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sacks (11 points)
Lays off (worker)
New casks for the old wines (wordplay)
Fires from U.K. band (wordplay)
S·1+A·1+C·3+K·5+S·1 = 11 pts
sacra (7 points)
Vertebral column parts
Lowest spinal bones.
Triangular pelvic bones
S·1+A·1+C·3+R·1+A·1 = 7 pts
saice (7 points)
""A male servant in India, also SYCE, SICE""
S·1+A·1+I·1+C·3+E·1 = 7 pts
salic (7 points)
Of the Franks
Describing an ancient law
law ancient code
S·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+C·3 = 7 pts
sauce (7 points)
Cranberry or brandy, say
Soubise, for one.
Hoisin, for one
S·1+A·1+U·1+C·3+E·1 = 7 pts
sauch (10 points)
""A willow tree, also SAUGH""
S·1+A·1+U·1+C·3+H·4 = 10 pts
saucy (10 points)
Like some smart responses
Like many brats' replies
Not very impolite
S·1+A·1+U·1+C·3+Y·4 = 10 pts
scabs (9 points)
Replacement refs, maybe (wordplay)
Replacement refs maybe
Don't pick them!
S·1+C·3+A·1+B·3+S·1 = 9 pts
scads (8 points)
Lots of things
Large sum: Colloq.
A copious amount
S·1+C·3+A·1+D·2+S·1 = 8 pts
scags (8 points)
Heroins street-style
Heroins street-style
Heroins streetstyle
S·1+C·3+A·1+G·2+S·1 = 8 pts
scald (8 points)
Get into hot water, maybe
Spill hot water on, perhaps
Get into hot water, perhaps
S·1+C·3+A·1+L·1+D·2 = 8 pts
scale (7 points)
1 to 10, for one
Piece of asp (wordplay)
Prepare to fillet maybe
S·1+C·3+A·1+L·1+E·1 = 7 pts
scall (7 points)
Skin ailment
Dermal outgrowth
Dandruff
S·1+C·3+A·1+L·1+L·1 = 7 pts
scalp (9 points)
Trophy of sorts
Head piece (wordplay)
Pelt of sorts
S·1+C·3+A·1+L·1+P·3 = 9 pts
scaly (10 points)
Totally flaking (wordplay)
Like dishpan hands
Like an alligator's skin
S·1+C·3+A·1+L·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
scamp (11 points)
'86 kids flick (no Oscars)
Mischievous child (colloq.)
J R Ewing eg
S·1+C·3+A·1+M·3+P·3 = 11 pts
scams (9 points)
Phishing nets (wordplay)
Actions of confidence (wordplay)
Pro con activities (wordplay)
S·1+C·3+A·1+M·3+S·1 = 9 pts
scans (7 points)
Does some meter reading?
Checks out the merchandise (wordplay)
Uses OCR, say
S·1+C·3+A·1+N·1+S·1 = 7 pts
scant (7 points)
Not much of a way to hold Billy
Next to nothing
Hard to find
S·1+C·3+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 7 pts
scape (9 points)
Moon attachment (wordplay)
Close to land (wordplay)
End of land or sea (wordplay)
S·1+C·3+A·1+P·3+E·1 = 9 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
scarf (10 points)
See instructions (nonverbal)
Aid in avoiding the draft (wordplay)
Draft avoider's need (wordplay)
S·1+C·3+A·1+R·1+F·4 = 10 pts
scarp (9 points)
Bluff formed by a fault
Base of a mesa
Long, steep ridge
S·1+C·3+A·1+R·1+P·3 = 9 pts
scars (7 points)
Lines of operation (wordplay)
Cut lines (wordplay)
Incisive marks (wordplay)
S·1+C·3+A·1+R·1+S·1 = 7 pts
scart (7 points)
Plug for TV's On the Wagon
Plug-and-socket system
The cormorant: Scot.
S·1+C·3+A·1+R·1+T·1 = 7 pts
scary (10 points)
Shriek-inducing, perhaps
Metal lyrics (wordplay)
Alarming, maybe paranormal
S·1+C·3+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
scats (7 points)
Forgoes the lyrics, perhaps
Produces nonsense verse (wordplay)
Gets jazzy (wordplay)
S·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+S·1 = 7 pts
scatt (7 points)
Orkney Islands tax
Shetland Islands land tax.
S·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+T·1 = 7 pts
scaup (9 points)
Type of duck
Duck that dives
Duck of pas you see
S·1+C·3+A·1+U·1+P·3 = 9 pts
scaur (7 points)
Rocky place: Scot
Rocky height: Scot.
Steep rock Scot.
S·1+C·3+A·1+U·1+R·1 = 7 pts
scena (7 points)
Part of a La Scala presentation
Part of "La Boheme"
Extended operatic solo
S·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+A·1 = 7 pts
scend (8 points)
Ship's rise
The lift of a wave
Lift of a wave.
S·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+D·2 = 8 pts
scene (7 points)
Chess piece (wordplay)
Part of the act (wordplay)
Days filming perhaps
S·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+E·1 = 7 pts
scent (7 points)
Pine, for one
It helps dog find nest. See (wordplay)
Musk for one
S·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 7 pts
schav (13 points)
Cold sorrel dish
Soup served cold
A chilled soup
S·1+C·3+H·4+A·1+V·4 = 13 pts
schmo (12 points)
Surname for Joe (wordplay)
Average Joe (wordplay)
Inept person (US_informal)
S·1+C·3+H·4+M·3+O·1 = 12 pts
schul (10 points)
Bar mitzvah site (Var.)
Hebrew school (Var.)
Synagogue (Var.)
S·1+C·3+H·4+U·1+L·1 = 10 pts
schwa (13 points)
Abrasive beginning (wordplay)
Stress-free character (wordplay)
End of an era (wordplay)
S·1+C·3+H·4+W·4+A·1 = 13 pts
scion (7 points)
Issue for a noble family (wordplay)
Ingrown heir (wordplay)
Toyotas boxy car
S·1+C·3+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 7 pts
scoff (13 points)
Thumb one's nose (at)
Mock fast food (wordplay)
Say "Yeah, right!," say
S·1+C·3+O·1+F·4+F·4 = 13 pts
scold (8 points)
Say 'tsk' to
Nagative one (wordplay)
Say tsk to
S·1+C·3+O·1+L·1+D·2 = 8 pts
scone (7 points)
Plain cake (for Scottish kings?)
Tea mate (wordplay)
Darjeeling go-with, perhaps
S·1+C·3+O·1+N·1+E·1 = 7 pts
scoop (9 points)
Sunday shop serving ice cream (wordplay)
Book by Evelyn Waugh (exclusive)
Oreo serving, say
S·1+C·3+O·1+O·1+P·3 = 9 pts
scoot (7 points)
Run along now!
Git a-goin'!
Order to go (wordplay)
S·1+C·3+O·1+O·1+T·1 = 7 pts
scope (9 points)
Room with a view (wordplay)
Room for action by Bobby in Peckham, say
Looking glass (wordplay)
S·1+C·3+O·1+P·3+E·1 = 9 pts
scops (9 points)
Old English bards
Old English bards.
Bards of old
S·1+C·3+O·1+P·3+S·1 = 9 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
scorn (7 points)
Sniff at old Bob's foot sore (wordplay)
Curl ones lip at
It may be heaped on one
S·1+C·3+O·1+R·1+N·1 = 7 pts
scots (7 points)
Nae sayers (wordplay)
Wha hae wi' Wallace bled?
Firth class (wordplay)
S·1+C·3+O·1+T·1+S·1 = 7 pts
scour (7 points)
Scrub a tub maybe
Scrub a tub, maybe
Look high and low (for)
S·1+C·3+O·1+U·1+R·1 = 7 pts
scout (7 points)
Silver companion (wordplay)
Leader of the pack (wordplay)
One getting ahead (wordplay)
S·1+C·3+O·1+U·1+T·1 = 7 pts
scowl (10 points)
Look that says 'I'm not happy'
Look daggers (at)
Narrow one's brows (at)
S·1+C·3+O·1+W·4+L·1 = 10 pts
scows (10 points)
Barges and such
Some coal carriers
Bully on board boats
S·1+C·3+O·1+W·4+S·1 = 10 pts
scrag (8 points)
Roly-poly's opposite
Thin stunted tree
Lean, bony person.
S·1+C·3+R·1+A·1+G·2 = 8 pts
scram (9 points)
Get out of my sight!
Get outta my sight!
Get outta here, punk!
S·1+C·3+R·1+A·1+M·3 = 9 pts
scrap (9 points)
Tidbit for a lucky kitty, maybe
Fight for a small fragment (wordplay)
A bit of a quarrel (wordplay)
S·1+C·3+R·1+A·1+P·3 = 9 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
screw (10 points)
Prison warder (sl)
Thread holder (wordplay)
Snooker shot for the driver (wordplay)
S·1+C·3+R·1+E·1+W·4 = 10 pts
scrim (9 points)
Curtain fabric, perhaps
Curtain fabric perhaps
Transparent theater drop
S·1+C·3+R·1+I·1+M·3 = 9 pts
scrip (9 points)
Money of sorts
Money, of sorts
Paper money, sometimes
S·1+C·3+R·1+I·1+P·3 = 9 pts
scrod (8 points)
Fish and chips fish perhaps
Catch of the day fish, perhaps
New England catch of the day perhaps
S·1+C·3+R·1+O·1+D·2 = 8 pts
scrub (9 points)
Wash the stunted shrub (wordplay)
Brush, or brushwood (wordplay)
Brush or brushwood (wordplay)
S·1+C·3+R·1+U·1+B·3 = 9 pts
scrum (9 points)
Sporting get-together (wordplay)
A get-together in Rugby!
Rugby gathering (wordplay)
S·1+C·3+R·1+U·1+M·3 = 9 pts
scuba (9 points)
Do a school visit, maybe (wordplay)
Dive among coral reefs say
Go under for a while (wordplay)
S·1+C·3+U·1+B·3+A·1 = 9 pts
scudi (8 points)
Old Italian money
Former coins of Italy
Italian coins of yore
S·1+C·3+U·1+D·2+I·1 = 8 pts
scudo (8 points)
Old Italian coin (anagram of U.S. DOC)
One-time Italian coin.
C.D.'s you owe in old Italian money
S·1+C·3+U·1+D·2+O·1 = 8 pts
scuds (8 points)
Runs before the wind.
Scoots along as a cloud
Gulf War missiles
S·1+C·3+U·1+D·2+S·1 = 8 pts
scuff (13 points)
Be a bad pitcher (wordplay)
Converse problem (wordplay)
Scrape (shoe leather)
S·1+C·3+U·1+F·4+F·4 = 13 pts
sculk (11 points)
Lurk about (var.)
Lurk about var
S·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+K·5 = 11 pts
scull (7 points)
Henley Royal Regatta boat
Compete on the Charles
Row in a race
S·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+L·1 = 7 pts
sculp (9 points)
Make a bust (wordplay)
Make a bust? (Var.)
Seal's pelt
S·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+P·3 = 9 pts
scums (9 points)
Forms a film, as in fermenting
Filmy layers on some ponds.
Covering of some stagnant pools.
S·1+C·3+U·1+M·3+S·1 = 9 pts
scups (9 points)
North Atlantic fish
Atlantic coast fishes.
Pan-sized porgies
S·1+C·3+U·1+P·3+S·1 = 9 pts
scurf (10 points)
Shed skin flakes
Thin flakes from the skin
Skin exfoliation
S·1+C·3+U·1+R·1+F·4 = 10 pts
scuta (7 points)
Shields of Roman legions
Horny plates of reptiles.
Roman legionaries shields
S·1+C·3+U·1+T·1+A·1 = 7 pts
scute (7 points)
Horny plate, as tortoise shell.
Part of a cobra
Horny plate as tortoise shell
S·1+C·3+U·1+T·1+E·1 = 7 pts
scuts (7 points)
Tails of the fox, deer, etc.
Rabbits tails eg
Rabbits' tails, for example
S·1+C·3+U·1+T·1+S·1 = 7 pts
secco (9 points)
Painting technique (on dry plaster)
Plaster painting (from "dry": It.)
Plaster painting (from "dry" It.)
S·1+E·1+C·3+C·3+O·1 = 9 pts
sects (7 points)
Splinters of sorts
Heretic factions, perhaps
Bugs, not at home, parties (wordplay)
S·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+S·1 = 7 pts
sepic (9 points)
Of a reddishbrown hue
Of a reddish-brown color.
With a brownish tint
S·1+E·1+P·3+I·1+C·3 = 9 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
shack (14 points)
Fixerupper to say the least
Rough house (wordplay)
Fixer-upper, to say the least
S·1+H·4+A·1+C·3+K·5 = 14 pts
shock (14 points)
Current event (wordplay)
Reaction to an atrocity, say
Hiccups cure maybe
S·1+H·4+O·1+C·3+K·5 = 14 pts
shuck (14 points)
Do corny work (wordplay)
Strip before dinner (wordplay)
Remove the shell.
S·1+H·4+U·1+C·3+K·5 = 14 pts
sices (7 points)
Certain throws in dice
Certain throws, in dice.
Sixes on dice.
S·1+I·1+C·3+E·1+S·1 = 7 pts
sicko (11 points)
Serial killer say
Sadistic person (informal)
Serial killer, say
S·1+I·1+C·3+K·5+O·1 = 11 pts
sicks (11 points)
Incites to attack
Sets a dog upon Slang.
Sets a dog upon: Slang.
S·1+I·1+C·3+K·5+S·1 = 11 pts
since (7 points)
Is it CSE because of this (wordplay)
Why CSE? Just because!
CSE, perhaps, is 24 across
S·1+I·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 7 pts
slack (11 points)
Hardly thriving, as business
Fire about fifty for being lax
Not busy or active
S·1+L·1+A·1+C·3+K·5 = 11 pts
slice (7 points)
A piece (of cake)
Beginning golfer's bane, perhaps
Beginning golfers bane perhaps
S·1+L·1+I·1+C·3+E·1 = 7 pts
slick (11 points)
When Hamlet says To be or not to be
Oil on water.
Jefferson Airplane singer
S·1+L·1+I·1+C·3+K·5 = 11 pts
smack (13 points)
Suggest the presence (of)
You pig! (nonverbal)
Kiss of sorts
S·1+M·3+A·1+C·3+K·5 = 13 pts
smock (13 points)
Top of an artist's studio (wordplay)
Coat of paint (wordplay)
Artistic cover-up (wordplay)
S·1+M·3+O·1+C·3+K·5 = 13 pts
snack (11 points)
Cheese and crackers, maybe
Lays, for one
Cheese and crackers, perhaps
S·1+N·1+A·1+C·3+K·5 = 11 pts
sneck (11 points)
Click, as of a latch: Scot
Up North catch son with drink
Catch son having kiss and cuddle
S·1+N·1+E·1+C·3+K·5 = 11 pts
snick (11 points)
Snee's partner
Glancing blow in cricket
Glancing blow, in cricket
S·1+N·1+I·1+C·3+K·5 = 11 pts
snuck (11 points)
Was a creeper (wordplay)
Walked on tiptoe, say
Approached slyly with up
S·1+N·1+U·1+C·3+K·5 = 11 pts
socko (11 points)
Show biz for smash
Super, in show biz lingo
Packing a punch, in show biz.
S·1+O·1+C·3+K·5+O·1 = 11 pts
socks (11 points)
Drawer oddments (wordplay)
Hits forcefully (colloq.)
Low pair (wordplay)
S·1+O·1+C·3+K·5+S·1 = 11 pts
socle (7 points)
Architectural column base
Projecting foundation piece
Architectural support for a column
S·1+O·1+C·3+L·1+E·1 = 7 pts
sodic (8 points)
Containing Na, thus upsetting police
Containing a chemical.
Containing a whitish element
S·1+O·1+D·2+I·1+C·3 = 8 pts
sonic (7 points)
Almost - (Elvis Costello album)
Of or involving sound waves, say boom
The lad in charge of the boom, perhaps
S·1+O·1+N·1+I·1+C·3 = 7 pts
space (9 points)
Outer area (wordplay)
The last frontier?
23's one single, it's cut see!
S·1+P·3+A·1+C·3+E·1 = 9 pts
spacy (12 points)
Constantly daydreaming say
Like Mork (wordplay)
Constantly daydreaming, say
S·1+P·3+A·1+C·3+Y·4 = 12 pts
speck (13 points)
Name for a small Dalmatian (wordplay)
Dot of dirt
A bit to nibble after seconds
S·1+P·3+E·1+C·3+K·5 = 13 pts
specs (9 points)
Brief details (wordplay)
See-thru wear (wordplay)
Plans that are cut short (wordplay)
S·1+P·3+E·1+C·3+S·1 = 9 pts
spica (9 points)
Type of bandage
Bright star in Virgo.
The brightest star in Virgo
S·1+P·3+I·1+C·3+A·1 = 9 pts
spice (9 points)
Mace, for one
Girls from England (wordplay)
Food heater (wordplay)
S·1+P·3+I·1+C·3+E·1 = 9 pts
spicy (12 points)
Made with curry, say
Like chorizos and kimchi
Like a hot curry
S·1+P·3+I·1+C·3+Y·4 = 12 pts
stack (11 points)
Time in bed? A lot!
Tower of Oreos, say
Pile of LPs, say
S·1+T·1+A·1+C·3+K·5 = 11 pts
stich (10 points)
Line of verse
Michael of '90s tennis
#2 at the 1994 U.S. Open
S·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+H·4 = 10 pts
stick (11 points)
Retriever's retrieval, maybe
Baton, say
Gretzky's gear
S·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+K·5 = 11 pts
stock (11 points)
Market share (wordplay)
Uber shares, for example
Goods in store
S·1+T·1+O·1+C·3+K·5 = 11 pts
stoic (7 points)
Zeno of Citium for one
Zeno of Citium, for one
Not reacting to pain, say
S·1+T·1+O·1+I·1+C·3 = 7 pts
stuck (11 points)
In traffic say
In traffic, say
Experiencing writers block perhaps
S·1+T·1+U·1+C·3+K·5 = 11 pts
sucks (11 points)
Fails to rock, say
Draws in (liquid)
Fails to rock say
S·1+U·1+C·3+K·5+S·1 = 11 pts
sucre (7 points)
Ecuadorean currency; sugar (French)
Bolivia's capital
Legal capital of Bolivia
S·1+U·1+C·3+R·1+E·1 = 7 pts
sulci (7 points)
Grooves in anatomy
Brain grooves Anat
Brain grooves: Anat.
S·1+U·1+L·1+C·3+I·1 = 7 pts
sumac (9 points)
Rash cause perhaps
Peruvian singer Yma (1922-2008: RIP)
Rash source maybe
S·1+U·1+M·3+A·1+C·3 = 9 pts
sycee (10 points)
Old Chinese money.
Old Chinese money
Silver in ingots used in India
S·1+Y·4+C·3+E·1+E·1 = 10 pts
syces (10 points)
Grooms, in India
Grooms in India
Grooms, in India
S·1+Y·4+C·3+E·1+S·1 = 10 pts
synch (13 points)
Out of not together
Harmony or accord
Matched, after 'in'
S·1+Y·4+N·1+C·3+H·4 = 13 pts
syncs (10 points)
Gets it together (wordplay)
Lines up (with)
Matches audio to video, say
S·1+Y·4+N·1+C·3+S·1 = 10 pts

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