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lace (6 points)
Curtain fabric, perhaps
Add punch to punch (wordplay)
Needlepoint, for one
L·1+A·1+C·3+E·1 = 6 pts
lice (6 points)
Headscratching problem (wordplay)
Head-hunter's prey (wordplay)
Cause of some head scratching (wordplay)
L·1+I·1+C·3+E·1 = 6 pts
luce (6 points)
Wheel of Fortune (wordplay)
Time management expert (wordplay)
Life-giver (wordplay)
L·1+U·1+C·3+E·1 = 6 pts
lance (7 points)
Battery charger, once (wordplay)
Boy - prick (a boil)
Knight stick (wordplay)
L·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 7 pts
lucre (7 points)
Badly made dough (wordplay)
Filthy money (wordplay)
Filthy wealth (wordplay)
L·1+U·1+C·3+R·1+E·1 = 7 pts
lycee (10 points)
Nice school (wordplay)
French secondary school
French preparatory school.
L·1+Y·4+C·3+E·1+E·1 = 10 pts
lacune (8 points)
""An empty space or missing part, also LACUNA""
L·1+A·1+C·3+U·1+N·1+E·1 = 8 pts
launce (8 points)
Shakespearean clown
Servant to one of the "Gentlemen From Verona."
Servant to Proteus in Two Gentlemen of Verona.
L·1+A·1+U·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 8 pts
lichee (11 points)
Chinese nut (var.)
Chinese tree with an edible fruit (Var.)
Chinese tree (Var.)
L·1+I·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+E·1 = 11 pts
locale (8 points)
Place (of an event)
Place (of events)
Place setting (wordplay)
L·1+O·1+C·3+A·1+L·1+E·1 = 8 pts
locate (8 points)
Enter into Google Maps, say
Pin down, say
Use a GPS, say
L·1+O·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 8 pts
locule (8 points)
Small cavity, in botany
L·1+O·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+E·1 = 8 pts
louche (11 points)
Shifty or disreputable
Disreputable line that hurts Spain
Disreputable in a rakish sort of way
L·1+O·1+U·1+C·3+H·4+E·1 = 11 pts
luckie (12 points)
An old woman
L·1+U·1+C·3+K·5+I·1+E·1 = 12 pts
lychee (14 points)
Popular Chinese fruit
Fruit husband brought into school
Fruit originally from China
L·1+Y·4+C·3+H·4+E·1+E·1 = 14 pts
lactase (9 points)
Aid in digestion
Dairy consumer's enzyme
Enzyme put in milk
L·1+A·1+C·3+T·1+A·1+S·1+E·1 = 9 pts
lactate (9 points)
Feed the baby, maybe
React to a baby crying, maybe
Emulate a mammal, perhaps
L·1+A·1+C·3+T·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 9 pts
lactone (9 points)
Acid ester
L·1+A·1+C·3+T·1+O·1+N·1+E·1 = 9 pts
lactose (9 points)
Cause of much intolerance (wordplay)
Be like Lear's Pobble, say, sweet thing
What some folks can't tolerate
L·1+A·1+C·3+T·1+O·1+S·1+E·1 = 9 pts
lacunae (9 points)
Gaps girl found in fine material
Gaps; breaks.
Unfilled spaces
L·1+A·1+C·3+U·1+N·1+A·1+E·1 = 9 pts
laicise (9 points)
Secularise, remove from clergy
Withdraw priestly status
Return to the status before ordination
L·1+A·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 9 pts
laicize (18 points)
Cut from the cloth (wordplay)
Remove the clerical nature of
Make secular
L·1+A·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 18 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
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
lettuce (9 points)
Salad, shall we say (wordplay)
Head on a plate (wordplay)
Leaves for lunch (wordplay)
L·1+E·1+T·1+T·1+U·1+C·3+E·1 = 9 pts
leucine (9 points)
White amino acid
An essential amino acid
'Acid' in clue wrongly associated with 'drug' (wordplay)
L·1+E·1+U·1+C·3+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 9 pts
leucite (9 points)
White or gray mineral
White mineral.
L·1+E·1+U·1+C·3+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 9 pts
licence (11 points)
Authority (or the lack of it!)
Authority - or freedom!
Authority - or lack of it (wordplay)
L·1+I·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 11 pts
license (9 points)
Grant formal permission (to)
Space to make art (wordplay)
To empower student, one needs logic, say
L·1+I·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+S·1+E·1 = 9 pts
licente (9 points)
Sente
L·1+I·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+E·1 = 9 pts
lockage (14 points)
Canal toll.
L·1+O·1+C·3+K·5+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 14 pts
loricae (9 points)
Roman soldiers' corselets
Roman cuirasses.
Roman cuirasses
L·1+O·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+E·1 = 9 pts
lucarne (9 points)
Spire dormer might be unclear
Dormer window
Spire dormer might be unclear - clue ran awkwardly (wordplay)
L·1+U·1+C·3+A·1+R·1+N·1+E·1 = 9 pts
lucence (11 points)
Brightness
L·1+U·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 11 pts
lucerne (9 points)
City and lake in clover (wordplay)
Obvious place to buy Swiss fodder
William Tell's lake
L·1+U·1+C·3+E·1+R·1+N·1+E·1 = 9 pts
lacelike (14 points)
Gossamer
Webby
L·1+A·1+C·3+E·1+L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 14 pts
lacerate (10 points)
Cut tatting speed (wordplay)
Reduce to tears (wordplay)
Clare ate (anagram)
L·1+A·1+C·3+E·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts
lacrosse (10 points)
Former Olympics sport Wis. (nonverbal)
A hundred losers playing game
Ball game, with rackets.
L·1+A·1+C·3+R·1+O·1+S·1+S·1+E·1 = 10 pts
lacunate (10 points)
Pertaining to {lacuna=n}
L·1+A·1+C·3+U·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts
lacunose (10 points)
Marked by shallow depressions
L·1+A·1+C·3+U·1+N·1+O·1+S·1+E·1 = 10 pts
laitance (10 points)
A milky deposit on the surface of fresh concrete
L·1+A·1+I·1+T·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 10 pts
leachate (13 points)
A solution obtained by leaching
L·1+E·1+A·1+C·3+H·4+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
lenience (10 points)
No mercy's opposite
Soft-hearted bent
Quality that 'hanging judges' lack
L·1+E·1+N·1+I·1+E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 10 pts
licencee (12 points)
Holder of official permission
L·1+I·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1+E·1 = 12 pts
licensee (10 points)
Suckers seen working for landlord
One with permit to sell alcoholic drinks
One holding official permission
L·1+I·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+S·1+E·1+E·1 = 10 pts
licorice (12 points)
Black or dark brown sweet (US spelling)
Movie counter candy
Jelly Belly flavor
L·1+I·1+C·3+O·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+E·1 = 12 pts
limacine (12 points)
Resembling a slug
L·1+I·1+M·3+A·1+C·3+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 12 pts
lipocyte (15 points)
A fat-producing cell
L·1+I·1+P·3+O·1+C·3+Y·4+T·1+E·1 = 15 pts
localise (10 points)
Concentrate with reduced calories is key
Restrict to the immediate area
L·1+O·1+C·3+A·1+L·1+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 10 pts
localite (10 points)
A resident of a locality
L·1+O·1+C·3+A·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts
localize (19 points)
Restrict to a specific area
Bring an issue home
Fix in one place.
L·1+O·1+C·3+A·1+L·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 19 pts
locative (13 points)
Type of grammatical case
Crumpled coat in burning case
They say she had her pride. Now sadly drowned
L·1+O·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 13 pts
lockable (16 points)
Able to be secured
L·1+O·1+C·3+K·5+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 16 pts
locomote (12 points)
Move under one's own power
Get around
Move around
L·1+O·1+C·3+O·1+M·3+O·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
loculate (10 points)
To divide into compartments
L·1+O·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts
locustae (10 points)
Locusta
L·1+O·1+C·3+U·1+S·1+T·1+A·1+E·1 = 10 pts
lodicule (11 points)
""A small scale in a grass flower, also LODICULA""
L·1+O·1+D·2+I·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+E·1 = 11 pts
logicise (11 points)
""To reason, also LOGICIZE""
L·1+O·1+G·2+I·1+C·3+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 11 pts
logicize (20 points)
""To reason, also LOGICISE""
L·1+O·1+G·2+I·1+C·3+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 20 pts
loricate (10 points)
Having a hard shell
Cover with plates.
L·1+O·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts
lycopene (15 points)
Colorant of tomatoes and watermelons
Chemical that gives tomatoes their red color
L·1+Y·4+C·3+O·1+P·3+E·1+N·1+E·1 = 15 pts
lyricise (13 points)
""To write lyrics, also LYRICIZE""
L·1+Y·4+R·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 13 pts
lyricize (22 points)
Put words to music
L·1+Y·4+R·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 22 pts
laciniate (11 points)
Fringed, as petals.
Jagged, as a leaf
Fringed
L·1+A·1+C·3+I·1+N·1+I·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
landscape (14 points)
Inventor Edwin's cloak (or painting)
Plant trees and shrubs, say
Prospect of unbridled lap dances!
L·1+A·1+N·1+D·2+S·1+C·3+A·1+P·3+E·1 = 14 pts
larvicide (15 points)
An insecticide designed to kill larval pests.
L·1+A·1+R·1+V·4+I·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 15 pts
leachable (16 points)
LEACH to allow a liquid to percolate
L·1+E·1+A·1+C·3+H·4+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 16 pts
lectotype (16 points)
The specimen or element selected as the type of a species when a holotype has not been defined.
L·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+O·1+T·1+Y·4+P·3+E·1 = 16 pts
leechlike (18 points)
Tenacious
L·1+E·1+E·1+C·3+H·4+L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 18 pts
lenticule (11 points)
English word
L·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+E·1 = 11 pts
leukocyte (18 points)
See white blood cell .
L·1+E·1+U·1+K·5+O·1+C·3+Y·4+T·1+E·1 = 18 pts
licensure (11 points)
Certification for professional practice
L·1+I·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+S·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 11 pts
lidocaine (12 points)
Local Cockney actor poolside
Powerful local anaesthetic
L·1+I·1+D·2+O·1+C·3+A·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 12 pts
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
liquorice (20 points)
Say Scotch on the rocks is sweet
Sweet drink on the rocks (wordplay)
Pontefract cake ingredient
L·1+I·1+Q·10+U·1+O·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+E·1 = 20 pts
lobscouse (13 points)
Scumbag eating zero degree stew
Stew of meat, vegetables and hardtack
A stew formerly eaten by sailors
L·1+O·1+B·3+S·1+C·3+O·1+U·1+S·1+E·1 = 13 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
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
luminesce (13 points)
Shine
Glow
L·1+U·1+M·3+I·1+N·1+E·1+S·1+C·3+E·1 = 13 pts
lunchtime (16 points)
One for when a meal is needed (wordplay)
Inlet much improved by midday (wordplay)
When midday meal is eaten
L·1+U·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+T·1+I·1+M·3+E·1 = 16 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
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
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
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
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
locomotive (17 points)
Crazy reason for doing something?
A crazy cause (wordplay)
Steam roller (wordplay)
L·1+O·1+C·3+O·1+M·3+O·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 17 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
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
lymphocyte (25 points)
A T-cell or B-cell
Comply with the last of compulsory orders in cell
L·1+Y·4+M·3+P·3+H·4+O·1+C·3+Y·4+T·1+E·1 = 25 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
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
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
lickspittle (19 points)
A subservient flatterer
Obsequious person
Flatterer.
L·1+I·1+C·3+K·5+S·1+P·3+I·1+T·1+T·1+L·1+E·1 = 19 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
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
luminescence (18 points)
Emission of light at cool temperatures
Jock's chimney basically said to produce light
L·1+U·1+M·3+I·1+N·1+E·1+S·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 18 pts
luncheonette (17 points)
US informal restaurant - unclothe teen (anagram)
Small cafe, revolutionary, getting on in crescent
L·1+U·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+O·1+N·1+E·1+T·1+T·1+E·1 = 17 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
lignocellulose (17 points)
A combination of lignin and cellulose that strengthens woody plant cells.
L·1+I·1+G·2+N·1+O·1+C·3+E·1+L·1+L·1+U·1+L·1+O·1+S·1+E·1 = 17 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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