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upbearer (12 points)

One who {upbears=v}

U·1+P·3+B·3+E·1+A·1+R·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts

upboiled (13 points)

Upboil

U·1+P·3+B·3+O·1+I·1+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts

upbraids (13 points)

Criticises or scolds

Scolds or censures

Scolds and reproaches

U·1+P·3+B·3+R·1+A·1+I·1+D·2+S·1 = 13 pts

upbuilds (13 points)

Upbuild

U·1+P·3+B·3+U·1+I·1+L·1+D·2+S·1 = 13 pts

upchucks (21 points)

Upchuck

U·1+P·3+C·3+H·4+U·1+C·3+K·5+S·1 = 21 pts

upclimbs (16 points)

Upclimb

U·1+P·3+C·3+L·1+I·1+M·3+B·3+S·1 = 16 pts

upcoiled (13 points)

Upcoil

U·1+P·3+C·3+O·1+I·1+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts

upcoming (15 points)

Due to occur

Just around the corner

Soon to be

U·1+P·3+C·3+O·1+M·3+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 15 pts

upcurled (13 points)

Upcurl

U·1+P·3+C·3+U·1+R·1+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts

upcurved (16 points)

Upcurve

U·1+P·3+C·3+U·1+R·1+V·4+E·1+D·2 = 16 pts

upcurves (15 points)

Upcurve

U·1+P·3+C·3+U·1+R·1+V·4+E·1+S·1 = 15 pts

updarted (12 points)

Updart

U·1+P·3+D·2+A·1+R·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts

updaters (11 points)

Updater

U·1+P·3+D·2+A·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 11 pts

updating (12 points)

A dung pit removed during modernisation

Giving the latest news to

Giving latest info

U·1+P·3+D·2+A·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts

updiving (15 points)

Updive

U·1+P·3+D·2+I·1+V·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 15 pts

updrafts (14 points)

Skirt raisers (wordplay)

They lift kites

Breezes from below

U·1+P·3+D·2+R·1+A·1+F·4+T·1+S·1 = 14 pts

updrying (15 points)

Updry

U·1+P·3+D·2+R·1+Y·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 15 pts

upending (12 points)

Turning upside down

*ending home from *chool, *ay

Not down at last for reverse

U·1+P·3+E·1+N·1+D·2+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts

upflings (14 points)

Upfling

U·1+P·3+F·4+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+S·1 = 14 pts

upflowed (17 points)

Upflow

U·1+P·3+F·4+L·1+O·1+W·4+E·1+D·2 = 17 pts

upfolded (15 points)

Upfold

U·1+P·3+F·4+O·1+L·1+D·2+E·1+D·2 = 15 pts

upgather (14 points)

To gather up

U·1+P·3+G·2+A·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts

upgazing (21 points)

Upgaze

U·1+P·3+G·2+A·1+Z·10+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 21 pts

upgirded (13 points)

Upgird

U·1+P·3+G·2+I·1+R·1+D·2+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts

upgraded (13 points)

Flipped phones, say (wordplay)

Went for more memory, say

Downloaded the new version, say

U·1+P·3+G·2+R·1+A·1+D·2+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts

upgrades (12 points)

Gains elbow room, perhaps

Newer software, perhaps

Programmer's offerings

U·1+P·3+G·2+R·1+A·1+D·2+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts

upgrowth (17 points)

Development of line after good input terribly hard

U·1+P·3+G·2+R·1+O·1+W·4+T·1+H·4 = 17 pts

upheaped (16 points)

Upheap

U·1+P·3+H·4+E·1+A·1+P·3+E·1+D·2 = 16 pts

upheaval (16 points)

Great disruptive change

Euphemism for revolution.

Sudden, violent disturbance

U·1+P·3+H·4+E·1+A·1+V·4+A·1+L·1 = 16 pts

upheaved (17 points)

Lifted

Raised.

U·1+P·3+H·4+E·1+A·1+V·4+E·1+D·2 = 17 pts

upheaver (16 points)

One who {upheaves=v}

U·1+P·3+H·4+E·1+A·1+V·4+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts

upheaves (16 points)

Lifts with force

Raises from below

U·1+P·3+H·4+E·1+A·1+V·4+E·1+S·1 = 16 pts

uphoards (14 points)

Uphoard

U·1+P·3+H·4+O·1+A·1+R·1+D·2+S·1 = 14 pts

upholder (14 points)

Champion to successfully defend position in Peru, perhaps

I provide maintenance for previous winner that doesn't start

Champion - the one who has the trophy having lost lead

U·1+P·3+H·4+O·1+L·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts

uplander (11 points)

Chevrolet mini-SUV model

U·1+P·3+L·1+A·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts

upleaped (13 points)

Upleap

U·1+P·3+L·1+E·1+A·1+P·3+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts

uplifted (14 points)

Raised, in spirit perhaps.

Mentally or morally elevated

Raised the spirits

U·1+P·3+L·1+I·1+F·4+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 14 pts

uplifter (13 points)

Spiritual, for example

U·1+P·3+L·1+I·1+F·4+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts

uplights (14 points)

Uplight

U·1+P·3+L·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1+S·1 = 14 pts

upmarket (16 points)

Superior tram (wordplay)

Quality, prestige (commodities)

High-end not down for sale

U·1+P·3+M·3+A·1+R·1+K·5+E·1+T·1 = 16 pts

uppercut (14 points)

Jaw breaker (wordplay)

Part of the shoe damaged? Blow!

Drug reduced, might that hurt (wordplay)

U·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+R·1+C·3+U·1+T·1 = 14 pts

uppiling (13 points)

Uppile

U·1+P·3+P·3+I·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 13 pts

uppishly (18 points)

In an uppish manner

U·1+P·3+P·3+I·1+S·1+H·4+L·1+Y·4 = 18 pts

upraised (11 points)

In short, you lauded its being up here

Put on a higher level

University applauded, so lifted

U·1+P·3+R·1+A·1+I·1+S·1+E·1+D·2 = 11 pts

upraiser (10 points)

One offering lift from Rue Paris

U·1+P·3+R·1+A·1+I·1+S·1+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts

upraises (10 points)

Lifts

Elevates

U·1+P·3+R·1+A·1+I·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 10 pts

upreared (11 points)

Raised, old-style

Built

Lifted

U·1+P·3+R·1+E·1+A·1+R·1+E·1+D·2 = 11 pts

uprights (14 points)

Vertical posts or stakes

Kicker's target

Vertical posts as in rugby goal

U·1+P·3+R·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1+S·1 = 14 pts

uprisers (10 points)

Rebellious ones

U·1+P·3+R·1+I·1+S·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 10 pts

uprising (11 points)

A revolting action (wordplay)

The revolting opposite of 20 down

Organised opposition to authority

U·1+P·3+R·1+I·1+S·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 11 pts

uprivers (13 points)

Upriver

U·1+P·3+R·1+I·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 13 pts

uprootal (10 points)

The act of {uprooting=v}

U·1+P·3+R·1+O·1+O·1+T·1+A·1+L·1 = 10 pts

uprooted (11 points)

Pulled out of the ground, a tree perhaps

Got out of bed (wordplay)

Torn from natural habitat like plant

U·1+P·3+R·1+O·1+O·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 11 pts

uprooter (10 points)

One who extirpates

U·1+P·3+R·1+O·1+O·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts

uproused (11 points)

Uprouse

U·1+P·3+R·1+O·1+U·1+S·1+E·1+D·2 = 11 pts

uprouses (10 points)

Uprouse

U·1+P·3+R·1+O·1+U·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 10 pts

uprushed (14 points)

Uprush

U·1+P·3+R·1+U·1+S·1+H·4+E·1+D·2 = 14 pts

uprushes (13 points)

Uprush

U·1+P·3+R·1+U·1+S·1+H·4+E·1+S·1 = 13 pts

upsetter (10 points)

Player who beats the top seed

Cinderella team, for example

In Rising Sun, late, one's offensive

U·1+P·3+S·1+E·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts

upshifts (16 points)

Goes from second to third, say

Goes from first to second, say

Chooses a higher gear

U·1+P·3+S·1+H·4+I·1+F·4+T·1+S·1 = 16 pts

upshoots (13 points)

Upshoot

U·1+P·3+S·1+H·4+O·1+O·1+T·1+S·1 = 13 pts

upsilons (10 points)

Letters resembling Y's

Greek letters

U·1+P·3+S·1+I·1+L·1+O·1+N·1+S·1 = 10 pts

upsoared (11 points)

Upsoar

U·1+P·3+S·1+O·1+A·1+R·1+E·1+D·2 = 11 pts

upsprang (13 points)

Upspring

U·1+P·3+S·1+P·3+R·1+A·1+N·1+G·2 = 13 pts

upspring (13 points)

To spring up

U·1+P·3+S·1+P·3+R·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 13 pts

upsprung (13 points)

Top trophies gaining publicity before gun shot was invented

U·1+P·3+S·1+P·3+R·1+U·1+N·1+G·2 = 13 pts

upstaged (12 points)

Drew attention from (another actor)

Put Degas down, in a way

In the background

U·1+P·3+S·1+T·1+A·1+G·2+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts

upstages (11 points)

How superior actor operates (wordplay)

Executes a theatrical ploy.

Draws attention from, in a way

U·1+P·3+S·1+T·1+A·1+G·2+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts

upstairs (10 points)

It's a spur (anagram)

In the attic, maybe

Flight destination (wordplay)

U·1+P·3+S·1+T·1+A·1+I·1+R·1+S·1 = 10 pts

upstands (11 points)

Endures under stress

U·1+P·3+S·1+T·1+A·1+N·1+D·2+S·1 = 11 pts

upstared (11 points)

Upstare

U·1+P·3+S·1+T·1+A·1+R·1+E·1+D·2 = 11 pts

upstares (10 points)

Fixed glances from below (wordplay)

U·1+P·3+S·1+T·1+A·1+R·1+E·1+S·1 = 10 pts

upstarts (10 points)

Cocky, successful people

They're not "old money"

Nouveau-riches, arrivistes

U·1+P·3+S·1+T·1+A·1+R·1+T·1+S·1 = 10 pts

upstater (10 points)

One from the north, maybe

Albany resident, say

Certain New Yorker

U·1+P·3+S·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts

upstates (10 points)

Northern parts of New York and New Jersey

U·1+P·3+S·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+S·1 = 10 pts

upstream (12 points)

Eats rump (anagram)

It's a hard way to swim

Against a river's natural flow

U·1+P·3+S·1+T·1+R·1+E·1+A·1+M·3 = 12 pts

upstroke (14 points)

Artistic movement (wordplay)

Upward line in writing

Movement of pen or bow

U·1+P·3+S·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+K·5+E·1 = 14 pts

upsurged (12 points)

Swelled forth.

U·1+P·3+S·1+U·1+R·1+G·2+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts

upsurges (11 points)

Sudden forceful flows

Rises with a violent, sweeping motion.

Rises with a violent, upsweeping motion

U·1+P·3+S·1+U·1+R·1+G·2+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts

upsweeps (15 points)

High styles

Old hairdos

U·1+P·3+S·1+W·4+E·1+E·1+P·3+S·1 = 15 pts

upswells (13 points)

Some fluid movements

U·1+P·3+S·1+W·4+E·1+L·1+L·1+S·1 = 13 pts

upswings (14 points)

Investors' boons

U·1+P·3+S·1+W·4+I·1+N·1+G·2+S·1 = 14 pts

upthrown (16 points)

Upthrow

U·1+P·3+T·1+H·4+R·1+O·1+W·4+N·1 = 16 pts

upthrows (16 points)

Upthrow

U·1+P·3+T·1+H·4+R·1+O·1+W·4+S·1 = 16 pts

upthrust (13 points)

Force a fluid exerts on floating body

Rocket motion

Push skyward

U·1+P·3+T·1+H·4+R·1+U·1+S·1+T·1 = 13 pts

uptilted (11 points)

On an incline.

U·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+L·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 11 pts

uptossed (11 points)

Uptoss

U·1+P·3+T·1+O·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+D·2 = 11 pts

uptosses (10 points)

Uptoss

U·1+P·3+T·1+O·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 10 pts

uptowner (13 points)

Northern Manhattanite, for one

Northern Manhattan dweller, for example

One from the affluent part of a city

U·1+P·3+T·1+O·1+W·4+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts

uptrends (11 points)

Uptrend

U·1+P·3+T·1+R·1+E·1+N·1+D·2+S·1 = 11 pts

upturned (11 points)

Like faces at a fireworks show

Pu has a nose that's retrousse

Like faces at a fireworks display

U·1+P·3+T·1+U·1+R·1+N·1+E·1+D·2 = 11 pts

upwafted (17 points)

Upwaft

U·1+P·3+W·4+A·1+F·4+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 17 pts

upwardly (17 points)

In the ascendant

On the ascendant

Likely to achieve a higher social position

U·1+P·3+W·4+A·1+R·1+D·2+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts

upwelled (14 points)

Rose up, as spring water

Arose, as water from a spring

U·1+P·3+W·4+E·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 14 pts

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