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shover (12 points)
Pushy type (wordplay)
Mosh pit participant
Defensive lineman, often
S·1+H·4+O·1+V·4+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
shoves (12 points)
Street fight prelude, perhaps
Is unruly in line
Leaves, with "off"
S·1+H·4+O·1+V·4+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
showed (13 points)
Finished after a second (wordplay)
Dry up and we do go out, as indicated
Didn't skip something
S·1+H·4+O·1+W·4+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
shower (12 points)
Grubby lot cleaner (wordplay)
Scruffy lot getting cleaner (wordplay)
Pelt that's revealing (wordplay)
S·1+H·4+O·1+W·4+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
shoyus (12 points)
Shoyu
S·1+H·4+O·1+Y·4+U·1+S·1 = 12 pts
shrank (13 points)
Succeeded on a crash diet (wordplay)
Shouldn't have been in the dryer, maybe
Shied away (from)
S·1+H·4+R·1+A·1+N·1+K·5 = 13 pts
shreds (10 points)
Gets rid of the paper trail, perhaps
Melts faces, as they say, on a guitar
Scraps - fragments (of evidence?)
S·1+H·4+R·1+E·1+D·2+S·1 = 10 pts
shrewd (13 points)
Well thought-out
Calculating and astute
Clever, having sound judgement
S·1+H·4+R·1+E·1+W·4+D·2 = 13 pts
shrews (12 points)
Sharp-toothed mammals
Mammals using echolocation
Mouselike worm eaters
S·1+H·4+R·1+E·1+W·4+S·1 = 12 pts
shriek (13 points)
Greet a ghost, perhaps
This sound pierces!
*Myers screams loudly (wordplay)
S·1+H·4+R·1+I·1+E·1+K·5 = 13 pts
shrift (12 points)
Short (little attention)
Absolution (usually short!)
Unsympathetic rejection (with "short")
S·1+H·4+R·1+I·1+F·4+T·1 = 12 pts
shrike (13 points)
Shriek at this bird (wordplay)
Prey-impaling songbird
Hikers disturbed bird
S·1+H·4+R·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 13 pts
shrill (9 points)
Piercing a quiet stream!
Piercing an ear, perhaps
(Of a cry) piercing
S·1+H·4+R·1+I·1+L·1+L·1 = 9 pts
shrimp (13 points)
Jumbo gumbo item, maybe
Little Mr Shelley in the ship (wordplay)
Raising of a siege
S·1+H·4+R·1+I·1+M·3+P·3 = 13 pts
shrine (9 points)
Iconic building (wordplay)
Jim Morrison's grave, to some (... why?)
Tomb of saint (wordplay)
S·1+H·4+R·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 9 pts
shrink (13 points)
Mind chap's lesson read out (wordplay)
Psychiatrist's contract (wordplay)
Lessen - mind expert (wordplay)
S·1+H·4+R·1+I·1+N·1+K·5 = 13 pts
shrive (12 points)
I have so got to grant pardon at last
Confess to a priest
Pardon, old style.
S·1+H·4+R·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 12 pts
shroff (15 points)
Asian money-changer
S·1+H·4+R·1+O·1+F·4+F·4 = 15 pts
shroud (10 points)
Cloud cover near Stroud!
Envelop (in cloud, for instance)
Put something over
S·1+H·4+R·1+O·1+U·1+D·2 = 10 pts
shrove (12 points)
Give a push about R (wordplay)
Tuesday before Ash Wednesday
Imposed penance on
S·1+H·4+R·1+O·1+V·4+E·1 = 12 pts
shrubs (11 points)
Low-growing woody plants
Bougainvillea and others
Daphne and hazel
S·1+H·4+R·1+U·1+B·3+S·1 = 11 pts
shrugs (10 points)
Silently says "So what?"
Silently says 'So what?'
Signals 'Who cares?'
S·1+H·4+R·1+U·1+G·2+S·1 = 10 pts
shrunk (13 points)
No longer wearable, maybe
Grew smaller, as a cotton shirt
Much smaller now
S·1+H·4+R·1+U·1+N·1+K·5 = 13 pts
shtetl (9 points)
Tevye's Anatevka, for one
Tevye's town, for example
"Fiddler on the Roof" setting
S·1+H·4+T·1+E·1+T·1+L·1 = 9 pts
shtick (15 points)
Act as Bond, Connery-style (wordplay)
Comedian's routine - kitsch (anagram)
Bit of clowning
S·1+H·4+T·1+I·1+C·3+K·5 = 15 pts
shtiks (13 points)
Shtik
S·1+H·4+T·1+I·1+K·5+S·1 = 13 pts
shucks (15 points)
Gosh darn it!
It often follows "Aw"
Shells emptied of peas, I regret
S·1+H·4+U·1+C·3+K·5+S·1 = 15 pts
shunts (9 points)
Goes back and forth.
Turns onto a new track
Moves to a siding, for example
S·1+H·4+U·1+N·1+T·1+S·1 = 9 pts
shuted (10 points)
Shute
S·1+H·4+U·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 10 pts
shutes (9 points)
Neville and others.
Writer Nevil and family
Author Nevil and golfer Denny
S·1+H·4+U·1+T·1+E·1+S·1 = 9 pts
shyers (12 points)
Horses, at times
S·1+H·4+Y·4+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 12 pts
shyest (12 points)
Most bashful or self-conscious
Furthest from forward
Most like a shrinking violet
S·1+H·4+Y·4+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts
shying (13 points)
Shrinking from notice
Avoiding, with "away"
(Of horse) starting suddenly aside in fright
S·1+H·4+Y·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 13 pts
sighed (11 points)
He digs ( anag.)
Expressed relief, perhaps
Said "alas," say
S·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+E·1+D·2 = 11 pts
sigher (10 points)
One saying "Alas," say
One saying 'Alas,' say
Relieved person, perhaps
S·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
sights (10 points)
'Sees' is in quotes, you say
Things tourists take in
Something to take in
S·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1+S·1 = 10 pts
siphon (11 points)
Drain furtively, maybe
Way to transfer liquid assets (wordplay)
A bottle that squirts, say soda water
S·1+I·1+P·3+H·4+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
sirrah (9 points)
Tweed's on the rise, my man!
You rogue, return the tweed!
Back to the Tweed, varlet!
S·1+I·1+R·1+R·1+A·1+H·4 = 9 pts
sixths (16 points)
Parts of a small pizza, perhaps
Certain intervals in music
Trivial Pursuit wedges, for example
S·1+I·1+X·8+T·1+H·4+S·1 = 16 pts
skeigh (14 points)
{shy=adj}
S·1+K·5+E·1+I·1+G·2+H·4 = 14 pts
sketch (15 points)
Scratch pad art, perhaps
Picture on a pad, maybe
Quickie portrait, perhaps
S·1+K·5+E·1+T·1+C·3+H·4 = 15 pts
slatch (11 points)
A calm between breaking waves
S·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+C·3+H·4 = 11 pts
sleigh (10 points)
Winter transport is murder, they say
Travel over snow to butcher, say
Toy truck (wordplay)
S·1+L·1+E·1+I·1+G·2+H·4 = 10 pts
sleuth (9 points)
Wimsey, for one
Encyclopedia Brown, for one
Nancy Drew, for one
S·1+L·1+E·1+U·1+T·1+H·4 = 9 pts
slight (10 points)
Insult - not important!
Snub - not much!
A disrespectful reference - not great
S·1+L·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1 = 10 pts
sloshy (12 points)
Wet and sticky
Prone to spilling
Threatening to spill
S·1+L·1+O·1+S·1+H·4+Y·4 = 12 pts
sloths (9 points)
Tree huggers (wordplay)
Couch potatoes, say
Sluggish tree-dwellers
S·1+L·1+O·1+T·1+H·4+S·1 = 9 pts
slouch (11 points)
Stand down (wordplay)
Slovenly gait or person (or hat)
Show poor posture
S·1+L·1+O·1+U·1+C·3+H·4 = 11 pts
slough (10 points)
Swamp; cast off (skin)
A bog or marsh, perhaps of despond
Shed (with "off")
S·1+L·1+O·1+U·1+G·2+H·4 = 10 pts
slushy (12 points)
Like a warm day in winter, perhaps
Like some winter walkways
Soft, wet, and cold
S·1+L·1+U·1+S·1+H·4+Y·4 = 12 pts
smirch (13 points)
Blot on one's reputation
Discredit as with reputation
Blot on one's reputation
S·1+M·3+I·1+R·1+C·3+H·4 = 13 pts
smiths (11 points)
Morrissey, Marr and mates (with "The")
Forgers, of sorts
Singers Bessie and Kate
S·1+M·3+I·1+T·1+H·4+S·1 = 11 pts
smithy (14 points)
Place for forging (wordplay)
Workshop with anvil
Metalworker's workshop
S·1+M·3+I·1+T·1+H·4+Y·4 = 14 pts
smooch (13 points)
Give some lip (wordplay)
Face-to-face exchange (wordplay)
Kiss and cuddle (informal)
S·1+M·3+O·1+O·1+C·3+H·4 = 13 pts
smooth (11 points)
Like a closely-shaven cheek
Having even surface with no projections
Like some operators
S·1+M·3+O·1+O·1+T·1+H·4 = 11 pts
smutch (13 points)
Blacken, as with soot
Soiled spot
Blot.
S·1+M·3+U·1+T·1+C·3+H·4 = 13 pts
snatch (11 points)
Snippet is small? Of course!
Kidnapping son as you'd expect!
Grab, seize eagerly
S·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+C·3+H·4 = 11 pts
snathe (9 points)
Scythe handle variable
Handle of a scythe.
The curved handle or shaft of a scythe
S·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+H·4+E·1 = 9 pts
snaths (9 points)
Scythe shafts
Scythe handles
S·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+H·4+S·1 = 9 pts
sneesh (9 points)
Snuff, in Britain
A pinch of snuff, to a Scot
S·1+N·1+E·1+E·1+S·1+H·4 = 9 pts
snitch (11 points)
Steal; inform (on someone)
Steal grass (wordplay)
State secrets (wordplay)
S·1+N·1+I·1+T·1+C·3+H·4 = 11 pts
soothe (9 points)
Apply aloe to, say
Say "there, there" to
Join the balm squad (wordplay)
S·1+O·1+O·1+T·1+H·4+E·1 = 9 pts
sooths (9 points)
Things said to be true
S·1+O·1+O·1+T·1+H·4+S·1 = 9 pts
sorgho (10 points)
A syrup source
Chinese sugarcane soldiers fed to wild hogs
Consequently, river by grand house is a source of sugar
S·1+O·1+R·1+G·2+H·4+O·1 = 10 pts
soughs (10 points)
Rustlings as of aspens
Rustlings as of aspens
Moans hollowly.
S·1+O·1+U·1+G·2+H·4+S·1 = 10 pts
sought (10 points)
This should be looked for at the South
Greatly desired species, we're told
Searched for - investigated - desired
S·1+O·1+U·1+G·2+H·4+T·1 = 10 pts
souths (9 points)
Goes to a warmer place, perhaps
Moves to a warmer place, perhaps
Some bridge hands
S·1+O·1+U·1+T·1+H·4+S·1 = 9 pts
spahee (11 points)
Algerian cavalryman variable
Algerian cavalryman Var.
Turkish cavalryman
S·1+P·3+A·1+H·4+E·1+E·1 = 11 pts
spahis (11 points)
Native troops of Algeria
Algerian horse troopers
Algerian cavalrymen in French forces.
S·1+P·3+A·1+H·4+I·1+S·1 = 11 pts
spathe (11 points)
Large leaflike part of a flower.
White leaf of the calla lily.
Large, leaflike part of a flower
S·1+P·3+A·1+T·1+H·4+E·1 = 11 pts
speech (13 points)
Say what you like, it's free!
Say something!
Address for delivery (wordplay)
S·1+P·3+E·1+E·1+C·3+H·4 = 13 pts
sphene (11 points)
The mineral titanite
Titanite.
S·1+P·3+H·4+E·1+N·1+E·1 = 11 pts
sphere (11 points)
Place for influence (wordplay)
Field a ball, perhaps
You're on one now!
S·1+P·3+H·4+E·1+R·1+E·1 = 11 pts
sphery (14 points)
Starlike
Starlike.
Globular
S·1+P·3+H·4+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
sphinx (18 points)
The riddler (wordplay)
Egyptian riddler (wordplay)
Inscrutable question master (wordplay)
S·1+P·3+H·4+I·1+N·1+X·8 = 18 pts
spilth (11 points)
Overflow of a reservoir.
In the past, it couldnt be contained as doctor split going to hospital
Refuse
S·1+P·3+I·1+L·1+T·1+H·4 = 11 pts
splash (11 points)
Play in the pool, say
Make waves (wordplay)
Diver's efflorescence (wordplay)
S·1+P·3+L·1+A·1+S·1+H·4 = 11 pts
splosh (11 points)
Walk friskily, as through a puddle
Jumping-in-puddles sound
Stomp in a puddle
S·1+P·3+L·1+O·1+S·1+H·4 = 11 pts
squash (18 points)
Fruit to squeeze (wordplay)
Press flat on court (wordplay)
Vegetable on court (wordplay)
S·1+Q·10+U·1+A·1+S·1+H·4 = 18 pts
squish (18 points)
Make uncomfortable, in a way
Grape-crushing sound
Slogging-in-mud sound
S·1+Q·10+U·1+I·1+S·1+H·4 = 18 pts
squush (18 points)
To {squash=v}
S·1+Q·10+U·1+U·1+S·1+H·4 = 18 pts
sradha (10 points)
""A Hindu ceremonial offering, also SRADDHA""
S·1+R·1+A·1+D·2+H·4+A·1 = 10 pts
stanch (11 points)
Stop, as a liquid flow (Var.)
Stop, as a flow (Var.)
Put an end to
S·1+T·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+H·4 = 11 pts
staphs (11 points)
Staph
S·1+T·1+A·1+P·3+H·4+S·1 = 11 pts
starch (11 points)
Stuff that stiffens, say collars
Clothes harder to wear with this!
Constituent of food
S·1+T·1+A·1+R·1+C·3+H·4 = 11 pts
stench (11 points)
What a smell!
Sniffer's initial carp (wordplay)
Sign of a clogged toilet, perhaps
S·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+C·3+H·4 = 11 pts
stichs (11 points)
Verses
S·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+H·4+S·1 = 11 pts
stitch (11 points)
Small bird on church? Darn!
Pain from exercise in saddle perhaps
Clothing line (wordplay)
S·1+T·1+I·1+T·1+C·3+H·4 = 11 pts
stithy (12 points)
Anvil
S·1+T·1+I·1+T·1+H·4+Y·4 = 12 pts
strath (9 points)
Flat river valley.
Wide valley in Scottish Highlands
Valley, in Scotland
S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+H·4 = 9 pts
subahs (11 points)
Subah
S·1+U·1+B·3+A·1+H·4+S·1 = 11 pts
succah (13 points)
Copper cash collection for tabernacle
Jewish ritual hut
S·1+U·1+C·3+C·3+A·1+H·4 = 13 pts
sughed (11 points)
Sugh
S·1+U·1+G·2+H·4+E·1+D·2 = 11 pts
sukkah (17 points)
A shelter where meals are eaten during Jewish festivals
S·1+U·1+K·5+K·5+A·1+H·4 = 17 pts
sulpha (11 points)
Drug element rumoured
Synthetic drug or non-metallic element, say
S·1+U·1+L·1+P·3+H·4+A·1 = 11 pts
sumach (13 points)
As much (anagram)
Shrub bright in autumn
This is a chum's tree, strangely
S·1+U·1+M·3+A·1+C·3+H·4 = 13 pts
surahs (9 points)
Twilled fabrics.
S·1+U·1+R·1+A·1+H·4+S·1 = 9 pts
sushis (9 points)
Japanese food items
Selections at some bars
S·1+U·1+S·1+H·4+I·1+S·1 = 9 pts
swarth (12 points)
Dark of complexion (var.)
Dusky, in poetry
It's a college when "more" is attached
S·1+W·4+A·1+R·1+T·1+H·4 = 12 pts
swatch (14 points)
Sample (of cloth)
Time piece (wordplay)
Sample of cloth
S·1+W·4+A·1+T·1+C·3+H·4 = 14 pts
swathe (12 points)
Use the fly-killer, man, and wrap up!
Seen when wheat's cut (wordplay)
Such a bind was the mixture!
S·1+W·4+A·1+T·1+H·4+E·1 = 12 pts
swaths (12 points)
Long, narrow strips
Strips of land
Mowing machine strokes
S·1+W·4+A·1+T·1+H·4+S·1 = 12 pts
swishy (15 points)
Like a rustling skirt, perhaps
Having a rustling sound
Sounding like taffeta
S·1+W·4+I·1+S·1+H·4+Y·4 = 15 pts
switch (14 points)
A flicker of light (wordplay)
Lights flicker (wordplay)
Change (on or off)
S·1+W·4+I·1+T·1+C·3+H·4 = 14 pts
swithe (12 points)
""Quickly, also SWITH, SWITHLY""
S·1+W·4+I·1+T·1+H·4+E·1 = 12 pts
swoosh (12 points)
Just Do It logo
Logo on a LeBron jersey
Symbol on Nike stores
S·1+W·4+O·1+O·1+S·1+H·4 = 12 pts
sylphs (14 points)
Slender graceful girls
Imaginary beings of the air.
Women who can wear sacks.
S·1+Y·4+L·1+P·3+H·4+S·1 = 14 pts
sylphy (17 points)
Graceful
Graceful.
S·1+Y·4+L·1+P·3+H·4+Y·4 = 17 pts
synchs (14 points)
Matches, as sound to picture
Reportedly collapses and agrees in time
Lines up, as audio and video
S·1+Y·4+N·1+C·3+H·4+S·1 = 14 pts
synths (12 points)
Funky electronic instruments, for short
Prog rock instruments
High-tech keyboards, for short
S·1+Y·4+N·1+T·1+H·4+S·1 = 12 pts
sypher (14 points)
Make a flush joint: Carp
Overlap chamfered edges
Make a flush joint Carp.
S·1+Y·4+P·3+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
syphon (14 points)
Suction device (Var.)
Improperly divert (money etc)
Remove via hose, as gas (Var.)
S·1+Y·4+P·3+H·4+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts

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