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lube (6 points)
Blue-collar job (wordplay)
Service station job (wordplay)
Prevent seizing, perhaps
L·1+U·1+B·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
lude (5 points)
Methaqualone tablet, for short
Certain downer, for short
Illicit drug, in slang
L·1+U·1+D·2+E·1 = 5 pts
luge (5 points)
Backsliding event (wordplay)
Go downhill fast (wordplay)
Bob's cousin (wordplay)
L·1+U·1+G·2+E·1 = 5 pts
lune (4 points)
Moon over my ami (wordplay)
Crescent-shaped figure.
Symbol on Pakistan's flag
L·1+U·1+N·1+E·1 = 4 pts
lure (4 points)
Dropped handkerchief, perhaps
Spinner, for one
Fly on a hook, perhaps
L·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 4 pts
lute (4 points)
Madrigal accompaniment, perhaps
Pandurina, for one
Bard's instrument, maybe
L·1+U·1+T·1+E·1 = 4 pts
luxe (11 points)
Elegance or poshness
Lavish, as accommodations
Rich or elegant
L·1+U·1+X·8+E·1 = 11 pts
louie (5 points)
Jazz great Armstrong
When doubled a Kingsmen hit
Rotund comic Anderson
L·1+O·1+U·1+I·1+E·1 = 5 pts
loupe (7 points)
Jeweler's magnifying glass
Jeweler's lens Fr.
Jeweler's magnifier
L·1+O·1+U·1+P·3+E·1 = 7 pts
louse (5 points)
Despicable type (of insect?)
Reason to nitpick (wordplay)
Cause of some nit-picking (wordplay)
L·1+O·1+U·1+S·1+E·1 = 5 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
lunge (6 points)
Rope encountered in fencing (wordplay)
Suddenly leap (at)
Running back's dive, say
L·1+U·1+N·1+G·2+E·1 = 6 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
lagune (7 points)
Shallow channel variable
L·1+A·1+G·2+U·1+N·1+E·1 = 7 pts
langue (7 points)
Francais, par exemple
French tongue.
L·1+A·1+N·1+G·2+U·1+E·1 = 7 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
laurae (6 points)
Laura
L·1+A·1+U·1+R·1+A·1+E·1 = 6 pts
league (7 points)
Alley cats (wordplay)
American, for one
Play group (wordplay)
L·1+E·1+A·1+G·2+U·1+E·1 = 7 pts
legume (9 points)
Pea, bean or lentil (wordplay)
Another name for pulse (vegetable)
The French stick to oriental lentil say
L·1+E·1+G·2+U·1+M·3+E·1 = 9 pts
ligule (7 points)
Outgrowth from the base of a grass blade
Thin connective material between the sheath and blade of a grass leaf
L·1+I·1+G·2+U·1+L·1+E·1 = 7 pts
ligure (7 points)
Biblical precious stone
Gem also known as jacinth
Precious stone
L·1+I·1+G·2+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 7 pts
lobule (8 points)
Rounded part of a leaf
Rounded division of a leaf.
Small rounded division of a leaf.
L·1+O·1+B·3+U·1+L·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
lounge (7 points)
Lizard's hangout (wordplay)
Waste time - glue on (anagram)
Variety of lizard (wordplay)
L·1+O·1+U·1+N·1+G·2+E·1 = 7 pts
louvre (9 points)
Museum shutter (wordplay)
Mona Lisa's milieu (wordplay)
Museum on the Right Bank
L·1+O·1+U·1+V·4+R·1+E·1 = 9 pts
luckie (12 points)
An old woman
L·1+U·1+C·3+K·5+I·1+E·1 = 12 pts
luggie (8 points)
A small wooden dish or pail
L·1+U·1+G·2+G·2+I·1+E·1 = 8 pts
lunate (6 points)
Is Mooney in such good shape (wordplay)
Crescent-shaped, like the new moon
Shaped like a crescent
L·1+U·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 6 pts
lungee (7 points)
Turban cloth in India
L·1+U·1+N·1+G·2+E·1+E·1 = 7 pts
lunule (6 points)
Crescent-shaped mark on a fingernail
Whitish mark at base of a fingernail.
Half-moon at base of a fingernail.
L·1+U·1+N·1+U·1+L·1+E·1 = 6 pts
lupine (8 points)
Line up (anagram)
Welcome site (wordplay)
Wolfish line-up, perhaps
L·1+U·1+P·3+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 8 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
luxate (13 points)
Dislocate
L·1+U·1+X·8+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 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
lauwine (10 points)
""An avalanche, also LAWINE""
L·1+A·1+U·1+W·4+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 10 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
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
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
ligulae (8 points)
Ligula
L·1+I·1+G·2+U·1+L·1+A·1+E·1 = 8 pts
linguae (8 points)
Lingua
L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+U·1+A·1+E·1 = 8 pts
liquate (16 points)
Separate metals by melting
L·1+I·1+Q·10+U·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 16 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
luggage (10 points)
Carousel riders (wordplay)
Leave bags (wordplay)
Aircraft carriers (wordplay)
L·1+U·1+G·2+G·2+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 10 pts
lunette (7 points)
Towing-ring; crescent shape
Moon-shaped ornament
Crescent-shaped object.
L·1+U·1+N·1+E·1+T·1+T·1+E·1 = 7 pts
lunulae (7 points)
White nail crescents
L·1+U·1+N·1+U·1+L·1+A·1+E·1 = 7 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
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
language (10 points)
English or Irish, say
The air's blue? This is bad!
Urdu, for one
L·1+A·1+N·1+G·2+U·1+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 10 pts
latitude (9 points)
Scope (with parallel circles?)
Not unparalleled range (wordplay)
Such tolerance may be a matter of degree
L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+T·1+U·1+D·2+E·1 = 9 pts
laudable (11 points)
A ball due to be organised? Excellent!
Praises be this way for Lady Baul!
Worthy of praise
L·1+A·1+U·1+D·2+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 11 pts
laureate (8 points)
Line, golden, from this poet (wordplay)
Type of poet (wordplay)
Masefield, for one
L·1+A·1+U·1+R·1+E·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 8 pts
lazulite (17 points)
A blue phosphate
L·1+A·1+Z·10+U·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 17 pts
lazurite (17 points)
Bright blue mineral
L·1+A·1+Z·10+U·1+R·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 17 pts
lemurine (10 points)
""An ancient Roman festival, also LEMURIAN""
L·1+E·1+M·3+U·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 10 pts
levulose (11 points)
A very sweet sugar
L·1+E·1+V·4+U·1+L·1+O·1+S·1+E·1 = 11 pts
ligature (9 points)
Tie (to restrict flow of blood)
It's binding
Something used to tie
L·1+I·1+G·2+A·1+T·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 9 pts
ligulate (9 points)
Like a ligula
L·1+I·1+G·2+U·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 9 pts
linguine (9 points)
Narrow flat pasta
Variety of pasta
Pasta type
L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+U·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 9 pts
lobulate (10 points)
Resembling a {lobule=n}
L·1+O·1+B·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts
lobulose (10 points)
Pertaining to a {lobule=n}
L·1+O·1+B·3+U·1+L·1+O·1+S·1+E·1 = 10 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
lunulate (8 points)
Crescent-shaped.
L·1+U·1+N·1+U·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 8 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
langouste (10 points)
Reeling out, angles for seafood
It may be eaten roasted
Spiny lobster
L·1+A·1+N·1+G·2+O·1+U·1+S·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts
lassitude (10 points)
The weariness of girlhood (wordplay)
Not the energy of girlhood, perhaps
The langour of girlhood, perhaps
L·1+A·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+T·1+U·1+D·2+E·1 = 10 pts
laudative (13 points)
Praise be that there's a case at the end of it!
L·1+A·1+U·1+D·2+A·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 13 pts
laughable (15 points)
Adjective for Mr. Peepers.
Incongruous, inviting ridicule
It's hilarious, blowing up a huge ball
L·1+A·1+U·1+G·2+H·4+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 15 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
limousine (11 points)
Long way to go (wordplay)
Long ride (wordplay)
A way to go by
L·1+I·1+M·3+O·1+U·1+S·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 11 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
liquidize (28 points)
To render liquid.
L·1+I·1+Q·10+U·1+I·1+D·2+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 28 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
longhouse (13 points)
Viking "mead hall," for example
L·1+O·1+N·1+G·2+H·4+O·1+U·1+S·1+E·1 = 13 pts
longitude (11 points)
Word often paired with latitude
A concern of mariners
Navigator's concern.
L·1+O·1+N·1+G·2+I·1+T·1+U·1+D·2+E·1 = 11 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
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
luteinize (18 points)
LUTEIN a yellow pigment
L·1+U·1+T·1+E·1+I·1+N·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 18 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
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
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
lighthouse (17 points)
Flashing coastal tower
Seafarer's beacon
Cape Hatteras structure.
L·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1+H·4+O·1+U·1+S·1+E·1 = 17 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

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