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4-Letter Words (4):
lire (4 points)
Three coins in the fountain (wordplay)
Capital of Italy (wordplay)
Old Italian capital (wordplay)
L·1+I·1+R·1+E·1 = 4 pts
L·1+O·1+R·1+E·1 = 4 pts
L·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 4 pts
lyre (7 points)
Does it play false notes?
Deceptive-sounding instrument (wordplay)
Does it play false notes (wordplay)
L·1+Y·4+R·1+E·1 = 7 pts
5-Letter Words (5):
L·1+A·1+R·1+E·1+E·1 = 5 pts
L·1+A·1+R·1+G·2+E·1 = 6 pts
L·1+I·1+T·1+R·1+E·1 = 5 pts
L·1+I·1+V·4+R·1+E·1 = 8 pts
L·1+U·1+C·3+R·1+E·1 = 7 pts
6-Letter Words (9):
L·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 6 pts
L·1+A·1+R·1+V·4+A·1+E·1 = 9 pts
L·1+A·1+U·1+R·1+A·1+E·1 = 6 pts
L·1+I·1+B·3+R·1+A·1+E·1 = 8 pts
L·1+I·1+E·1+R·1+N·1+E·1 = 6 pts
L·1+I·1+G·2+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 7 pts
L·1+O·1+U·1+V·4+R·1+E·1 = 9 pts
lustre (6 points)
Quality of the queen's jewels (wordplay)
Patina in Piccadilly (wordplay)
Hearing someone randy's taken a shine!
L·1+U·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+E·1 = 6 pts
lyrate (9 points)
Shaped like Homer's instrument
Like a music maker some highly rated
Shaped like an ancient harp.
L·1+Y·4+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 9 pts
7-Letter Words (10):
ladrone (8 points)
Thief, in the Southwest
Former name of the Marianas.
Former name of the Marianas Islands.
L·1+A·1+D·2+R·1+O·1+N·1+E·1 = 8 pts
L·1+A·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 7 pts
L·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 9 pts
L·1+E·1+I·1+S·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 7 pts
L·1+E·1+P·3+R·1+O·1+S·1+E·1 = 9 pts
L·1+I·1+B·3+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 9 pts
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
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
lurdane (8 points)
Lazy, stupid person.
Dimwit, desperate sort taken in by enticement
Dull fellow no longer an enticement, inadequate European
L·1+U·1+R·1+D·2+A·1+N·1+E·1 = 8 pts
8-Letter Words (31):
L·1+A·1+B·3+O·1+R·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts
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
L·1+A·1+E·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+L·1+E·1 = 8 pts
L·1+A·1+N·1+G·2+R·1+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 10 pts
L·1+A·1+R·1+D·2+L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 13 pts
largesse (9 points)
Big gift? Refresh glass 'ere!
Just the tip of the capital S (wordplay)
Tip of the S (wordplay)
L·1+A·1+R·1+G·2+E·1+S·1+S·1+E·1 = 9 pts
L·1+A·1+R·1+K·5+S·1+O·1+M·3+E·1 = 14 pts
laterite (8 points)
Reddish tropical soil
Reddish clay from rock decay.
Clay in ceremony associated with deceased
L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 8 pts
L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 17 pts
L·1+A·1+U·1+R·1+E·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 8 pts
L·1+A·1+Y·4+E·1+R·1+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 12 pts
L·1+A·1+Z·10+U·1+R·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 17 pts
L·1+E·1+M·3+U·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 10 pts
L·1+E·1+P·3+O·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 10 pts
leverage (12 points)
Strategic advantage; large Eve (anagram)
Power of say, a party on rise
Purchase from bar before time
L·1+E·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 12 pts
L·1+E·1+V·4+I·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
L·1+E·1+V·4+O·1+G·2+Y·4+R·1+E·1 = 15 pts
liberate (10 points)
Re-lease perhaps, but not sublet
A learner I scold for free!
Bear I let out - yes, let out!
L·1+I·1+B·3+E·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts
L·1+I·1+C·3+O·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+E·1 = 12 pts
L·1+I·1+G·2+A·1+T·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 9 pts
L·1+I·1+G·2+R·1+O·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 9 pts
L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+E·1+R·1+I·1+E·1 = 9 pts
L·1+I·1+R·1+I·1+P·3+I·1+P·3+E·1 = 12 pts
literate (8 points)
Cultured student? Say it again!
Learned line? Say again
Let 'er be knowing (wordplay)
L·1+I·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 8 pts
litharge (12 points)
A lighter version of lead compound
Lead monoxide
Inflamed with hot rage brought about by reaction to heavy metal
L·1+I·1+T·1+H·4+A·1+R·1+G·2+E·1 = 12 pts
L·1+O·1+R·1+D·2+L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 13 pts
L·1+O·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts
lustrate (8 points)
Purify by ritual action
Purify ceremonially
One might purify this at the speed of desire
L·1+U·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 8 pts
L·1+Y·4+R·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 13 pts
L·1+Y·4+R·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 22 pts
9-Letter Words (19):
L·1+A·1+K·5+E·1+S·1+H·4+O·1+R·1+E·1 = 16 pts
L·1+A·1+P·3+S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+K·5+E·1 = 15 pts
L·1+A·1+R·1+V·4+I·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 15 pts
L·1+A·1+V·4+A·1+L·1+I·1+E·1+R·1+E·1 = 12 pts
lazarette (18 points)
Pl. lazarettos also lazarets or lazarettes A hospital treating contagious diseases.
L·1+A·1+Z·10+A·1+R·1+E·1+T·1+T·1+E·1 = 18 pts
learnable (11 points)
Like good lessons for students
That can be studied when left to get fit
That can be taken in, or left with the listener to catch the French
L·1+E·1+A·1+R·1+N·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 11 pts
L·1+E·1+P·3+O·1+R·1+I·1+D·2+A·1+E·1 = 12 pts
libertine (11 points)
Don Juan, for one
Row about French composer, a philanderer
Sensually indulgent person
L·1+I·1+B·3+E·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 11 pts
L·1+I·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+S·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 11 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
L·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+Z·10+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
lorgnette (10 points)
Eyeglasses with no letter 'g' (wordplay)
Pair of glasses with a handle
Specs on a stick
L·1+O·1+R·1+G·2+N·1+E·1+T·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 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
loxodrome (19 points)
""Geography a rhumb line or curve on the surface of a sphere intersecting all meridians at the same angle; hence, the course of a ship or aircraft following a constant compass direction. ; loxodromic,""
L·1+O·1+X·8+O·1+D·2+R·1+O·1+M·3+E·1 = 19 pts
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
L·1+U·1+M·3+I·1+N·1+A·1+I·1+R·1+E·1 = 11 pts
L·1+U·1+X·8+U·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 16 pts
10-Letter Words (20):
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
L·1+A·1+C·3+U·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 12 pts
L·1+A·1+D·2+D·2+E·1+R·1+L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 16 pts
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
L·1+A·1+V·4+A·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+E·1+R·1+E·1 = 13 pts
L·1+A·1+W·4+Y·4+E·1+R·1+L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 20 pts
L·1+E·1+P·3+T·1+O·1+S·1+P·3+I·1+R·1+E·1 = 14 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
L·1+I·1+B·3+E·1+R·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 21 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
limitrophe (17 points)
""(Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) (of a country or region) on or near a frontier [via French from Late Latin limitrophus, from limit- limit + Greek -trophus supporting; originally referring to borderland that supported frontier troops]""
L·1+I·1+M·3+I·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+P·3+H·4+E·1 = 17 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
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
lophophore (20 points)
A disk which surrounds the mouth and bears the tentacles of the Bryozoa. See Phylactolemata. Phylactolemata.
L·1+O·1+P·3+H·4+O·1+P·3+H·4+O·1+R·1+E·1 = 20 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
L·1+U·1+X·8+U·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 19 pts
11-Letter Words (14):
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
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
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
L·1+E·1+A·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+R·1+L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 18 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
L·1+E·1+G·2+I·1+S·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 12 pts
leukotriene (15 points)
""Any of several lipid compounds that contain 20 carbon atoms, are related to prostaglandins, and mediate the inflammatory response.""
L·1+E·1+U·1+K·5+O·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+E·1+N·1+E·1 = 15 pts
L·1+I·1+B·3+E·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 14 pts
lithosphere (19 points)
Rigid part of the earth
Crust and upper mantle of the earth in which earthquakes may originate
L·1+I·1+T·1+H·4+O·1+S·1+P·3+H·4+E·1+R·1+E·1 = 19 pts
L·1+O·1+B·3+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 17 pts
loosestrife (14 points)
Plant, least restrained, abounding
Plant, most unconfined, abundant
Plant of the primrose family
L·1+O·1+O·1+S·1+E·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+F·4+E·1 = 14 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
12-Letter Words (2):
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
13-Letter Words (1):
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
18-Letter Words (1):
lipopolysaccharide (33 points)
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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