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deads (7 points)

Undeliverable letters Slang

Undeliverable letters: Slang

Letters in D. L. O.

D·2+E·1+A·1+D·2+S·1 = 7 pts

deair (6 points)

To remove air from

D·2+E·1+A·1+I·1+R·1 = 6 pts

deals (6 points)

Prepares for war (wordplay)

Handles distribution trades (wordplay)

Gives a hand (wordplay)

D·2+E·1+A·1+L·1+S·1 = 6 pts

dealt (6 points)

Decked out (wordplay)

Lent a hand (wordplay)

Had to do (with)

D·2+E·1+A·1+L·1+T·1 = 6 pts

deans (6 points)

Duke's superiors (wordplay)

Auburn heads (wordplay)

List makers (wordplay)

D·2+E·1+A·1+N·1+S·1 = 6 pts

dears (6 points)

Elderly ladies (sl.)

One's own children.

Cynical word for brats

D·2+E·1+A·1+R·1+S·1 = 6 pts

deary (9 points)

Term akin to "honey."

Familiar form of address.

Term of affection

D·2+E·1+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 9 pts

deash (9 points)

To remove ash from

D·2+E·1+A·1+S·1+H·4 = 9 pts

death (9 points)

Perhaps wolf wearing red suits killing

It's as sure as taxes, so they say

Late period (wordplay)

D·2+E·1+A·1+T·1+H·4 = 9 pts

deave (9 points)

""To deafen, also DEEVE""

D·2+E·1+A·1+V·4+E·1 = 9 pts

debar (8 points)

Exclude (from doing something)

Accessing honey, bee say is shut out

Exclude (from right)

D·2+E·1+B·3+A·1+R·1 = 8 pts

debit (8 points)

It's not to one's credit (wordplay)

Sum owing (in accounts)

Card payment, maybe

D·2+E·1+B·3+I·1+T·1 = 8 pts

debts (8 points)

Things short people have (wordplay)

Collectors' items (wordplay)

Losers problem perhaps

D·2+E·1+B·3+T·1+S·1 = 8 pts

debug (9 points)

Do away with codebreakers (wordplay)

Remove errors from (software)

Remove errors from (computer program)

D·2+E·1+B·3+U·1+G·2 = 9 pts

debut (8 points)

Description of 5 perhaps upset maiden

Start university in arrears!

Actors first role

D·2+E·1+B·3+U·1+T·1 = 8 pts

debye (11 points)

Chemistry Nobelist Peter

1936 Chemistry Nobelist Peter

D·2+E·1+B·3+Y·4+E·1 = 11 pts

decaf (11 points)

Coffee lite (wordplay)

Latenight coffee maybe

Short order at Starbucks (wordplay)

D·2+E·1+C·3+A·1+F·4 = 11 pts

decal (8 points)

Childs tattoo for one

Bumper sticker, maybe

It may say The Grateful Dead

D·2+E·1+C·3+A·1+L·1 = 8 pts

decay (11 points)

Canine's woe (wordplay)

Sevendust song that rots (wordplay)

Get on with one's half-life (wordplay)

D·2+E·1+C·3+A·1+Y·4 = 11 pts

decks (12 points)

Nautical stories (wordplay)

Diamond settings (wordplay)

Packs of cards (US)

D·2+E·1+C·3+K·5+S·1 = 12 pts

decor (8 points)

Inside look? (letters 3-5)

Set piece, say

Ornament Dr Green shattered (wordplay)

D·2+E·1+C·3+O·1+R·1 = 8 pts

decos (8 points)

Boils down

D·2+E·1+C·3+O·1+S·1 = 8 pts

decoy (11 points)

Not-quacker (wordplay)

Lodge decoration perhaps

Undercover cop, maybe

D·2+E·1+C·3+O·1+Y·4 = 11 pts

decry (11 points)

Knock hard (wordplay)

Speak of in slighting way, belittle

Disparage or criticise

D·2+E·1+C·3+R·1+Y·4 = 11 pts

dedal (7 points)

Cleverly contrived.

Intricate

Variegated.

D·2+E·1+D·2+A·1+L·1 = 7 pts

deeds (7 points)

They contain property lines (wordplay)

They have property lines (wordplay)

Home pages (wordplay)

D·2+E·1+E·1+D·2+S·1 = 7 pts

deedy (10 points)

Active Dial.

Active: Dial.

Active Dial

D·2+E·1+E·1+D·2+Y·4 = 10 pts

deems (8 points)

Considers (to be)

Taylor memorable musicologist

Thinks like a judge

D·2+E·1+E·1+M·3+S·1 = 8 pts

deeps (8 points)

Heavy white blanket (wordplay)

Past Pluto, perhaps

Pretentious way to say 'oceans'

D·2+E·1+E·1+P·3+S·1 = 8 pts

deers (6 points)

Elk and moose

Bucks, maybe

Mule and whitetail

D·2+E·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 6 pts

deets (6 points)

Where and when it's going down, say

Juicy tidbits, informally

Specifics, for short

D·2+E·1+E·1+T·1+S·1 = 6 pts

defat (9 points)

Make lite of things (wordplay)

Skim milk (wordplay)

Make lean (wordplay)

D·2+E·1+F·4+A·1+T·1 = 9 pts

defer (9 points)

Put off (until later)

Put off effin' Bambi!

Be respectful (to)

D·2+E·1+F·4+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts

defis (9 points)

Defi

D·2+E·1+F·4+I·1+S·1 = 9 pts

defog (10 points)

Clear the air (wordplay)

Clear a windshield perhaps

Clear (a windshield)

D·2+E·1+F·4+O·1+G·2 = 10 pts

degas (7 points)

Knock the wind out of artist (wordplay)

Big name at the Musee d'Orsay

What to step on in de car (wordplay)

D·2+E·1+G·2+A·1+S·1 = 7 pts

degum (9 points)

Work on theater seats perhaps

Work on theater seats, perhaps

Use Goo Gone on, perhaps

D·2+E·1+G·2+U·1+M·3 = 9 pts

deice (8 points)

Ready for takeoff, perhaps

Put salt on maybe

Put salt on perhaps

D·2+E·1+I·1+C·3+E·1 = 8 pts

deify (12 points)

Say "You're a God" to someone (wordplay)

Say Youre a God to someone

Exalt to godhood

D·2+E·1+I·1+F·4+Y·4 = 12 pts

deign (7 points)

Lower oneself (to)

Condescend to draw missing son

See fit to plan Sunday outing

D·2+E·1+I·1+G·2+N·1 = 7 pts

deils (6 points)

Fiends in Aberdeen

Demons, in Glasgow

Fiends, in Aberdeen

D·2+E·1+I·1+L·1+S·1 = 6 pts

deism (8 points)

Belief in a god

Belief in God based on rational evidence

Ben Franklins religious belief

D·2+E·1+I·1+S·1+M·3 = 8 pts

deist (6 points)

Thomas Jefferson, for one

Ethan Allen, for one

James Madison, for one

D·2+E·1+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 6 pts

deity (9 points)

Odin for one

Krishna, for one

Krishna for one

D·2+E·1+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 9 pts

deked (11 points)

Made a false move (wordplay)

Deceived, as a Duck

Faked, in hockey

D·2+E·1+K·5+E·1+D·2 = 11 pts

dekes (10 points)

Feints, of sorts

Senator's moves (wordplay)

Fraternity men: Colloq.

D·2+E·1+K·5+E·1+S·1 = 10 pts

dekko (14 points)

Quick look at this form of art, say

Quick glance (informal)

Quick look or glance

D·2+E·1+K·5+K·5+O·1 = 14 pts

delay (9 points)

Throw off schedule, say

Drag ones heels

Twitch stream issue

D·2+E·1+L·1+A·1+Y·4 = 9 pts

deled (7 points)

Struck out (wordplay)

Ordered takeout (wordplay)

Taken out of context (wordplay)

D·2+E·1+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 7 pts

deles (6 points)

Gets the word out (wordplay)

Takes out of print (wordplay)

Fulfills a take-out order (wordplay)

D·2+E·1+L·1+E·1+S·1 = 6 pts

delfs (9 points)

Delf

D·2+E·1+L·1+F·4+S·1 = 9 pts

delft (9 points)

Line in neat ceramics (wordplay)

'Ware being led up one foot (wordplay)

Dutch town - tin-glazed earthenware

D·2+E·1+L·1+F·4+T·1 = 9 pts

delis (6 points)

Sub ways (wordplay)

Lox smiths (wordplay)

Sub stations (wordplay)

D·2+E·1+L·1+I·1+S·1 = 6 pts

dells (6 points)

No-nos for the non-PC crowd (wordplay)

Dude some computer buyers get them

Computers hawked by Steven in TV ads

D·2+E·1+L·1+L·1+S·1 = 6 pts

delly (9 points)

""A delicatessen, also DELI""

D·2+E·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 9 pts

delta (6 points)

Part of river Dee (wordplay)

Euclidean triangle (wordplay)

Triangle in math class (wordplay)

D·2+E·1+L·1+T·1+A·1 = 6 pts

delve (9 points)

Research intensively (into something)

Get deep (into)

Digit in spades (wordplay)

D·2+E·1+L·1+V·4+E·1 = 9 pts

demes (8 points)

Ancient Greek townships.

Communes in Greece.

Communes in Attica

D·2+E·1+M·3+E·1+S·1 = 8 pts

demit (8 points)

Timed on the way up (wordplay)

Resign or withdraw

Lower or resign

D·2+E·1+M·3+I·1+T·1 = 8 pts

demob (10 points)

Release from military service (informal)

Break up second protest (wordplay)

Release from military service (abbr)

D·2+E·1+M·3+O·1+B·3 = 10 pts

demon (8 points)

Incubus for one

Speedy one (wordplay)

Overly possessive type (wordplay)

D·2+E·1+M·3+O·1+N·1 = 8 pts

demos (8 points)

Four-track recordings, perhaps

Hoi polloi in marches (wordplay)

Floor models, maybe

D·2+E·1+M·3+O·1+S·1 = 8 pts

demur (8 points)

Take exception (to)

Voice an objection (to)

Be objective (wordplay)

D·2+E·1+M·3+U·1+R·1 = 8 pts

denes (6 points)

Low sand hills in England

English sand areas

Sand hills in England.

D·2+E·1+N·1+E·1+S·1 = 6 pts

denim (8 points)

The best overall material (wordplay)

Work clothes, perhaps

Cutoffs fabric, perhaps

D·2+E·1+N·1+I·1+M·3 = 8 pts

dense (6 points)

Packed with ideas as an essay

Rearranged needs (wordplay)

Several rooms with one key? Stupid!

D·2+E·1+N·1+S·1+E·1 = 6 pts

dents (6 points)

Fender benders (wordplay)

List in an insurance report, maybe

Bumps into, perhaps

D·2+E·1+N·1+T·1+S·1 = 6 pts

depot (8 points)

Bus stop (wordplay)

Military storehouse, perhaps

Training area (wordplay)

D·2+E·1+P·3+O·1+T·1 = 8 pts

depth (11 points)

Intensity (of emotion)

Charges that followed U-boats (wordplay)

What a plumb gauges

D·2+E·1+P·3+T·1+H·4 = 11 pts

derat (6 points)

Exterminate vermin (wordplay)

Make more sanitary, in a way

Do an exterminators job

D·2+E·1+R·1+A·1+T·1 = 6 pts

deray (9 points)

Borsalino director Jacques

Black Lives Matter activist Mckesson

Activist Mckesson

D·2+E·1+R·1+A·1+Y·4 = 9 pts

derby (11 points)

Bowler hat (US)

Kentucky hat (wordplay)

Competition for threeyearolds

D·2+E·1+R·1+B·3+Y·4 = 11 pts

derma (8 points)

Inner layer of the skin (Var.)

Skin care prefix

It's stuffed in delis

D·2+E·1+R·1+M·3+A·1 = 8 pts

derms (8 points)

Skin suffixes

Pachy endings

D·2+E·1+R·1+M·3+S·1 = 8 pts

derry (9 points)

'The London - - Air' (mus.)

Some consider Ryan Air city (wordplay)

Meaningless refrain word in old songs

D·2+E·1+R·1+R·1+Y·4 = 9 pts

desex (13 points)

Fix in a way

Neuter, as an animal

Prevent any future issue with

D·2+E·1+S·1+E·1+X·8 = 13 pts

desks (10 points)

The score in a classroom (wordplay)

Class-y fixtures (wordplay)

Classy fixtures (wordplay)

D·2+E·1+S·1+K·5+S·1 = 10 pts

deter (6 points)

Discourage (an activity)

Discourage (someone from an action)

Keep (from doing)

D·2+E·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 6 pts

detox (13 points)

Go off screen, maybe (wordplay)

Remove poisons from (the body)

Reason for a juice cleanse, perhaps

D·2+E·1+T·1+O·1+X·8 = 13 pts

deuce (8 points)

Small spade, maybe

Two (at cards)

War loser (wordplay)

D·2+E·1+U·1+C·3+E·1 = 8 pts

devas (9 points)

Powerful Hindu deities

Hindu deities

Buddhist angels

D·2+E·1+V·4+A·1+S·1 = 9 pts

devel (9 points)

Stunning blow: Scot.

Stunning blow Scot.

Stunning blow Scot

D·2+E·1+V·4+E·1+L·1 = 9 pts

devil (9 points)

Someone often spoken of (wordplay)

Old Nick survived his comeuppance!

Prepare eggs, perhaps

D·2+E·1+V·4+I·1+L·1 = 9 pts

devon (9 points)

Malcolm from the west (wordplay)

County cricketer on-side (wordplay)

SW county of England

D·2+E·1+V·4+O·1+N·1 = 9 pts

dewan (9 points)

Official of India.

High official in India

Official of India

D·2+E·1+W·4+A·1+N·1 = 9 pts

dewar (9 points)

Handle on a flask (wordplay)

Type of flask

Big name in Scotch whisky

D·2+E·1+W·4+A·1+R·1 = 9 pts

dewax (16 points)

Strip, as a surfboard (***)

Free of ceraceous matter.

Remove cerumen

D·2+E·1+W·4+A·1+X·8 = 16 pts

dewed (10 points)

Like a lawn at dawn

Covered with moisture

Moist at sunrise

D·2+E·1+W·4+E·1+D·2 = 10 pts

dexes (13 points)

Dex

D·2+E·1+X·8+E·1+S·1 = 13 pts

dexie (13 points)

""A tablet of dex, also DEXY""

D·2+E·1+X·8+I·1+E·1 = 13 pts

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