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bubblegums (19 points)
Bubblegum
B·3+U·1+B·3+B·3+L·1+E·1+G·2+U·1+M·3+S·1 = 19 pts
bubblehead (20 points)
A foolish or empty-headed person: "He presents antiwar protesters . . . as bubbleheads who didn't even know where Southeast Asia was" (Frank Rich).
B·3+U·1+B·3+B·3+L·1+E·1+H·4+E·1+A·1+D·2 = 20 pts
buccaneers (16 points)
Tampa Bay team
National League nine
Kidd's men
B·3+U·1+C·3+C·3+A·1+N·1+E·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 16 pts
buccinator (16 points)
A muscle of the cheek; so called from its use in blowing wind instruments.
B·3+U·1+C·3+C·3+I·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 16 pts
buckboards (21 points)
Financial committees (wordplay)
Open horse-drawn carriages
Rustic carriages
B·3+U·1+C·3+K·5+B·3+O·1+A·1+R·1+D·2+S·1 = 21 pts
bucketfuls (21 points)
Bucketful
B·3+U·1+C·3+K·5+E·1+T·1+F·4+U·1+L·1+S·1 = 21 pts
bucketsful (21 points)
BUCKETS bucket
B·3+U·1+C·3+K·5+E·1+T·1+S·1+F·4+U·1+L·1 = 21 pts
bucklering (19 points)
Buckler
B·3+U·1+C·3+K·5+L·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 19 pts
buckraming (21 points)
Buckram
B·3+U·1+C·3+K·5+R·1+A·1+M·3+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 21 pts
buckthorns (21 points)
Buckthorn
B·3+U·1+C·3+K·5+T·1+H·4+O·1+R·1+N·1+S·1 = 21 pts
buckwheats (24 points)
Buckwheat
B·3+U·1+C·3+K·5+W·4+H·4+E·1+A·1+T·1+S·1 = 24 pts
buckyballs (23 points)
Buckyball
B·3+U·1+C·3+K·5+Y·4+B·3+A·1+L·1+L·1+S·1 = 23 pts
budgerigar (15 points)
Bird, one moving round capital
Popular cage-bird
Bird commonly kept as a pet
B·3+U·1+D·2+G·2+E·1+R·1+I·1+G·2+A·1+R·1 = 15 pts
budgeteers (14 points)
America's Dodge, England's Butler
B·3+U·1+D·2+G·2+E·1+T·1+E·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 14 pts
buffaloing (19 points)
Buffalo
B·3+U·1+F·4+F·4+A·1+L·1+O·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 19 pts
bufflehead (22 points)
Stupid bird (wordplay)
Stupid bird?
B·3+U·1+F·4+F·4+L·1+E·1+H·4+E·1+A·1+D·2 = 22 pts
buffoonery (21 points)
Harlequinade
Foolishness
Clowning
B·3+U·1+F·4+F·4+O·1+O·1+N·1+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 21 pts
buffoonish (21 points)
Like a buffoon; consisting in low jests or gestures.
B·3+U·1+F·4+F·4+O·1+O·1+N·1+I·1+S·1+H·4 = 21 pts
bugleweeds (17 points)
Bugleweed
B·3+U·1+G·2+L·1+E·1+W·4+E·1+E·1+D·2+S·1 = 17 pts
buhrstones (15 points)
Buhrstone
B·3+U·1+H·4+R·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+N·1+E·1+S·1 = 15 pts
bulldogged (16 points)
Attacked with fierceness and anger
B·3+U·1+L·1+L·1+D·2+O·1+G·2+G·2+E·1+D·2 = 16 pts
bulldogger (15 points)
BULLDOG to wrestle and throw a steer
B·3+U·1+L·1+L·1+D·2+O·1+G·2+G·2+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
bulldozers (22 points)
Bovine earthmovers (wordplay)
Equipment needed for demos
They're used to make the grade
B·3+U·1+L·1+L·1+D·2+O·1+Z·10+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 22 pts
bulldozing (23 points)
Bovine asleep (wordplay)
Leveling, in a way
Lazy optimist's favorite activity (wordplay)
B·3+U·1+L·1+L·1+D·2+O·1+Z·10+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 23 pts
bulletined (13 points)
Bulletin
B·3+U·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
bullfights (19 points)
Bullfight
B·3+U·1+L·1+L·1+F·4+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1+S·1 = 19 pts
bullheaded (17 points)
The bovine took off!
Stubborn fish with bleeding heart
As obstinate as the monster of Knossos
B·3+U·1+L·1+L·1+H·4+E·1+A·1+D·2+E·1+D·2 = 17 pts
bullnecked (19 points)
What did Taurus do in the balcony?
In need of an outsized collar
What did Taurus do in the balcony (wordplay)
B·3+U·1+L·1+L·1+N·1+E·1+C·3+K·5+E·1+D·2 = 19 pts
bullrushes (15 points)
Bullrush
B·3+U·1+L·1+L·1+R·1+U·1+S·1+H·4+E·1+S·1 = 15 pts
bulwarking (20 points)
Bulwark
B·3+U·1+L·1+W·4+A·1+R·1+K·5+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 20 pts
bumblebees (18 points)
Members of the Hymenoptera.
They generate a lot of buzz
Hairy insects
B·3+U·1+M·3+B·3+L·1+E·1+B·3+E·1+E·1+S·1 = 18 pts
bumblingly (20 points)
BUMBLING an instance of clumsiness
B·3+U·1+M·3+B·3+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+L·1+Y·4 = 20 pts
bumpkinish (23 points)
BUMPKIN a clumsy rustic
B·3+U·1+M·3+P·3+K·5+I·1+N·1+I·1+S·1+H·4 = 23 pts
bunchberry (22 points)
Low-growing plant of the dogwood family
B·3+U·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+B·3+E·1+R·1+R·1+Y·4 = 22 pts
bunchgrass (18 points)
""A grass growing in bunches and affording pasture. In California, Atropis tenuifolia, Festuca scabrella, and several kinds of Stipa are favorite bunch grasses. In Utah, Eriocoma cuspidata is a good bunch grass.Atropis tenuifolia, Festuca scabrella, and several kinds of Stipa are favorite bunch grasses. In Utah, Eriocoma cuspidata is a good bunch grass.""
B·3+U·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+G·2+R·1+A·1+S·1+S·1 = 18 pts
bunglesome (15 points)
""Awkward to move or use especially because of shape; as, a load of bunglesome paraphernalia.as, a load of bunglesome paraphernalia.""
B·3+U·1+N·1+G·2+L·1+E·1+S·1+O·1+M·3+E·1 = 15 pts
bunglingly (17 points)
Clumsily; awkwardly.
B·3+U·1+N·1+G·2+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
bunkhouses (19 points)
They hold hands
B·3+U·1+N·1+K·5+H·4+O·1+U·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 19 pts
buoyancies (17 points)
Buoyancy
B·3+U·1+O·1+Y·4+A·1+N·1+C·3+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 17 pts
burdensome (15 points)
Do E-numbers turn heavy (wordplay)
A real hassle
Trying numbers, do set out last of three
B·3+U·1+R·1+D·2+E·1+N·1+S·1+O·1+M·3+E·1 = 15 pts
bureaucrat (14 points)
Detail man (wordplay)
A brute, a cur - horrible official!
Office credit gets at bean counter
B·3+U·1+R·1+E·1+A·1+U·1+C·3+R·1+A·1+T·1 = 14 pts
burgeoning (14 points)
Growing container good to protect spur
Urgent sensation
Growing desire to get on admitted by crooner
B·3+U·1+R·1+G·2+E·1+O·1+N·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 14 pts
burglaries (13 points)
Second-story jobs
Blair's urge for transportation for such offences
B·3+U·1+R·1+G·2+L·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 13 pts
burglarize (22 points)
G. Gordon Liddy's peepers (wordplay)
B·3+U·1+R·1+G·2+L·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 22 pts
burgundies (14 points)
Burgundy
B·3+U·1+R·1+G·2+U·1+N·1+D·2+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts
burladeros (13 points)
Burladero
B·3+U·1+R·1+L·1+A·1+D·2+E·1+R·1+O·1+S·1 = 13 pts
burlesqued (22 points)
Broken by nasty sequel, old lady is mocked
B·3+U·1+R·1+L·1+E·1+S·1+Q·10+U·1+E·1+D·2 = 22 pts
burlesquer (21 points)
One who burlesques.
B·3+U·1+R·1+L·1+E·1+S·1+Q·10+U·1+E·1+R·1 = 21 pts
burlesques (21 points)
Travesties of a sort
Parodies.
B·3+U·1+R·1+L·1+E·1+S·1+Q·10+U·1+E·1+S·1 = 21 pts
burnishers (15 points)
Burnisher
B·3+U·1+R·1+N·1+I·1+S·1+H·4+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 15 pts
burnishing (16 points)
Burnish
B·3+U·1+R·1+N·1+I·1+S·1+H·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 16 pts
burrstones (12 points)
Burrstone
B·3+U·1+R·1+R·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+N·1+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
bursitises (12 points)
Bursitis
B·3+U·1+R·1+S·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
burthening (16 points)
Burthen
B·3+U·1+R·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+N·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 16 pts
bushelling (16 points)
Bushel
B·3+U·1+S·1+H·4+E·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 16 pts
bushmaster (17 points)
Pit viper; sham brutes (anagram)
Top horticulturist (wordplay)
Venomous pit viper
B·3+U·1+S·1+H·4+M·3+A·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 17 pts
bushranger (16 points)
Backwoodsman in awful rush in clapped-out car
So two heads of state spoke across the Atlantic? That's criminal!
Former US president meeting forest officer, backwoodsman
B·3+U·1+S·1+H·4+R·1+A·1+N·1+G·2+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts
bushwhacks (27 points)
Attacks from concealment
Fights guerrilla-style
Attacks from hiding
B·3+U·1+S·1+H·4+W·4+H·4+A·1+C·3+K·5+S·1 = 27 pts
businesses (12 points)
I spit in vehicles, creating concerns
Workplaces
Trades
B·3+U·1+S·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
bustlingly (16 points)
BUSTLING bustle
B·3+U·1+S·1+T·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+L·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
busybodies (18 points)
'Snoopy' characters
B·3+U·1+S·1+Y·4+B·3+O·1+D·2+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 18 pts
busynesses (15 points)
Busyness
B·3+U·1+S·1+Y·4+N·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 15 pts
butadienes (13 points)
Butadiene
B·3+U·1+T·1+A·1+D·2+I·1+E·1+N·1+E·1+S·1 = 13 pts
butcheries (17 points)
Butchery
B·3+U·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+R·1+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 17 pts
butchering (18 points)
Butcher
B·3+U·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 18 pts
butterball (14 points)
A real turkey!
Turkey type
Chubby one
B·3+U·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+B·3+A·1+L·1+L·1 = 14 pts
buttercups (16 points)
Spread what's blooming well in them
Love-in-a-mist bouquet
B·3+U·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+C·3+U·1+P·3+S·1 = 16 pts
butterfats (15 points)
Butterfat
B·3+U·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+F·4+A·1+T·1+S·1 = 15 pts
butterfish (18 points)
Atlantic gunnel
B·3+U·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+F·4+I·1+S·1+H·4 = 18 pts
butteriest (12 points)
Buttery
B·3+U·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts
butterless (12 points)
BUTTER to spread with a milk product
B·3+U·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+L·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 12 pts
buttermilk (18 points)
Pancake ingredient, perhaps
Dale Evans's horse
Bar label on type of dairy product
B·3+U·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+M·3+I·1+L·1+K·5 = 18 pts
butternuts (12 points)
Work pants of homespun cloth.
Civil War partisans of South
Montana city in Confederate uniforms
B·3+U·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+N·1+U·1+T·1+S·1 = 12 pts
butterweed (16 points)
An annual composite plant of the Mississippi valley (Senecio lobatus). Senecio lobatus).
B·3+U·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+W·4+E·1+E·1+D·2 = 16 pts
butterwort (15 points)
""A genus of low herbs (Pinguicula) having simple leaves which secrete from their glandular upper surface a viscid fluid, to which insects adhere, after which the margin infolds and the insects are digested by the plant. The species are found mostly in the North Temperate zone. Pinguicula) having simple leaves which secrete from their glandular upper surface a viscid fluid, to which insects adhere, after which the margin infolds and the insects are digested by the plant. The species are found mostly in the North Temperate zone.""
B·3+U·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+W·4+O·1+R·1+T·1 = 15 pts
buttonball (14 points)
See Buttonwood. Buttonwood.
B·3+U·1+T·1+T·1+O·1+N·1+B·3+A·1+L·1+L·1 = 14 pts
buttonbush (17 points)
Wild licorice
B·3+U·1+T·1+T·1+O·1+N·1+B·3+U·1+S·1+H·4 = 17 pts
buttonhole (15 points)
Corner with talk of flowers (wordplay)
Waylay Rose, perhaps
Accost and detain for conversation
B·3+U·1+T·1+T·1+O·1+N·1+H·4+O·1+L·1+E·1 = 15 pts
buttonhook (19 points)
Turnaround pass play, or two phone parts
Football play
B·3+U·1+T·1+T·1+O·1+N·1+H·4+O·1+O·1+K·5 = 19 pts
buttonless (12 points)
BUTTON to fasten with a small disk
B·3+U·1+T·1+T·1+O·1+N·1+L·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 12 pts
buttonwood (16 points)
Timber tree
Sycamore tree
B·3+U·1+T·1+T·1+O·1+N·1+W·4+O·1+O·1+D·2 = 16 pts
buttressed (13 points)
Supported, nevertheless, with locks
Sweet container taken around and held up
Supported and lifted ice-cream pot, perhaps
B·3+U·1+T·1+T·1+R·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
buttresses (12 points)
Supports yet locks
Supports doubt over locks
Projections on wall, however, need locks
B·3+U·1+T·1+T·1+R·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
buttstocks (18 points)
Buttstock
B·3+U·1+T·1+T·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+C·3+K·5+S·1 = 18 pts
butylating (16 points)
Butylate
B·3+U·1+T·1+Y·4+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 16 pts
butylation (15 points)
BUTYLATE to add a butyl to
B·3+U·1+T·1+Y·4+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 15 pts

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