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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
saker (9 points)
Old World falcon
Falconer's trainee
Old World falcon.
S·1+A·1+K·5+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
sakes (9 points)
Round of drinks in Kyoto, maybe
Fermented Japanese brews
Sushi bar brews
S·1+A·1+K·5+E·1+S·1 = 9 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
samek (11 points)
Hebrew letter after nun
Hebrew letter
S·1+A·1+M·3+E·1+K·5 = 11 pts
sarks (9 points)
Shirts in England
Shirts in Scotland
Shirts, in Sheffield
S·1+A·1+R·1+K·5+S·1 = 9 pts
sarky (12 points)
Like a biting remark, to a Brit
Like a biting remark in British slang
Like a biting remark, in British slang
S·1+A·1+R·1+K·5+Y·4 = 12 pts
sculk (11 points)
Lurk about (var.)
Lurk about var
S·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+K·5 = 11 pts
seeks (9 points)
Tries to reach
Goes on a quest for
Goes questing for
S·1+E·1+E·1+K·5+S·1 = 9 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
shake (12 points)
Rock salmon starter - and then fish!
Consummate a deal, maybe
Give me your paw!
S·1+H·4+A·1+K·5+E·1 = 12 pts
shako (12 points)
Tall plumed hat (mil.)
An old soldier's cover-up
Stiff military headdress.
S·1+H·4+A·1+K·5+O·1 = 12 pts
shaky (15 points)
Likely to fall
Far from firm
Ready to collapse
S·1+H·4+A·1+K·5+Y·4 = 15 pts
shank (12 points)
Cause to go off course maybe
Can opener (wordplay)
Cause to go off course, maybe
S·1+H·4+A·1+N·1+K·5 = 12 pts
shark (12 points)
Hammerhead, for one
Jet fighter (wordplay)
Hammerhead for one
S·1+H·4+A·1+R·1+K·5 = 12 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
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
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
shook (12 points)
Clinched an agreement perhaps
Showed fear, maybe
Clinched an agreement, perhaps
S·1+H·4+O·1+O·1+K·5 = 12 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
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
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
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
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
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
skags (10 points)
Boats for duck hunting
Boats for duck hunting.
S·1+K·5+A·1+G·2+S·1 = 10 pts
skald (10 points)
Bard of old Scandinavia
A Norse bard
Scandinavian bard of yore
S·1+K·5+A·1+L·1+D·2 = 10 pts
skate (9 points)
Ride the rails, say (wordplay)
Make a nice round figure, say
Do a toe loop, say
S·1+K·5+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 9 pts
skats (9 points)
Three-handed card games
Three-player cardgames
Sets of undealt cards in a certain game
S·1+K·5+A·1+T·1+S·1 = 9 pts
skean (9 points)
Old Irish dagger
Dagger formerly used in Scotland
Dagger of old Ireland.
S·1+K·5+E·1+A·1+N·1 = 9 pts
skeed (10 points)
Skee
S·1+K·5+E·1+E·1+D·2 = 10 pts
skeen (9 points)
Kind of arch
Dagger
S·1+K·5+E·1+E·1+N·1 = 9 pts
skees (9 points)
Snow gear Var.
Sun Valley gliders variable
Aspen equipment, variably
S·1+K·5+E·1+E·1+S·1 = 9 pts
skeet (9 points)
Target practice (wordplay)
Event with a lot of "pull" (wordplay)
My intention was to say this:
S·1+K·5+E·1+E·1+T·1 = 9 pts
skegs (10 points)
Back parts of keels
Parts of keels.
Parts of keels
S·1+K·5+E·1+G·2+S·1 = 10 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
skelm (11 points)
""A rascal, also SKELLUM""
S·1+K·5+E·1+L·1+M·3 = 11 pts
skelp (11 points)
Metal for tubing
Strip of steel for making tubes.
Step lively
S·1+K·5+E·1+L·1+P·3 = 11 pts
skene (9 points)
Proscenium arch of Greek theater
Part of a Greek theater
Part of an old Greek stage
S·1+K·5+E·1+N·1+E·1 = 9 pts
skeps (11 points)
Busy places
Straw beehives
Farm baskets
S·1+K·5+E·1+P·3+S·1 = 11 pts
skews (12 points)
Leans right perhaps
Leans right, perhaps
Distorts as data
S·1+K·5+E·1+W·4+S·1 = 12 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
skoal (9 points)
Toaster's output (wordplay)
Here's to your health!
Here's mud in your eye!
S·1+K·5+O·1+A·1+L·1 = 9 pts
skuas (9 points)
Gull-like birds
Gull-like predators
Flying predators of cold seas
S·1+K·5+U·1+A·1+S·1 = 9 pts
skulk (13 points)
Move with stealth
Evade work Brit
Move in a furtive way.
S·1+K·5+U·1+L·1+K·5 = 13 pts
skull (9 points)
Halloween headgear, maybe
A nut-case (wordplay)
Head of the anatomy class (wordplay)
S·1+K·5+U·1+L·1+L·1 = 9 pts
skunk (13 points)
Pepe Le Pew for one
Pepe Le Pew, for one
One who raises a stink (wordplay)
S·1+K·5+U·1+N·1+K·5 = 13 pts
skyed (13 points)
Hit a high fly ball
Kicked way over the goal, as a shot in soccer
Hit high
S·1+K·5+Y·4+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
skyey (15 points)
Like the blue empyrean Poetic
Like the blue empyrean: Poetic.
Of great height Poet
S·1+K·5+Y·4+E·1+Y·4 = 15 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
slake (9 points)
Wet one's whistle (wordplay)
Quench (one's thirst)
Quench (a thirst)
S·1+L·1+A·1+K·5+E·1 = 9 pts
slank (9 points)
Slink
S·1+L·1+A·1+N·1+K·5 = 9 pts
sleek (9 points)
Just shaven say
Just shaven, say
Well-groomed (wordplay)
S·1+L·1+E·1+E·1+K·5 = 9 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
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
slunk (9 points)
Made a red-faced exit
Stole along quietly.
Stole (away)
S·1+L·1+U·1+N·1+K·5 = 9 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
smeek (11 points)
To {smoke=v}
S·1+M·3+E·1+E·1+K·5 = 11 pts
smerk (11 points)
""To smile in a smug manner, also SMIRK""
S·1+M·3+E·1+R·1+K·5 = 11 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
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
smoke (11 points)
Treat with mesquite maybe
Set off an airliner alarm, maybe
Drain a pipe (wordplay)
S·1+M·3+O·1+K·5+E·1 = 11 pts
smoky (14 points)
Like an overused oven (wordplay)
Obscured by haze.
Like bars in noir films
S·1+M·3+O·1+K·5+Y·4 = 14 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
snake (9 points)
Asp, perhaps (wordplay)
Moccasin for one
Adder, for one
S·1+N·1+A·1+K·5+E·1 = 9 pts
snaky (12 points)
Like conga lines
Twisting and turning
Like mountain roads
S·1+N·1+A·1+K·5+Y·4 = 12 pts
snark (9 points)
The hunting of the - (Lewis Carroll)
Words from the wise (wordplay)
Hunt creature (Carroll)
S·1+N·1+A·1+R·1+K·5 = 9 pts
sneak (9 points)
Move on tiptoe, say
Step lightly, perhaps
Head for the cookie jar, maybe
S·1+N·1+E·1+A·1+K·5 = 9 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
snook (9 points)
Caribbean game fish
A fish, the robalo
Thumbing-the-nose gesture, by a Brit
S·1+N·1+O·1+O·1+K·5 = 9 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
soaks (9 points)
Is in hot water (wordplay)
Gets into hot water (wordplay)
Makes very wet
S·1+O·1+A·1+K·5+S·1 = 9 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
sokes (9 points)
Early English franchises
S·1+O·1+K·5+E·1+S·1 = 9 pts
sokol (9 points)
Slavic gymnasts' society
Slavic gymnastic group
Czech gymnastic event.
S·1+O·1+K·5+O·1+L·1 = 9 pts
sooks (9 points)
Sook
S·1+O·1+O·1+K·5+S·1 = 9 pts
souks (9 points)
Mohammed's markets
Mohammeds markets
S·1+O·1+U·1+K·5+S·1 = 9 pts
spake (11 points)
Talked about the old times (wordplay)
Talked, old-style
Said, old style
S·1+P·3+A·1+K·5+E·1 = 11 pts
spank (11 points)
Rear-end collision (wordplay)
Back slap (wordplay)
Seat-of-the-pants decision (wordplay)
S·1+P·3+A·1+N·1+K·5 = 11 pts
spark (11 points)
Animate short cartoon on TV (wordplay)
Fire starter perhaps
Tinder swiping result (wordplay)
S·1+P·3+A·1+R·1+K·5 = 11 pts
speak (11 points)
Talk to me, dog!
Say a few words
Small mountain, say
S·1+P·3+E·1+A·1+K·5 = 11 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
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
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
spoke (11 points)
Had one's say
Gave a TED Talk, say
Biker bar (wordplay)
S·1+P·3+O·1+K·5+E·1 = 11 pts
spook (11 points)
Headless horseman, for one.
Hallowe'en Doctor (wordplay)
Headless horseman for one
S·1+P·3+O·1+O·1+K·5 = 11 pts
spunk (11 points)
Precious mettle (wordplay)
Plucky spirit Colloq.
Feistiness or courage
S·1+P·3+U·1+N·1+K·5 = 11 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
stake (9 points)
Cash on hand (wordplay)
Bet this would kill vampire!
Ante-post (wordplay)
S·1+T·1+A·1+K·5+E·1 = 9 pts
stalk (9 points)
Earn a restraining order, perhaps
Walk like a sore loser, say
Violate a restraining order, perhaps
S·1+T·1+A·1+L·1+K·5 = 9 pts
stank (9 points)
Got booed, maybe
Offended the olfactory senses
Nasty attitude, in modern slang
S·1+T·1+A·1+N·1+K·5 = 9 pts
stark (9 points)
Like some contrasts
Harsh as Kay's art
Word before 'naked' or 'raving mad'
S·1+T·1+A·1+R·1+K·5 = 9 pts
steak (9 points)
Porterhouse, perhaps (wordplay)
Strip, for one
T-bone, for one
S·1+T·1+E·1+A·1+K·5 = 9 pts
steek (9 points)
To {shut=v}
S·1+T·1+E·1+E·1+K·5 = 9 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
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
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
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
stoke (9 points)
Add coal to (a furnace)
Add coal to (a fire)
Add fuel to the fire (wordplay)
S·1+T·1+O·1+K·5+E·1 = 9 pts
stook (9 points)
Form a pile of straw
Group of sheaves in a field
Group of sheaves
S·1+T·1+O·1+O·1+K·5 = 9 pts
stork (9 points)
Bird that delivers babies (wordplay)
Junior flyer (wordplay)
Baby bringer (wordplay)
S·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+K·5 = 9 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
stunk (9 points)
Cleared the room, perhaps
Played really poorly
Was really, really, really bad
S·1+T·1+U·1+N·1+K·5 = 9 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
sulks (9 points)
Is a sore loser maybe
Is a sore loser, say
Is a sore loser say
S·1+U·1+L·1+K·5+S·1 = 9 pts
sulky (12 points)
Two-wheeled vehicle
Vehicle in the Hambletonian.
Two-wheeled vehicle.
S·1+U·1+L·1+K·5+Y·4 = 12 pts
swank (12 points)
Show off (colloq.)
Two-Oscar Hilary
Best Actress of 1999
S·1+W·4+A·1+N·1+K·5 = 12 pts
swink (12 points)
To {toil=v}
S·1+W·4+I·1+N·1+K·5 = 12 pts
sykes (12 points)
LouisDreyfus costar Wanda
Standup comic Wanda
Wanda of 'Black-ish'
S·1+Y·4+K·5+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts

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