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spiky (14 points)
Like a punk rocker's hair, perhaps
Like a punkers hair
Like some punk hairstyles
S·1+P·3+I·1+K·5+Y·4 = 14 pts
spile (7 points)
Peg used as a spigot
Sugar-maple spout
Spout used to tap maple trees.
S·1+P·3+I·1+L·1+E·1 = 7 pts
spill (7 points)
Oil tanker mishap (wordplay)
Drop out of a pot, say
Accident to make light of (wordplay)
S·1+P·3+I·1+L·1+L·1 = 7 pts
spilt (7 points)
Kind of milk (wordplay)
On the floor perhaps
Overturned a glass of milk, maybe
S·1+P·3+I·1+L·1+T·1 = 7 pts
spine (7 points)
Title locale, perhaps
Back of the book (wordplay)
Back line (wordplay)
S·1+P·3+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 7 pts
spins (7 points)
Uses English (wordplay)
Gets around (wordplay)
Takes turns (wordplay)
S·1+P·3+I·1+N·1+S·1 = 7 pts
spiny (10 points)
Describing a porcupine.
Like sea urchins
Like a cactus
S·1+P·3+I·1+N·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
spire (7 points)
Minaret, for one
Skyline sight, perhaps
Tower topper, perhaps
S·1+P·3+I·1+R·1+E·1 = 7 pts
spirt (7 points)
Return journeys by jet
Sudden gush variable
Cheerleader's asset
S·1+P·3+I·1+R·1+T·1 = 7 pts
spiry (10 points)
Like a steeple
Tall and tapering
Helical
S·1+P·3+I·1+R·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
spite (7 points)
Animosity keeps coppers in place!
Treat maliciously (wordplay)
Cause of some grudges
S·1+P·3+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 7 pts
spits (7 points)
Doesn't swallow, say
Goes "et tu, ptui" (wordplay)
Hot rods (wordplay)
S·1+P·3+I·1+T·1+S·1 = 7 pts
spitz (16 points)
Dog with a saliva problem (wordplay)
Norwegian Elkhound for one
Famous water Mark (wordplay)
S·1+P·3+I·1+T·1+Z·10 = 16 pts
spivs (10 points)
Petty thieves Brit slang
English black-marketeers.
Petty thieves Brit. slang.
S·1+P·3+I·1+V·4+S·1 = 10 pts
split (7 points)
Spare part, perhaps (wordplay)
Alley 'oops' (wordplay)
Divisive decision, perhaps
S·1+P·3+L·1+I·1+T·1 = 7 pts
spoil (7 points)
Turn green, maybe
Make rifts in the loot (wordplay)
Are too nice to? Rot!
S·1+P·3+O·1+I·1+L·1 = 7 pts
sprig (8 points)
Thyme piece (wordplay)
Bit of rosemary say
Bit of rosemary, say
S·1+P·3+R·1+I·1+G·2 = 8 pts
sprit (7 points)
Spar for a sail
Pole in sailing
Diagonal spar on a sail
S·1+P·3+R·1+I·1+T·1 = 7 pts
squib (16 points)
Firework (perhaps damp!)
Firework (disappointing, if damp)
One-paragraph news item, say
S·1+Q·10+U·1+I·1+B·3 = 16 pts
squid (15 points)
Marine life in Guinea (wordplay)
Ink-jet user (wordplay)
Octopus's relative
S·1+Q·10+U·1+I·1+D·2 = 15 pts
staid (6 points)
Fancy-free (wordplay)
Restrained (in character)
Supported verbally, as is proper
S·1+T·1+A·1+I·1+D·2 = 6 pts
staig (6 points)
A {colt=n}
S·1+T·1+A·1+I·1+G·2 = 6 pts
stain (5 points)
Congo red, for one
Spot on a tie say
Blemish; colour (wood)
S·1+T·1+A·1+I·1+N·1 = 5 pts
stair (5 points)
One way to the top (wordplay)
Dive-bar stage (wordplay)
Melody canonised in flight (wordplay)
S·1+T·1+A·1+I·1+R·1 = 5 pts
stein (5 points)
Souvenir from a German beerfest, maybe
Bud holder (wordplay)
Mug for Gertrude (wordplay)
S·1+T·1+E·1+I·1+N·1 = 5 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
stied (6 points)
Lodged, as porkers.
Like a pig in a pen
Housed in a pen
S·1+T·1+I·1+E·1+D·2 = 6 pts
sties (5 points)
More mud bath locales (wordplay)
Hog heavens (wordplay)
Trash pads (wordplay)
S·1+T·1+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 5 pts
stiff (11 points)
Needing a massage, perhaps
Like Al Gore some say
Lucky one (wordplay)
S·1+T·1+I·1+F·4+F·4 = 11 pts
stile (5 points)
Customer counter, maybe
Fence feature perhaps
Field pass (wordplay)
S·1+T·1+I·1+L·1+E·1 = 5 pts
still (5 points)
Calm retort (wordplay)
Quiet yet (wordplay)
I get what you're saying, but
S·1+T·1+I·1+L·1+L·1 = 5 pts
stilt (5 points)
Leg up (wordplay)
Long leg (wordplay)
Clowns perch maybe
S·1+T·1+I·1+L·1+T·1 = 5 pts
stime (7 points)
South Pacific tune Younger Than
S·1+T·1+I·1+M·3+E·1 = 7 pts
stimy (10 points)
Thwart variable
Thwart Var.
S·1+T·1+I·1+M·3+Y·4 = 10 pts
sting (6 points)
Cause of swelling perhaps
Cause of swelling, maybe
Police leader (wordplay)
S·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 6 pts
stink (9 points)
Be terrible (at something)
Put on a lousy show, say
Need a shower (wordplay)
S·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+K·5 = 9 pts
stint (5 points)
Spare shift (wordplay)
Time in the army say
Military years say
S·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+T·1 = 5 pts
stipe (7 points)
Georgiaborn lead singer
Stem of mushroom.
Man on the Moon singer
S·1+T·1+I·1+P·3+E·1 = 7 pts
stirk (9 points)
Yearling heifer or bullock
Young bull Br.
Young bullock or heifer.
S·1+T·1+I·1+R·1+K·5 = 9 pts
stirp (7 points)
Stock or lineage
Lineage
S·1+T·1+I·1+R·1+P·3 = 7 pts
stirs (5 points)
Keeps from congealing perhaps
Starts to rise, say
Tends to the sauce, say
S·1+T·1+I·1+R·1+S·1 = 5 pts
stoai (5 points)
Greek porticoes
S·1+T·1+O·1+A·1+I·1 = 5 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
stria (5 points)
Record groove, e.g
Long, narrow groove
Ridge or fillet.
S·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+A·1 = 5 pts
strid (6 points)
Narrow ravine
Narrow ravine.
S·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+D·2 = 6 pts
strip (7 points)
Undress - maybe comic!
Leave just the kitchen sink (wordplay)
Pay off a poker debt, perhaps
S·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+P·3 = 7 pts
styli (8 points)
Phonograph needles (Var.)
Record players (wordplay)
Sharp pens (wordplay)
S·1+T·1+Y·4+L·1+I·1 = 8 pts
suing (6 points)
Going a-courting with (wordplay)
Going to court
Pressing a tort
S·1+U·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 6 pts
suint (5 points)
Natural grease in sheep's wool.
Natural grease in sheeps wool
Deposit in sheep's wool.
S·1+U·1+I·1+N·1+T·1 = 5 pts
suite (5 points)
Nice hotel room!
Room at the top maybe
Nutcracker, for one
S·1+U·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 5 pts
suits (5 points)
Those making firm decisions (wordplay)
Quarter-decks (wordplay)
Poker set (wordplay)
S·1+U·1+I·1+T·1+S·1 = 5 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
sushi (8 points)
Order with udon maybe
Dinner rolls (wordplay)
Order with udon, maybe
S·1+U·1+S·1+H·4+I·1 = 8 pts
swail (8 points)
""A tract of low, marshy ground, also SWALE""
S·1+W·4+A·1+I·1+L·1 = 8 pts
swain (8 points)
One stuffing the bird for one's lover
Quaint boyfriend (wordplay)
Suitor, in poetry
S·1+W·4+A·1+I·1+N·1 = 8 pts
swami (10 points)
Know-it-all (wordplay)
Wise guy (wordplay)
Turban wearer maybe
S·1+W·4+A·1+M·3+I·1 = 10 pts
swift (11 points)
Red tape maker (wordplay)
Rapid biography from Stephen (wordplay)
Quick Irish satirist (wordplay)
S·1+W·4+I·1+F·4+T·1 = 11 pts
swigs (9 points)
Drinks from a flask, say
Drinks from a bottle maybe
Drinks from a bottle, maybe
S·1+W·4+I·1+G·2+S·1 = 9 pts
swill (8 points)
Pig-food; rinse
Leave after second large drink
Rinse - pig food
S·1+W·4+I·1+L·1+L·1 = 8 pts
swims (10 points)
Gets closer to shore, maybe
Stays in one's lane (wordplay)
Travels in a lane, maybe
S·1+W·4+I·1+M·3+S·1 = 10 pts
swine (8 points)
What is new at the pen (wordplay)
Porcine fellow (wordplay)
Pen pals (wordplay)
S·1+W·4+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 8 pts
swing (9 points)
An old tire perhaps
Strange wings on a golfer, say
Jazz be hanged!
S·1+W·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 9 pts
swink (12 points)
To {toil=v}
S·1+W·4+I·1+N·1+K·5 = 12 pts
swipe (10 points)
Type of card to pinch (wordplay)
Process (credit card); steal (colloq.)
Use a debit card, perhaps
S·1+W·4+I·1+P·3+E·1 = 10 pts
swirl (8 points)
Current event (wordplay)
Ben Jerrys Strawberry Kiwi
Dairy Queen delight
S·1+W·4+I·1+R·1+L·1 = 8 pts
swish (11 points)
Nothing but net (nonverbal)
Two-point basket, perhaps
Twopoint basket perhaps
S·1+W·4+I·1+S·1+H·4 = 11 pts
swiss (8 points)
From Zurich, say (wordplay)
Tell for one
Holey order (wordplay)
S·1+W·4+I·1+S·1+S·1 = 8 pts
swith (11 points)
""Quickly, also SWITHE, SWITHLY""
S·1+W·4+I·1+T·1+H·4 = 11 pts
swive (11 points)
To copulate with
S·1+W·4+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 11 pts
sylis (8 points)
Syli
S·1+Y·4+L·1+I·1+S·1 = 8 pts

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