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sabin (7 points)
Sound-absorption unit
Oral-vaccine developer
Big name in vaccines
S·1+A·1+B·3+I·1+N·1 = 7 pts
sabir (7 points)
French-based pidgin language
Frenchbased pidgin language
Lingua franca
S·1+A·1+B·3+I·1+R·1 = 7 pts
sadis (6 points)
Sadi
S·1+A·1+D·2+I·1+S·1 = 6 pts
sahib (10 points)
Indian master (wordplay)
Indian head, once (wordplay)
Title of Kipling's day.
S·1+A·1+H·4+I·1+B·3 = 10 pts
saice (7 points)
""A male servant in India, also SYCE, SICE""
S·1+A·1+I·1+C·3+E·1 = 7 pts
saids (6 points)
Said
S·1+A·1+I·1+D·2+S·1 = 6 pts
saiga (6 points)
Antelope of Siberia
Sheeplike antelope of the steppes.
Antelope of the steppes.
S·1+A·1+I·1+G·2+A·1 = 6 pts
sails (5 points)
Moves effortlessly (through)
Enjoys Lake Mead, perhaps
Enjoys a lakeside camp, perhaps
S·1+A·1+I·1+L·1+S·1 = 5 pts
sains (5 points)
Pitcher Johnny and family
Baseball's Johnny and family
Baseballs Johnny and family
S·1+A·1+I·1+N·1+S·1 = 5 pts
saint (5 points)
John, Paul or George (but not Ringo)
Graham or Brees, say
Andrew, for one.
S·1+A·1+I·1+N·1+T·1 = 5 pts
saith (8 points)
Speaks to Shakespeare (wordplay)
Speaks like King James (wordplay)
Speaks like the Lord (wordplay)
S·1+A·1+I·1+T·1+H·4 = 8 pts
sakis (9 points)
Japanese wines (Var.)
S A monkeys
Bushy-tailed monkeys.
S·1+A·1+K·5+I·1+S·1 = 9 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
salmi (7 points)
Ragout of partially roasted game
Highly seasoned dish of game.
Spiced game dish
S·1+A·1+L·1+M·3+I·1 = 7 pts
sapid (8 points)
Climb up the tree, I would. How sweet!
Drain fish that's delicious
To one's liking
S·1+A·1+P·3+I·1+D·2 = 8 pts
sarin (5 points)
Nerve gas - rains (anagram)
Gas used in Tokyo subway attack in 1995
Poisonous nerve gas
S·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+N·1 = 5 pts
saris (5 points)
Attire from S.A., sir!
Delhi dressing (wordplay)
Gandhi wrappers (wordplay)
S·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+S·1 = 5 pts
sasin (5 points)
European airline in, this antelope?
Indian black buck
Buck of India
S·1+A·1+S·1+I·1+N·1 = 5 pts
satin (5 points)
Audited a class say
Wedding dress material perhaps
Sheet material perhaps
S·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+N·1 = 5 pts
satis (5 points)
Enough, for Caesar
Enough for Caesar
End of the week is all right, in short
S·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+S·1 = 5 pts
savin (8 points)
Virginia red cedar.
The red cedar.
Juniper tree
S·1+A·1+V·4+I·1+N·1 = 8 pts
sayid (9 points)
Moslem title of honor.
Descendant of Mohammed's daughter Fatima
Muslim title of respect
S·1+A·1+Y·4+I·1+D·2 = 9 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
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
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
segni (6 points)
Score marks prescribing repeats
Musical repeat signs
Repeat signs, in music
S·1+E·1+G·2+N·1+I·1 = 6 pts
seifs (8 points)
Seif
S·1+E·1+I·1+F·4+S·1 = 8 pts
seine (5 points)
What's held in Paris banks (wordplay)
French flower (wordplay)
Quai d'Orsay vista
S·1+E·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 5 pts
seise (5 points)
Take, at law
Take possession, in law
Take possession of Law.
S·1+E·1+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 5 pts
seism (7 points)
Land slide (wordplay)
Bad vibration (wordplay)
Big shakeup (wordplay)
S·1+E·1+I·1+S·1+M·3 = 7 pts
seize (14 points)
Take (an opportunity)
Grasp hold of
Get one's mitts on
S·1+E·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 14 pts
semis (7 points)
Round with four teams, say
Big Macks (wordplay)
Long hauls (wordplay)
S·1+E·1+M·3+I·1+S·1 = 7 pts
sengi (6 points)
Congo coins
S·1+E·1+N·1+G·2+I·1 = 6 pts
senti (5 points)
Divisions of the Tanzanian shilling
Submitted as an entry Emitted
Submitted, as an entry / Emitted
S·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+I·1 = 5 pts
sepia (7 points)
Restored photo, perhaps
Restored photo perhaps
Reddish brown - ie sap (anagram)
S·1+E·1+P·3+I·1+A·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
serai (5 points)
Desert inn; raise (anagram)
Near East hotel (anagram of RAISE)
Rest house in the East.
S·1+E·1+R·1+A·1+I·1 = 5 pts
serif (8 points)
M-dash (wordplay)
Stroke of the pen (wordplay)
I liner (wordplay)
S·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+F·4 = 8 pts
serin (5 points)
Type of finch (anagram of REINS)
Type of yellow finch
Canary's cousin.
S·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+N·1 = 5 pts
sheik (12 points)
Mideast chief (var.)
Valentino title role (with "the")
Arab leader - hikes (anagram)
S·1+H·4+E·1+I·1+K·5 = 12 pts
shied (9 points)
Turned (away from)
Moved away (from)
Stayed (away from)
S·1+H·4+I·1+E·1+D·2 = 9 pts
shiel (8 points)
To {shell=v}
S·1+H·4+I·1+E·1+L·1 = 8 pts
shier (8 points)
Having less brass
Reserved to a greater degree
Not so open
S·1+H·4+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
shies (8 points)
Recoils (with 'away')
Draws back (from)
Backs (away from)
S·1+H·4+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 8 pts
shift (11 points)
Change address, did you say (wordplay)
Switch-gear (wordplay)
Go from P to R say
S·1+H·4+I·1+F·4+T·1 = 11 pts
shill (8 points)
Talker-upper, maybe
Casino employee, maybe
Casino employee maybe
S·1+H·4+I·1+L·1+L·1 = 8 pts
shily (11 points)
In a shy manner
S·1+H·4+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
shims (10 points)
Wedges or washers perhaps
Wedges or washers, perhaps
Adjusts with a wedge
S·1+H·4+I·1+M·3+S·1 = 10 pts
shine (8 points)
Rise's companion (wordplay)
Wanted by a polished fast bowler!
Was it Aswad's brightest (wordplay)
S·1+H·4+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 8 pts
shins (8 points)
Climbs (a rope, pole, etc.)
Kicker's target (wordplay)
Kickers' targets (wordplay)
S·1+H·4+I·1+N·1+S·1 = 8 pts
shiny (11 points)
In the buff (wordplay)
In need of powder maybe
Newly detailed, say
S·1+H·4+I·1+N·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
ships (10 points)
Sends by UPS, say
Sends by UPS say
Companion of shoes and sealing wax.
S·1+H·4+I·1+P·3+S·1 = 10 pts
shire (8 points)
Hobbits' home (with "The")
Cornwall for one
Devon, for one
S·1+H·4+I·1+R·1+E·1 = 8 pts
shirk (12 points)
Avoid (a task)
Blow off work say
Blow off work, say
S·1+H·4+I·1+R·1+K·5 = 12 pts
shirr (8 points)
Bake in a ramekin say
Bake in a ramekin, say
Draw up, as cloth
S·1+H·4+I·1+R·1+R·1 = 8 pts
shirt (8 points)
Bad thing to lose gambling (wordplay)
Maybe chemise Trish repaired
Back cover (wordplay)
S·1+H·4+I·1+R·1+T·1 = 8 pts
shist (8 points)
Crystalline rock
S·1+H·4+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 8 pts
shiva (11 points)
Seven days of sitting (wordplay)
Major Hindu deity (the destroyer)
The Destroyer (Var.)
S·1+H·4+I·1+V·4+A·1 = 11 pts
shive (11 points)
Thin, flat cork
Flax splinter
Splinter.
S·1+H·4+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 11 pts
shivs (11 points)
Pen knives (wordplay)
Switchblades in slang
Knives in fights
S·1+H·4+I·1+V·4+S·1 = 11 pts
shoji (15 points)
Staple of Japanese architecture
Japanese sliding door
Japanese papered wall
S·1+H·4+O·1+J·8+I·1 = 15 pts
shris (8 points)
Hindu honorifics
S·1+H·4+R·1+I·1+S·1 = 8 pts
shtik (12 points)
A person's talent or "thing" (Hebrew)
Comic bit (Var.)
S·1+H·4+T·1+I·1+K·5 = 12 pts
sials (5 points)
Siliceous rocks
Igneous rocks
Siliceous rocks.
S·1+I·1+A·1+L·1+S·1 = 5 pts
sibbs (9 points)
Sibb
S·1+I·1+B·3+B·3+S·1 = 9 pts
sibyl (10 points)
Forward-looking woman (wordplay)
Prophetess of legend
Cumae's was famous
S·1+I·1+B·3+Y·4+L·1 = 10 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
sided (7 points)
Made common cause (with)
Went (with) (h,h)
Aligned oneself (with)
S·1+I·1+D·2+E·1+D·2 = 7 pts
sides (6 points)
Allies oneself (with)
Teams that can be split (wordplay)
Where's the beef (wordplay)
S·1+I·1+D·2+E·1+S·1 = 6 pts
sidle (6 points)
Approach (with "up to")
Act like a crab (wordplay)
Be crabby (wordplay)
S·1+I·1+D·2+L·1+E·1 = 6 pts
siege (6 points)
Attack on a fort, maybe
Bruce Willis film (with "The")
Assault on Troy, for one
S·1+I·1+E·1+G·2+E·1 = 6 pts
sieur (5 points)
Word for le roi
Old French title.
-de La Salle
S·1+I·1+E·1+U·1+R·1 = 5 pts
sieve (8 points)
One who cannot keep a secret (wordplay)
Holey kitchen vessel (wordplay)
One working out the lumps (wordplay)
S·1+I·1+E·1+V·4+E·1 = 8 pts
sifts (8 points)
Painstakingly sorts (through)
Searches (through)
Sorts (out)
S·1+I·1+F·4+T·1+S·1 = 8 pts
sighs (9 points)
Says "ah" (wordplay)
Lets some air out (wordplay)
Bridge of - - (Venice)
S·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+S·1 = 9 pts
sight (9 points)
A lot, or parcel of land, you say
Long time, no see? No, no!
Tourist's destination, perhaps
S·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1 = 9 pts
sigil (6 points)
Sect's symbol (wordplay)
Game of Thrones emblem
Seal starts to swim in glacial icy lake
S·1+I·1+G·2+I·1+L·1 = 6 pts
sigma (8 points)
Head of ancient Sparta (wordplay)
Start for Socrates (wordplay)
Greek character has gas? I'm off!
S·1+I·1+G·2+M·3+A·1 = 8 pts
signs (6 points)
Some say "STOP"
Protest group (wordplay)
Communicates without speaking, maybe
S·1+I·1+G·2+N·1+S·1 = 6 pts
siker (9 points)
{secure=adj}
S·1+I·1+K·5+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
sikes (9 points)
Ruffian in Dickens tale
Stoutlybuilt Dickens villain
Villain in "Oliver Twist."
S·1+I·1+K·5+E·1+S·1 = 9 pts
silds (6 points)
Sild
S·1+I·1+L·1+D·2+S·1 = 6 pts
silex (12 points)
Procter's partner (wordplay)
Big name in kitchen appliances
Proctor appliance brand
S·1+I·1+L·1+E·1+X·8 = 12 pts
silks (9 points)
Track suit (wordplay)
Fabrics eschewed by vegans
Worm-made cloths
S·1+I·1+L·1+K·5+S·1 = 9 pts
silky (12 points)
Like a jockey's attire, perhaps
Like alpaca fleece
Adjective in shampoo ads
S·1+I·1+L·1+K·5+Y·4 = 12 pts
sills (5 points)
Places to cool it (wordplay)
Brooklyn's gift to opera
Places for plants
S·1+I·1+L·1+L·1+S·1 = 5 pts
silly (8 points)
Putty modifier (wordplay)
Inane; very close (fielder)
Off-the-wall
S·1+I·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
silos (5 points)
Corny food stores (wordplay)
Subterranean storage units, perhaps
Towers over the field (wordplay)
S·1+I·1+L·1+O·1+S·1 = 5 pts
silts (5 points)
Bank deposits (wordplay)
Gets choked (up)
Fills up with sand
S·1+I·1+L·1+T·1+S·1 = 5 pts
silty (8 points)
Why list regarding sediment (wordplay)
Overly sedimental (wordplay)
Like flood waters
S·1+I·1+L·1+T·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
silva (8 points)
Forest, to Fabius
Treatise on trees.
Treatise on trees
S·1+I·1+L·1+V·4+A·1 = 8 pts
simar (7 points)
Loose robe for women
Woman's loose robe
Woman's robe.
S·1+I·1+M·3+A·1+R·1 = 7 pts
simas (7 points)
Igneous rocks
S·1+I·1+M·3+A·1+S·1 = 7 pts
simps (9 points)
Stupid people: Slang
Easily-fooled folks
Stupid people Slang.
S·1+I·1+M·3+P·3+S·1 = 9 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
sines (5 points)
Some trig computations
Trig class ratios
Terms in geometry.
S·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+S·1 = 5 pts
sinew (8 points)
Mixed wines (wordplay)
Body rope (wordplay)
Inner connection (wordplay)
S·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+W·4 = 8 pts
singe (6 points)
Take a little hair off maybe
Remove feathers, maybe
Take a little hair off, maybe
S·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+E·1 = 6 pts
sings (6 points)
Goes caroling, say
Works with numbers (wordplay)
Provides musical exposition, say
S·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+S·1 = 6 pts
sinhs (8 points)
Sinh
S·1+I·1+N·1+H·4+S·1 = 8 pts
sinks (9 points)
Places to put home plates (wordplay)
Join me for a ride!
Places to find home plates (wordplay)
S·1+I·1+N·1+K·5+S·1 = 9 pts
sinus (5 points)
Congested area maybe
Stuffy site (wordplay)
Cavity in body (connecting to nose)
S·1+I·1+N·1+U·1+S·1 = 5 pts
siped (8 points)
Sipe
S·1+I·1+P·3+E·1+D·2 = 8 pts
sipes (7 points)
Traction-enhancing tire tread slits
Traction-enhancing tire-tread slits
Tractionenhancing tiretread slits
S·1+I·1+P·3+E·1+S·1 = 7 pts
sired (6 points)
Was a stud (wordplay)
Went to stud perhaps
Had a cow (wordplay)
S·1+I·1+R·1+E·1+D·2 = 6 pts
siree (5 points)
'Yes, -!' ('For sure!')
Emphatic ending (Var.)
Ending with no
S·1+I·1+R·1+E·1+E·1 = 5 pts
siren (5 points)
Warning - femme fatale!
Parthenope, for one
Fire indicator perhaps
S·1+I·1+R·1+E·1+N·1 = 5 pts
sires (5 points)
Male sovereigns' address
Stud farm fathers
Fathers, as foals
S·1+I·1+R·1+E·1+S·1 = 5 pts
sirra (5 points)
Old term of address
Contemptuous term of address: Var.
Old term of address, not complimentary variable
S·1+I·1+R·1+R·1+A·1 = 5 pts
sirup (7 points)
Waffle enhancer (Var.)
Sweet, sticky stuff variable
Pancake topping var
S·1+I·1+R·1+U·1+P·3 = 7 pts
sisal (5 points)
Rope ingredient, perhaps
Rope fiber (anagram of SAILS)
Hemp is a pound on Sunday!
S·1+I·1+S·1+A·1+L·1 = 5 pts
sises (5 points)
Sixes on dice
S·1+I·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 5 pts
sissy (8 points)
Scaredy-cat, maybe
Bully's prey
Badlands star Spacek
S·1+I·1+S·1+S·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
sitar (5 points)
Instrument one can't stand? (Arabian)
Instrument for one in the arts
Ravi-shing instrument (wordplay)
S·1+I·1+T·1+A·1+R·1 = 5 pts
sited (6 points)
Put on the spot (wordplay)
Located by eye and ear (wordplay)
Put in place
S·1+I·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 6 pts
sites (5 points)
Constructive places (wordplay)
Feudal domains (var.)
Things worth seeing, you say ... lots
S·1+I·1+T·1+E·1+S·1 = 5 pts
situp (7 points)
A comfortable exercise (wordplay)
Aid in producing six-packs (wordplay)
Swallowing it, drink and don't slouch!
S·1+I·1+T·1+U·1+P·3 = 7 pts
situs (5 points)
Spot in law
Spot, in law
Point of origin
S·1+I·1+T·1+U·1+S·1 = 5 pts
siver (8 points)
A sewer
S·1+I·1+V·4+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
sixes (12 points)
Clock bottoms (wordplay)
Rangers and Bruins
Boxcars at Reno
S·1+I·1+X·8+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
sixmo (14 points)
""A paper size, also SEXTO""
S·1+I·1+X·8+M·3+O·1 = 14 pts
sixte (12 points)
Fencing position or parry
Defensive fencing posture
Fencing parry.
S·1+I·1+X·8+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
sixth (15 points)
Like ESP (wordplay)
Numerical sense (wordplay)
Grade for a tween
S·1+I·1+X·8+T·1+H·4 = 15 pts
sixty (15 points)
The new they say
The new 40, they say
Nearing retirement age, maybe
S·1+I·1+X·8+T·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
sizar (14 points)
Scholarship student at Cambridge.
Student with a scholarship at Cambridge.
Cambridge student who gets free meals.
S·1+I·1+Z·10+A·1+R·1 = 14 pts
sized (15 points)
Measured the dimensions of (something)
Looked over (with "up")
Appraised (with "up")
S·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1+D·2 = 15 pts
sizer (14 points)
Sorter of sorts
Device for sorting oranges.
User of a glutinous glaze
S·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
sizes (14 points)
Tag numbers (wordplay)
S and M (wordplay)
Grande and venti at Starbucks
S·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts
skein (9 points)
Hank, is 'e there in the hide (wordplay)
Wild goose yarn (wordplay)
Hide! Hide drug for Hank!
S·1+K·5+E·1+I·1+N·1 = 9 pts
skids (10 points)
Slides in the snow, maybe
Hits some black ice, say
Starts to fishtail, say
S·1+K·5+I·1+D·2+S·1 = 10 pts
skied (10 points)
Set off from a gondola, say
Raced the Super G say
Had a peak experience (wordplay)
S·1+K·5+I·1+E·1+D·2 = 10 pts
skier (9 points)
Lindsey Vonn, for one
One on the run (wordplay)
One going downhill in a hurry (wordplay)
S·1+K·5+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
skies (9 points)
High spots (wordplay)
What's up (wordplay)
They may be threatening
S·1+K·5+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 9 pts
skiey (12 points)
Lofty
S·1+K·5+I·1+E·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
skiff (15 points)
Light rowing boat for one person
Boat for one
A little dinghy (wordplay)
S·1+K·5+I·1+F·4+F·4 = 15 pts
skill (9 points)
Bricklaying for one
Carpentry for one
Carpentry, for one
S·1+K·5+I·1+L·1+L·1 = 9 pts
skimp (13 points)
Not fill something all the way say
Not fill something all the way, say
Spend not enough time and care on (job)
S·1+K·5+I·1+M·3+P·3 = 13 pts
skims (11 points)
Glides lightly (over)
Gleans the plot of, say
Gleans the plot of say
S·1+K·5+I·1+M·3+S·1 = 11 pts
skink (13 points)
Type of lizard
Soup made of the hock of beef
Short-limbed lizard
S·1+K·5+I·1+N·1+K·5 = 13 pts
skins (9 points)
Team in a pickup game maybe
Team in a pickup game, maybe
Pickup hoops team
S·1+K·5+I·1+N·1+S·1 = 9 pts
skint (9 points)
Hard up (sl.)
Hard up (slang)
Without money (slang)
S·1+K·5+I·1+N·1+T·1 = 9 pts
skips (11 points)
Has no class (wordplay)
Bypasses as online ads
Doesn't play right, as an LP
S·1+K·5+I·1+P·3+S·1 = 11 pts
skirl (9 points)
Play a bagpipe
Shrill tone of the bagpipe.
Sound o' the pipes
S·1+K·5+I·1+R·1+L·1 = 9 pts
skirr (9 points)
Sound of birds in flight.
Go rapidly
Buzzing sound
S·1+K·5+I·1+R·1+R·1 = 9 pts
skirt (9 points)
Try to avoid (a problem)
School uniform part, perhaps
Tutu, for one
S·1+K·5+I·1+R·1+T·1 = 9 pts
skite (9 points)
Prank, in Scotland
Move quickly: Dial.
Prank in Scotland
S·1+K·5+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 9 pts
skits (9 points)
Plays for laughs (wordplay)
'Tain't pups
Short comic plays
S·1+K·5+I·1+T·1+S·1 = 9 pts
skive (12 points)
Cut as leather
Cut, as leather
Shirk, avoid work
S·1+K·5+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 12 pts
slain (5 points)
Whacked as they say
Whacked, as they say
Taken out by Buffy (wordplay)
S·1+L·1+A·1+I·1+N·1 = 5 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
slide (6 points)
Get home safely (wordplay)
Head for home (wordplay)
It's electric (wordplay)
S·1+L·1+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 6 pts
slier (5 points)
More conniving (var.)
More like Stallone (wordplay)
More vulpine (wordplay)
S·1+L·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 5 pts
slily (8 points)
With cunning (Var.)
In an artful, clever way (Var.)
In a cunning way (var.)
S·1+L·1+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
slime (7 points)
Say nasty things about
Lanky character (wordplay)
Rainbow, for one
S·1+L·1+I·1+M·3+E·1 = 7 pts
slims (7 points)
Makes slight of (wordplay)
Drops a size, say
Loses weight (with "down")
S·1+L·1+I·1+M·3+S·1 = 7 pts
slimy (10 points)
Covered in goo perhaps
Like someone slugged (wordplay)
Covered with slippery stuff, say mud
S·1+L·1+I·1+M·3+Y·4 = 10 pts
sling (6 points)
Support for a limb perhaps
Arm rest (wordplay)
Cast supporter (wordplay)
S·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 6 pts
slink (9 points)
Move toward ones prey perhaps
Move towards ones prey perhaps
Move towards one's prey, perhaps
S·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+K·5 = 9 pts
slipe (7 points)
To {peel=v}
S·1+L·1+I·1+P·3+E·1 = 7 pts
slips (7 points)
Reveals a sensitive plan, say
Fielding errors (wordplay)
Says something incriminating
S·1+L·1+I·1+P·3+S·1 = 7 pts
slipt (7 points)
Erred, to a poet
Stumbled Poet
Stumbled Poet.
S·1+L·1+I·1+P·3+T·1 = 7 pts
slits (5 points)
Uses a letter opener, say
Morning-after eyes, perhaps
Opens with a letter opener, say
S·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+S·1 = 5 pts
sloid (6 points)
Swedish system of manual training
Swedish system of manual training
Swedish manual training system.
S·1+L·1+O·1+I·1+D·2 = 6 pts
smile (7 points)
Your umbrella, perhaps (wordplay)
Upturned mug (wordplay)
You're about to be photographed!
S·1+M·3+I·1+L·1+E·1 = 7 pts
smirk (11 points)
If you know what I mean (nonverbal)
I told you so! (nonverbal)
Smile of smugness
S·1+M·3+I·1+R·1+K·5 = 11 pts
smite (7 points)
Off in biblical lands (wordplay)
Bible belt (wordplay)
Make a big hit (wordplay)
S·1+M·3+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 7 pts
smith (10 points)
Word for word (wordplay)
The common man a forger (wordplay)
Shoe expert (wordplay)
S·1+M·3+I·1+T·1+H·4 = 10 pts
snail (5 points)
Creepy one (wordplay)
Sluggish sort (wordplay)
mail Canada Post perhaps
S·1+N·1+A·1+I·1+L·1 = 5 pts
snibs (7 points)
Snib
S·1+N·1+I·1+B·3+S·1 = 7 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
snide (6 points)
Damning with faint praise, perhaps
Said with shade, say
Like a snicker perhaps
S·1+N·1+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 6 pts
sniff (11 points)
Check out at the crime scene, maybe
Poke one's nose into (wordplay)
Express disdain (at)
S·1+N·1+I·1+F·4+F·4 = 11 pts
snipe (7 points)
Take shots (at)
Tactically target from a rooftop, say
Nitpick anonymously, say
S·1+N·1+I·1+P·3+E·1 = 7 pts
snips (7 points)
Short cuts (wordplay)
Cutting comments (wordplay)
Takes a little off the top, say
S·1+N·1+I·1+P·3+S·1 = 7 pts
snits (5 points)
Red states (wordplay)
Stews of a sort
Peaks of pique
S·1+N·1+I·1+T·1+S·1 = 5 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
soils (5 points)
Garden varieties (wordplay)
Loam and others.
Makes costume dirty
S·1+O·1+I·1+L·1+S·1 = 5 pts
soldi (6 points)
Some coppers (old Italian)
Old Italian coins
Twenty make a lire.
S·1+O·1+L·1+D·2+I·1 = 6 pts
solei (5 points)
Calf muscles
S·1+O·1+L·1+E·1+I·1 = 5 pts
solid (6 points)
Cone, for one
Cube for one
Firm Dandy Warhols song (wordplay)
S·1+O·1+L·1+I·1+D·2 = 6 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
sozin (14 points)
""A type of protein, also SOZINE""
S·1+O·1+Z·10+I·1+N·1 = 14 pts
spahi (10 points)
Former Algerian cavalryman
Former Turkish soldier
Pi has got tangled for the cavalry
S·1+P·3+A·1+H·4+I·1 = 10 pts
spail (7 points)
""A splinter or chip, also SPALE""
S·1+P·3+A·1+I·1+L·1 = 7 pts
spait (7 points)
A sudden overflow of a stream
S·1+P·3+A·1+I·1+T·1 = 7 pts
speil (7 points)
""To climb, also SPEEL""
S·1+P·3+E·1+I·1+L·1 = 7 pts
speir (7 points)
Ask: Scot
S·1+P·3+E·1+I·1+R·1 = 7 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
spied (8 points)
Listened in on, perhaps
Hid in the bushes, maybe
Planted bugs, say
S·1+P·3+I·1+E·1+D·2 = 8 pts
spiel (7 points)
Hard sell, maybe
Pitch that can't be caught (wordplay)
Pitcher's delivery (wordplay)
S·1+P·3+I·1+E·1+L·1 = 7 pts
spier (7 points)
Person with binoculars, maybe
Person with binoculars maybe
Watch man (wordplay)
S·1+P·3+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 7 pts
spies (7 points)
Uses a keyhole, perhaps
Those seeking intelligence (wordplay)
Uses a keyhole perhaps
S·1+P·3+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 7 pts
spiff (13 points)
Smarten (up)
Neaten with up
up improve the look of
S·1+P·3+I·1+F·4+F·4 = 13 pts
spike (11 points)
An ear for future agenda (wordplay)
* Lace (the punch)
What's the point of lace (wordplay)
S·1+P·3+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 11 pts

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