On 1st draw, POISON H4 22 --- POISON to administer a harmful substance to [v]
Other tops: POORIS H4 22, PORNOS H4 22, PRIONS H4 22, PRISON H4 22, PROINS H4 22, SPINOR H3 22
Other moves: PIONS H4 20, PIRNS H4 20, POONS H4 20, POORI H4 20, PORNO H4 20 POISON H7 18 denbay
On 2nd draw, DROO(P)IER 5E 82 --- DROOPY drooping [adj]
Other tops: DROO(L)IER 5E 82, (B)ROODIER 5E 82
Other moves: PORRID(G)E 4H 72, PRER(A)DIO 4H 72, PRO(V)IDER 4H 72, DRO(O)PIER 4D 70, DR(O)OPIER 4D 70 POISONED H4 11 denbay
On 3rd draw, FAE 6J 31 --- FAE from (Scots) [prep]
Other moves: FOGIE 4A 29, FOGIE 4K 29, FA 6J 28, FE 6J 28, FOGIE 6B 26 FIE 4D 17 denbay
On 4th draw, ESERINE G7 68 --- ESERINE a toxic alkaloid [n]
Other tops: ESERINE 10G 68
Other moves: ESERINE G9 62, ESERINE I9 62, SNEERIER F1 62, EERINESS 7B 61, EERINESS 7A 60 REINS 10D 16 denbay
On 5th draw, UNS(H)AVEN 13A 70 --- SHAVE to sever the hair close to the roots [adj] --- UNSHAVEN not shaven [adj]
Other moves: SUAV(E) H11 31, NA(E)VUS 14B 28, UNREAV(E)S L3 28, UNREAV(E) L3 26, VANN(E)RS 10B 26 SUN 14G 11 denbay
On 6th draw, TUILYIE 11E 40 --- TUILYIE to struggle [v]
Other moves: GUYLINE B8 38, LYTING B9 36, TYEING B9 36, GLUEY 4J 34, YULE A12 33 GUILTY 11E 20 denbay
On 7th draw, AMITOSIS C6 64 --- AMITOSIS a type of cell division [n]
Other moves: AMITOSIS C8 63, STOMIA 4J 33, MAIST L8 31, MOAS 12A 31, MOIST L8 31 MUST A12 27 denbay
On 8th draw, REGULO A10 27 --- REGULO the scale of temperature in a gas oven [n]
Other moves: LONGE H11 24, TRIGO 8A 24, OGRE 10I 23, GOLLER 10J 22, ERUGO A11 21 GORE L3 10 denbay
On 9th draw, VIOLATE B1 82 --- VIOLATE to break or disregard the terms or requirements of [v]
Other moves: VIOLATE B3 74, ALIVE 8A 36, OLIVE 8A 36, LAEVO 4K 27, LOAVE 4K 27 LOVE 4K 23 denbay
On 10th draw, BRITH 8A 44 --- BRITH (Hebrew) a Jewish circumcision rite [n]
Other tops: BRIM 8A 44
Other moves: BUHR A5 42, MHO 10I 38, OHM 10I 38, TRIM 8A 38, BROTH 10J 36 HIT J10 14 denbay
On 11th draw, AQUA 4L 34 --- AQUA water [n]
Other moves: QI J10 31, AMA 10I 28, AQUA 12K 28, MANGA 10J 28, QUARE L2 28 QI J10 31 denbay
On 12th draw, MANPOWER O3 95 --- MANPOWER available resources of able-bodied people [n]
Other moves: MANROPE O3 33, PAWNER O3 33, PAWNOR O3 33, PROEM 10J 33, WARMEN O3 33 OVEN 1A 24 denbay
On 14th draw, FANJET N9 45 --- FANJET a type of jet engine [n]
Other moves: FANJET 12J 41, JITNEY J10 34, FLYTE 4A 33, JANE N7 33, JAY N7 32 JAY N7 32 fatcat JOY 3A 26 denbay
On 15th draw, DEUCE L11 30 --- DEUCE to bring a tennis score to a tie [v]
Other tops: CADGE L9 30
Other moves: CADEE L9 28, EDUCE L10 28, LANCE H11 27, CADE L9 26, CEDE L9 26 LANCE H11 27 fatcat CODE 3A 14 denbay
On 17th draw, LYNCH H11 60 --- LYNCH to judge and put to death without legal sanction [v]
Other moves: CHYLDE 15G 45, CHYLE 15H 39, CLAYED 15H 36, LANCH H11 36, HAY O13 34 LYNCH H11 60 fatcat AVIDLY 1A 13 denbay
On 18th draw, KID M13 38 --- KID to tease [v]
Other moves: KA 10J 34, D(H)AK D12 32, KA M13 31, KI M13 31, DAK O13 29 KA 10J 34 fatcat GLIB 4A 18 denbay
On 19th draw, AX 10I 55 --- AX to work on with an ax (a type of cutting tool) [v]
Other moves: AXIL J9 27, TAXI J8 27, AB 10I 25, TAX 7K 25, XI J10 25 AX 10I 55 fatcat BOX 3A 24 denbay