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lightface (18 points)
""A typeface or font of characters having relatively thin, light lines.""
L·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1+F·4+A·1+C·3+E·1 = 18 pts
limitable (13 points)
Subject to checks and balances
L·1+I·1+M·3+I·1+T·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 13 pts
linearise (9 points)
Get into a row and rebel after treatment of alien
With frightful lies around, I mean to get into a row
L·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 9 pts
linearize (18 points)
Make straight
L·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 18 pts
linoleate (9 points)
A salt of linoleic acid.
L·1+I·1+N·1+O·1+L·1+E·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 9 pts
liquidate (19 points)
Convert (assets) into cash
Convert to cash
Kill dead, accepting one pound
L·1+I·1+Q·10+U·1+I·1+D·2+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 19 pts
litigable (12 points)
Like libel, say
Worth suing over
It's possibly a suit likely to dress fool up
L·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+G·2+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 12 pts
lixiviate (19 points)
""To subject to a washing process for the purpose of separating soluble material from that which is insoluble; to leach, as ashes, for the purpose of extracting the alkaline substances.""
L·1+I·1+X·8+I·1+V·4+I·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 19 pts
loadstone (10 points)
A stack of rock is magnetic
Magnetite possessing polarity.
It attracts lots to Tyneside
L·1+O·1+A·1+D·2+S·1+T·1+O·1+N·1+E·1 = 10 pts
loathsome (14 points)
Can't like revolting
A hole most dreadfully repulsive
Liberal profanity a few find offensive
L·1+O·1+A·1+T·1+H·4+S·1+O·1+M·3+E·1 = 14 pts
locatable (13 points)
Readily found
L·1+O·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 13 pts
lowercase (14 points)
Small, UNLIKE THIS!
Some letters perhaps from minor lawsuit
Drop the bag ... not like THAT!
L·1+O·1+W·4+E·1+R·1+C·3+A·1+S·1+E·1 = 14 pts
lubricate (13 points)
Oil (a mechanism)
Apply oil/grease
Smooth Blair cut apart by English
L·1+U·1+B·3+R·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
lucrative (14 points)
Revictual (anagram)
Rewarding development of vital cure
Vertical upstart could be moneymaking
L·1+U·1+C·3+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 14 pts
luminaire (11 points)
English word
L·1+U·1+M·3+I·1+N·1+A·1+I·1+R·1+E·1 = 11 pts
luminance (13 points)
Set characteristic cryptic clue; initially missing Nina
L·1+U·1+M·3+I·1+N·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 13 pts
luxuriate (16 points)
Enjoy greatly, to excess perhaps
Enjoy to excess
Revel in indulgence
L·1+U·1+X·8+U·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 16 pts
lyonnaise (12 points)
Like a cat's oniony dish (wordplay)
Like a cat's oniony dish?
Kind of potatoes for simba
L·1+Y·4+O·1+N·1+N·1+A·1+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 12 pts
lacerative (15 points)
""Lacerating, or having the power to lacerate; as, lacerative humors. as, lacerative humors.""
L·1+A·1+C·3+E·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 15 pts
lachrymose (20 points)
Mahler 'cosy'? Wrong - sorrowful
Tearful (literary)
Rashly come out, getting weepy
L·1+A·1+C·3+H·4+R·1+Y·4+M·3+O·1+S·1+E·1 = 20 pts
lacustrine (12 points)
Of Erie, Huron, etc.
Found in lakes
L·1+A·1+C·3+U·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 12 pts
ladderlike (16 points)
Adjective meaning resembling
L·1+A·1+D·2+D·2+E·1+R·1+L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 16 pts
lamentable (14 points)
Far from fortunate
Awful food given to the French servants
Awful ballet with name cast
L·1+A·1+M·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 14 pts
lanceolate (12 points)
Tapering, as a leaf.
Tapering, as leaves
L·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1+O·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
lanthanide (14 points)
Rare-earth series
L·1+A·1+N·1+T·1+H·4+A·1+N·1+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 14 pts
lateralize (19 points)
LATERAL to throw a sideward pass in football
L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 19 pts
laundrette (11 points)
Washing establishment
Perverts enter adult establishment for dirty material (wordplay)
High street concern as a French doctor with little energy tucked into coffee
L·1+A·1+U·1+N·1+D·2+R·1+E·1+T·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
lavalliere (13 points)
Duchesse for whom a pendant was named
L·1+A·1+V·4+A·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+E·1+R·1+E·1 = 13 pts
lawyerlike (20 points)
Adjective meaning resembling
L·1+A·1+W·4+Y·4+E·1+R·1+L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 20 pts
legitimate (13 points)
Run away? I would, pal - it's allowed!
E-mail: get it encrypted, OK (wordplay)
Stage one - note friend is legal
L·1+E·1+G·2+I·1+T·1+I·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
lemniscate (14 points)
""A curve in the form of the figure 8, with both parts symmetrical, generated by the point in which a tangent to an equilateral hyperbola meets the perpendicular on it drawn from the center.""
L·1+E·1+M·3+N·1+I·1+S·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 14 pts
lentamente (12 points)
Slowly, on sheet music
L·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+A·1+M·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
lexicalize (28 points)
Add a word to a language's vocabulary
L·1+E·1+X·8+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 28 pts
liberalise (12 points)
To loosen restrictions on ale? Risible, daft!
Enlighten with star sign around East, position covering Saviour's origin
L·1+I·1+B·3+E·1+R·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 12 pts
liberalize (21 points)
Hubert Humphrey's peepers (wordplay)
L·1+I·1+B·3+E·1+R·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 21 pts
licensable (14 points)
That can be licensed.
L·1+I·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+S·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 14 pts
licentiate (12 points)
Certificate of competence holder
Certificate holder
Authorized practitioner.
L·1+I·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
lighterage (15 points)
Unloading charge for ships.
Arsonist maybe taking time in dockside activity (wordplay)
Interrupting rest, boy beginning to get up for work in harbour
L·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1+E·1+R·1+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 15 pts
lightplane (16 points)
Piper product
L·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1+P·3+L·1+A·1+N·1+E·1 = 16 pts
limitative (15 points)
""The point, edge, or line beyond which something cannot or may not proceed.""
L·1+I·1+M·3+I·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 15 pts
listenable (12 points)
LISTEN to try to hear
L·1+I·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 12 pts
literalize (19 points)
""To make literal; to interpret or put in practice according to the strict meaning of the words; opposed to spiritualize; as, to literalize Scripture. spiritualize; as, to literalize Scripture.""
L·1+I·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 19 pts
literature (10 points)
What bookshops retail? True, perhaps
Novels, essays, etc.
Written works of artistic merit
L·1+I·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 10 pts
lithophane (18 points)
""Porcelain impressed with figures which are made distinct by transmitted light, as when hung in a window, or used as a lamp shade.""
L·1+I·1+T·1+H·4+O·1+P·3+H·4+A·1+N·1+E·1 = 18 pts
littermate (12 points)
The one puppy that can read (wordplay)
Any in a group of puppies
One puppy to another
L·1+I·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
luciferase (15 points)
""An enzyme which catalyzes the oxidation of luciferin, thereby producing bioluminescence.""
L·1+U·1+C·3+I·1+F·4+E·1+R·1+A·1+S·1+E·1 = 15 pts
lusterware (13 points)
Pottery or porcelain having a metallic sheen produced when metallic oxides are added to the glaze.
L·1+U·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+W·4+A·1+R·1+E·1 = 13 pts
luxuriance (19 points)
Lushness
L·1+U·1+X·8+U·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 19 pts
labradorite (14 points)
""A kind of feldspar commonly showing a beautiful play of colors, and hence much used for ornamental purposes. The finest specimens come from Labrador. See Feldspar. Feldspar.""
L·1+A·1+B·3+R·1+A·1+D·2+O·1+R·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 14 pts
lacquerware (25 points)
English word
L·1+A·1+C·3+Q·10+U·1+E·1+R·1+W·4+A·1+R·1+E·1 = 25 pts
langbeinite (14 points)
""An evaporite mineral, K 2 Mg 2 (SO 4 ) 3 , used as a source of potassium sulfate for fertilizer.""
L·1+A·1+N·1+G·2+B·3+E·1+I·1+N·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 14 pts
langoustine (12 points)
Norway lobster
Shellfish
L·1+A·1+N·1+G·2+O·1+U·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 12 pts
laparoscope (17 points)
""A slender endoscope, containing fiber-optic viewing capability and miniature surgical devices, which can be inserted through a small incision in the abdominal wall, allowing a surgeon to perform minor surgery with minimal damage to the abdominal muscles.""
L·1+A·1+P·3+A·1+R·1+O·1+S·1+C·3+O·1+P·3+E·1 = 17 pts
launderette (12 points)
Place for washing and drying clothes
Washing establishment
Coffee houses inferior to European shop that's cleaner
L·1+A·1+U·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+R·1+E·1+T·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
leatherette (14 points)
Artificial S&M material
Imitation hide
The French badly treat the English imitation hide
L·1+E·1+A·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+R·1+E·1+T·1+T·1+E·1 = 14 pts
leatherlike (18 points)
Resembling or made to resemble leather; tough but pliable; leathery.
L·1+E·1+A·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+R·1+L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 18 pts
lecithinase (16 points)
Any of several enzymes that hydrolyze lecithin.
L·1+E·1+C·3+I·1+T·1+H·4+I·1+N·1+A·1+S·1+E·1 = 16 pts
legionnaire (12 points)
One GI in real trouble as a soldier
Member of an elite military unit
Form a line - ignore soldier
L·1+E·1+G·2+I·1+O·1+N·1+N·1+A·1+I·1+R·1+E·1 = 12 pts
legislative (15 points)
Kind of aide
Kind of aide or session
L·1+E·1+G·2+I·1+S·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 15 pts
legislature (12 points)
Lawmaking body (of a state)
Sorting, Riksdag or Knesset.
Diet, for example
L·1+E·1+G·2+I·1+S·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 12 pts
libertinage (14 points)
Libertinism; license.
L·1+I·1+B·3+E·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 14 pts
localizable (24 points)
""LOCALIZE to confine or limit to a certain place, also LOCALISE""
L·1+O·1+C·3+A·1+L·1+I·1+Z·10+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 24 pts
lubricative (18 points)
""LUBRICATE To make smooth or slippery; as, mucilaginous and saponaceous remedies lubricate the parts to which they are applied. as, mucilaginous and saponaceous remedies lubricate the parts to which they are applied.""
L·1+U·1+B·3+R·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 18 pts
labyrinthine (20 points)
Describes The Maze complex
Like a maze
Highly convoluted
L·1+A·1+B·3+Y·4+R·1+I·1+N·1+T·1+H·4+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 20 pts
laryngoscope (20 points)
""An instrument, consisting of an arrangement of two mirrors, for reflecting light upon the larynx, and for examining its image.""
L·1+A·1+R·1+Y·4+N·1+G·2+O·1+S·1+C·3+O·1+P·3+E·1 = 20 pts
legitimatize (24 points)
To legitimate.
L·1+E·1+G·2+I·1+T·1+I·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 24 pts
laryngectomee (21 points)
English word
L·1+A·1+R·1+Y·4+N·1+G·2+E·1+C·3+T·1+O·1+M·3+E·1+E·1 = 21 pts
lignosulfonate (18 points)
LIGNOSULFONATE
L·1+I·1+G·2+N·1+O·1+S·1+U·1+L·1+F·4+O·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 18 pts
L·1+I·1+P·3+O·1+P·3+O·1+L·1+Y·4+S·1+A·1+C·3+C·3+H·4+A·1+R·1+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 33 pts

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