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lappers (11 points)
Comes down, having altered 14 and 18 - they wrap things up
L·1+A·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 11 pts
lappets (11 points)
Decorative flaps
L·1+A·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+T·1+S·1 = 11 pts
lapping (12 points)
Heather catches a couple of pages drinking
Folding
L·1+A·1+P·3+P·3+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
lapsers (9 points)
They return to bad habits
Some sinners
L·1+A·1+P·3+S·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 9 pts
lapsing (10 points)
Reverting to drink, one's up to no good
Running out, as a subscription
Running out
L·1+A·1+P·3+S·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 10 pts
laptops (11 points)
PCs on planes, often
Some carry-on items
See a friend when setting up computers
L·1+A·1+P·3+T·1+O·1+P·3+S·1 = 11 pts
lapwing (13 points)
Bird got in annexe after friend returned
Flier's circuit with part of RAF
Plover's cousin
L·1+A·1+P·3+W·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 13 pts
larceny (12 points)
Grand crime (wordplay)
Misappropriate charge (wordplay)
Taking things the wrong way (wordplay)
L·1+A·1+R·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
larches (12 points)
Trees replanted by Charles
Deciduous coniferous trees
Trees left on curved structures
L·1+A·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
larders (8 points)
Small food storerooms
Stores fat with shows of hesitation
Fat fryers lose half from stores
L·1+A·1+R·1+D·2+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 8 pts
lardier (8 points)
Fatter individual entering pantry
With more fat I will have buttery coating
One found in pantry getting more overweight
L·1+A·1+R·1+D·2+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
larding (9 points)
Overlaying with pork
Activity for porkbarrel politicians
Greasing up girl and others
L·1+A·1+R·1+D·2+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 9 pts
lardons (8 points)
Domestic god puts on some bits of bacon
Bacon bits
L·1+A·1+R·1+D·2+O·1+N·1+S·1 = 8 pts
lardoon (8 points)
Strip of bacon
Bacon's Orlando Furioso
Strip of bacon put on cooking meat
L·1+A·1+R·1+D·2+O·1+O·1+N·1 = 8 pts
largely (11 points)
For the most part.
In a generous way.
Much changed gallery
L·1+A·1+R·1+G·2+E·1+L·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
largess (8 points)
Sizable vessel, the Bounty (wordplay)
Distribution of gifts in big ship
Generous giving of gifts
L·1+A·1+R·1+G·2+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 8 pts
largest (8 points)
Jumbo size, usually
Biggest rat's leg is broken
Many a Guinness entry
L·1+A·1+R·1+G·2+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 8 pts
largish (11 points)
A girl's ugly husband's rather big
Rather big hit smashed rig inside
Kind of big
L·1+A·1+R·1+G·2+I·1+S·1+H·4 = 11 pts
lariats (7 points)
Stock holders (wordplay)
Lines in westerns (wordplay)
Ones thrown for a loop (wordplay)
L·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+T·1+S·1 = 7 pts
larkers (11 points)
Reveling devils
L·1+A·1+R·1+K·5+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 11 pts
larkier (11 points)
Story about boat ride's beginning to get more mischievous
L·1+A·1+R·1+K·5+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
larking (12 points)
Frolicking like a bird
Sporting poet has a grand finish
Jumping fences, on horseback.
L·1+A·1+R·1+K·5+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
larkish (14 points)
{playful=adj}
L·1+A·1+R·1+K·5+I·1+S·1+H·4 = 14 pts
larrups (9 points)
Run ahead wearing Scandinavian socks
Gives a spanking to
Sticks at it
L·1+A·1+R·1+R·1+U·1+P·3+S·1 = 9 pts
lasagna (8 points)
High-calorie entree
Relative of cannelloni
Layered ristorante offering
L·1+A·1+S·1+A·1+G·2+N·1+A·1 = 8 pts
lasagne (8 points)
Pasta dish (var.)
Way hosts give pasta (wordplay)
Pasta course - dip into it!
L·1+A·1+S·1+A·1+G·2+N·1+E·1 = 8 pts
lascars (9 points)
East Indian sailors
East Indian sailors.
E. Indian sailors
L·1+A·1+S·1+C·3+A·1+R·1+S·1 = 9 pts
lashers (10 points)
Budd's beaters
They raise crops
Cords
L·1+A·1+S·1+H·4+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 10 pts
lashing (11 points)
Switch hits (wordplay)
Cord for a sailor's hammock.
N.Y.C. subway
L·1+A·1+S·1+H·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 11 pts
lashins (10 points)
An abundance
L·1+A·1+S·1+H·4+I·1+N·1+S·1 = 10 pts
lashkar (14 points)
Armed Indian tribesmen getting lark to fly round tree
L·1+A·1+S·1+H·4+K·5+A·1+R·1 = 14 pts
lassies (7 points)
Belles of Scotland
Bonny girls on the Clyde
Wee Scottish girls
L·1+A·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 7 pts
lassoed (8 points)
Like some pulled calves (wordplay)
Roped in (wordplay)
Brought into the loop (wordplay)
L·1+A·1+S·1+S·1+O·1+E·1+D·2 = 8 pts
lassoer (7 points)
One pulling a calf, say
Buckaroo, at times
Cowpoke in action
L·1+A·1+S·1+S·1+O·1+E·1+R·1 = 7 pts
lassoes (7 points)
Rodeo rings (wordplay)
Secures stock (wordplay)
Acquires stock (wordplay)
L·1+A·1+S·1+S·1+O·1+E·1+S·1 = 7 pts
lasters (7 points)
Pitchers that go the whole way
Iron men
L·1+A·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 7 pts
lasting (8 points)
Sticking it out
Continuing Los Angeles swindle
The French pain is not 19 across
L·1+A·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 8 pts
latakia (11 points)
Fine Turkish tobacco
Port of Syria
How I talk with the A.A. about tobacco
L·1+A·1+T·1+A·1+K·5+I·1+A·1 = 11 pts
latched (13 points)
Fastened (like a garden gate)
Shut, as a gate
Secured, in a way
L·1+A·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
latches (12 points)
Locks in canal at Cheshunt
Shuts the gate
They keep the door shut
L·1+A·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
latchet (12 points)
Old lace left at church - and in France!
Shoe strap, in olden times
Strap for fastening an old-time sandal.
L·1+A·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+T·1 = 12 pts
lateens (7 points)
Vessels with triangular sails.
Triangular-sailed ships
Triangular sails
L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+E·1+N·1+S·1 = 7 pts
latency (12 points)
Annoyance for online gamers
Quality of being dormant.
Period of inactivity
L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+C·3+Y·4 = 12 pts
latened (8 points)
Got darker, maybe
Advanced, as the hour.
Grew toward evening
L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+E·1+D·2 = 8 pts
latents (7 points)
Prints found by detectives
Fingerprints, in cop jargon
Crime scene prints
L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+S·1 = 7 pts
laterad (8 points)
Toward the side
L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+A·1+D·2 = 8 pts
lateral (7 points)
Keep a play alive in football, maybe
Pass to one side (wordplay)
A taller building? That's a side issue!
L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+A·1+L·1 = 7 pts
latests (7 points)
Most-recent styles
Avant-garde styles
L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+S·1+T·1+S·1 = 7 pts
latexes (14 points)
Milky liquids in some plants
Some house paints
Water-base paints
L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+X·8+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts
lathers (10 points)
Get soapy, with "up"
Prepares to shave
Covers with soap
L·1+A·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 10 pts
lathery (13 points)
Covered with froth
White with foam
Bubbly, as soap
L·1+A·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
lathier (10 points)
Taller and thinner
L·1+A·1+T·1+H·4+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
lathing (11 points)
Shaping by machine.
Foundation for plastering.
Plaster base
L·1+A·1+T·1+H·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 11 pts
latices (9 points)
Elastic mixtures for making rubber goods
Milkweed juices, for example
Rubbery liquids
L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+E·1+S·1 = 9 pts
latigos (8 points)
Cinch tightening straps
Saddle straps
L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+G·2+O·1+S·1 = 8 pts
latinos (7 points)
People of Spanish-speaking descent
Some denizens of Guatemala
Sought-after voting bloc
L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+O·1+S·1 = 7 pts
latosol (7 points)
A tropical soil
L·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+S·1+O·1+L·1 = 7 pts
latrias (7 points)
Supreme homages
L·1+A·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+S·1 = 7 pts
latrine (7 points)
Military no-go area? On the contrary!
War potty (wordplay)
Army head (wordplay)
L·1+A·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 7 pts
lattens (7 points)
Thin sheets of metal
Brass alloys
Metal sheets
L·1+A·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+S·1 = 7 pts
lattice (9 points)
Piecrust pattern, perhaps
'Line the loft' (Energy Grid)
A teetotaller framed in such a lousy way
L·1+A·1+T·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+E·1 = 9 pts
lattins (7 points)
Lattin
L·1+A·1+T·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+S·1 = 7 pts
lauders (8 points)
Ronald and Estee
Sir Harry and family.
Harry and Estee
L·1+A·1+U·1+D·2+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 8 pts
lauding (9 points)
Singing the praises of
Singing the praises of.
'Praising, extolling (7)'
L·1+A·1+U·1+D·2+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 9 pts
laughed (12 points)
Huge lad (anagram)
Got the joke
Gave a guffaw
L·1+A·1+U·1+G·2+H·4+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
laugher (11 points)
Lopsided win, in slang
He gets the joke
Lopsided win
L·1+A·1+U·1+G·2+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
launces (9 points)
Launce
L·1+A·1+U·1+N·1+C·3+E·1+S·1 = 9 pts
launder (8 points)
Led a run (anagram)
Wash and iron (clothes)
Cleanse (material or money)
L·1+A·1+U·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
laundry (11 points)
Where the French female is wet, perhaps
All purpose (wordplay)
In a hamper, it's dirty (wordplay)
L·1+A·1+U·1+N·1+D·2+R·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
laurels (7 points)
Trees to rest on (wordplay)
Bush's battle honours (wordplay)
Resting place (wordplay)
L·1+A·1+U·1+R·1+E·1+L·1+S·1 = 7 pts
lauwine (10 points)
""An avalanche, also LAWINE""
L·1+A·1+U·1+W·4+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 10 pts
lavabos (12 points)
Basins
L·1+A·1+V·4+A·1+B·3+O·1+S·1 = 12 pts
lavages (11 points)
Washings, in hospitals
Medical washings
Washings.
L·1+A·1+V·4+A·1+G·2+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
laveers (10 points)
Laveer
L·1+A·1+V·4+E·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 10 pts
lavrock (16 points)
""A songbird, also LAVEROCK""
L·1+A·1+V·4+R·1+O·1+C·3+K·5 = 16 pts
lawbook (16 points)
Volume dealing with statutes
Barrister's reference.
It's consulted by an attorney
L·1+A·1+W·4+B·3+O·1+O·1+K·5 = 16 pts
lawines (10 points)
Lawine
L·1+A·1+W·4+I·1+N·1+E·1+S·1 = 10 pts
lawings (11 points)
Lawing
L·1+A·1+W·4+I·1+N·1+G·2+S·1 = 11 pts
lawless (10 points)
Like many a town in the Wild West
Perfect going topless, as anarchic
Xena portrayer Lucy
L·1+A·1+W·4+L·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 10 pts
lawlike (14 points)
Having legal respect
L·1+A·1+W·4+L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 14 pts
lawsuit (10 points)
Hearing something (wordplay)
Might this cover me lud (wordplay)
Dress for action (wordplay)
L·1+A·1+W·4+S·1+U·1+I·1+T·1 = 10 pts
lawyers (13 points)
Trying people (wordplay)
People getting into briefs (wordplay)
Bar tenders (wordplay)
L·1+A·1+W·4+Y·4+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 13 pts
laxness (14 points)
Lack of starch (wordplay)
Something the stuck up seek (wordplay)
Nobel prize winner in literature, 1955.
L·1+A·1+X·8+N·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 14 pts
layaway (16 points)
Reserve for Christmas, perhaps
Department-store plan, perhaps
A popular buying plan.
L·1+A·1+Y·4+A·1+W·4+A·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
layered (11 points)
Like some coifs
Like some wedding cakes
Lighter yet warmer, as winter wear
L·1+A·1+Y·4+E·1+R·1+E·1+D·2 = 11 pts
layette (10 points)
First gear (wordplay)
Shower attire (wordplay)
Shower purchase, perhaps
L·1+A·1+Y·4+E·1+T·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts
layoffs (16 points)
Reactions to losses, maybe
Worker's worry
Temporary discharges of workers
L·1+A·1+Y·4+O·1+F·4+F·4+S·1 = 16 pts
layouts (10 points)
Magazine designer's creations
Makeups of magazines
Graphic designer's products
L·1+A·1+Y·4+O·1+U·1+T·1+S·1 = 10 pts
layover (13 points)
Part of a long travel day, maybe
Stop between trains.
Traveler's stop
L·1+A·1+Y·4+O·1+V·4+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
lazaret (16 points)
Ship's storeroom.
Alt. spelling for hospital for infectious diseases
L·1+A·1+Z·10+A·1+R·1+E·1+T·1 = 16 pts
laziest (16 points)
Least inclined to work
Most likely to let the dishes pile up
Least likely to work
L·1+A·1+Z·10+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 16 pts
lazulis (16 points)
Lazuli
L·1+A·1+Z·10+U·1+L·1+I·1+S·1 = 16 pts
lazying (20 points)
Lazy
L·1+A·1+Z·10+Y·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 20 pts
lazyish (22 points)
Quite idle
L·1+A·1+Z·10+Y·4+I·1+S·1+H·4 = 22 pts
leached (13 points)
Dissolved and washed away.
Dissolved out by percolation
Removed by percolating
L·1+E·1+A·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
leacher (12 points)
Soil nutrients remover
L·1+E·1+A·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
leaches (12 points)
Cary Grant's folks
Percolates, as water
Percolates through soil or ore
L·1+E·1+A·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
leaders (8 points)
Songwriters or singers, perhaps
Featured articles of trade
Guides for editorials
L·1+E·1+A·1+D·2+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 8 pts
leadier (8 points)
Heavier, in a way
More sluggish
L·1+E·1+A·1+D·2+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
leading (9 points)
On about a noise in the van (wordplay)
Member gripping a racket first
Top arguing in court, rejecting pressure
L·1+E·1+A·1+D·2+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 9 pts
leadman (10 points)
He's ahead of everybody
One who takes soundings
Miner of plumbum.
L·1+E·1+A·1+D·2+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 10 pts
leadmen (10 points)
Leadman
L·1+E·1+A·1+D·2+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 10 pts
leadoff (14 points)
Initiate an action
Begin when unleashed
Start the ball rolling
L·1+E·1+A·1+D·2+O·1+F·4+F·4 = 14 pts
leafage (11 points)
Gala fee (anagram)
Is it green with age (wordplay)
Left bunch of keys in foliage
L·1+E·1+A·1+F·4+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 11 pts
leafier (10 points)
Like some lettuce heads
Having more foliage.
Having more foliage
L·1+E·1+A·1+F·4+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
leafing (11 points)
Browsing, as in a paper
Turning the pages
Turning pages
L·1+E·1+A·1+F·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 11 pts
leaflet (10 points)
Street handout, maybe
Feet all clumsy? Look at this ad!
Flyer left ale - getting drunk!
L·1+E·1+A·1+F·4+L·1+E·1+T·1 = 10 pts
leagued (9 points)
Federated
L·1+E·1+A·1+G·2+U·1+E·1+D·2 = 9 pts
leaguer (8 points)
Major player (wordplay)
Old Dutch liquid measure
Player in organized sport
L·1+E·1+A·1+G·2+U·1+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
leagues (8 points)
Groups of alley cats (wordplay)
Major and Minor
Old units of length
L·1+E·1+A·1+G·2+U·1+E·1+S·1 = 8 pts
leakage (12 points)
A long time after lake lost water!
Escape from can (wordplay)
What a wasted time for escape!
L·1+E·1+A·1+K·5+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 12 pts
leakers (11 points)
Reporters' sources, maybe
Soon-to-be-flat tires, perhaps
Secret news sources
L·1+E·1+A·1+K·5+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 11 pts
leakier (11 points)
Having more moles, perhaps (wordplay)
More like a sieve
More unreliable, as a boat
L·1+E·1+A·1+K·5+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
leakily (14 points)
In a leaky manner
L·1+E·1+A·1+K·5+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
leaking (12 points)
In need of bailing, perhaps
Damaged linkage results in seepage
Divulging secret information
L·1+E·1+A·1+K·5+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
leaners (7 points)
Some horseshoes scores
Some throws, in horseshoes
Some pitches in horseshoes
L·1+E·1+A·1+N·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 7 pts
leanest (7 points)
Having the most to gain (wordplay)
Most suitable for Sprat
Tops in trimness
L·1+E·1+A·1+N·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 7 pts
leaning (8 points)
Incorrect in angle (wordplay)
Like Pisa's campanile
- - Tower of Pisa
L·1+E·1+A·1+N·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 8 pts
leapers (9 points)
What some lookers may become (wordplay)
People born on February 29, colloquially
Twelve Days of Christmas group
L·1+E·1+A·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 9 pts
leaping (10 points)
Breaking into a vault (wordplay)
Lords' activity (wordplay)
In bounds (wordplay)
L·1+E·1+A·1+P·3+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 10 pts
learier (7 points)
Leary
L·1+E·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 7 pts
learned (8 points)
Likewise, Edward Lear (wordplay)
Clever humorist, Sherrin perhaps
Edward Lear, likewise (wordplay)
L·1+E·1+A·1+R·1+N·1+E·1+D·2 = 8 pts
learner (7 points)
Permit holder, maybe
Student (of driving?)
Apprentice, for one
L·1+E·1+A·1+R·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 7 pts
leasers (7 points)
Rent parties (wordplay)
Some auto dealers
Some new car drivers
L·1+E·1+A·1+S·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 7 pts
leashed (11 points)
On-line (wordplay)
Ready for a walk, maybe
Lead on (wordplay)
L·1+E·1+A·1+S·1+H·4+E·1+D·2 = 11 pts
leashes (10 points)
Heeling aids (wordplay)
Boxers' restraints (wordplay)
Chow lines (wordplay)
L·1+E·1+A·1+S·1+H·4+E·1+S·1 = 10 pts
leasing (8 points)
A single (anagram)
Conveying for a specific period
Renting, as a flat
L·1+E·1+A·1+S·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 8 pts
leather (10 points)
Kid leaving school? Eat here!
Boot or shoe material, perhaps
Hide in a wardrobe (wordplay)
L·1+E·1+A·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
leavens (10 points)
Gets a rise out of (wordplay)
Ferments the dough
Yeast does this
L·1+E·1+A·1+V·4+E·1+N·1+S·1 = 10 pts
leavers (10 points)
Several sick rats on sinking ship
Several (anagram) - Brexiteers
People departing
L·1+E·1+A·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 10 pts
leavier (10 points)
Leavy
L·1+E·1+A·1+V·4+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
leaving (11 points)
Bequeathing (in will)
Not staying with this if it's taking off
Going out the door
L·1+E·1+A·1+V·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 11 pts
lechers (12 points)
Lascivious ones
Lascivious men
Goatish guys
L·1+E·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 12 pts
lechery (15 points)
Unrestrained sexual desire
Desire hot instead of cold 7 soup
Wary about companion's lustfulness
L·1+E·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
leching (13 points)
Lech
L·1+E·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 13 pts
lectern (9 points)
Reading desk (in church)
Stand for one standing for reading
Speaking point (wordplay)
L·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+E·1+R·1+N·1 = 9 pts
lectins (9 points)
Lectin
L·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+N·1+S·1 = 9 pts
lection (9 points)
Lesson read in church
A text from Scripture.
Choice to omit first reading
L·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 9 pts
lectors (9 points)
Readers, in a church.
Readers, as in churches.
Professors, at times
L·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+O·1+R·1+S·1 = 9 pts
lecture (9 points)
Talk that might put one to sleep
TED talk, e.g
Speech giving information to a class
L·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 9 pts
lecythi (15 points)
Lecythus
L·1+E·1+C·3+Y·4+T·1+H·4+I·1 = 15 pts
ledgers (9 points)
Books of accounts
Books listing commercial transactions
Books for Heep
L·1+E·1+D·2+G·2+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 9 pts
ledgier (9 points)
Ledgy
L·1+E·1+D·2+G·2+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
leeched (13 points)
Was a parasite
Drained the essence
Sucked dry, as of one's fortune
L·1+E·1+E·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
leeches (12 points)
Removes bad humors, perhaps
Blood-sucking worms once used by doctors
Doctors once used them to bleed patients
L·1+E·1+E·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
leerier (7 points)
Far less trusting
More suspicious Slang.
More suspicious: Slang.
L·1+E·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 7 pts
leerily (10 points)
In a wary manner
In a suspicious way
In a wary way
L·1+E·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
leering (8 points)
Looking like a rake (wordplay)
Un-PC behavior
Like some wolves
L·1+E·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 8 pts
leeward (11 points)
Islands not exposed to blows (wordplay)
Draw eel (anagram)
Drew ale (anagram)
L·1+E·1+E·1+W·4+A·1+R·1+D·2 = 11 pts
leeways (13 points)
Extra times or spaces.
Extra times in which to work
Margins of safety
L·1+E·1+E·1+W·4+A·1+Y·4+S·1 = 13 pts
leftest (10 points)
Left
L·1+E·1+F·4+T·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
lefties (10 points)
Babe Ruth and Barry Bonds, for two
Carlton and Koufax, for two
Noted minority group
L·1+E·1+F·4+T·1+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 10 pts
leftish (13 points)
Closer to Obama than to Bush, say
Just off center
With socialist leanings
L·1+E·1+F·4+T·1+I·1+S·1+H·4 = 13 pts
leftism (12 points)
Socialist or communist stance
Leftfield album
What moved Marx to wreck film set (wordplay)
L·1+E·1+F·4+T·1+I·1+S·1+M·3 = 12 pts
leftist (10 points)
No Tory keeps record about English daily
Went first for such a voter
Supporter of socialism
L·1+E·1+F·4+T·1+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
legally (11 points)
Support associate in law
One way to be bound
In a manner approved by law
L·1+E·1+G·2+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
legated (9 points)
Bequeathed.
L·1+E·1+G·2+A·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 9 pts
legatee (8 points)
Willing beneficiary (wordplay)
One with will power (wordplay)
One receiving something left in a will
L·1+E·1+G·2+A·1+T·1+E·1+E·1 = 8 pts
legates (8 points)
Ambassadors for the French tycoon
Pope's envoys
Little "bald" birds
L·1+E·1+G·2+A·1+T·1+E·1+S·1 = 8 pts
legator (8 points)
Person who makes bequests in a will
One who bequeaths
Testator, in law.
L·1+E·1+G·2+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 8 pts
legatos (8 points)
Smooth music sections
Smooth musical passages
Smooth, unbroken musical passages
L·1+E·1+G·2+A·1+T·1+O·1+S·1 = 8 pts
legends (9 points)
The sound of tails of the feet, perhaps
Such feet, perhaps, sound like tails
Perhaps the feet of 8 down
L·1+E·1+G·2+E·1+N·1+D·2+S·1 = 9 pts
leggier (9 points)
With longer lower limbs
Like taller models
Longer-limbed
L·1+E·1+G·2+G·2+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
legging (10 points)
Gaiter's cousin
Puttee, e.g
Ankle-to-waist wear
L·1+E·1+G·2+G·2+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 10 pts
leggins (9 points)
Leggin
L·1+E·1+G·2+G·2+I·1+N·1+S·1 = 9 pts
leghorn (11 points)
Perhaps a toenail of straw from Italy
Anglo-Italian port? Sounds foul!
Hat for a hen-party (wordplay)
L·1+E·1+G·2+H·4+O·1+R·1+N·1 = 11 pts
legible (10 points)
Easy on the eyes (wordplay)
Unlike a doctor's handwriting (wordplay)
Unlike written prescriptions, it's said
L·1+E·1+G·2+I·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 10 pts
legibly (13 points)
Good way to write
L·1+E·1+G·2+I·1+B·3+L·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
legions (8 points)
Victors in Gaul
Roman army units.
Low-down con restraint
L·1+E·1+G·2+I·1+O·1+N·1+S·1 = 8 pts
legists (8 points)
Greta Van Susteren and colleagues
Ones skilled in laws
Those versed in law.
L·1+E·1+G·2+I·1+S·1+T·1+S·1 = 8 pts
legless (8 points)
Drunk - dismembered (wordplay)
Like a snake or like a newt (wordplay)
Too drunk to stand (wordplay)
L·1+E·1+G·2+L·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 8 pts
leglike (12 points)
Like a leg
L·1+E·1+G·2+L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 12 pts
legongs (9 points)
Legong
L·1+E·1+G·2+O·1+N·1+G·2+S·1 = 9 pts
legroom (10 points)
Bride's guy, in France (wordplay)
Space for a stretcher (wordplay)
Othello, say, set about seeking latitude
L·1+E·1+G·2+R·1+O·1+O·1+M·3 = 10 pts
legumes (10 points)
Plants that bear their seeds in pods
Peas, beans, and lentils
Lentils, for example
L·1+E·1+G·2+U·1+M·3+E·1+S·1 = 10 pts
legumin (10 points)
A plant protein
L·1+E·1+G·2+U·1+M·3+I·1+N·1 = 10 pts
legwork (15 points)
Pounding the pavement, say
Tasks that involve much travelling
Out-of-the-office detective duty
L·1+E·1+G·2+W·4+O·1+R·1+K·5 = 15 pts
lehayim (15 points)
""A traditional Jewish toast, also LECHAYIM, LECHAIM, LEHAIM""
L·1+E·1+H·4+A·1+Y·4+I·1+M·3 = 15 pts
leister (7 points)
Three-pronged fishing spear
Multi-pronged spear used for fishing
Salmon-fishing spear
L·1+E·1+I·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 7 pts
leisure (7 points)
A sporting centre (wordplay)
Use lire (anagram)
Rue lies about vacation (wordplay)
L·1+E·1+I·1+S·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 7 pts
lekvars (14 points)
Lekvar
L·1+E·1+K·5+V·4+A·1+R·1+S·1 = 14 pts
lekythi (17 points)
Lekythus
L·1+E·1+K·5+Y·4+T·1+H·4+I·1 = 17 pts
lemmata (11 points)
Logician's propositions
L·1+E·1+M·3+M·3+A·1+T·1+A·1 = 11 pts
lemming (12 points)
Suicidal animal (wordplay)
Animal in a mass migration
Mass-migrating rodent
L·1+E·1+M·3+M·3+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
lempira (11 points)
Gold coin of Honduras.
Standard monetary unit of Honduras
Monetary unit of Honduras
L·1+E·1+M·3+P·3+I·1+R·1+A·1 = 11 pts
lemures (9 points)
Ghosts of ancient Rome
Roman hostile spirits
Roman nocturnal spirits.
L·1+E·1+M·3+U·1+R·1+E·1+S·1 = 9 pts
lenders (8 points)
People of interest (wordplay)
Get alone with them (wordplay)
Some are sharks
L·1+E·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 8 pts
lending (9 points)
Listening sympathetically or attentively
Advancing fish ate extremity
Business of a library.
L·1+E·1+N·1+D·2+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 9 pts
lengths (11 points)
People can win rows by them!
Distances (in horseracing)
Longing for one of them
L·1+E·1+N·1+G·2+T·1+H·4+S·1 = 11 pts
lengthy (14 points)
Needing editing, maybe
Long to be like this
Like some contract negotiations
L·1+E·1+N·1+G·2+T·1+H·4+Y·4 = 14 pts
lenient (7 points)
Clement backed a German put inside fast!
Inclined to mercy.
Soft on punishment
L·1+E·1+N·1+I·1+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 7 pts
lensing (8 points)
Action on the set
Photographing: Slang.
Photographing Slang.
L·1+E·1+N·1+S·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 8 pts
lentigo (8 points)
Technical name for a freckle
Gave one leave due to skin blemishes
A freckle, medically speaking
L·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+G·2+O·1 = 8 pts
lentils (7 points)
Ingredients for a soup.
Main ingredient of dal
Plants of the pea family.
L·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+L·1+S·1 = 7 pts
lentisk (11 points)
Silk net wrapped round tree
A tree, when shaken, tinkles
Silk net made into mastic
L·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+S·1+K·5 = 11 pts
lentoid (8 points)
Shaped like a biconvex lens
Lens-shaped.
L·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+O·1+I·1+D·2 = 8 pts
leonine (7 points)
Cat like Pope (wordplay)
How beastly the French 09 seems!
Beastly Leonard X (wordplay)
L·1+E·1+O·1+N·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 7 pts
leopard (10 points)
Animal spotted at zoos (wordplay)
It's spotted in Africa (wordplay)
Organised pro-deal for one of The Cats
L·1+E·1+O·1+P·3+A·1+R·1+D·2 = 10 pts
leotard (8 points)
Exercise piece (wordplay)
Tight-fitting garment, for gymnasts say
Dancer's attire
L·1+E·1+O·1+T·1+A·1+R·1+D·2 = 8 pts
leporid (10 points)
A gnawing mammal
L·1+E·1+P·3+O·1+R·1+I·1+D·2 = 10 pts

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