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poetaster (11 points)
Bad versifier; operettas (anagram)
Operettas ruined by his dire lyrics
Writer of contemptible verse
P·3+O·1+E·1+T·1+A·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
polyester (14 points)
Suit material, perhaps
This material goes out to Presley
Tennis racket string material
P·3+O·1+L·1+Y·4+E·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
polywater (17 points)
""WATER to sprinkle with a transparent, odourless, tasteless liquid""
P·3+O·1+L·1+Y·4+W·4+A·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 17 pts
porringer (12 points)
Child's bowl.
Child's bowl
Small dish for Spanish campanologist
P·3+O·1+R·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
portrayer (14 points)
Artist needs beer to have inner spark
Actor, for example
Artist wants Guinness maybe when eating fish
P·3+O·1+R·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+Y·4+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
positiver (14 points)
Positive
P·3+O·1+S·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
possessor (11 points)
Might one have an alternative (wordplay)
One's one of the haves
One of the haves
P·3+O·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+O·1+R·1 = 11 pts
possibler (13 points)
Possible
P·3+O·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+B·3+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
posterior (11 points)
Toward the back
Silly tries let in by inadequate back
Later in time.
P·3+O·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+O·1+R·1 = 11 pts
postponer (13 points)
One who postpones.
P·3+O·1+S·1+T·1+P·3+O·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
potboiler (13 points)
Stoner's pulp fiction (wordplay)
Book hastily written for gain
Hack's novel
P·3+O·1+T·1+B·3+O·1+I·1+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
pothunter (14 points)
Person interested in winning prizes
Vainglorious competitor uses drug - horse (wordplay)
P·3+O·1+T·1+H·4+U·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
potometer (13 points)
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) an apparatus that measures the rate of water uptake by a plant or plant part [from Latin pōtāre to drink + -meter ]
P·3+O·1+T·1+O·1+M·3+E·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
poulterer (11 points)
He's game to supply you
Dealer in fowl
Leo and Rupert nobbled dealer in game
P·3+O·1+U·1+L·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
practicer (15 points)
""One who practices, or puts in practice; one who customarily performs certain acts.""
P·3+R·1+A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+C·3+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
prankster (15 points)
Practical joker Colloq.
Practical joker: Colloq.
Person playing tricks on people
P·3+R·1+A·1+N·1+K·5+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
preachier (16 points)
More tediously moralising
More self-righteous support stifles influence
P·3+R·1+E·1+A·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts
precensor (13 points)
CENSOR to delete a word or passage
P·3+R·1+E·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+S·1+O·1+R·1 = 13 pts
precentor (13 points)
Choir leader
Queen Anne died despite Johnson's 'most universal genius'
P·3+R·1+E·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 13 pts
preceptor (15 points)
Teacher or principal
Teacher, of old
Teacher
P·3+R·1+E·1+C·3+E·1+P·3+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 15 pts
precursor (13 points)
Before the computer age (wordplay)
Cusp error responsible for omen
Something going in advance of another
P·3+R·1+E·1+C·3+U·1+R·1+S·1+O·1+R·1 = 13 pts
predictor (14 points)
Jeane Dixon, for one
Weather man's role.
Someone who foretells events
P·3+R·1+E·1+D·2+I·1+C·3+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 14 pts
predinner (12 points)
Like an aperitif
P·3+R·1+E·1+D·2+I·1+N·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
preemptor (15 points)
PREEMPT to acquire by prior right
P·3+R·1+E·1+E·1+M·3+P·3+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 15 pts
preferrer (14 points)
One who prefers.
P·3+R·1+E·1+F·4+E·1+R·1+R·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
preheater (14 points)
HEATER an apparatus for heating
P·3+R·1+E·1+H·4+E·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
prejudger (20 points)
JUDGER one who {judges=v}
P·3+R·1+E·1+J·8+U·1+D·2+G·2+E·1+R·1 = 20 pts
premerger (14 points)
MERGER the combining of two or more businesses into one
P·3+R·1+E·1+M·3+E·1+R·1+G·2+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
prenumber (15 points)
NUMBER to {count=v}
P·3+R·1+E·1+N·1+U·1+M·3+B·3+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
presbyter (16 points)
span>Minister from cabinet
Church elder
Church minister
P·3+R·1+E·1+S·1+B·3+Y·4+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts
presenter (11 points)
Awards show host, perhaps
Here she rules over us, the shower!
Perhaps do nor as one for the show
P·3+R·1+E·1+S·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
preserver (14 points)
Thing on a big boat (with "life")
He keeps quiet about the waiter
A keeper before a waiter
P·3+R·1+E·1+S·1+E·1+R·1+V·4+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
pretender (12 points)
James Stuart, for one
Not a genuine claimant (wordplay)
Claimant (to a throne)
P·3+R·1+E·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
preventer (14 points)
What Smokey wants you to be, re forest fires
Obviator
P·3+R·1+E·1+V·4+E·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
previewer (17 points)
Online photo album feature
P·3+R·1+E·1+V·4+I·1+E·1+W·4+E·1+R·1 = 17 pts
pricklier (17 points)
Prickly
P·3+R·1+I·1+C·3+K·5+L·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 17 pts
privateer (14 points)
Ship quietly corroded in stream
Vessel's solitary lug pronounced
Type of armed ship.
P·3+R·1+I·1+V·4+A·1+T·1+E·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
processor (13 points)
Teacher, or friend of Gilligan
Issuer of legal writs.
Computer hardware item
P·3+R·1+O·1+C·3+E·1+S·1+S·1+O·1+R·1 = 13 pts
professor (14 points)
Four-time role for Patrick Stewart
Member of an academic faculty
University department head
P·3+R·1+O·1+F·4+E·1+S·1+S·1+O·1+R·1 = 14 pts
profiteer (14 points)
Will he make too much of it (wordplay)
Scalp tickets, for example
Charge too much
P·3+R·1+O·1+F·4+I·1+T·1+E·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
programer (14 points)
PROGRAM to arrange in a plan of proceedings
P·3+R·1+O·1+G·2+R·1+A·1+M·3+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
projector (20 points)
Plan alternative cinema equipment
Slide-showing device
Film-showing machine
P·3+R·1+O·1+J·8+E·1+C·3+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 20 pts
prolonger (12 points)
""One who, or that which, causes an extension in time or space.""
P·3+R·1+O·1+L·1+O·1+N·1+G·2+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
propeller (13 points)
Screw (on a boat)
Jack's screwdriver (wordplay)
Fit retaining 45-inch screw
P·3+R·1+O·1+P·3+E·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
propellor (13 points)
PROPEL to drive forward
P·3+R·1+O·1+P·3+E·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+R·1 = 13 pts
propretor (13 points)
""A magistrate who, having been pretor at home, was appointed to the government of a province.""
P·3+R·1+O·1+P·3+R·1+E·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 13 pts
prosateur (11 points)
English word
P·3+R·1+O·1+S·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+U·1+R·1 = 11 pts
prosector (13 points)
""One who makes dissections for anatomical illustration; usually, the assistant of a professional anatomist.""
P·3+R·1+O·1+S·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 13 pts
protector (13 points)
Expert + sleuth + peak
Knight, to a damsel
Guard for Commonwealth head of state
P·3+R·1+O·1+T·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 13 pts
protester (11 points)
Person in a sit-in, say
Member of the mob (wordplay)
SAT administrator, by trade (wordplay)
P·3+R·1+O·1+T·1+E·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
protestor (11 points)
Placard carrier, maybe
Member of the mob (wordplay)
One who disagrees Var.
P·3+R·1+O·1+T·1+E·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 11 pts
provender (15 points)
Not an amateur food seller (wordplay)
Dry food for beasts
Supplies spin round seller in US
P·3+R·1+O·1+V·4+E·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
pterosaur (11 points)
Extinct winged "lizard"
Ground or pasture for old beast
Ancient flier on quiet Eurostar train
P·3+T·1+E·1+R·1+O·1+S·1+A·1+U·1+R·1 = 11 pts
publisher (16 points)
Eg Jonathan Cape or Hamish Hamilton
Bookmaker in bar spilled relish
Budding author's pursuit
P·3+U·1+B·3+L·1+I·1+S·1+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts
puckerier (17 points)
Puckery
P·3+U·1+C·3+K·5+E·1+R·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 17 pts
puppeteer (15 points)
He pulls the strings.
A dog always welcomes favourite
Burr Tillstrom, for example
P·3+U·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+T·1+E·1+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
purchaser (16 points)
Patron has ship's officer storing tea
Tea break for cashier and buyer
One who buys something
P·3+U·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+A·1+S·1+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts
purloiner (11 points)
Cleaner hides meat from thief
Cleaner hiding joint she's stolen
P·3+U·1+R·1+L·1+O·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
pyrolyzer (26 points)
""PYROLYZE to decompose by heating, also PYROLISE, PYROLIZE, PYROLYSE""
P·3+Y·4+R·1+O·1+L·1+Y·4+Z·10+E·1+R·1 = 26 pts
pyrometer (16 points)
An instrument used for measuring the expansion of solid bodies by heat.
P·3+Y·4+R·1+O·1+M·3+E·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts
pacesetter (14 points)
Conductor on the run (wordplay)
One leading during a race
Horse that shows the way
P·3+A·1+C·3+E·1+S·1+E·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
painfuller (15 points)
Painful
P·3+A·1+I·1+N·1+F·4+U·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
painkiller (16 points)
Morphine, for example
One shouldn't feel hurt when it's used
Aspirin, for instance
P·3+A·1+I·1+N·1+K·5+I·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts
pallbearer (14 points)
One carrying a coffin
One approaching a hearse
Principal lamenter may be seen as such
P·3+A·1+L·1+L·1+B·3+E·1+A·1+R·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
palletizer (21 points)
PALLETIZE
P·3+A·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+T·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1+R·1 = 21 pts
panhandler (16 points)
Freestone ring wearer (wordplay)
Chef, at times (wordplay)
Help ran, and upset cook (wordplay)
P·3+A·1+N·1+H·4+A·1+N·1+D·2+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts
papermaker (20 points)
The process or craft of making paper.
P·3+A·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+M·3+A·1+K·5+E·1+R·1 = 20 pts
pasticheur (17 points)
(Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a person who creates or performs pastiches
P·3+A·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+U·1+R·1 = 17 pts
pathfinder (19 points)
One who shows the way forward
Guide through unexplored territory
Subject of a novel by Cooper.
P·3+A·1+T·1+H·4+F·4+I·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 19 pts
pawnbroker (21 points)
Seller of small chess pieces (wordplay)
He sells chess pieces (wordplay)
Steiger film (with "The")
P·3+A·1+W·4+N·1+B·3+R·1+O·1+K·5+E·1+R·1 = 21 pts
peacemaker (20 points)
Indian pipe smoker (wordplay)
Indian pipe smoker?
Keep camera rolling for arbitrator
P·3+E·1+A·1+C·3+E·1+M·3+A·1+K·5+E·1+R·1 = 20 pts
peacockier (20 points)
Peacocky
P·3+E·1+A·1+C·3+O·1+C·3+K·5+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 20 pts
peashooter (15 points)
Tube to get the pulse going (wordplay)
Prankster's weapon
Boy's weapon
P·3+E·1+A·1+S·1+H·4+O·1+O·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
peduncular (15 points)
Of the stalk of a solitary flower
P·3+E·1+D·2+U·1+N·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+R·1 = 15 pts
pelletizer (21 points)
PELLETIZE
P·3+E·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+T·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1+R·1 = 21 pts
pelycosaur (17 points)
A large primitive reptile having a tall spinal sail; of the Permian or late Paleozoic in Europe and North America.
P·3+E·1+L·1+Y·4+C·3+O·1+S·1+A·1+U·1+R·1 = 17 pts
peninsular (12 points)
Insure plan (anagram)
Writer, inward-looking, from Iberia
Sticking out, in a way
P·3+E·1+N·1+I·1+N·1+S·1+U·1+L·1+A·1+R·1 = 12 pts
pentameter (14 points)
Verse line of 20 ac feet
Line of verse with five metrical feet
Typical Shakespearean line
P·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+A·1+M·3+E·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
percolator (14 points)
Where one may find grounds for removal
Coffee-making machine
Coffee machine
P·3+E·1+R·1+C·3+O·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 14 pts
perforator (15 points)
A fine speaker? One may be boring
P·3+E·1+R·1+F·4+O·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 15 pts
persecutor (14 points)
Tyrant for example
Tyrant for example
Tyrant developed our respect
P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1+E·1+C·3+U·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 14 pts
personator (12 points)
One who personates.
P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1+O·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 12 pts
petitioner (12 points)
Plaintiff makes appeal to HM
One with a suit may give tip to Ernie
One collecting autographs
P·3+E·1+T·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
photometer (17 points)
""An instrument for measuring the intensity of light, or, more especially, for comparing the relative intensities of different lights, or their relative illuminating power.""
P·3+H·4+O·1+T·1+O·1+M·3+E·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 17 pts
piezometer (23 points)
An instrument for measuring the compressibility of liquids.
P·3+I·1+E·1+Z·10+O·1+M·3+E·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 23 pts
pigsticker (19 points)
Gluttons on watch for boar-hunter
Boar hunter takes the filth to heart
Perhaps Babe's heart goes to hunter of boar
P·3+I·1+G·2+S·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+K·5+E·1+R·1 = 19 pts
pinfeather (18 points)
Immature component of wing
Young plume
P·3+I·1+N·1+F·4+E·1+A·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 18 pts
pinspotter (14 points)
Comparative adjective or agent noun
P·3+I·1+N·1+S·1+P·3+O·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
pitifuller (15 points)
Pitiful
P·3+I·1+T·1+I·1+F·4+U·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
planimeter (14 points)
""An instrument for measuring the area of any plane figure, however irregular, by passing a tracer around the bounding line; a platometer.""
P·3+L·1+A·1+N·1+I·1+M·3+E·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
platemaker (18 points)
Print-shop employee
P·3+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+M·3+A·1+K·5+E·1+R·1 = 18 pts
pleasanter (12 points)
Pleasant
P·3+L·1+E·1+A·1+S·1+A·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
plesiosaur (12 points)
Great Mesozoic fossil reptile
P·3+L·1+E·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+S·1+A·1+U·1+R·1 = 12 pts
politicker (18 points)
POLITICK to engage in {politics=n}
P·3+O·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+K·5+E·1+R·1 = 18 pts
pollenizer (21 points)
POLLEN to transfer the fertilizing element in a seed plant to
P·3+O·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+N·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1+R·1 = 21 pts
pollinizer (21 points)
POLLINIZE
P·3+O·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1+R·1 = 21 pts
postmaster (14 points)
Official in charge of sorts (wordplay)
Kind of general (wordplay)
Man of letters (wordplay)
P·3+O·1+S·1+T·1+M·3+A·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
pourparler (14 points)
Informal discussion Fr.
Negotiations leading up to a treaty
Informal consultation
P·3+O·1+U·1+R·1+P·3+A·1+R·1+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
preparator (14 points)
""One who prepares beforehand, as subjects for dissection, specimens for preservation in collections, etc.""
P·3+R·1+E·1+P·3+A·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 14 pts
prescriber (16 points)
One who prescribes.
P·3+R·1+E·1+S·1+C·3+R·1+I·1+B·3+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts
pretheater (15 points)
""THEATER a building for dramatic presentations, also THEATRE""
P·3+R·1+E·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
prettifier (15 points)
""-fies , -fying , -fied (tr) to make pretty, esp in a trivial fashion; embellish prettification   n""
P·3+R·1+E·1+T·1+T·1+I·1+F·4+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
priestlier (12 points)
Priestly
P·3+R·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1+L·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
princelier (14 points)
Princely
P·3+R·1+I·1+N·1+C·3+E·1+L·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
printmaker (18 points)
Currier or Ives
P·3+R·1+I·1+N·1+T·1+M·3+A·1+K·5+E·1+R·1 = 18 pts
proclaimer (16 points)
One who proclaims.
P·3+R·1+O·1+C·3+L·1+A·1+I·1+M·3+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts
procreator (14 points)
One producing young
Progenitor
P·3+R·1+O·1+C·3+R·1+E·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 14 pts
profounder (16 points)
A paid athlete has to go down deeper
P·3+R·1+O·1+F·4+O·1+U·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts
progenitor (13 points)
Father, for good measure, organised riot
Originator, as of a musical style
One standing in for man or father
P·3+R·1+O·1+G·2+E·1+N·1+I·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 13 pts
programmer (17 points)
Writer of computer code
Scott Adams job before "Dilbert"
Computer coder
P·3+R·1+O·1+G·2+R·1+A·1+M·3+M·3+E·1+R·1 = 17 pts
promenader (15 points)
Royal Albert Hall regular
Walker - concert goer
Square dancer, at times
P·3+R·1+O·1+M·3+E·1+N·1+A·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
pronouncer (14 points)
Spelling bee official
P·3+R·1+O·1+N·1+O·1+U·1+N·1+C·3+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
pronuclear (14 points)
Pl. pronuclei (-kl - ) The haploid nucleus of a sperm or egg before fusion of the nuclei in fertilization.
P·3+R·1+O·1+N·1+U·1+C·3+L·1+E·1+A·1+R·1 = 14 pts
prophesier (17 points)
A prophet.
P·3+R·1+O·1+P·3+H·4+E·1+S·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 17 pts
propounder (15 points)
One who sets forth with a quid in his pocket?
One who sets forth with a quid in his pocket (wordplay)
P·3+R·1+O·1+P·3+O·1+U·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
propraetor (14 points)
""An ancient Roman official, appointed to be the chief administrator of a province after serving his term of office as praetor.""
P·3+R·1+O·1+P·3+R·1+A·1+E·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 14 pts
proprietor (14 points)
Owner (of a business)
Titleholder is Perot, prior to change
Name on the door, often
P·3+R·1+O·1+P·3+R·1+I·1+E·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 14 pts
proscriber (16 points)
""One who, or that which, proscribes, denounces, or prohibits.""
P·3+R·1+O·1+S·1+C·3+R·1+I·1+B·3+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts
prosecutor (14 points)
Ken Starr, for one
One who conducts case against defendant
One with something to prove
P·3+R·1+O·1+S·1+E·1+C·3+U·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 14 pts
proseminar (14 points)
""A course of study for graduate and advanced undergraduate students in a college or university, conducted in the manner of a seminar.""
P·3+R·1+O·1+S·1+E·1+M·3+I·1+N·1+A·1+R·1 = 14 pts
prospector (16 points)
He's disclaimed (wordplay)
One with a miner role (wordplay)
49er, for example
P·3+R·1+O·1+S·1+P·3+E·1+C·3+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 16 pts
pulverizer (24 points)
""One who, or that which, pulverizes.""
P·3+U·1+L·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1+R·1 = 24 pts
pycnometer (19 points)
A specific gravity bottle; a standard flask for measuring and comparing the densities of liquids.
P·3+Y·4+C·3+N·1+O·1+M·3+E·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 19 pts
pamphleteer (20 points)
Thomas Paine was voted Most Valuable ..
Thomas Paine was voted Most Valuable ...
Publicity agent of yore
P·3+A·1+M·3+P·3+H·4+L·1+E·1+T·1+E·1+E·1+R·1 = 20 pts
paperhanger (19 points)
Interior decorator, for one.
Interior decorator's hiree
Person who decorates as a profession
P·3+A·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+H·4+A·1+N·1+G·2+E·1+R·1 = 19 pts
paragrapher (19 points)
Writer of news items for newspapers
P·3+A·1+R·1+A·1+G·2+R·1+A·1+P·3+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 19 pts
paraphraser (18 points)
One who paraphrases.
P·3+A·1+R·1+A·1+P·3+H·4+R·1+A·1+S·1+E·1+R·1 = 18 pts
paratrooper (15 points)
High military figure (wordplay)
A jumper that rides up!
Jumpy guy (wordplay)
P·3+A·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+O·1+P·3+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
parishioner (16 points)
I hire parson (anagram)
Do I hire parson (wordplay)
Do I hire parson?
P·3+A·1+R·1+I·1+S·1+H·4+I·1+O·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts
partitioner (13 points)
Partition
P·3+A·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
pasteurizer (22 points)
Dairy apparatus.
P·3+A·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+U·1+R·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1+R·1 = 22 pts
paternoster (13 points)
Portents are confounded by prayer
Prayer that may give one a lift
Bill carries a bird in a lift
P·3+A·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+N·1+O·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
peacefuller (18 points)
Peaceful
P·3+E·1+A·1+C·3+E·1+F·4+U·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 18 pts
peacekeeper (21 points)
Friction-reducing agent
One enforcing a truce
*One placed between warring parties
P·3+E·1+A·1+C·3+E·1+K·5+E·1+E·1+P·3+E·1+R·1 = 21 pts
perpetrator (15 points)
Committer (of a crime)
One committing (a bad deed)
One committing (an offence)
P·3+E·1+R·1+P·3+E·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 15 pts
perpetuator (15 points)
""PERPETUATE To make perpetual; to cause to endure, or to be continued, indefinitely; to preserve from extinction or oblivion; to eternize.""
P·3+E·1+R·1+P·3+E·1+T·1+U·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 15 pts
personifier (16 points)
One who personifies.
P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1+O·1+N·1+I·1+F·4+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts
petrodollar (14 points)
""(Economics, Accounting & Finance / Banking & Finance) money, paid in dollars, earned by a country for the exporting of petroleum""
P·3+E·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+D·2+O·1+L·1+L·1+A·1+R·1 = 14 pts
pettifogger (18 points)
One who quibbles over trifles
One who quibbles
Picayune lawyer.
P·3+E·1+T·1+T·1+I·1+F·4+O·1+G·2+G·2+E·1+R·1 = 18 pts
philanderer (17 points)
Womaniser turning her plain red!
Man of affairs (wordplay)
Source of the quote, with "The"
P·3+H·4+I·1+L·1+A·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+R·1+E·1+R·1 = 17 pts
philosopher (21 points)
23 with a stone (wordplay)
Eg, Kant or Plato
One as Socrates, Wittgenstein
P·3+H·4+I·1+L·1+O·1+S·1+O·1+P·3+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 21 pts
photocopier (20 points)
Today's mimeograph
Piece of office gear
Office machine
P·3+H·4+O·1+T·1+O·1+C·3+O·1+P·3+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 20 pts
photosetter (16 points)
PHOTOSET to prepare for printing by photographic means
P·3+H·4+O·1+T·1+O·1+S·1+E·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts
phrasemaker (22 points)
""One, such as a speechwriter, who composes memorable or effective phrases.""
P·3+H·4+R·1+A·1+S·1+E·1+M·3+A·1+K·5+E·1+R·1 = 22 pts
pieceworker (22 points)
Person paid per item produced
P·3+I·1+E·1+C·3+E·1+W·4+O·1+R·1+K·5+E·1+R·1 = 22 pts
pigeonholer (17 points)
""PIGEONHOLE A small compartment in a desk or case for the keeping of letters, documents, etc.; so called from the resemblance of a row of them to the compartments in a dovecote.""
P·3+I·1+G·2+E·1+O·1+N·1+H·4+O·1+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 17 pts
placeholder (19 points)
Symbol for something missing
Bookmark, essentially
Temporary wording in a document awaiting final text
P·3+L·1+A·1+C·3+E·1+H·4+O·1+L·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 19 pts
placekicker (25 points)
Upright man (wordplay)
Any top-25 NFL career scoring leader
He knows how to score extra points
P·3+L·1+A·1+C·3+E·1+K·5+I·1+C·3+K·5+E·1+R·1 = 25 pts
plagiarizer (23 points)
Prose appropriator
P·3+L·1+A·1+G·2+I·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1+R·1 = 23 pts
plasticizer (24 points)
PLASTICIZE
P·3+L·1+A·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+Z·10+E·1+R·1 = 24 pts
polarimeter (15 points)
""An instrument for determining the amount of polarization of light, or the proportion of polarized light, in a partially polarized ray.""
P·3+O·1+L·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+M·3+E·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
polygrapher (22 points)
Polygraph
P·3+O·1+L·1+Y·4+G·2+R·1+A·1+P·3+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 22 pts
polynuclear (18 points)
Containing many nuclei.
P·3+O·1+L·1+Y·4+N·1+U·1+C·3+L·1+E·1+A·1+R·1 = 18 pts
popularizer (24 points)
One making a subject accessible*
P·3+O·1+P·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1+R·1 = 24 pts
potentiator (13 points)
POTENTIATE To render active or potent.
P·3+O·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 13 pts
precomputer (19 points)
COMPUTER a machine that computes automatically
P·3+R·1+E·1+C·3+O·1+M·3+P·3+U·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 19 pts
predecessor (16 points)
Person in post before the current holder
One there before
Jobholder before the present one
P·3+R·1+E·1+D·2+E·1+C·3+E·1+S·1+S·1+O·1+R·1 = 16 pts
preregister (14 points)
Choose classes early
P·3+R·1+E·1+R·1+E·1+G·2+I·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
preschooler (18 points)
Preschool
P·3+R·1+E·1+S·1+C·3+H·4+O·1+O·1+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 18 pts
pressurizer (22 points)
PRESSURIZE
P·3+R·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+U·1+R·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1+R·1 = 22 pts
prizewinner (25 points)
Appreciate the best (wordplay)
Appreciate the victor (wordplay)
One gaining award
P·3+R·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1+W·4+I·1+N·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 25 pts
probationer (15 points)
Tester of a person's conduct
One on trial in post
Offender on conditional release
P·3+R·1+O·1+B·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
proofreader (17 points)
Bottle examiner (wordplay)
He shouldn't leave any wrong impressions
One looking for trouble, in a way
P·3+R·1+O·1+O·1+F·4+R·1+E·1+A·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 17 pts
provisioner (16 points)
Provision
P·3+R·1+O·1+V·4+I·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts
provocateur (18 points)
An agent provocateur.
P·3+R·1+O·1+V·4+O·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1+U·1+R·1 = 18 pts
pussyfooter (19 points)
Wary one
P·3+U·1+S·1+S·1+Y·4+F·4+O·1+O·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 19 pts
paleographer (20 points)
One skilled in paleography; a paleographist.
P·3+A·1+L·1+E·1+O·1+G·2+R·1+A·1+P·3+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 20 pts
pasqueflower (29 points)
Anemone with bell-shaped purple flowers
P·3+A·1+S·1+Q·10+U·1+E·1+F·4+L·1+O·1+W·4+E·1+R·1 = 29 pts
penetrometer (16 points)
""A device for measuring the penetrating power of radiation, especially x-rays.""
P·3+E·1+N·1+E·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+M·3+E·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts
perambulator (18 points)
Carriage for one on patrol
Baby carrier (usually abbreviated)
Baby's transport
P·3+E·1+R·1+A·1+M·3+B·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 18 pts
petrographer (20 points)
Geology ()
P·3+E·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+G·2+R·1+A·1+P·3+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 20 pts
phonographer (23 points)
One versed or skilled in phonography.
P·3+H·4+O·1+N·1+O·1+G·2+R·1+A·1+P·3+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 23 pts
photographer (23 points)
Snappy guy (wordplay)
One will put you in the picture
Job taking snaps
P·3+H·4+O·1+T·1+O·1+G·2+R·1+A·1+P·3+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 23 pts
photonuclear (19 points)
Of or relating to a nuclear reaction induced by photons.
P·3+H·4+O·1+T·1+O·1+N·1+U·1+C·3+L·1+E·1+A·1+R·1 = 19 pts
photopolymer (24 points)
""(Chemistry) a polymeric material that is sensitive to light: used in printing plates, microfilms, etc.""
P·3+H·4+O·1+T·1+O·1+P·3+O·1+L·1+Y·4+M·3+E·1+R·1 = 24 pts
phrasemonger (20 points)
Comparative adjective or agent noun
P·3+H·4+R·1+A·1+S·1+E·1+M·3+O·1+N·1+G·2+E·1+R·1 = 20 pts
policyholder (23 points)
Party under cover (wordplay)
Person taking out insurance
Person with insurance
P·3+O·1+L·1+I·1+C·3+Y·4+H·4+O·1+L·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 23 pts
pornographer (20 points)
""Sexually explicit pictures, writing, or other material whose primary purpose is to cause sexual arousal.""
P·3+O·1+R·1+N·1+O·1+G·2+R·1+A·1+P·3+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 20 pts
practitioner (16 points)
Professional person, esp. doctor
One involved in medicine, such as a GP
Part in erotic play for skilled operator
P·3+R·1+A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts
pralltriller (14 points)
""A melodic embellishment consisting of the quick alternation of a principal tone with an auxiliary tone above it, usually the next of the scale; -- called also the inverted mordente.inverted mordente.""
P·3+R·1+A·1+L·1+L·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
preamplifier (21 points)
AMPLIFIER One who or that which amplifies.
P·3+R·1+E·1+A·1+M·3+P·3+L·1+I·1+F·4+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 21 pts
precipitator (18 points)
""One who precipitates, or urges on with vehemence or rashness.""
P·3+R·1+E·1+C·3+I·1+P·3+I·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 18 pts
premeditator (17 points)
Inflected form of MEDITATOR Inflected form of MEDITATE to consider thoughtfully
P·3+R·1+E·1+M·3+E·1+D·2+I·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 17 pts
preprocessor (18 points)
Inflected form of PROCESSOR Inflected form of PROCESS to treat or prepare by a special method
P·3+R·1+E·1+P·3+R·1+O·1+C·3+E·1+S·1+S·1+O·1+R·1 = 18 pts
preslaughter (18 points)
SLAUGHTER The act of killing.
P·3+R·1+E·1+S·1+L·1+A·1+U·1+G·2+H·4+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 18 pts
prevaricator (19 points)
One who prevaricates.
P·3+R·1+E·1+V·4+A·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 19 pts
primogenitor (17 points)
To reign terribly following Victorian old ancestor
Victorian old chap conversely including one's forefather
P·3+R·1+I·1+M·3+O·1+G·2+E·1+N·1+I·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 17 pts
prizefighter (30 points)
Any game show contestant (wordplay)
Clay, for one.
Professional athlete.
P·3+R·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1+F·4+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 30 pts
proselytizer (26 points)
One who proselytes.
P·3+R·1+O·1+S·1+E·1+L·1+Y·4+T·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1+R·1 = 26 pts
psychrometer (24 points)
""An instrument for measuring the tension of the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere, being essentially a wet and dry bulb hygrometer.""
P·3+S·1+Y·4+C·3+H·4+R·1+O·1+M·3+E·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 24 pts
passionflower (21 points)
Tropical climbing plant (granadilla)
Climbing plant, Passiflora
Wasp flies on or off climbing plant
P·3+A·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1+F·4+L·1+O·1+W·4+E·1+R·1 = 21 pts
perpendicular (20 points)
At right angles
Apple incurred difficulties? Straight up
Style of English architecture
P·3+E·1+R·1+P·3+E·1+N·1+D·2+I·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+R·1 = 20 pts
philosophizer (32 points)
One who philosophizes.
P·3+H·4+I·1+L·1+O·1+S·1+O·1+P·3+H·4+I·1+Z·10+E·1+R·1 = 32 pts
photocomposer (24 points)
PHOTOCOMPOSE
P·3+H·4+O·1+T·1+O·1+C·3+O·1+M·3+P·3+O·1+S·1+E·1+R·1 = 24 pts
photodetector (21 points)
Agent noun (-or)
P·3+H·4+O·1+T·1+O·1+D·2+E·1+T·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 21 pts
photoengraver (22 points)
PHOTOENGRAVE To engrave by a photomechanical process; to make a photo-engraving of.
P·3+H·4+O·1+T·1+O·1+E·1+N·1+G·2+R·1+A·1+V·4+E·1+R·1 = 22 pts
photofinisher (24 points)
Jockey's other job (wordplay)
P·3+H·4+O·1+T·1+O·1+F·4+I·1+N·1+I·1+S·1+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 24 pts
photoreceptor (22 points)
""A nerve ending, cell, or group of cells specialized to sense or receive light.""
P·3+H·4+O·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+E·1+C·3+E·1+P·3+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 22 pts
physiographer (27 points)
""Geography the systematic classification and description of nature. See also geography ; geology . ; physiographer , ; physiographic, physiographical , adj . Classification""
P·3+H·4+Y·4+S·1+I·1+O·1+G·2+R·1+A·1+P·3+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 27 pts
phytoplankter (27 points)
Comparative adjective or agent noun
P·3+H·4+Y·4+T·1+O·1+P·3+L·1+A·1+N·1+K·5+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 27 pts

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