aerobe (8 points)Listeria bacterium, for one
Member of upper class
Entity needing oxygen
A·1+E·1+R·1+O·1+B·3+E·1 = 8 pts
braces (10 points)Brother, such cards ... and pairs!
Suspenders, in England
TV's Betty Suarez wears them
B·3+R·1+A·1+C·3+E·1+S·1 = 10 pts
cabers (10 points)Perhaps for Ascot they're a toss-up
Sports trunks (wordplay)
Poles tossed in Gaelic field games.
C·3+A·1+B·3+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 10 pts
carobs (10 points)Trees of Mediterranean region
Pods used as a chocolate substitute
Pod-bearing trees
C·3+A·1+R·1+O·1+B·3+S·1 = 10 pts
coarse (8 points)Rough track, say
Not fine, say
Far from finely ground
C·3+O·1+A·1+R·1+S·1+E·1 = 8 pts
cobras (10 points)Charmed snakes (wordplay)
Indian strikers (wordplay)
Indian menaces company supporters
C·3+O·1+B·3+R·1+A·1+S·1 = 10 pts
crease (8 points)Stop outside right line for one on 26
Fold, maybe unmeant
Clothes line (wordplay)
C·3+R·1+E·1+A·1+S·1+E·1 = 8 pts
O·1+C·3+R·1+E·1+A·1+E·1 = 8 pts
rebecs (10 points)Medieval musical instruments
Kin of viols
Violin's ancestors
R·1+E·1+B·3+E·1+C·3+S·1 = 10 pts
acerb (9 points)Like lemon juice (var.)
Cause celebre cause of some back-biting!
Tart of tone
A·1+C·3+E·1+R·1+B·3 = 9 pts
acres (7 points)Landowning count (wordplay)
Some of a lot perhaps
Fourty in back (wordplay)
A·1+C·3+R·1+E·1+S·1 = 7 pts
arose (5 points)Lost a lap (wordplay)
Did stand up (wordplay)
Gave a standing O say
A·1+R·1+O·1+S·1+E·1 = 5 pts
bares (7 points)Opens (one's soul)
Takes it all off, perhaps
all opens up
B·3+A·1+R·1+E·1+S·1 = 7 pts
baser (7 points)Not so noble
Like tin, vis a vis gold
More lowbrow as humor
B·3+A·1+S·1+E·1+R·1 = 7 pts
bears (7 points)Bad news beasts (wordplay)
Sell mates (wordplay)
Burly gay men in LGBT jargon
B·3+E·1+A·1+R·1+S·1 = 7 pts
beers (7 points)Round components (wordplay)
Six in the cooler, say
Six in the cooler say
B·3+E·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 7 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
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
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
brace (9 points)Pain-in-the-neck wear (wordplay)
One with a supporting role (wordplay)
Two birds in the hand (wordplay)
B·3+R·1+A·1+C·3+E·1 = 9 pts
braes (7 points)Hillsides where kilts may be hung to dry
oer thy heathery Sir Walter Scott
Hillsides to a Scotsman
B·3+R·1+A·1+E·1+S·1 = 7 pts
brees (7 points)Drew on a grid (wordplay)
Saint who went to Purdue
N.F.L. quarterback Drew
B·3+R·1+E·1+E·1+S·1 = 7 pts
brose (7 points)Oatmeal and hot milk, in Scotland
Oatmeal dish, in Scotland.
Scottish oatmeal dish.
B·3+R·1+O·1+S·1+E·1 = 7 pts
caber (9 points)MacPherson's missile (wordplay)
Object of a highland fling (wordplay)
Might be a toss-up for Ascot (wordplay)
C·3+A·1+B·3+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
carbs (9 points)What bread is stuffed with (wordplay)
Marathoners' pre-race intake, perhaps
Marathoners prerace intake perhaps
C·3+A·1+R·1+B·3+S·1 = 9 pts
cares (7 points)Has it in one's heart (wordplay)
Looks out (for)
Gives a darn
C·3+A·1+R·1+E·1+S·1 = 7 pts
carob (9 points)Chocolate substitute (or so they say...)
Evergreen tree of Mediterranean area.
St.-John's-bread
C·3+A·1+R·1+O·1+B·3 = 9 pts
carse (7 points)Rich river-valley land in Scotland
River land in Scotland
Low, rich land: Scot.
C·3+A·1+R·1+S·1+E·1 = 7 pts
cease (7 points)Knock it off!
Quit your tomfoolery at once!!
Cut it out!
C·3+E·1+A·1+S·1+E·1 = 7 pts
ceres (7 points)Succession, say, for Demeter
Demeter's counterpart
Demeter's Roman counterpart
C·3+E·1+R·1+E·1+S·1 = 7 pts
ceros (7 points)Caribbean food fish
Large mackerel-like fish
W. I. food fish.
C·3+E·1+R·1+O·1+S·1 = 7 pts
cobra (9 points)Lethal injection provider (wordplay)
Kiplings Nag for one
King snake (wordplay)
C·3+O·1+B·3+R·1+A·1 = 9 pts
cores (7 points)Prepares an apple, perhaps
Gala garbage (wordplay)
Prepares an apple perhaps
C·3+O·1+R·1+E·1+S·1 = 7 pts
corse (7 points)Napoleon's island, to French
Mediterranean isle, to the French
Department of France 1815-1975
C·3+O·1+R·1+S·1+E·1 = 7 pts
crabs (9 points)Side-walk performers (wordplay)
Creatures found in the bush (wordplay)
'Deadliest Catch' catch
C·3+R·1+A·1+B·3+S·1 = 9 pts
erase (5 points)Name-drop, maybe (wordplay)
Drop names, maybe (wordplay)
Rub the wrong away (wordplay)
E·1+R·1+A·1+S·1+E·1 = 5 pts
erose (5 points)Jagged (as a leaf)
Uneven, as if worn away
Jagged as a leaf edge
E·1+R·1+O·1+S·1+E·1 = 5 pts
escar (7 points)""A narrow ridge of gravel and sand, also ESKAR, ESKER""
E·1+S·1+C·3+A·1+R·1 = 7 pts
obese (7 points)Too big for one's breeches (wordplay)
Too big for one's britches (wordplay)
Having a lot to lose, maybe (wordplay)
O·1+B·3+E·1+S·1+E·1 = 7 pts
ocrea (7 points)Plant-stem sheath
Sheath round a stem having two stipules
Stem covering, in botany.
O·1+C·3+R·1+E·1+A·1 = 7 pts
orcas (7 points)Math teachers holdings perhaps Abbr
Pod pals (wordplay)
Oscar Wild? From The Pod!
O·1+R·1+C·3+A·1+S·1 = 7 pts
races (7 points)House hunts (wordplay)
Drag contests (wordplay)
A Scot there for one of these people
R·1+A·1+C·3+E·1+S·1 = 7 pts
rebec (9 points)Precursor of a violin
Early stringed instrument.
Earliest form of violin.
R·1+E·1+B·3+E·1+C·3 = 9 pts
robes (7 points)Boxing coverups (wordplay)
Bench warmers (wordplay)
Matching set for a bridal party, maybe
R·1+O·1+B·3+E·1+S·1 = 7 pts
saber (7 points)Sword found in BEARS (wordplay)
Light weapon (wordplay)
Rattled weapon (wordplay)
S·1+A·1+B·3+E·1+R·1 = 7 pts
sabre (7 points)Sword (that may be rattled)
A squadron of ravens, say
Cavalry sword (var.)
S·1+A·1+B·3+R·1+E·1 = 7 pts
saree (5 points)Bengali wrap (var.)
Indian wrap (var.)
Goa garb (Var.)
S·1+A·1+R·1+E·1+E·1 = 5 pts
scare (7 points)Cure of hiccups, maybe (wordplay)
Say boo to (wordplay)
Cause goose bumps, perhaps
S·1+C·3+A·1+R·1+E·1 = 7 pts
score (7 points)Kick a field goal, say
Go home maybe
Make a run (wordplay)
S·1+C·3+O·1+R·1+E·1 = 7 pts
scree (7 points)Sloping mass of rocks
Mass of pebbles at the foot of a slope.
Rock debris at the base of a cliff
S·1+C·3+R·1+E·1+E·1 = 7 pts
serac (7 points)Backward concerns (wordplay)
Ice column on a glacier (RACES anagram)
Glacial chunk (or reading up, worries)
S·1+E·1+R·1+A·1+C·3 = 7 pts
sober (7 points)Having slept it off maybe
Not lit (wordplay)
Like a judge, according to a saying
S·1+O·1+B·3+E·1+R·1 = 7 pts