 pts
extraversion (22 points)
Looking out additional account
Another translation going out with confidence high
E·1+X·8+T·1+R·1+A·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 22 pts
extroversion (22 points)
""The condition of being turned wrong side out; as, extroversion of the bladder. as, extroversion of the bladder.""
E·1+X·8+T·1+R·1+O·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 22 pts
expectoration (24 points)
Look forward to a speech with saliva
Be prepared for speech to produce coughing
What the speaker's audience does before coughing
E·1+X·8+P·3+E·1+C·3+T·1+O·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 24 pts
expostulation (22 points)
Expression of strong disagreement
Remonstration
Protestation
E·1+X·8+P·3+O·1+S·1+T·1+U·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 22 pts
expropriation (24 points)
Taking (of property) for public use
Taking of property for public use
The taking of property for public use
E·1+X·8+P·3+R·1+O·1+P·3+R·1+I·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 24 pts
extermination (22 points)
Process of killing vermin, say
Favourite Dalek activity
Killing of a whole group
E·1+X·8+T·1+E·1+R·1+M·3+I·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 22 pts
extrapolation (22 points)
Extension by inference from trends
Inference based on known facts
Inference about the future based on known facts
E·1+X·8+T·1+R·1+A·1+P·3+O·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 22 pts
extravasation (23 points)
""The act of forcing or letting out of its proper vessels or ducts, as a fluid; effusion; as, an extravasation of blood after a rupture of the vessels. as, an extravasation of blood after a rupture of the vessels.""
E·1+X·8+T·1+R·1+A·1+V·4+A·1+S·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 23 pts
exponentiation (23 points)
The process of raising a quantity to some assigned power.
E·1+X·8+P·3+O·1+N·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 23 pts
exsanguination (22 points)
EXSANGUINATE EXSANGUINE Bloodless.
E·1+X·8+S·1+A·1+N·1+G·2+U·1+I·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 22 pts
excommunication (30 points)
Booting out, of sorts
Late message from Pope (wordplay)
Support payment query (wordplay)
E·1+X·8+C·3+O·1+M·3+M·3+U·1+N·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 30 pts
exemplification (31 points)
Illustrating a form of clean pixie motif
Providing of a case in point
Illustration.
E·1+X·8+E·1+M·3+P·3+L·1+I·1+F·4+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 31 pts
experimentation (26 points)
Prelude to discovery
Research-lab activity
What many labs are used for
E·1+X·8+P·3+E·1+R·1+I·1+M·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 26 pts
extemporisation (26 points)
""EXTEMPORISE EXTEMPORE Without previous study or meditation; without preparation; on the spur of the moment; suddenly; extemporaneously; as, to write or speak extempore. as, to write or speak extempore.""
E·1+X·8+T·1+E·1+M·3+P·3+O·1+R·1+I·1+S·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 26 pts
extemporization (35 points)
Ad-lib performance
Ad-libbing
Ad-lib
E·1+X·8+T·1+E·1+M·3+P·3+O·1+R·1+I·1+Z·10+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 35 pts
exteriorization (31 points)
Embodying in an outward form.
E·1+X·8+T·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+O·1+R·1+I·1+Z·10+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 31 pts
externalisation (22 points)
Embodying in an outward form.
E·1+X·8+T·1+E·1+R·1+N·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+S·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 22 pts
externalization (31 points)
Attributing to outside causes.
E·1+X·8+T·1+E·1+R·1+N·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+Z·10+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 31 pts

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