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3-Letter Words (3):
lee (3 points)
Name over a cheek (wordplay)
Majors in old television (wordplay)
Old gray head (wordplay)
L·1+E·1+E·1 = 3 pts
lie (3 points)
Say something wrong (wordplay)
Say things the wrong way (wordplay)
Say 'I do' when you don't (wordplay)
L·1+I·1+E·1 = 3 pts
lye (6 points)
Burn cause, perhaps
False cleanser (wordplay)
Caustic remark (wordplay)
L·1+Y·4+E·1 = 6 pts
4-Letter Words (36):
lace (6 points)
Curtain fabric, perhaps
Add punch to punch (wordplay)
Needlepoint, for one
L·1+A·1+C·3+E·1 = 6 pts
lade (5 points)
Prepare for a crossing, perhaps
Take on cargoes
Put in cargo
L·1+A·1+D·2+E·1 = 5 pts
lake (8 points)
Louise, for one
Titicaca, for one
Eyre, for one
L·1+A·1+K·5+E·1 = 8 pts
lame (6 points)
Like some ducks (wordplay)
Type of duck (wordplay)
That's so weak!
L·1+A·1+M·3+E·1 = 6 pts
lane (4 points)
Driving range (wordplay)
Express follower (wordplay)
Spare setting (wordplay)
L·1+A·1+N·1+E·1 = 4 pts
lase (4 points)
Correct with surgery, maybe, as the eye
Perform some light surgery (wordplay)
Cut lightly (wordplay)
L·1+A·1+S·1+E·1 = 4 pts
late (4 points)
Subject to penalties, perhaps
Needing a pass, maybe
Subject to a penalty, perhaps
L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 4 pts
lave (7 points)
Come clean (wordplay)
Use soap and water
Enjoy a nice wash-up
L·1+A·1+V·4+E·1 = 7 pts
laze (13 points)
Chill in a hammock, say
Enjoy a Sunday, say
Avoid chores, say
L·1+A·1+Z·10+E·1 = 13 pts
leke (8 points)
Lek
L·1+E·1+K·5+E·1 = 8 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
life (7 points)
Bowl of cherries, maybe
Long sentence (wordplay)
Prison term, perhaps
L·1+I·1+F·4+E·1 = 7 pts
like (8 points)
Saying, in teenspeak
Fancy corresponding (wordplay)
Do you have an example (wordplay)
L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 8 pts
lime (6 points)
Light material (wordplay)
Key pie fruit (wordplay)
Wedge in a bottleneck (wordplay)
L·1+I·1+M·3+E·1 = 6 pts
line (4 points)
I forgot what I'm supposed to say!
Letter that's dropped (wordplay)
Painter, perhaps, leaves ship unfinished
L·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 4 pts
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
live (7 points)
Not taped maybe
'SNL' segment (wordplay)
You don't die even from really bad back!
L·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 7 pts
lobe (6 points)
Jewelry holder (wordplay)
Frontal, for one
Stud's place (wordplay)
L·1+O·1+B·3+E·1 = 6 pts
lode (5 points)
Mother of mine (wordplay)
Vein glory (wordplay)
Heavy metal band (wordplay)
L·1+O·1+D·2+E·1 = 5 pts
loge (5 points)
Second tier of a stadium, perhaps
Box seats (wordplay)
Place for one with opera glasses
L·1+O·1+G·2+E·1 = 5 pts
lone (4 points)
Single has mortgage, say
... left single (wordplay)
Single, as a Ranger (wordplay)
L·1+O·1+N·1+E·1 = 4 pts
lope (6 points)
Run off a farm (wordplay)
Maybe 25 percent of a gallop
Run of the ranch (wordplay)
L·1+O·1+P·3+E·1 = 6 pts
lore (4 points)
Old news (wordplay)
Family hand-me-down (wordplay)
Some hand-me-downs (wordplay)
L·1+O·1+R·1+E·1 = 4 pts
lose (4 points)
Finish last, perhaps
Go home empty-handed, say
Come in too late (wordplay)
L·1+O·1+S·1+E·1 = 4 pts
love (7 points)
Heart condition (wordplay)
World rotator (wordplay)
World rotator, so they say
L·1+O·1+V·4+E·1 = 7 pts
lowe (7 points)
Arthur - - , (Captain Mainwaring)
Rob of Brothers and Sisters
Chris of the Pet Shop Boys
L·1+O·1+W·4+E·1 = 7 pts
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
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
lyse (7 points)
Burst a cell (hidden in HOLY SEE)
Cause symptoms to subside
Dissolve a clot
L·1+Y·4+S·1+E·1 = 7 pts
5-Letter Words (33):
ladle (6 points)
Work in a soup kitchen perhaps
Boy has meadow cut? That's a scoop!
Stock holder (wordplay)
L·1+A·1+D·2+L·1+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
lapse (7 points)
Loss (in concentration, say?)
Momentary break of circuits, say
Brief failure (of memory)
L·1+A·1+P·3+S·1+E·1 = 7 pts
laree (5 points)
Maldives' dollar
Maldives dollar
L·1+A·1+R·1+E·1+E·1 = 5 pts
large (6 points)
Great Danes leave green salad!
Fries order at McDonalds maybe
L on a T (wordplay)
L·1+A·1+R·1+G·2+E·1 = 6 pts
lathe (8 points)
What may make you bats (wordplay)
Leg shaper (wordplay)
Did Turner work at it (wordplay)
L·1+A·1+T·1+H·4+E·1 = 8 pts
latke (9 points)
Potato pancakes (in Jewish cookery)
It's made of grated potato
Fried Hanukkah treat
L·1+A·1+T·1+K·5+E·1 = 9 pts
lease (5 points)
Summer's has too short a date (Shak.)
Let a flat (5)
Hairdressers monthly payment maybe
L·1+E·1+A·1+S·1+E·1 = 5 pts
leave (8 points)
Shore time, perhaps
Go for one in unfinished 22
Say farewell the French way
L·1+E·1+A·1+V·4+E·1 = 8 pts
ledge (7 points)
Potted plants perch perhaps
Cliffhanger locale (wordplay)
Potted plant's perch, perhaps
L·1+E·1+D·2+G·2+E·1 = 7 pts
lense (5 points)
Optical part variable
Optical part var
Telescope part
L·1+E·1+N·1+S·1+E·1 = 5 pts
leone (5 points)
'Once Upon a Time in America' director
Freetown money unit
Sign with direction for director
L·1+E·1+O·1+N·1+E·1 = 5 pts
lethe (8 points)
Dead water (wordplay)
River you might forget (wordplay)
Infernal flower (wordplay)
L·1+E·1+T·1+H·4+E·1 = 8 pts
levee (8 points)
Bank manager (wordplay)
Water board (wordplay)
Bank security feature (wordplay)
L·1+E·1+V·4+E·1+E·1 = 8 pts
liane (5 points)
Tarzan's tropical transport, maybe
Tropical vine (var.)
Tarzans tropical transport maybe
L·1+I·1+A·1+N·1+E·1 = 5 pts
liege (6 points)
Lordly European province (wordplay)
Belgian location, say, featured in story
Lord or vassal, say, in romance
L·1+I·1+E·1+G·2+E·1 = 6 pts
lieve (8 points)
Colloquial form of "lief."
Willingly give a pound to the old woman
Gladly or willingly: Dial.
L·1+I·1+E·1+V·4+E·1 = 8 pts
lisle (5 points)
Is lost in the foreign thread (wordplay)
Is left in the foreign thread (wordplay)
Man, say, after end of doleful yarn
L·1+I·1+S·1+L·1+E·1 = 5 pts
lithe (8 points)
Capable of doing the splits, say
The man on bed in Paris is agile!
Supple of body
L·1+I·1+T·1+H·4+E·1 = 8 pts
litre (5 points)
BP purchase, maybe
Bath water measure (wordplay)
Bath quantity (wordplay)
L·1+I·1+T·1+R·1+E·1 = 5 pts
livre (8 points)
Nice book (wordplay)
French 101 book (wordplay)
VILER French money (wordplay)
L·1+I·1+V·4+R·1+E·1 = 8 pts
lodge (7 points)
Cottage for one of those in 7 down
Hunting trailer (wordplay)
Beaver's home - hunters use it!
L·1+O·1+D·2+G·2+E·1 = 7 pts
longe (6 points)
Simile's end (wordplay)
Ultimate Miami sound (wordplay)
What opens easily (wordplay)
L·1+O·1+N·1+G·2+E·1 = 6 pts
looie (5 points)
Sarge's boss (sl.)
Boss of a sarge
Army officer below captain in slang
L·1+O·1+O·1+I·1+E·1 = 5 pts
loose (5 points)
Fast? Perhaps not!
Like ship-sinking lips (wordplay)
Out of the barn, say
L·1+O·1+O·1+S·1+E·1 = 5 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
lowse (8 points)
""To {loose=v} [v LOWSIT or LOWSED, LOWSING, LOWSES] / {loose=adj}""
L·1+O·1+W·4+S·1+E·1 = 8 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
lyase (8 points)
Catalyzing enzyme
L·1+Y·4+A·1+S·1+E·1 = 8 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
6-Letter Words (58):
labile (8 points)
Apt to change
Unstable California city's anger
Unstable, to a biochemist
L·1+A·1+B·3+I·1+L·1+E·1 = 8 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
laddie (8 points)
Lassie's boy (wordplay)
Lassie fan (wordplay)
Tell stories about a divine little boy
L·1+A·1+D·2+D·2+I·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
lambie (10 points)
Term of affection
Honeybunch
L·1+A·1+M·3+B·3+I·1+E·1 = 10 pts
lamiae (8 points)
Vampires Lat.
L·1+A·1+M·3+I·1+A·1+E·1 = 8 pts
lanate (6 points)
Covered in wool
Covered with wool
Having a wooly covering.
L·1+A·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 6 pts
langue (7 points)
Francais, par exemple
French tongue.
L·1+A·1+N·1+G·2+U·1+E·1 = 7 pts
lanose (6 points)
Full of wool
Wool-covered
One about to throw in the towel: it's woolly
L·1+A·1+N·1+O·1+S·1+E·1 = 6 pts
larine (6 points)
Like a seagull.
Like a sea gull.
Of sea gulls
L·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 6 pts
larvae (9 points)
Baby buggies (wordplay)
Future monarchs, for example
Caterpie or Weedle, for example
L·1+A·1+R·1+V·4+A·1+E·1 = 9 pts
lassie (6 points)
Timmy's savior (wordplay)
Haile Selassie's dog (wordplay)
Dog star (wordplay)
L·1+A·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+E·1 = 6 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
lavage (10 points)
Cleaning, in medical terms
Medical washing
Washing
L·1+A·1+V·4+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 10 pts
lawine (9 points)
""An avalanche, also LAUWINE""
L·1+A·1+W·4+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 9 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
legate (7 points)
Person on a mission (wordplay)
Envoy, say, entering behind schedule
Envoy, maybe papal
L·1+E·1+G·2+A·1+T·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
lessee (6 points)
'Renter' written 'rntr' (wordplay)
Subject of a flat letter (wordplay)
Pad signer (wordplay)
L·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+E·1 = 6 pts
lexeme (15 points)
Meaningful language unit
Linguistics unit
Dictionary entry
L·1+E·1+X·8+E·1+M·3+E·1 = 15 pts
liable (8 points)
On the hook (for)
Apt to be skilled at last
Under legal obligation.
L·1+I·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 8 pts
liaise (6 points)
Work together (with)
Get together (with)
Make a connection (with)
L·1+I·1+A·1+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 6 pts
librae (8 points)
Ancient Roman weights
Roman pounds
L·1+I·1+B·3+R·1+A·1+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
lierne (6 points)
Rib in Gothic vaulting
Gothic re-enforcing rib
Type of rib in Gothic vaulting.
L·1+I·1+E·1+R·1+N·1+E·1 = 6 pts
ligase (7 points)
Enzyme which seals nicks in DNA
L·1+I·1+G·2+A·1+S·1+E·1 = 7 pts
ligate (7 points)
Bind a certain way
Bind up the wounds
Tie up, as in surgery
L·1+I·1+G·2+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 7 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
linage (7 points)
Reporter's pay scale, perhaps
Measure of advertising copy
Magazine article payment
L·1+I·1+N·1+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 7 pts
lipase (8 points)
Digestion enzyme (anagram of SIP ALE)
Fat-breakdown enzyme
Enzyme that breaks down fat
L·1+I·1+P·3+A·1+S·1+E·1 = 8 pts
lipide (9 points)
Greasy compound
L·1+I·1+P·3+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 9 pts
little (6 points)
Letters were guide to gold - go slow!
Tell it (anagram) - not a lot!
Very much the opposite!
L·1+I·1+T·1+T·1+L·1+E·1 = 6 pts
loathe (9 points)
Unfancy to the max (wordplay)
To heal (anagram)
See 'hate awfully'!
L·1+O·1+A·1+T·1+H·4+E·1 = 9 pts
lobate (8 points)
Having rounded protuberances, as leaves.
Like a grebe's foot
Like brains and ears
L·1+O·1+B·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 8 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
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
loggie (8 points)
Loggia
L·1+O·1+G·2+G·2+I·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
lovage (10 points)
Salad plant from a glove (wordplay)
Parsley relative - a glove (anagram)
Plant acquires nothing about law officer
L·1+O·1+V·4+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 10 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
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
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
lysate (9 points)
Product resulting from lysis
Result of gradual decline of a disease
L·1+Y·4+S·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 9 pts
lysine (9 points)
Amino acid that helps treat cold sores
Amino acid known as K
Important amino acid
L·1+Y·4+S·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 9 pts
lyttae (9 points)
Lytta
L·1+Y·4+T·1+T·1+A·1+E·1 = 9 pts
7-Letter Words (65):
labiate (9 points)
Small dog one fed with mint, say
Belonging to the mint family
Having lips
L·1+A·1+B·3+I·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 9 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
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
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
laminae (9 points)
Thin layers of bone
Layers of tissue
English beast rolling around in sheets
L·1+A·1+M·3+I·1+N·1+A·1+E·1 = 9 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
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
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
lauwine (10 points)
""An avalanche, also LAWINE""
L·1+A·1+U·1+W·4+I·1+N·1+E·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
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
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
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
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
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
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
leglike (12 points)
Like a leg
L·1+E·1+G·2+L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 12 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
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
leprose (9 points)
Powdery lichen
Scaly Bot.
Scaly.
L·1+E·1+P·3+R·1+O·1+S·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
libelee (9 points)
Object of a scurrilous attack, maybe
Defendant in a law case
Plaintiff, perhaps
L·1+I·1+B·3+E·1+L·1+E·1+E·1 = 9 pts
librate (9 points)
To stay poised
Oscillate, as the beam of a scale.
Oscillate, but sign note
L·1+I·1+B·3+R·1+A·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
lignite (8 points)
Fifty light for one that's lighted
Type of coal
It's lit, for example in stove
L·1+I·1+G·2+N·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 8 pts
ligulae (8 points)
Ligula
L·1+I·1+G·2+U·1+L·1+A·1+E·1 = 8 pts
likable (13 points)
Easy to get along with
Easy to take to, of pleasant personality
Friendly and charming
L·1+I·1+K·5+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 13 pts
limbate (11 points)
Bordered, as a flower.
L·1+I·1+M·3+B·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
limeade (10 points)
Drink - another in lounge (wordplay)
Minute Maid product
Pop is to fib about alcoholic drink
L·1+I·1+M·3+E·1+A·1+D·2+E·1 = 10 pts
linable (9 points)
Lying in a straight line
L·1+I·1+N·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 9 pts
lindane (8 points)
An insecticide
Powerful insecticide
Agricultural pesticide
L·1+I·1+N·1+D·2+A·1+N·1+E·1 = 8 pts
lineage (8 points)
Descent using rope, perhaps, taking time
Descent (from an ancestor)
Where did you spring from (wordplay)
L·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 8 pts
lineate (7 points)
Like most writing pads
Marked with strokes.
Marked with lines.
L·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 7 pts
linguae (8 points)
Lingua
L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+U·1+A·1+E·1 = 8 pts
linkage (12 points)
A king involved in The French Connection
Badly leaking connection
System of connections
L·1+I·1+N·1+K·5+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 12 pts
lionise (7 points)
Make fuss of (celebrity)
Treat as celebrity - like Leo (wordplay)
Treat as celebrity like Leo (wordplay)
L·1+I·1+O·1+N·1+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 7 pts
lionize (16 points)
Give a roar of approval (wordplay)
Treat as a VIP.
Really build up
L·1+I·1+O·1+N·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 16 pts
liplike (13 points)
Like a lip
L·1+I·1+P·3+L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 13 pts
liquate (16 points)
Separate metals by melting
L·1+I·1+Q·10+U·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 16 pts
lisente (7 points)
Lesotho's coins
Lesotho coins
L·1+I·1+S·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+E·1 = 7 pts
lissome (9 points)
Oil mess (anagram)
Supple smile - so different!
Moving quickly and lightly
L·1+I·1+S·1+S·1+O·1+M·3+E·1 = 9 pts
livable (12 points)
Fit for habitation
Decent, as accommodations
Unlike rattraps
L·1+I·1+V·4+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 12 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
losable (9 points)
Like some earrings
Capable of being misplaced
Susceptible to being misplaced
L·1+O·1+S·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 9 pts
lovable (12 points)
Like kittens or babies, perhaps
Like a cute puppy, say
Like a cute baby
L·1+O·1+V·4+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 12 pts
lowlife (13 points)
Ne'er-do-well
Rotten existence for society's dregs
Society's dregs
L·1+O·1+W·4+L·1+I·1+F·4+E·1 = 13 pts
lozenge (17 points)
Cold comfort (wordplay)
Drop down one's throat (wordplay)
Tough pill to swallow (wordplay)
L·1+O·1+Z·10+E·1+N·1+G·2+E·1 = 17 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
lyddite (12 points)
Explosive used in shells
Explosive made of picric acid
Tiddley explosive
L·1+Y·4+D·2+D·2+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
8-Letter Words (132):
laborite (10 points)
Debs, for instance.
Follower of Attlee.
Member of a certain party.
L·1+A·1+B·3+O·1+R·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 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

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