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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
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
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
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
pollinator (12 points)
Bee, at times
P·3+O·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 12 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
polyhistor (18 points)
One versed in various learning.
P·3+O·1+L·1+Y·4+H·4+I·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 18 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
pacificator (20 points)
""One who, or that which, pacifies; a peacemaker.""
P·3+A·1+C·3+I·1+F·4+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 20 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
propitiator (15 points)
One who propitiates or appeases.
P·3+R·1+O·1+P·3+I·1+T·1+I·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 15 pts
prostitutor (13 points)
""One who prostitutes; one who submits himself, of or offers another, to vile purposes.""
P·3+R·1+O·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+T·1+U·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 13 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
purificator (18 points)
Cloth used in Holy Communion services
Cloth used in celebrating the Eucharist
P·3+U·1+R·1+I·1+F·4+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 18 pts
participator (18 points)
""One who participates, or shares with another; a partaker.""
P·3+A·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+P·3+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 18 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
pontificator (19 points)
""PONTIFICATE The state or dignity of a high priest; specifically, the office of the pope.""
P·3+O·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+F·4+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 19 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
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
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
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
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
potentiometer (17 points)
Sound control evident as forceful goddess ran into HM
Rheostat
P·3+O·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+M·3+E·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 17 pts
predestinator (16 points)
""One who predestinates, or foreordains.""
P·3+R·1+E·1+D·2+E·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 16 pts
predeterminer (18 points)
""DETERMINER One who, or that which, determines or decides.""
P·3+R·1+E·1+D·2+E·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+M·3+I·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 18 pts
propagandizer (28 points)
PROPAGANDIZE
P·3+R·1+O·1+P·3+A·1+G·2+A·1+N·1+D·2+I·1+Z·10+E·1+R·1 = 28 pts
proprioceptor (21 points)
""A sensory receptor, found chiefly in muscles, tendons, joints, and the inner ear, that detects the motion or position of the body or a limb by responding to stimuli arising within the organism.""
P·3+R·1+O·1+P·3+R·1+I·1+O·1+C·3+E·1+P·3+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 21 pts
pyrheliometer (23 points)
An instrument for measuring the direct heating effect of the sun's rays.
P·3+Y·4+R·1+H·4+E·1+L·1+I·1+O·1+M·3+E·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 23 pts
procrastinator (18 points)
Part 2 of remark
Negligent one
Artisan stupidly interrupting university official, off-putting type
P·3+R·1+O·1+C·3+R·1+A·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 18 pts
prognosticator (19 points)
One who prognosticates; a foreknower or foreteller of a future course or event by present signs.
P·3+R·1+O·1+G·2+N·1+O·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 19 pts
photomultiplier (24 points)
An electronic sensing device used to detect electromagnetic energy of a wide range of frequencies and intensity levels.
P·3+H·4+O·1+T·1+O·1+M·3+U·1+L·1+T·1+I·1+P·3+L·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 24 pts
photosensitizer (29 points)
PHOTOSENSITIZE
P·3+H·4+O·1+T·1+O·1+S·1+E·1+N·1+S·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1+R·1 = 29 pts
prestidigitator (19 points)
Shell-game operator, for one
Thurston or Mulholland
Trickster realises God is tripartite
P·3+R·1+E·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+D·2+I·1+G·2+I·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 19 pts
P·3+H·4+O·1+T·1+O·1+I·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+P·3+R·1+E·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 23 pts
P·3+H·4+O·1+T·1+O·1+P·3+O·1+L·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+M·3+E·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 25 pts
P·3+S·1+Y·4+C·3+H·4+O·1+B·3+I·1+O·1+G·2+R·1+A·1+P·3+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 34 pts

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