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board (8 points)

Need for one "hanging ten"

Ruling body, perhaps

Director's circle (wordplay)

B·3+O·1+A·1+R·1+D·2 = 8 pts

boars (7 points)

Duroc daddies (wordplay)

Pen pas (wordplay)

Pen pals (wordplay)

B·3+O·1+A·1+R·1+S·1 = 7 pts

boart (7 points)

Inferior diamond

B·3+O·1+A·1+R·1+T·1 = 7 pts

boast (7 points)

Speak for yourself (wordplay)

Let out hot air (wordplay)

Veni, vidi, vici, for one

B·3+O·1+A·1+S·1+T·1 = 7 pts

boats (7 points)

Vehicles with rudders

Subs, for example

Junk and punt

B·3+O·1+A·1+T·1+S·1 = 7 pts

bobby (14 points)

AKA Robert Allan (Curtola)

- Moore; - Charlton (footballers)

London fuzz (wordplay)

B·3+O·1+B·3+B·3+Y·4 = 14 pts

bocce (11 points)

Variety of lawn bowling

Outdoor bowling game

Italian ball game

B·3+O·1+C·3+C·3+E·1 = 11 pts

bocci (11 points)

Ball game from Italy (var.)

Lawn game (Var.)

Lawn-bowling game (Var.)

B·3+O·1+C·3+C·3+I·1 = 11 pts

bocks (13 points)

Some dark beers

Dark beers

Rathskeller potables

B·3+O·1+C·3+K·5+S·1 = 13 pts

boded (9 points)

Indicated by signs

Was an omen of

Portended

B·3+O·1+D·2+E·1+D·2 = 9 pts

bodes (8 points)

Portends an omen

Seems to indicate

Acts as an omen

B·3+O·1+D·2+E·1+S·1 = 8 pts

boffo (13 points)

Like a fab performance

Doing big business slangily

Awesome, in show biz

B·3+O·1+F·4+F·4+O·1 = 13 pts

boffs (13 points)

Smash hits in slang

Box office biggies

Box office hits

B·3+O·1+F·4+F·4+S·1 = 13 pts

bogan (8 points)

Dark Summer poet Louise

Poet Louise

Men Loved Wholly Beyond Wisdom poet Louise

B·3+O·1+G·2+A·1+N·1 = 8 pts

bogey (11 points)

Menace in the air maybe

Result of a three-putt, maybe

See grid (nonverbal)

B·3+O·1+G·2+E·1+Y·4 = 11 pts

boggy (12 points)

Soft and waterlogged

Like a swamp

Wet and spongy

B·3+O·1+G·2+G·2+Y·4 = 12 pts

bogie (8 points)

Undercarriage disliked by golfer, say

Blip on a radar screen perhaps

Blip on a radar screen, perhaps

B·3+O·1+G·2+I·1+E·1 = 8 pts

bogle (8 points)

Cheap wine brand (GLOBE anagram)

Goblin British style

Hobgoblin British style

B·3+O·1+G·2+L·1+E·1 = 8 pts

bogus (8 points)

Go back in the bus. It's a sham!

Not true, dude!

Fake or phoney

B·3+O·1+G·2+U·1+S·1 = 8 pts

bohea (10 points)

In Colombo, he avoided tea

Black Chinese tea

Black tea variety

B·3+O·1+H·4+E·1+A·1 = 10 pts

boils (7 points)

Puts on the back burner, maybe

Starts to bubble, perhaps

Starts to bubble, maybe

B·3+O·1+I·1+L·1+S·1 = 7 pts

boing (8 points)

Sound of spring (wordplay)

The sound of spring (wordplay)

Cartoonish bouncing sound

B·3+O·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 8 pts

boite (7 points)

Case or box French

Place to sip a Medoc

Can, in Cannes

B·3+O·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 7 pts

bolar (7 points)

Like reddish clay

Like clay.

Clayey

B·3+O·1+L·1+A·1+R·1 = 7 pts

bolas (7 points)

Cow-catching weapons

Gaucho's device

Weapon that's thrown

B·3+O·1+L·1+A·1+S·1 = 7 pts

boles (7 points)

Actor in "Stella Dallas"

Parts below the branches

What treehuggers hug

B·3+O·1+L·1+E·1+S·1 = 7 pts

bolls (7 points)

Where weevils lurk (wordplay)

Meals for weevils

Pods of flax

B·3+O·1+L·1+L·1+S·1 = 7 pts

bolos (7 points)

Heavy knives for hacking in the jungle.

Isaac Asimov wore them

GIs who cant shoot straight

B·3+O·1+L·1+O·1+S·1 = 7 pts

bolts (7 points)

Screwed-up items (wordplay)

They're effective when nutty (wordplay)

Eats and runs (wordplay)

B·3+O·1+L·1+T·1+S·1 = 7 pts

bolus (7 points)

Large pill used by veterinarians.

Pill for animals

Soft mass of chewed food

B·3+O·1+L·1+U·1+S·1 = 7 pts

bombe (11 points)

Explosive dessert (wordplay)

Molded ice cream confection

Molded ice-cream dessert

B·3+O·1+M·3+B·3+E·1 = 11 pts

bombs (11 points)

Tells terrible jokes, perhaps

Tells terrible jokes perhaps

bursting in air

B·3+O·1+M·3+B·3+S·1 = 11 pts

bonds (8 points)

Goes fishing together, perhaps

Secret agent's investment (wordplay)

What gentlemen prefer (wordplay)

B·3+O·1+N·1+D·2+S·1 = 8 pts

boned (8 points)

Had a successful Tinder date with say

Having no spine, perhaps

Had a successful Tinder date with, say

B·3+O·1+N·1+E·1+D·2 = 8 pts

boner (7 points)

Error of sorts

Member state (wordplay)

Error of sorts

B·3+O·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 7 pts

bones (7 points)

Treats dogs dig (wordplay)

Joint custody (wordplay)

Grave matter (wordplay)

B·3+O·1+N·1+E·1+S·1 = 7 pts

boney (10 points)

Very thin (var.)

s disco group M

Very thin var

B·3+O·1+N·1+E·1+Y·4 = 10 pts

bongo (8 points)

Drummer's antelope?

Drummer's antelope (wordplay)

Beatnik's percussion

B·3+O·1+N·1+G·2+O·1 = 8 pts

bongs (8 points)

Let 'em rip!

Sounds from big bells

They deliver the hits

B·3+O·1+N·1+G·2+S·1 = 8 pts

bonks (11 points)

Knocks on the noggin

Funny hitting sounds

Hits on the head

B·3+O·1+N·1+K·5+S·1 = 11 pts

bonne (7 points)

chance good luck

Maid, in Orleans

Maid in Orlans

B·3+O·1+N·1+N·1+E·1 = 7 pts

bonny (10 points)

Healthy-looking (Scots)

Pretty (in Scotland)

Attractive, to Scots

B·3+O·1+N·1+N·1+Y·4 = 10 pts

bonus (7 points)

Christmas green (wordplay)

Yearend reward maybe

Year-end reward, maybe

B·3+O·1+N·1+U·1+S·1 = 7 pts

bonze (16 points)

Buddhist priest in Japan or China

Japanese or Chinese Buddhist priest.

Buddhist priest right to leave medal

B·3+O·1+N·1+Z·10+E·1 = 16 pts

boobs (9 points)

Boob

B·3+O·1+O·1+B·3+S·1 = 9 pts

booby (12 points)

Kin of a pelican

Kind of trap

Seabird of the gannet family

B·3+O·1+O·1+B·3+Y·4 = 12 pts

booed (8 points)

Shamed for taking steroids, perhaps

Reacted to a crass stand-up set, say

Reacted to an error, maybe

B·3+O·1+O·1+E·1+D·2 = 8 pts

boogy (11 points)

""To dance to rock music, also BOOGIE, BOOGEY""

B·3+O·1+O·1+G·2+Y·4 = 11 pts

books (11 points)

Rice products (wordplay)

Something to cook (wordplay)

They are bound to sell

B·3+O·1+O·1+K·5+S·1 = 11 pts

booms (9 points)

When bulls crow (wordplay)

Periods of prosperity

Goes off in a big way

B·3+O·1+O·1+M·3+S·1 = 9 pts

boomy (12 points)

Excessively resonant

Resounding

B·3+O·1+O·1+M·3+Y·4 = 12 pts

boons (7 points)

Blessings of sorts

Favors, old style

Old-time favors.

B·3+O·1+O·1+N·1+S·1 = 7 pts

boors (7 points)

No gentlemen they

Bubs behind many brash bar bets

They're coarse with bad manners

B·3+O·1+O·1+R·1+S·1 = 7 pts

boost (7 points)

Kicking boots for one of the Spurs

Shoplift so to say

Push up (eg morale, chances)

B·3+O·1+O·1+S·1+T·1 = 7 pts

booth (10 points)

Where Kent went for a change (wordplay)

Farmers' market stall, say

Projecting place (wordplay)

B·3+O·1+O·1+T·1+H·4 = 10 pts

boots (7 points)

Gets a kick out of (wordplay)

Fantastic boost for start-ups (wordplay)

Made for walking (wordplay)

B·3+O·1+O·1+T·1+S·1 = 7 pts

booty (10 points)

Rear of a disco (wordplay)

Ill-gotten gains

Any rich gain, however taken.

B·3+O·1+O·1+T·1+Y·4 = 10 pts

booze (16 points)

Nineteenth hole purchase perhaps

Alcoholic drinks (colloq.)

Staggering order (wordplay)

B·3+O·1+O·1+Z·10+E·1 = 16 pts

boozy (19 points)

Drinking lots of alcohol

Happy young man touring Australia

Like many wedding toasts

B·3+O·1+O·1+Z·10+Y·4 = 19 pts

boral (7 points)

A mixture of boron carbide and aluminum

B·3+O·1+R·1+A·1+L·1 = 7 pts

boras (7 points)

Adriatic's cold winds

Chilly Adriatic winds

Adriatics cold winds

B·3+O·1+R·1+A·1+S·1 = 7 pts

borax (14 points)

Compound used to kill ants

Crystals used in soap and glass

Ingredient in artificial gems

B·3+O·1+R·1+A·1+X·8 = 14 pts

bored (8 points)

Tearing up, perhaps (wordplay)

Nodding off at a meeting say

Yawning in class, say

B·3+O·1+R·1+E·1+D·2 = 8 pts

borer (7 points)

Termite for one

Mole, for one

Termite, for one

B·3+O·1+R·1+E·1+R·1 = 7 pts

bores (7 points)

Brings to tears (wordplay)

Causes to yawn, perhaps

Causes yawning perhaps

B·3+O·1+R·1+E·1+S·1 = 7 pts

boric (9 points)

Kind of acid

Type of acid

Kind of acid making Cockney skint

B·3+O·1+R·1+I·1+C·3 = 9 pts

borne (7 points)

Bear's past kin (wordplay)

Transported as on the wind

Carried as by the wind

B·3+O·1+R·1+N·1+E·1 = 7 pts

boron (7 points)

Nonmetallic solid element

Element above aluminum

Chemical element, symbol B

B·3+O·1+R·1+O·1+N·1 = 7 pts

borts (7 points)

Low quality diamonds

Diamonds for abrasives

Diamonds for abrasives.

B·3+O·1+R·1+T·1+S·1 = 7 pts

borty (10 points)

Relating to bort

B·3+O·1+R·1+T·1+Y·4 = 10 pts

bortz (16 points)

Poor crystal var

Poor crystal, var.

B·3+O·1+R·1+T·1+Z·10 = 16 pts

bosks (11 points)

Thickets

Thickets.

B·3+O·1+S·1+K·5+S·1 = 11 pts

bosky (14 points)

Like a dell

Covered with bushes

Abounding in shrubs

B·3+O·1+S·1+K·5+Y·4 = 14 pts

bosom (9 points)

Bodily resting place (wordplay)

Sort of buddy (wordplay)

Chest; very close (friend)

B·3+O·1+S·1+O·1+M·3 = 9 pts

boson (7 points)

Photon, for one

Photon for one

Quantum physics particle

B·3+O·1+S·1+O·1+N·1 = 7 pts

bossy (10 points)

Jersey girl (wordplay)

Made to order (wordplay)

Always placing orders (wordplay)

B·3+O·1+S·1+S·1+Y·4 = 10 pts

bosun (7 points)

Shift bonus for one of the crew

Short deck hand (wordplay)

Mr. Smee, for one

B·3+O·1+S·1+U·1+N·1 = 7 pts

botas (7 points)

Wineskins

B·3+O·1+T·1+A·1+S·1 = 7 pts

botch (12 points)

Mess up (a task)

Badly carry out (a task)

Unsuccessful piece of work.

B·3+O·1+T·1+C·3+H·4 = 12 pts

botel (7 points)

Waterside stopover

Waterfront inn

Waterside inn

B·3+O·1+T·1+E·1+L·1 = 7 pts

bothy (13 points)

Scottish mountain hut

Scots mountain hut

One-roomed hut or temporary dwelling

B·3+O·1+T·1+H·4+Y·4 = 13 pts

botts (7 points)

W. H. Upson's salesman

Fictional tractor salesman.

The earthworm tractor man

B·3+O·1+T·1+T·1+S·1 = 7 pts

bough (11 points)

Main branch (of tree)

Large branch purchased? Not quite!

Hang a shining star upon the highest

B·3+O·1+U·1+G·2+H·4 = 11 pts

boule (7 points)

Ancient Greece's legislative assembly

Game akin to roulette

Greek legislative assembly

B·3+O·1+U·1+L·1+E·1 = 7 pts

bound (8 points)

Spring tide, say

Move like a wallaby

Posh in tie for dance

B·3+O·1+U·1+N·1+D·2 = 8 pts

bourg (8 points)

French market town

Town near a castle

Old market town

B·3+O·1+U·1+R·1+G·2 = 8 pts

bourn (7 points)

Brook or stream

Brook or stream.

Stream

B·3+O·1+U·1+R·1+N·1 = 7 pts

bouse (7 points)

Haul well taut and belay

B·3+O·1+U·1+S·1+E·1 = 7 pts

bousy (10 points)

""Inclined to booze, also BOOZY, BOOZEY""

B·3+O·1+U·1+S·1+Y·4 = 10 pts

bouts (7 points)

Spells of activity

Contests in rings

Contests in the ring

B·3+O·1+U·1+T·1+S·1 = 7 pts

bovid (11 points)

Buffalo for one

Buffalo, for one

Related to buffalo and oxen, for example

B·3+O·1+V·4+I·1+D·2 = 11 pts

bowed (11 points)

Showed respect, maybe

Bent (with age)

Showing humility, say

B·3+O·1+W·4+E·1+D·2 = 11 pts

bowel (10 points)

Lower part below ground

Lower part in front fell in the middle

Has 'e the guts to get into the dish (wordplay)

B·3+O·1+W·4+E·1+L·1 = 10 pts

bower (10 points)

Polite person, maybe

Jack Ketch's security device, perhaps

One inclined to make retreat (wordplay)

B·3+O·1+W·4+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts

bowls (10 points)

Gets the ball rolling (wordplay)

Tries to strike perhaps

Plays in alleys maybe

B·3+O·1+W·4+L·1+S·1 = 10 pts

bowse (10 points)

Haul with tackle

B·3+O·1+W·4+S·1+E·1 = 10 pts

boxed (15 points)

Hemmed-in cow sleeping, it seems!

Ready for FedEx perhaps

Fought bull, perhaps, in retirement

B·3+O·1+X·8+E·1+D·2 = 15 pts

boxer (14 points)

Sparring dog (wordplay)

Rocky for one

Tyson, perhaps - type of dog

B·3+O·1+X·8+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts

boxes (14 points)

Part of a moving story (wordplay)

Goes a few rounds in the ring (with)

Places where wheat is stored (wordplay)

B·3+O·1+X·8+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts

boyar (10 points)

An aristocrat, in Czarist Russia

Noble of old Russia.

Former Russian aristocrat.

B·3+O·1+Y·4+A·1+R·1 = 10 pts

boyla (10 points)

A witch doctor

B·3+O·1+Y·4+L·1+A·1 = 10 pts

boyos (10 points)

Killarney kiddies

Young Dai and Rhys say so before lout's kicked over

B·3+O·1+Y·4+O·1+S·1 = 10 pts

bozos (16 points)

Class clowns (wordplay)

Clownish fools (wordplay)

They're real clowns

B·3+O·1+Z·10+O·1+S·1 = 16 pts

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