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Issue 12 Crossword Answers

PATH 4 letters
Route
PLUMB 5 letters
Install water supply
YOURS 5 letters
Not ours
PLUS 4 letters
Not minus
CUBA 4 letters
Island republic near USA
COVE 4 letters
Small inlet
BOOKS 5 letters
Reserves seats
PROCESS 7 letters
Walk ceremoniously
CLEAR 5 letters
Remove items from table
ENEMY 5 letters
Rival
TREACHERY 9 letters
Betrayal
RUSTY 5 letters
Affected by oxidization
MAMA 4 letters
Mother (arch)
AEROSOL 7 letters
Minute particles suspended in gas
GLARE 5 letters
Stare fiercely
GYM 3 letters
Place to work out
PULLUP 6 letters
Stop a vehicle
CAKE 4 letters
Served in slices
LAYOUT 6 letters
Design of printed page
MASONRY 7 letters
Stonework
SLY 3 letters
Furtive
DIPLOMA 7 letters
Authentication of qualification
MOTOR 5 letters
Drive along
ORATOR 6 letters
Speech-maker
NIPPY 5 letters
Chilly (inf)
VEGAN 5 letters
Plant-based diet
LAW 3 letters
Criminals break it
SEALEGS 7 letters
Steadiness on moving ship
GREW 4 letters
Spread, widened
ZOO 3 letters
Confusing, disordered situation (inf)
CORONA 6 letters
Sun or moon 'halo'
MEET 4 letters
Happen upon someone
BUTANE 6 letters
Natural gas fuel
UTTER 5 letters
Articulate words
CROOK 5 letters
Shepherd's staff
CRICK 5 letters
Muscle spasm
TAXI 4 letters
Vehicle for hire
GUITAR 6 letters
Instrument that's strummed
ROAN 4 letters
Horse with flecked coat
RARE 4 letters
Scarce
ORCHID 6 letters
Showy hothouse flower
DUO 3 letters
A pair
HUG 3 letters
Hold affectionately
BIO 3 letters
Personal profile (abbr)
INVITE 6 letters
Gather guests
GLOWS 5 letters
Gives off heat or light
SNEER 5 letters
Express contempt
BLOGS 5 letters
Online diaries
GOBLIN 6 letters
Unpleasant mythical creature
OWLS 4 letters
Nocturnal birds
LEVY 4 letters
Impose a tax
FLOW 4 letters
Go with it!
EIGHTH 6 letters
Half a quarter
MOCKERY 7 letters
Ridicule
UNITE 5 letters
Join together
NAPOLEON 8 letters
French emperor
RAKISH 6 letters
Racy or dashing
VAST 4 letters
Wide-ranging
UNICORN 7 letters
Mythical beast with horn
TIGER 5 letters
Predatory big cat
CRIMP 5 letters
Seal pie edges
KISSING 7 letters
Touching with lips
EYEGLASS 8 letters
Monocle
YOUR 4 letters
Not belonging to me
OUTRIGHT 8 letters
Flatly, without hesitation
YELLOW 6 letters
Like daffodils
LIAISON 7 letters
Close relationship
BURNED 6 letters
Was on fire
DESPAIR 7 letters
Despondency
STOCKS 6 letters
Holds in store
SUGAR 5 letters
Sweetener
STARLESS 8 letters
Very cloudy night
EMAIL 5 letters
Modern-day letter
ERRS 4 letters
Transgresses
GASTRIC 7 letters
Of the stomach
GUAVA 5 letters
Tropical fruit
RENTS 5 letters
Leases
SETTLER 7 letters
Homesteader
SLOTS 5 letters
Gambling machines (inf)
LETTUCE 7 letters
Salad leaf
TURF 4 letters
Piece of grass
EVOLVE 6 letters
Develop
VERACITY 8 letters
Truthfulness
LOSER 5 letters
Unsuccessful person
EXTORT 6 letters
Blackmail, coerce
USING 5 letters
Manipulating
SATIRE 6 letters
Ridicule and irony
PRESET 6 letters
Pre-programmed
JOGGING 7 letters
Trotting along
NOUN 4 letters
Word for a 'thing'
SORCERER 8 letters
Wizard
TOPNOTCH 8 letters
Absolute best (inf)
ELONGATED 9 letters
Made longer
DEGRADE 7 letters
Reduce quality
SPEARS 6 letters
Britney, singer
USURP 5 letters
Take over, annex
PLANNING 8 letters
Arranging, fixing
ABASE 5 letters
Lower oneself
AGES 4 letters
Becomes elderly
CAPE 4 letters
Peninsula
ADAPTS 6 letters
Modifies
BAZAAR 6 letters
Middle Eastern market
SEETHE 6 letters
Feel angry, fume
DETER 5 letters
Discourage
REND 4 letters
Tear apart
VOCAL 5 letters
Outspoken
ERROR 5 letters
Misreckoning
BUCK 4 letters
Something to pass?
DRAY 4 letters
Wagon
OVER 4 letters
In addition
LOVER 5 letters
Devotee
GARBAGE 7 letters
Waste, trash
SCUFF 5 letters
Take surface off
EARLY 5 letters
Too soon!
SLUMBERED 9 letters
Slept
FUGGY 5 letters
Stuffy and odorous
STRATA 6 letters
Layers of rock
RUBBER 6 letters
Tough elastic substance
GUNK 4 letters
Filthy residue (inf)
ANOINT 6 letters
Apply oil
FADS 4 letters
Short-term enthusiasms
LAPS 4 letters
Lengths of swimming pool
ROBINHOOD 9 letters
He stole from rich to give to poor
SOS 3 letters
Please help us! (abbr)
ARROW 5 letters
Pointer
WRITER 6 letters
Novelist
TITAN 5 letters
Unusually large thing
TYRANT 6 letters
Dictator
NICELY 6 letters
Pleasantly
NUMB 4 letters
Unable to feel
BRAY 4 letters
Loud unpleasant noise
VOID 4 letters
Blank space, cavity
RATIONALE 9 letters
Thesis, argument
BUYER 5 letters
Acquirer of goods
DITZY 5 letters
Giddy, scatterbrained
WARMER 6 letters
Less cold
LIFT 4 letters
Raise high
AGENT 5 letters
Representative
CHOPPY 6 letters
Slightly rough, especially sea
FLEE 4 letters
Scram!
PALING 6 letters
Picket fencing
HALT 4 letters
Stop!
OMIT 4 letters
Miss out something
NEPHEW 6 letters
Sibling's son
RIPS 4 letters
Splits apart
PEOPLE 6 letters
Persons
DYES 4 letters
Stains, pigments
SHIFTY 6 letters
Sly
FLECK 5 letters
Mark with spots
STROLL 6 letters
Saunter
THUS 4 letters
Therefore
GEEK 4 letters
Computer fanatic (inf)
GULL 4 letters
Worldwide shorebird
CREATE 6 letters
Bring into being
ABORTIVE 8 letters
Fruitless
GOSSIP 6 letters
Hearsay
AGED 4 letters
Long-lived
EXPERTLY 8 letters
Adroitly
CADGER 6 letters
Freeloader
PEAR 4 letters
Green-skinned tree fruit
OBLONG 6 letters
Four-sided
XRAYED 6 letters
Checked for broken bones
RESIDUE 7 letters
What's left over
GARB 4 letters
Style of dress
NIPPED 6 letters
Pinched a bit
DELIVERY 8 letters
Consignment
THRUSH 6 letters
Common songbird
SPECIMEN 8 letters
Typical example
SEQUEL 6 letters
Part two
URANUS 6 letters
Planet with faint rings
YAWNED 6 letters
Opened mouth wide
WOLVES 6 letters
Predatory forest animals
GALA 4 letters
Special performance
ACID 4 letters
Tart taste
VIVALDI 7 letters
Four Seasons composer
VIBE 4 letters
Aura
LIQUOR 6 letters
Strong drink
BREWER 6 letters
Beer maker
PLIANT 6 letters
Flexible
CLOD 4 letters
Idiot, oaf (inf)
SODA 4 letters
Non-alcoholic drink
SPLIT 5 letters
Divide, share equally
OTHERWISE 9 letters
Or else
CLOSET 6 letters
Cupboard
HOSPITAL 8 letters
Place for healing
IGLOO 5 letters
Icy residence
ORDER 5 letters
Boss's instruction
DREARINESS 10 letters
Dullness
EARTHWORM 9 letters
Small burrowing creature
TRAVESTY 8 letters
Farce, sham
TOT 3 letters
Small child
SWAT 4 letters
Hit (a fly)
PEONY 5 letters
Large showy flower
HANKER 6 letters
Long for
STRESSED 8 letters
Emphasized
DAWNED 6 letters
Began to grow light
REPLY 5 letters
React to invitation
NEWZEALAND 10 letters
South Pacific country
LIES 4 letters
Rests horizontally
DEER 4 letters
Elks
YEARN 5 letters
Pine for
ENROLLED 8 letters
Signed on
FRIED 5 letters
Cooked eggs in pan
VARIETY 7 letters
Entertainment of many acts
ALIVE 5 letters
Spry, zestful
TRILL 5 letters
Quavering birdsong
CLINICIAN 9 letters
Hospital medic
EXTOL 5 letters
Laud
SPEARHEAD 9 letters
Serve as leader
WING 4 letters
Side of large house
GLOB 4 letters
Soft wet drop
GENERALLY 9 letters
In most cases
HERB 4 letters
Chicory, for example
PIP 3 letters
Melon seed
GLIDER 6 letters
Light engineless aircraft
OUTDO 5 letters
Perform better than expected
HELD 4 letters
Had in possession
LANOLIN 7 letters
Sheep's wool grease
SPLINT 6 letters
Thin strip of wood
LING 4 letters
Heath plant
PAGEBOY 7 letters
Bride's young assistant
ARRAIGN 7 letters
Bring before court
ADDLED 6 letters
Bewildered, shook up
FONDANT 7 letters
Soft icing
OLDIE 5 letters
Popular song of earlier time
CHAR 4 letters
Burn slightly
KITH 4 letters
Friends and relatives
DILUTE 6 letters
Water down
TOY 3 letters
Yo-yo, for example
UNFRIENDLY 10 letters
Hostile, inhospitable
BINARY 6 letters
Dual
PINES 5 letters
Longs for
AGGRAVATION 11 letters
Irksomeness, exasperation
GRIME 5 letters
Ingrained dirt
FEEL 4 letters
Handle with fingers
RISING 6 letters
Getting to one's feet
ROE 3 letters
European deer
AWE 3 letters
Sheer amazement
RAMBLE 6 letters
Tour on foot
DYE 3 letters
Tinge
CRY 3 letters
Sob
RAPIDS 6 letters
Turbulent waters
WELTS 5 letters
Weals
UPPER 5 letters
Topmost
LOWEST 6 letters
Deepest
OUCH 4 letters
That hurt!
POP 3 letters
Type of modern music
COT 3 letters
Temporary bed
OVERDO 6 letters
Go to extreme lengths
THICKEN 7 letters
Make less runny
CABBAGE 7 letters
Big round vegetable
BELLY 5 letters
Underside of animal
CRANIUM 7 letters
Casing for brain
ADORE 5 letters
Dote on
ARIES 5 letters
Astrological ram
HEATER 6 letters
Warming device
TRADER 6 letters
Dealer
ORIENTEER 9 letters
Map-reading competitor
COBBLER 7 letters
Shoe repairer
NURSE 5 letters
Look after patient
EDGY 4 letters
Troubled, anxious
DEBUG 5 letters
Correct software
HABITAT 7 letters
Typical place of residence
ABATING 7 letters
Easing off
WELCOME 7 letters
Receive gladly
SANTA 5 letters
Christmas visitor
OBOE 4 letters
Double-reeded musical instrument
ICONS 5 letters
Computer display symbols
SCORN 5 letters
Derision, contempt
MADAM 5 letters
Title for woman
CACTI 5 letters
Desert plants
ELASTIC 7 letters
Flexible, springy
NORMAL 6 letters
Ordinary
MAGNUM 6 letters
Large wine bottle
ITSYBITSY 9 letters
Extremely small (inf)
INSPECT 7 letters
Check thoroughly
CLUE 4 letters
Helpful piece of information
AGLOW 5 letters
Bright, shimmering
CABLECAR 8 letters
Transport for skiers
NAKED 5 letters
Nude
TINKLING 8 letters
High-pitched ringing
BIKE 4 letters
Cycle
YAPPED 6 letters
Talked on and on (inf)
DUMP 4 letters
Throw out
UNWIELDY 8 letters
Cumbersome
YARDSTICK 9 letters
Benchmark
INCH 4 letters
Unit of rainfall
HAWTHORN 8 letters
Hedge tree with red berries
TAMP 4 letters
Drive into ground
CULT 4 letters
Dedicated group
BISECTS 7 letters
Cuts in two
RIND 4 letters
Fruit's hard skin
YOUTHFUL 8 letters
Young
OILED 5 letters
Smoothed the way
FINDS 5 letters
Discoveries
TRUEST 6 letters
Most faithful
REED 4 letters
Waterside plant
ALTO 4 letters
Type of saxophone
DOMESTIC 8 letters
In the home
ADONIS 6 letters
Legendary good-looking youth
PALATABLE 9 letters
Pleasant to eat
BLUR 4 letters
Make less distinct
REAM 4 letters
Great deal, heap
KNOB 4 letters
Turn it to open
PENETRATE 9 letters
Bore through
BOBS 4 letters
Moves up and down
MASSAGE 7 letters
Therapeutic manipulation
CRESS 5 letters
Salad garnish
MARRY 5 letters
Join in wedlock
TREASURER 9 letters
Financial administrator
SOGGY 5 letters
Sodden
INFORMATIVE 11 letters
Factual, educational
NEW 3 letters
Up-to-the-minute, latest
ORPHAN 6 letters
Waif
MUFTI 5 letters
Civilian dress (inf)
TONS 4 letters
Large quantities (inf)
VIETNAM 7 letters
Country bordering Cambodia
SWAP 4 letters
Switch items
FUNDED 6 letters
Gave finance
OCEANIC 7 letters
Seagoing
CHICAGO 7 letters
Lake Michigan city
ESCAPE 6 letters
Make getaway
WINSOME 7 letters
Engagingly cute
INANE 5 letters
Stupid, without sense
BAIT 4 letters
Used to lure fish
CANADA 6 letters
Ottawa's country
AIMS 4 letters
Aspirations
MOP 3 letters
Thick hair
CONTRETEMPS 11 letters
Mild argument
GLINT 5 letters
Gleam
LINEAR 6 letters
Straight, direct
BUILD 5 letters
Erect
URGENCY 7 letters
Gravity, magnitude
LOOK 4 letters
See
DEED 4 letters
Legal document
ANYONE 6 letters
Just somebody!
GOOF 4 letters
Slip-up, misstep (inf)
TANG 4 letters
Piquancy
GLEEFUL 7 letters
Cheerful
DONS 4 letters
Puts on hat (arch)
TWELVE 6 letters
Noon or midnight
BEEP 4 letters
Signal sound
PACE 4 letters
Rate of movement
YAWN 4 letters
Stifle it in company?
LEFT 4 letters
Took off
BEEF 4 letters
Joint for roasting
CHILLY 6 letters
Not warm
ATOLL 5 letters
Circular coral reef
VALET 5 letters
Personal parking service
COUNTY 6 letters
Local administration area
IDLE 4 letters
Avoiding work
MIDI 4 letters
Neither mini nor maxi
MOLAR 5 letters
Back tooth
CAVALCADE 9 letters
Parade of vehicles
ATHENS 6 letters
First Olympic Games city
KILOWATT 8 letters
1,000 watts
UNCLE 5 letters
Mother's brother
EXUDE 5 letters
Seep
EXHILARATE 10 letters
Excite, thrill
BELLICOSE 9 letters
Pugnacious
YIELDING 8 letters
Bringing in profit
NET 3 letters
Badminton court divider
ACES 4 letters
Performs extremely well
APING 5 letters
Mimicking someone
DRENCH 6 letters
Saturate
STUPIDLY 8 letters
Foolishly
YONDER 6 letters
Over there (arch)
ARMED 5 letters
Supplied with
ESCARPMENT 10 letters
Steep hillside
MEEK 4 letters
Submissive
TACO 4 letters
Mexican take-out
GAZED 5 letters
Stared intently
COSSETED 8 letters
Pampered
BOXER 5 letters
Sporting fighter
FAITH 5 letters
Complete trust
ANNOY 5 letters
Irritate
TRAPPING 8 letters
Snaring
AMIGO 5 letters
Pal (Spanish)
MAPS 4 letters
Plans of area
GRADING 7 letters
Classifying
SCHOLARSHIP 11 letters
Serious knowledge, deep learning
MARCH 5 letters
Walk in step
NEVERENDING 11 letters
Infinite
CONGA 5 letters
Single-file dance
APPEASE 7 letters
Placate
OLYMPICS 8 letters
International games
WILE 4 letters
Ruse
SINISTER 8 letters
Ominous
AWNING 6 letters
Temporary shelter
NAUGHTY 7 letters
Disobedient (especially children)
GIGGLE 6 letters
Laugh, chortle
CHARY 5 letters
Cautious, wary
SCUM 4 letters
Frothy dross
SHRIEKED 8 letters
Screamed shrilly
KNACK 5 letters
Intuitive skill
PLEA 4 letters
Supplication
INHALER 7 letters
Asthmatic's device
TWAIN 5 letters
American author Mark
BYLAW 5 letters
Local rule
BRAKE 5 letters
Reduce speed
THEM 4 letters
The others!
CHILL 5 letters
Put in fridge
EMBER 5 letters
Piece of burnt matter
WEIR 4 letters
Dam
ABET 4 letters
Collude with
SMUT 4 letters
Speck of soot
LEMUR 5 letters
Large-eyed primate
RANSACKED 9 letters
Looted
GNAW 4 letters
Worry at a bone
WRIT 4 letters
Powerful legal document
STOP 4 letters
Discontinuation
SITUATION 9 letters
Position, location
POKY 4 letters
Uncomfortably small
RIDE 4 letters
Travel by bike
IMPORT 6 letters
Introduce foreign merchandise
BUGGY 5 letters
Baby transport
ARID 4 letters
Barren (land)
LATEST 6 letters
Just released, fashionable
FIRM 4 letters
Steadfast
UPROAR 6 letters
Pandemonium
BELONG 6 letters
Be a member
DEEM 4 letters
Reckon, conclude
SMITH 5 letters
Worker in metals
MELLOW 6 letters
Become gentler, more tolerant
WALTZ 5 letters
Dance in triple time
ABOUND 6 letters
Proliferate
ACTOR 5 letters
Stage performer
BLIP 4 letters
Temporary small change
PAIR 4 letters
Couple
CLOCHE 6 letters
Miniature greenhouse
HEAT 4 letters
Warmth
DOMINO 6 letters
Gaming block with dots
NEAT 4 letters
Uncluttered
BREECH 6 letters
Part of pulley
WHAM 4 letters
Smack, bang
UNTIE 5 letters
Release from bonds
WAIVER 6 letters
Get-out clause
MINK 4 letters
Weasel-related mammal
URCHIN 6 letters
Very poor child
AVID 4 letters
Enthusiastic
PERM 4 letters
A set hairstyle (abbr)
INVOKE 6 letters
Petition for assistance
HUES 4 letters
Shades
EDITOR 6 letters
Text checker/rewriter
GRIN 4 letters
Smile broadly
NIMBLY 6 letters
Quickly and lightly
THORN 5 letters
Rose spike
IMPISH 6 letters
Roguish
MOON 4 letters
Made of green cheese?
MUCH 4 letters
Great quantity
SOLO 4 letters
Performance by one
RECALL 6 letters
Reminisce about
COERCED 7 letters
Compelled by intimidation
ONION 5 letters
Round layered vegetable
NOTATALL 8 letters
Don't mention it! (inf)
RADIUM 6 letters
Ray-emitting element
TINE 4 letters
Pointed part of fork
IRELAND 7 letters
Dublin its capital
RISEN 5 letters
Expanded upwards, like dough
EXIST 5 letters
Be alive
DANCERS 7 letters
Ballerinas
CONSTRUE 8 letters
Analyze words
TARN 4 letters
Small mountain lake
DEADENED 8 letters
Muffled (sound)
DAWDLE 6 letters
Hang back
WARRANT 7 letters
To guarantee
VENDOR 6 letters
Seller
RELIEVE 7 letters
Liberate from pain
GARLIC 6 letters
Pungent bulb
BUGLE 5 letters
Trumpet-like instrument
LANDFALL 8 letters
Arrival on shore
ALIEN 5 letters
Totally unfamiliar
PITY 4 letters
Feel sorry for
GLACIAL 7 letters
Icy, frozen
NOISE 5 letters
Din
ENTRY 5 letters
Way in
CADENCE 7 letters
Rhythm of poetry
WAGGLE 6 letters
Shake finger
PINECONE 8 letters
Fruit of fir tree
CANDLE 6 letters
Burn it at both ends?
DEFUSE 6 letters
Take edge off situation
TILL 4 letters
Until
PONCHO 6 letters
Kind of cloak
PALISADE 8 letters
Fence around fort
ICON 4 letters
Idol
AGREED 6 letters
Saw eye to eye
UNLOCK 6 letters
Use key for access
PESO 4 letters
South American currency
ELEVATOR 8 letters
Alternative to stairs
LET 3 letters
Empower, approve
APPENDIX 8 letters
Section at end of book
RELEGATE 8 letters
Demote
EXTEND 6 letters
Stretch out
ARROWS 6 letters
Direction indicators
ERMINE 6 letters
Weasel's white fur
PAST 4 letters
Grammatical tense
SCALED 6 letters
Went up ladder
STUPOR 6 letters
Daze
PREP 4 letters
Make ready (abbr)
MENIAL 6 letters
Lowly
ONCE 4 letters
One time only
WINNIPEG 8 letters
Major Canadian city
PERMEABLE 9 letters
Able to absorb water
FRET 4 letters
Ridge on fingerboard
TIRE 4 letters
Become exhausted
DAHL 4 letters
Willie Wonka creator
SCARECROW 9 letters
Wizard of Oz character
LOBE 4 letters
Rounded projecting part
APPALLING 9 letters
Terrible, shocking
HORN 4 letters
It's blown to call attention
CEDE 4 letters
Surrender
CORALREEF 9 letters
Great Barrier is one
SIRE 4 letters
Respectful address to king
WIPE 4 letters
Sponge off marks
CHARISMATIC 11 letters
Appealing (in character)
WHY 3 letters
The ultimate question?
HALLUCINATE 11 letters
Experience delusions
SEAT 4 letters
Where to sit
LIGHTHEADED 11 letters
Feeling faint
STINT 5 letters
Be mean with
BLOTS 5 letters
Soaks up spill
SHELF 5 letters
Where books are kept
ESSENCE 7 letters
Intrinsic nature
TWEAK 5 letters
Small sharp pull
WAGS 4 letters
Wiggles back and forth
SNIFF 5 letters
Snuffle
FORM 4 letters
To be filled in
DUB 3 letters
Give nickname, perhaps
AGRICULTURE 11 letters
Cultivation of land
SEDATE 6 letters
Slow, unhurried
LAMB 4 letters
Baby sheep
SEEPS 5 letters
Oozes
HAMMER 6 letters
Tool for banging nails
JIVE 4 letters
Rock 'n roll dance
BEHAVE 6 letters
Conduct oneself properly
AXIS 4 letters
Central line of rotation
JAMB 4 letters
Part of doorway
PAMPER 6 letters
Look after too well?
ZEBRA 5 letters
Striped relative of horse
RAMROD 6 letters
Force in
TRACT 5 letters
Large expanse of land
CAMPED 6 letters
Slept under canvas
WISPY 5 letters
Feathery, thin
ALUMNI 6 letters
Graduates of university
LEEK 4 letters
Mild onion relative
GAWK 4 letters
Goggle at
HERO 4 letters
Person of great courage
PEWTER 6 letters
Dull alloy of tin
PERFORM 7 letters
Act on stage
STAINED 7 letters
Permanently tarnished
ANGLE 5 letters
Where two lines meet
COUGHED 7 letters
Also sneezed, maybe
FLAIL 5 letters
Threshing tool
CRUEL 5 letters
Nasty
EATING 6 letters
Breakfasting or lunching
BOILER 6 letters
Steam generator
PSEUDONYM 9 letters
Pen name
FOIBLES 7 letters
Quirks of character
GUIDE 5 letters
Give advice
RUED 4 letters
Was sorry about
CUBED 5 letters
Squared, but 3-D
PLAYFUL 7 letters
Fun-loving, lively
DEADPAN 7 letters
Comic but straightfaced
PLEDGED 7 letters
Promised
BLOOM 5 letters
Fully-open flower
TEAL 4 letters
Shade of blue
AWARE 5 letters
Awake
ANGST 5 letters
General anxiety
RECUR 5 letters
Happen again
WENDY 5 letters
Peter Pan character
YIELDED 7 letters
Surrendered
RESCUE 6 letters
Set free
HUMANE 6 letters
Kind, compassionate
GUILTY 6 letters
Culpable
NOVEL 5 letters
Work of fiction
TERMINATOR 10 letters
Schwarzenegger film series
CUE 3 letters
Prompt to speak
OPTS 4 letters
Chooses
PANACEA 7 letters
Remedy for all ills
SUPPLE 6 letters
Loose-limbed
INVERTED 8 letters
Turned inside out
SNAP 4 letters
Cold wintry spell
BLOODHOUND 10 letters
Dog known for its keen sense of smell
TILLING 7 letters
Working the land
GAPES 5 letters
Opens widely
LOCAL 5 letters
Handily nearby
DISAPPROVAL 11 letters
Feeling of displeasure
IMPEDED 7 letters
Delayed progress
SHEKEL 6 letters
Israeli currency
ERRAND 6 letters
Quick task or journey
HIPPO 5 letters
African water animal (abbr)
SCHOLAR 7 letters
Student
LLAMA 5 letters
Camel relative
KIDS 4 letters
Teases, jokes (inf)
BROUHAHA 8 letters
Hubbub
RUE 3 letters
Regret
LADS 4 letters
Young men
HEADBAND 8 letters
It keeps hair in place
IRKSOME 7 letters
Irritating
PANDA 5 letters
Bamboo-shoot eater
LIGHT 5 letters
Switch it on
HINDSIGHT 9 letters
Understanding of situation, too late
ADMIT 5 letters
Own up to
PERPLEXED 9 letters
Puzzled, baffled
MOAN 4 letters
Sound of distress
YAPS 4 letters
Small dog sounds
SNAILMAIL 9 letters
Letter post (inf)
AXES 4 letters
Reference lines on graph
PARRY 5 letters
Deflect blow
ACCRUE 6 letters
Gather, amass (wealth)
RELY 4 letters
Count on
STALE 5 letters
Outmoded, well-worn
TIPOFF 6 letters
Forewarn someone
LUNG 4 letters
One of pair for breathing
ATONEMENT 9 letters
Reparation for wrongdoing
OCELOT 6 letters
Smallish wildcat
PINT 4 letters
Twenty fluid ounces
TUN 3 letters
Big wine container
UNIFY 5 letters
Join together as one
OLDEST 6 letters
Having greatest age
MISLED 6 letters
Deluded, wronged
CLIMB 5 letters
Move upwards
RIM 3 letters
Lip of cup
RIFE 4 letters
Widespread
BALL 4 letters
Small sphere
PILE 4 letters
Billions, big sum (inf)
NEARLY 6 letters
In the ballpark
FEATS 5 letters
Exploits
BLADE 5 letters
Rotating part of propeller
CAPTAIN 7 letters
Skipper, officer
OVERACT 7 letters
Ham it up
HOIST 5 letters
Raise aloft
GATED 5 letters
Secured (grounds)
PREHISTORIC 11 letters
Very ancient
APART 5 letters
Not together
DOCKS 5 letters
Parks a boat
CHUCKLE 7 letters
Laugh quietly
SENATOR 7 letters
Political representative (US)
NOTCH 5 letters
Make mark on stick
HIKER 5 letters
Long distance walker
COATS 5 letters
Jackets, anoraks etc
STOCKMARKET 11 letters
Share trading organization
NEWER 5 letters
More modern
SHEAR 5 letters
Clip, trim
UNEQUAL 7 letters
One-sided
EMAILED 7 letters
Contacted electronically
JERKY 5 letters
Fitful
NOMADIC 7 letters
Roaming
ADORN 5 letters
Prettify
ADULT 5 letters
Mature, of age
NUMBER 6 letters
Song from show
LOADED 6 letters
Well-off (inf)
MYSTIFIED 9 letters
Puzzled
QUICKLY 7 letters
Speedily
AURAL 5 letters
Of the ear
APEX 4 letters
Top, crest
STOIC 5 letters
Long-suffering
DRASTIC 7 letters
Desperate (action)
SIMILAR 7 letters
Alike
EXCEEDS 7 letters
Goes beyond
CRAFT 5 letters
Skilled mode of transport?
JINX 4 letters
Bring bad luck
RAZED 5 letters
Completely destroyed (building)
SLOOP 5 letters
Single-masted boat
KUDOS 5 letters
Glory (inf)
ATLAS 5 letters
Mountains from Morocco to Tunisia
ERUDITE 7 letters
Showing great learning
EXOTIC 6 letters
Unusual and glamorous
COWARD 6 letters
Scaredy-cat!
ESTEEM 6 letters
High regard
CEDAR 5 letters
Tall fragrant conifer
VEER 4 letters
Deviate suddenly
GOOSE 5 letters
Mate for gander
IDIOTIC 7 letters
Foolish
CROWN 5 letters
Monarch's headwear
POWDER 6 letters
Fine dry substance
TODO 4 letters
Commotion (inf)
CENT 4 letters
Hundredth of a dollar
OPENING 7 letters
Aperture
EERIE 5 letters
Scarily mysterious
EATEN 5 letters
Partaken of meal
CONTINUANCE 11 letters
Progression of time
OVATION 7 letters
Hero's welcome
AUNT 4 letters
Parent's sibling
MYSTIC 6 letters
Supernatural
DODGE 5 letters
Sidestep, elude
ABUTS 5 letters
Touches on (property)
NEEDY 5 letters
Hard-up, poor
ERUPT 5 letters
Spew lava
BIGOT 5 letters
Prejudiced person
OATH 4 letters
Sworn statement
TUFT 4 letters
Tussock of grass
GROWTH 6 letters
Expansion
CHAOTIC 7 letters
In complete disorder
SOOT 4 letters
Muck in chimney
SPREE 5 letters
Revel, fling
EARTH 5 letters
Animal's hideaway
FURY 4 letters
Rage, anger
TRAY 4 letters
Rimmed carrying board
HOST 4 letters
Preside over meal
EPOCH 5 letters
Era
PROFESSOR 9 letters
Academic expert
SOFT 4 letters
Squashy
THAW 4 letters
End of freeze
HUBS 4 letters
Focal points
BOULEVARD 9 letters
Wide elegant avenue
SASH 4 letters
Wide band over shoulder
TRIP 4 letters
Stumble
TWELFTH 7 letters
Following eleventh
WAGES 5 letters
Monies earned by working
BIN 3 letters
Carton
CRYOUT 6 letters
Shout in pain
CROW 4 letters
Gloat, rejoice
APIARY 6 letters
Collection of beehives
SPELLED 7 letters
Enunciated letters individually
WOW 3 letters
Really impress (inf)
LOGICAL 7 letters
Probable, coherent
SALTY 5 letters
Over-seasoned
AMAZED 6 letters
Filled with wonder
MOUTH 5 letters
Has two lips
WIRED 5 letters
Full of nervous energy (inf)
RAM 3 letters
Force into place
TINIEST 7 letters
Most pint-sized
SUMP 4 letters
Overflow reservoir
JUG 3 letters
Carafe, urn
REPUTE 6 letters
Fame, renown
ARMS 4 letters
Useful for hugging!
FURIOUS 7 letters
Stormy, turbulent
ENDLESS 7 letters
Going on and on
SPOOF 5 letters
Mockery, send-up (inf)
LASSO 5 letters
Rope with loop
RODEO 5 letters
Cattle round-up
SPADE 5 letters
It's handy for gardener
OVERFLOWING 11 letters
Full to bursting
INBOUND 7 letters
Incoming
GREATLY 7 letters
Very much, immensely
SUSTAINABLE 11 letters
Justifiable
ALTER 5 letters
Rework
NIFTY 5 letters
Neat, cool (inf)
OUGHT 5 letters
Have to, shall
FRUIT 5 letters
Has seeds or pips
ORDERLY 7 letters
Methodical
DAY 3 letters
From dawn to dusk
DEFICIT 7 letters
Shortage
ABANDON 7 letters
Forsake, leave
MERRY 5 letters
Jolly
CYCLOPS 7 letters
Giant with one eye
AVERT 5 letters
Head off danger
WATCH 5 letters
Spy on
EMBLEM 6 letters
Symbol on flag
SYLVIA 6 letters
Poet Plath's first name
EDUCATION 9 letters
General learning
IGNORED 7 letters
Unheeded
LYRIC 5 letters
Word in song
IRON 4 letters
Remove creases
SCOPE 5 letters
Space for opportunity
PARTAKE 7 letters
Share in
REDRESS 7 letters
Make amends
BLUNDER 7 letters
Bungle, misjudge
PARTS 5 letters
Roles in a play
BELL 4 letters
It rings
ADOPT 5 letters
Accept and act on (plan)
GAMUT 5 letters
Complete series
BERRY 5 letters
Small juicy fruit
DRAFT 5 letters
First version
OVERRAN 7 letters
Exceeded time
PLUCKY 6 letters
Showing courage
CRUSOE 6 letters
Literary castaway
SORTED 6 letters
Classified
MUTE 4 letters
Turn off sound
PISA 4 letters
City with leaning tower
RADAR 5 letters
Tracking system
TITIVATED 9 letters
Smartened up
CYGNET 6 letters
Ugly Duckling!
VIVACITY 8 letters
Liveliness, high-spirits
ROUTE 5 letters
Journey plan
EXALT 5 letters
Award great status
EXCAVATION 10 letters
A digging-out
ESTABLISH 9 letters
Found, set up
DISCLOSE 8 letters
Make facts known
SIR 3 letters
Polite address to teacher?
PACT 4 letters
Formal agreement, treaty
SCALY 5 letters
Like snakeskin
BUMBLE 6 letters
Be inept or clumsy
BRACKETS 8 letters
Shelf supports
SLUSHY 6 letters
Icy but wet
INFER 5 letters
Derive conclusions
MELANCHOLY 10 letters
Despondent
HOAX 4 letters
Trick, fake
YELP 4 letters
Squeal (dog)
YEARS 5 letters
A long time?
LASVEGAS 8 letters
Nevada resort city
APTLY 5 letters
Suitably, usefully
PUBLISHER 9 letters
Provider of information
VISTA 5 letters
Extensive landscape
STEPS 5 letters
Lifts foot
ASPIRES 7 letters
Has ambitions
ACHES 5 letters
Feels compassion for
SHAKEALEG 9 letters
Move it! (inf)
JADE 4 letters
Green ornamental stone
ENVY 4 letters
Green-eyed monster
DISH 4 letters
A prepared item of food
VOICEOVER 9 letters
Unseen narrator
HULL 4 letters
Structure, casing
JOIN 4 letters
Connect
SLIVER 6 letters
Small narrow piece
TAILS 5 letters
Dogs wag them
FRAY 4 letters
Rub away fabric edge
FLINCH 6 letters
Recoil from
TOOL 4 letters
Instrument, means
AIRILY 6 letters
Lightly, without much concern
SNIVEL 6 letters
Blubber, moan
YANK 4 letters
Jolt, tug
START 5 letters
Sow seeds of
TOUCAN 6 letters
Large-billed bird
BATHE 5 letters
Wash body
ARRIVE 6 letters
Present oneself, turn up
URGED 5 letters
Used persuasive powers
TUGS 4 letters
Pulls hard
SWUM 4 letters
Having crawled, dived
RAREST 6 letters
Least common
SEED 4 letters
Source of development
MATURE 6 letters
Grown-up
VIEW 4 letters
Survey
HURLS 5 letters
Chucks
UNITED 6 letters
In agreement
SCALP 5 letters
Cranium covering
CHARLES 7 letters
Dickens' first name
LADY 4 letters
Courteous woman?
GRAB 4 letters
Snatch
CIPHER 6 letters
Symbol
AIDS 4 letters
Lends a hand
SELF 4 letters
Personal nature
FALLOUT 7 letters
Argue, bicker
BOLT 4 letters
Fasten, lock
DROVER 6 letters
Herder of animals
BLAB 4 letters
Chatter indiscreetly (inf)
BEGS 4 letters
Implores
SORT 4 letters
Classify
HONE 4 letters
Polish, perfect
LOGO 4 letters
Organization's symbol
GRIEVE 6 letters
Feel sorrow
PETTY 5 letters
Mean, small-minded
TWIRL 5 letters
Spin
OUNCE 5 letters
Smidgen
USURPER 7 letters
One who forcibly takes over
CITE 4 letters
Quote as example
SHRANK 6 letters
Got smaller
HAMMERED 8 letters
Beaten soundly
ALICE 5 letters
Lewis Carroll's heroine
KEENLY 6 letters
Avidly
ABYSS 5 letters
Deep crevasse
BOUNTY 6 letters
Prize, reward
UMPIRE 6 letters
Sports judge
HALIBUT 7 letters
Ocean flatfish
SAPS 4 letters
Weakens
FAREWELL 8 letters
Send-off, departure
SWEETPEA 8 letters
Fragrant climber
ROWDINESS 9 letters
High jinks, noisiness
SLIMMER 7 letters
Thinner
USEFUL 6 letters
Practical, helpful
PENNE 5 letters
Pasta tubes
SPITEFUL 8 letters
Vindictive
IRONY 5 letters
Satire
RILE 4 letters
Annoy
GONE 4 letters
Not here
FLOPPY 6 letters
Not stiff
COMMON 6 letters
Ordinary, everyday
LAYMAN 6 letters
Non-specialist
JEERS 5 letters
Boos, catcalls
COMET 5 letters
Fast-moving heavenly body
ADEPT 5 letters
Very proficient
WIDOW 5 letters
Bereaved wife
REFINE 6 letters
Rid of impurities
AVOWS 5 letters
Makes solemn promise
VIRTUOSI 8 letters
Highly-skilled performers
WHISTLED 8 letters
Summoned dog, maybe
OLDTIMER 8 letters
Veteran
ORBIT 5 letters
Revolve around
EUPHORIC 8 letters
On cloud nine!
QUOTA 5 letters
Share
PASHMINA 8 letters
Luxurious fine shawl
OFFSHOOT 8 letters
Side branch
WET 3 letters
Full of water
BOX 3 letters
Fight with fists
RAFFLE 6 letters
Lottery for prizes
OUSTED 6 letters
Removed person by force
TUX 3 letters
Dinner jacket (abbr)
USABLE 6 letters
Serviceable
THOSE 5 letters
Plural of that
WEDGE 5 letters
Style of shoe heel
MIGHT 5 letters
Power, strength
AGAPE 5 letters
In mid-yawn
WAVERING 8 letters
Unsure, faltering
BIJOU 5 letters
Small and dainty
FLAGSHIP 8 letters
Most important (store)
WAITS 5 letters
Hangs around
STRINGENT 9 letters
Rigid, strict
BREW 4 letters
Prepare, infuse
WAIT 4 letters
Dally, mark time
SCAR 4 letters
Lasting mark
RECONCILE 9 letters
Bring together again
RUES 4 letters
Feels remorse
IMPULSIVE 9 letters
Impetuous
SPAR 4 letters
Bandy words
RING 4 letters
Operate bell
DEAN 4 letters
Head of college
FREELANCE 9 letters
Independently employed
NAIL 4 letters
Pointed fixing
INANUTSHELL 11 letters
Very briefly, concisely
NAY 3 letters
Old-fashioned 'no'
NODULE 6 letters
Little lump
TOKEN 5 letters
Symbol, sign
HOWL 4 letters
Wolf's cry
LOOKOUT 7 letters
Observation structure
DYED 4 letters
Changed hue
KOWTOW 6 letters
Prostrate oneself
BOWLING 7 letters
Ten-pin perhaps?
OUTDOOR 7 letters
Alfresco
TRIVIA 6 letters
Material for quiz?
UNTRUTH 7 letters
Falsehood
NAMES 5 letters
What people are called
SPED 4 letters
Sprinted off
POMPOM 6 letters
Hat decoration
VERY 4 letters
Extremely
RID 3 letters
Disencumber
BRIDESMAIDS 11 letters
Attendants at wedding
SILK 4 letters
Thread spun by larvae
CHEMIST 7 letters
Type of scientist
ROVED 5 letters
Wandered about
JIG 3 letters
Highland dance
SNEEZE 6 letters
Symptom of a cold
HIGH 4 letters
Mountainous
ONIONS 6 letters
Edible bulbs
SKIMMED 7 letters
Removed cream from milk
YEW 3 letters
Long-lived tree type
PURPORT 7 letters
Claim to be
CHESS 5 letters
Strategic board game
HERBAL 6 letters
From plants
OUTER 5 letters
Opposite of inner
MOPUP 5 letters
Absorb water with sponge
FRY 3 letters
Griddle
COMPILE 7 letters
Collate, put together
LOST 4 letters
Missing
YES 3 letters
Opposite of no
GATEAU 6 letters
Large rich cake
RUSH 4 letters
Shake a leg!
DRAIN 5 letters
Use colander
RADIO 5 letters
Wireless transmission
IMMATURE 8 letters
Juvenile
EBONY 5 letters
Black keys on piano?
BEAK 4 letters
Nose (inf)
NIAGARA 7 letters
Falls near Canada
IMPASSIONED 11 letters
Ardent, fiery
STOOP 5 letters
Lean over
ILLMANNERED 11 letters
Badly behaved
MODEM 5 letters
Computer connector
TRAVAIL 7 letters
Toil and trouble
ADOPTION 8 letters
Act of taking on
PALM 4 letters
Tree bearing coconuts
PELLMELL 8 letters
Helter-skelter, headlong
SECURE 6 letters
Make safe
CLEARER 7 letters
More distinct
RETAIN 6 letters
Hang on to
LANKY 5 letters
Tall and thin
OWED 4 letters
Needed to repay
NAILFILE 8 letters
Emery board
IRONS 5 letters
Removes wrinkles
WARM 4 letters
Not chilly
EARMARK 7 letters
Designate for use
ERODE 5 letters
Wear away
PRIME 5 letters
Inform, prepare
CLOSE 5 letters
Very nearly right!
DYNAMO 6 letters
Very energetic person (inf)
BUCKLED 7 letters
Fastened belt
OWES 4 letters
Needs to pay back
ECLAIR 6 letters
Long filled pastry
CHARGING 8 letters
Imposing fee
APRIL 5 letters
Fourth month
RESIDE 6 letters
Dwell
NUCLEUS 7 letters
Central point
SANG 4 letters
Serenaded
AURAS 5 letters
Halos
MALL 4 letters
Urban shopping place
SNUGGLED 8 letters
Nestled against
ENSNARED 8 letters
Trapped
DENT 4 letters
Slight damage
SNIP 4 letters
Cut threads
PARAPET 7 letters
Low wall along roof edge
SPACED 6 letters
Left with gaps
LINT 4 letters
Fabric fluff
SPREAD 6 letters
Array of food, feast (inf)
PEDANTIC 8 letters
Over-precise
DRAWN 5 letters
Looking haggard
WRAP 4 letters
Shawl, blanket
SALE 4 letters
Trade of goods
CHAIR 5 letters
Run a meeting
TRAIPSE 7 letters
Trudge
DENUDE 6 letters
Lay bare
TESTED 6 letters
Experimented

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