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placed (11 points)
Showed up the show horse (wordplay)
Took a second (wordplay)
Lost by a nose, perhaps
P·3+L·1+A·1+C·3+E·1+D·2 = 11 pts
placer (10 points)
One finishing second
Form of mining
Alluvial deposit containing gold.
P·3+L·1+A·1+C·3+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
places (10 points)
Everybody get ready on the set!
Where to go for success (wordplay)
Finishes in second
P·3+L·1+A·1+C·3+E·1+S·1 = 10 pts
placet (10 points)
Vote of assent.
Vote of assent
P·3+L·1+A·1+C·3+E·1+T·1 = 10 pts
placid (11 points)
Still used as a name for a US lake
Cool cats, initially in tartan
Serene and unruffled
P·3+L·1+A·1+C·3+I·1+D·2 = 11 pts
placks (14 points)
Plack
P·3+L·1+A·1+C·3+K·5+S·1 = 14 pts
plagal (9 points)
Of a medieval music mode
Music with a medieval tone
Prisoner secreted by friend from the dominant uprising
P·3+L·1+A·1+G·2+A·1+L·1 = 9 pts
plages (9 points)
Riviera beaches
Bathing beaches
P·3+L·1+A·1+G·2+E·1+S·1 = 9 pts
plague (9 points)
Epidemic (the 'Great' one being in 1665)
Case of painful fever (wordplay)
Swarm of insects
P·3+L·1+A·1+G·2+U·1+E·1 = 9 pts
plaguy (12 points)
Pestiferous.
P·3+L·1+A·1+G·2+U·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
plaice (10 points)
Fish - perch, say
One going into town for fish (wordplay)
Fish's source of iron in situ (wordplay)
P·3+L·1+A·1+I·1+C·3+E·1 = 10 pts
plaids (9 points)
Scotland yards (wordplay)
Scottish house distinctions
Cross-barred patterns.
P·3+L·1+A·1+I·1+D·2+S·1 = 9 pts
plains (8 points)
Savannah's Spinal Tap (wordplay)
Great region of America (wordplay)
Buffalo's home
P·3+L·1+A·1+I·1+N·1+S·1 = 8 pts
plaint (8 points)
Lamentation; charge (law)
Poet's lament
Dirge from one entering works
P·3+L·1+A·1+I·1+N·1+T·1 = 8 pts
plaits (8 points)
Plants in exchange for braids (wordplay)
Interwoven strands, of hair perhaps
Can one twist them off a head (wordplay)
P·3+L·1+A·1+I·1+T·1+S·1 = 8 pts
planar (8 points)
On the level (wordplay)
Two-dimensional scheme by backing artist
Less than three-dimensional
P·3+L·1+A·1+N·1+A·1+R·1 = 8 pts
planch (13 points)
Old word for board.
Flat plate
P·3+L·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+H·4 = 13 pts
planed (9 points)
Worked with wood, maybe
Made flush, maybe
Used a carpentry tool
P·3+L·1+A·1+N·1+E·1+D·2 = 9 pts
planer (8 points)
Smooth carpenter (wordplay)
Small tree of the elm family
Power tool in woodworking
P·3+L·1+A·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
planes (8 points)
Frequent fliers (wordplay)
Gib. for one
Runway models (wordplay)
P·3+L·1+A·1+N·1+E·1+S·1 = 8 pts
planet (8 points)
Venus, for one
Mercury, say, showing level temperature
Vulcan, for one
P·3+L·1+A·1+N·1+E·1+T·1 = 8 pts
planks (12 points)
Ship boardings (wordplay)
Parts of a platform.
Stout lengths of sawn timber
P·3+L·1+A·1+N·1+K·5+S·1 = 12 pts
plants (8 points)
Flora factories (wordplay)
Garden variety (wordplay)
Greenhouse effects (wordplay)
P·3+L·1+A·1+N·1+T·1+S·1 = 8 pts
plaque (17 points)
Film about teeth (wordplay)
Award for a dentist (wordplay)
Employee of the month award, say
P·3+L·1+A·1+Q·10+U·1+E·1 = 17 pts
plashy (14 points)
{marshy=adj}
P·3+L·1+A·1+S·1+H·4+Y·4 = 14 pts
plasma (10 points)
Bank holding (wordplay)
A psalm (anagram)
Screen type for blood (wordplay)
P·3+L·1+A·1+S·1+M·3+A·1 = 10 pts
plasms (10 points)
Cell fluids
Cell interiors
Blood fluids
P·3+L·1+A·1+S·1+M·3+S·1 = 10 pts
platan (8 points)
Plane-tree
P·3+L·1+A·1+T·1+A·1+N·1 = 8 pts
plated (9 points)
Coated with chrome, say
Having a metal coating
Designating some silver.
P·3+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 9 pts
platen (8 points)
Roller on a typewriter
Writer's roller
Roller for the Underwood
P·3+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+N·1 = 8 pts
plater (8 points)
Inferior race horse
Inferior race horse.
Second-rate horse
P·3+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
plates (8 points)
Course requirements (wordplay)
Full-service components (wordplay)
IHOP stack (wordplay)
P·3+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+S·1 = 8 pts
platys (11 points)
Platy
P·3+L·1+A·1+T·1+Y·4+S·1 = 11 pts
playas (11 points)
Dried-up lake basins.
Western desert basins
Spanish for "beaches"
P·3+L·1+A·1+Y·4+A·1+S·1 = 11 pts
played (12 points)
Took part in a game of Fortnite, say
Gamed; laid (a card)
Taken for a fool
P·3+L·1+A·1+Y·4+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
player (11 points)
The soft lamina is inside, perhaps
One that's inside (wordplay)
One competing (at golf?)
P·3+L·1+A·1+Y·4+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
plazas (17 points)
Some statue sites
Times Square and others
Places to shop
P·3+L·1+A·1+Z·10+A·1+S·1 = 17 pts
pleach (13 points)
Interlace.
Braid
P·3+L·1+E·1+A·1+C·3+H·4 = 13 pts
pleads (9 points)
Says guilty perhaps
Says guilty perhaps
Speaks on bended knee, perhaps
P·3+L·1+E·1+A·1+D·2+S·1 = 9 pts
please (8 points)
What do you say (wordplay)
Oh, be serious!
Oh, come on!
P·3+L·1+E·1+A·1+S·1+E·1 = 8 pts
pleats (8 points)
Pants part, perhaps
The turf is around fifty, manyfold
Fashionable facet of women's wear
P·3+L·1+E·1+A·1+T·1+S·1 = 8 pts
plebes (10 points)
Kin of frosh
Cadets who might be hazed
West Pointers likely to be hazed
P·3+L·1+E·1+B·3+E·1+S·1 = 10 pts
pledge (10 points)
A promise to pawn (wordplay)
Promise to uncle, perhaps
Promise (to abstain?)
P·3+L·1+E·1+D·2+G·2+E·1 = 10 pts
pleiad (9 points)
Daughter of Atlas
Group of brilliant people.
Maia or Electra
P·3+L·1+E·1+I·1+A·1+D·2 = 9 pts
plench (13 points)
A tool serving as pliers and a wrench
P·3+L·1+E·1+N·1+C·3+H·4 = 13 pts
plenty (11 points)
Lots to go with the horn (wordplay)
Good partner (wordplay)
More than enough
P·3+L·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
plenum (10 points)
Vacuum's opposite (anagram of LUMPEN)
General assembly of legislators
Assembly with all members present
P·3+L·1+E·1+N·1+U·1+M·3 = 10 pts
pleura (8 points)
Chest cavity membrane
Membrane around the lungs
Lung-covering membrane
P·3+L·1+E·1+U·1+R·1+A·1 = 8 pts
plexal (15 points)
Of a network.
P·3+L·1+E·1+X·8+A·1+L·1 = 15 pts
plexor (15 points)
Hammer used to test reflexes
Doctor's small hammer
Doctor's rubber mallet
P·3+L·1+E·1+X·8+O·1+R·1 = 15 pts
plexus (15 points)
Maybe solar power applied to car
Just a bundle of nerves (wordplay)
The Miller's Tale (nineteen fifty three)
P·3+L·1+E·1+X·8+U·1+S·1 = 15 pts
pliant (8 points)
Flexible factory worker (wordplay)
Good for modeling
Biddable one employed by factory
P·3+L·1+I·1+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 8 pts
plicae (10 points)
Anatomical folds
P·3+L·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+E·1 = 10 pts
plical (10 points)
Relating to a plica
P·3+L·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1 = 10 pts
pliers (8 points)
Pair with a lot of pull (wordplay)
Things to come to grips with (wordplay)
Tool works without resistance
P·3+L·1+I·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 8 pts
plight (12 points)
In tight spot, swear!
Serious and difficult situation
Pledge in difficult situation
P·3+L·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1 = 12 pts
plinks (12 points)
Short, light, ringing sounds
Tinkling metallic sounds
Xylophone sounds
P·3+L·1+I·1+N·1+K·5+S·1 = 12 pts
plinth (11 points)
Might one stand it like this (wordplay)
Base (for statue)
Block at the base of a column.
P·3+L·1+I·1+N·1+T·1+H·4 = 11 pts
plisky (15 points)
""A practical joke, also PLISKIE""
P·3+L·1+I·1+S·1+K·5+Y·4 = 15 pts
plisse (8 points)
Fashionable cotton goods.
Seersucker for example
Puckered textile finish
P·3+L·1+I·1+S·1+S·1+E·1 = 8 pts
ploidy (12 points)
The number of chromosomes in a cell
P·3+L·1+O·1+I·1+D·2+Y·4 = 12 pts
plonks (12 points)
Sets something down clumsily
Sets down, clumsily
Cheap wine son puts down
P·3+L·1+O·1+N·1+K·5+S·1 = 12 pts
plotty (11 points)
""A spiced hot drink [n PLOTTIES] / full of intrigue, as a novel, also PLOTTIE""
P·3+L·1+O·1+T·1+T·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
plough (12 points)
The . . . . . . and the Stars (O'Casey)
'The ... and the Stars' (O'Casey)
Seven stars on the farm (wordplay)
P·3+L·1+O·1+U·1+G·2+H·4 = 12 pts
plover (11 points)
Kind of wading bird
One is softly amorous up in the air
Sandpiper's cousin
P·3+L·1+O·1+V·4+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
plowed (12 points)
Rid of snow, perhaps
Cleared in winter
Did farm work
P·3+L·1+O·1+W·4+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
plower (11 points)
Man behind an ox, perhaps
A man behind his team (wordplay)
Farmer, at times
P·3+L·1+O·1+W·4+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
ployed (12 points)
Ploy
P·3+L·1+O·1+Y·4+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
plucks (14 points)
Uses a plectrum
Gathers, as flowers
Removes final note to seal fate
P·3+L·1+U·1+C·3+K·5+S·1 = 14 pts
plucky (17 points)
Brave as a rose picker (wordplay)
Brave, attempting the banjo (wordplay)
Brave pull by youth leader
P·3+L·1+U·1+C·3+K·5+Y·4 = 17 pts
plumbs (12 points)
Reaches or experiences, say depths
Reaches or experiences, say the depths
Sounds fruity (wordplay)
P·3+L·1+U·1+M·3+B·3+S·1 = 12 pts
plumed (11 points)
Decorated with feathers
Like a peacock
Having ornamental tuft
P·3+L·1+U·1+M·3+E·1+D·2 = 11 pts
plumes (10 points)
Adornments from ostriches
Curling columns of smoke
Clusters of feathers for display
P·3+L·1+U·1+M·3+E·1+S·1 = 10 pts
plummy (15 points)
Upper-class power that's surprising!
Rich and resonant
(Of a voice) typically upper class
P·3+L·1+U·1+M·3+M·3+Y·4 = 15 pts
plumps (12 points)
Chooses - comes down heavily for
Gives support to or drops abruptly
Freshens the pillow
P·3+L·1+U·1+M·3+P·3+S·1 = 12 pts
plunge (9 points)
Big drop in the market, say
Will this lift up Glen? No!
Thrust or dive into
P·3+L·1+U·1+N·1+G·2+E·1 = 9 pts
plunks (12 points)
Puts the chips on the table
Twangs a guitar string
Puts down heavily.
P·3+L·1+U·1+N·1+K·5+S·1 = 12 pts
plural (8 points)
Like ghosts and goblins (wordplay)
Fish for fish (wordplay)
S word (wordplay)
P·3+L·1+U·1+R·1+A·1+L·1 = 8 pts
pluses (8 points)
Positive signs (wordplay)
They're positive
Added benefits
P·3+L·1+U·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 8 pts
plushy (14 points)
Rich, self-assertive, grasping Liberal
Luxurious and soft, as of cloth
Luxurious
P·3+L·1+U·1+S·1+H·4+Y·4 = 14 pts
plutei (8 points)
Pluteus
P·3+L·1+U·1+T·1+E·1+I·1 = 8 pts
pluton (8 points)
Igneous rock beneath the earth's surface
Underground mass of igneous rock
Mass of crystallized magma
P·3+L·1+U·1+T·1+O·1+N·1 = 8 pts
plyers (11 points)
Pincers Var.
Drawbridge mechanism
Diligent workers.
P·3+L·1+Y·4+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 11 pts
plying (12 points)
Practicing, as a trade
Travelling a route regularly
Working hard at
P·3+L·1+Y·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts

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