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sallow (9 points)
Tree that's small, OK (wordplay)
Not looking well
Pale bird out west
S·1+A·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+W·4 = 9 pts
sawers (9 points)
Lumberjacks, at times
Carpenters, at times
Lumber camp workers.
S·1+A·1+W·4+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 9 pts
sawfly (15 points)
Spotted an insect with the teeth
Relative of the wasp
Descried the insect with teeth
S·1+A·1+W·4+F·4+L·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
sawing (10 points)
Cutting boards, say
Carpenter's activity
Lumberjack's task
S·1+A·1+W·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 10 pts
sawlog (10 points)
Source of boards
Lumber-to-be.
Lumber mill fodder
S·1+A·1+W·4+L·1+O·1+G·2 = 10 pts
sawney (12 points)
A foolish person
S·1+A·1+W·4+N·1+E·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
sawyer (12 points)
Bob (Dickens) or Tom (Twain)
Sweary vagrant in chippy (wordplay)
Tom noticed you, as some might say
S·1+A·1+W·4+Y·4+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
schwas (14 points)
Stress-free sounds (wordplay)
Ends of Alaska (wordplay)
Neutral vowel sounds
S·1+C·3+H·4+W·4+A·1+S·1 = 14 pts
scowed (12 points)
Transported in a barge
S·1+C·3+O·1+W·4+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
scowls (11 points)
Bad-tempered frowns
Wrinkles forehead in disapproval
Gives black looks
S·1+C·3+O·1+W·4+L·1+S·1 = 11 pts
scrawl (11 points)
Write like a doctor (wordplay)
Many a prescription (wordplay)
Frantically jot (down)
S·1+C·3+R·1+A·1+W·4+L·1 = 11 pts
screws (11 points)
Prison warders (sl.)
Uses a Phillips driver
Propellers on ships
S·1+C·3+R·1+E·1+W·4+S·1 = 11 pts
screwy (14 points)
Daft (with a thread?)
Nuts like other fasteners (wordplay)
Off one's rocker
S·1+C·3+R·1+E·1+W·4+Y·4 = 14 pts
seawan (9 points)
Indian beads variable
Indian beads Var.
Wampum
S·1+E·1+A·1+W·4+A·1+N·1 = 9 pts
seaway (12 points)
St. Lawrence, for one
Saint Lawrence, for one
Set of channels (wordplay)
S·1+E·1+A·1+W·4+A·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
seesaw (9 points)
Playground item that's no fun for one
Notice saying 'Playground equipment'
School board (wordplay)
S·1+E·1+E·1+S·1+A·1+W·4 = 9 pts
serows (9 points)
Goat antelopes (anagram of W.E. ROSS)
Asian goat antelopes
Asiatic goat antelopes
S·1+E·1+R·1+O·1+W·4+S·1 = 9 pts
sewage (10 points)
Bad-smelling flower (wordplay)
Date breaks up over comedian, a stinker!
Waste comic picture frames (wordplay)
S·1+E·1+W·4+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 10 pts
sewans (9 points)
Sewan
S·1+E·1+W·4+A·1+N·1+S·1 = 9 pts
sewars (9 points)
Sewar
S·1+E·1+W·4+A·1+R·1+S·1 = 9 pts
sewers (9 points)
Home to some crocs (wordplay)
Such stinkers may perhaps needle one
Wasteful things (wordplay)
S·1+E·1+W·4+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 9 pts
sewing (10 points)
Keeping 'em in stitches (wordplay)
Bee activity (wordplay)
Using a Singer, say
S·1+E·1+W·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 10 pts
shadow (13 points)
Five o'clock phenomenon (wordplay)
Man's five o'clock feature (wordplay)
Dog display held by Crufts, say
S·1+H·4+A·1+D·2+O·1+W·4 = 13 pts
shawed (13 points)
Shaw
S·1+H·4+A·1+W·4+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
shawls (12 points)
Cloaks to cover head and shoulders
Garments of Paisley, Cashmere, etc.
They're good for granny's shoulders
S·1+H·4+A·1+W·4+L·1+S·1 = 12 pts
shawms (14 points)
Early double-reed instruments
Old wind instruments.
Ancestors of the oboe.
S·1+H·4+A·1+W·4+M·3+S·1 = 14 pts
shewed (13 points)
Revealed, to Shakespeare
S·1+H·4+E·1+W·4+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
shewer (12 points)
One that {shews=v}
S·1+H·4+E·1+W·4+E·1+R·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
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
sinews (9 points)
Tissue connecting muscles to bones
Source of strength, figuratively
Iron-pumpers' displays
S·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+W·4+S·1 = 9 pts
sinewy (12 points)
Strong and lean
Like Mr. Universe's physique
Lean and muscular
S·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+W·4+Y·4 = 12 pts
skewed (14 points)
Turn at an angle
Distorted, as data
Gave a bias to
S·1+K·5+E·1+W·4+E·1+D·2 = 14 pts
skewer (13 points)
Pin more distorted (wordplay)
Spit in the food (wordplay)
Metal stick (that's more awry?)
S·1+K·5+E·1+W·4+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
skyway (19 points)
Jet's milieu.
Enclosed aerial walk
Tampa Bay bridge
S·1+K·5+Y·4+W·4+A·1+Y·4 = 19 pts
slewed (10 points)
Swung around, as on a pivot (Var.)
Skidded when we got in the sleigh
Drunk did away with education
S·1+L·1+E·1+W·4+E·1+D·2 = 10 pts
slowed (10 points)
Exhibited caution, perhaps
Was not so fast as 9 across, perhaps
Went from adagio to largo, say
S·1+L·1+O·1+W·4+E·1+D·2 = 10 pts
slower (9 points)
Don't go so fast!
Second cow not as quick (wordplay)
Not so fast!
S·1+L·1+O·1+W·4+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
slowly (12 points)
At a leisurely pace
At a snail's pace.
Hardly with rapidity
S·1+L·1+O·1+W·4+L·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
snawed (10 points)
Snaw
S·1+N·1+A·1+W·4+E·1+D·2 = 10 pts
snowed (10 points)
Made a cold blanket (wordplay)
What a cold comedown it was!
Overwhelmed (with "under")
S·1+N·1+O·1+W·4+E·1+D·2 = 10 pts
sorrow (9 points)
Is that what a magpie is for (wordplay)
One pie for this, sad to say
Blue state (wordplay)
S·1+O·1+R·1+R·1+O·1+W·4 = 9 pts
sowans (9 points)
""Porridge made from oat husks, also SOWENS""
S·1+O·1+W·4+A·1+N·1+S·1 = 9 pts
sowars (9 points)
Native horsemen of India.
Indian cavalrymen
Mounted native soldiers in British Indian Service.
S·1+O·1+W·4+A·1+R·1+S·1 = 9 pts
sowcar (11 points)
""A Hindu banker, also SOUCAR""
S·1+O·1+W·4+C·3+A·1+R·1 = 11 pts
sowens (9 points)
""Porridge made from oat husks, also SOWANS""
S·1+O·1+W·4+E·1+N·1+S·1 = 9 pts
sowers (9 points)
They need seed money (wordplay)
Farmers, in the spring
Seeders of earth.
S·1+O·1+W·4+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 9 pts
sowing (10 points)
Doing seedy work (wordplay)
Placing seeds in the ground
Broadcasting rock's about over
S·1+O·1+W·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 10 pts
spawns (11 points)
Makes fresh salmon (wordplay)
Turns out young (wordplay)
Makes young (wordplay)
S·1+P·3+A·1+W·4+N·1+S·1 = 11 pts
spewed (12 points)
Released, as lava
Blew out violently
Cast forth, as lava.
S·1+P·3+E·1+W·4+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
spewer (11 points)
Mount St. Helens, for one
Active volcano, e.g
Erupting volcano, for example
S·1+P·3+E·1+W·4+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
sprawl (11 points)
Estrange bedfellows (wordplay)
Lie about everything (wordplay)
Take up the whole bed, maybe
S·1+P·3+R·1+A·1+W·4+L·1 = 11 pts
squawk (22 points)
Raucous cry (eg of parrot)
Lame duck sound (wordplay)
Chicken's complaint (wordplay)
S·1+Q·10+U·1+A·1+W·4+K·5 = 22 pts
stewed (10 points)
Drunk too long in the pot (wordplay)
Prepared tomatoes, maybe
Prepared prunes, perhaps
S·1+T·1+E·1+W·4+E·1+D·2 = 10 pts
stowed (10 points)
Two Eds (anagram)
Put under a seat, say
Packed for son to get married
S·1+T·1+O·1+W·4+E·1+D·2 = 10 pts
stowps (11 points)
Stowp
S·1+T·1+O·1+W·4+P·3+S·1 = 11 pts
straws (9 points)
Camel's-back breakers (wordplay)
Back breakers of sayings
Lots are drawn thus to drink!
S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+W·4+S·1 = 9 pts
strawy (12 points)
Like grain stalks
Thatched
S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+W·4+Y·4 = 12 pts
strewn (9 points)
Spread the rest around two points
Spread by scattering
Stitched around tea, are scattered
S·1+T·1+R·1+E·1+W·4+N·1 = 9 pts
strews (9 points)
Scatters, as seeds
Is dispersed over.
Tosses all over the place
S·1+T·1+R·1+E·1+W·4+S·1 = 9 pts
strown (9 points)
Strow
S·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+W·4+N·1 = 9 pts
strows (9 points)
Strow
S·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+W·4+S·1 = 9 pts
subway (14 points)
Place of many heroes (wordplay)
Where the road is always up (wordplay)
A line, e.g
S·1+U·1+B·3+W·4+A·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
sunbow (11 points)
Water-light phenomenon
Colors in a water spray
Arc seen in fountains
S·1+U·1+N·1+B·3+O·1+W·4 = 11 pts
sundew (10 points)
Cousin of the Venus' flytrap
Herb plant native to bogs
Fly-eating swamp plant
S·1+U·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+W·4 = 10 pts
swabby (16 points)
Anchor man (wordplay)
Sailor
S·1+W·4+A·1+B·3+B·3+Y·4 = 16 pts
swaged (11 points)
Bent with a metal-shaping tool
Bent or shaped metal
Bent pipe
S·1+W·4+A·1+G·2+E·1+D·2 = 11 pts
swager (10 points)
One that {swages=v}
S·1+W·4+A·1+G·2+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
swages (10 points)
Forms metal, in a way
Metal-working tools
Tools for spreading metals
S·1+W·4+A·1+G·2+E·1+S·1 = 10 pts
swails (9 points)
Swail
S·1+W·4+A·1+I·1+L·1+S·1 = 9 pts
swains (9 points)
They may come a-wooing
Beaus of old
Lovers of birds, myself among them
S·1+W·4+A·1+I·1+N·1+S·1 = 9 pts
swales (9 points)
Low-lying tracts of land
Moist tracts of land
Hollows of wet, marshy ground.
S·1+W·4+A·1+L·1+E·1+S·1 = 9 pts
swamis (11 points)
Wise guys (wordplay)
Cousins of gurus
Hindu religiouss teachers
S·1+W·4+A·1+M·3+I·1+S·1 = 11 pts
swamps (13 points)
Floods in the Everglades (wordplay)
.Quagmires or sloughs
Seasonally flooding low-lands
S·1+W·4+A·1+M·3+P·3+S·1 = 13 pts
swampy (16 points)
Like the Everglades
Like the Okefenokee
Very like a bog
S·1+W·4+A·1+M·3+P·3+Y·4 = 16 pts
swanks (13 points)
Acts in a showy manner: Slang.
Behaves in boastful, ostentatious way
Acts in a showy way
S·1+W·4+A·1+N·1+K·5+S·1 = 13 pts
swanky (16 points)
Expensive and showy
With pale blue edging, smart
Fit for the jet set
S·1+W·4+A·1+N·1+K·5+Y·4 = 16 pts
swaraj (16 points)
Independence in Indian history
Independence in India, South Africa and Japan involving conflict
S·1+W·4+A·1+R·1+A·1+J·8 = 16 pts
swards (10 points)
Stretches of grassy turf
Grassy areas
Grassy surfaces
S·1+W·4+A·1+R·1+D·2+S·1 = 10 pts
swarfs (12 points)
Swarf
S·1+W·4+A·1+R·1+F·4+S·1 = 12 pts
swarms (11 points)
Honey bunches (wordplay)
Moving crowds, of bees say
'Moving crowds, of bees say (6)'
S·1+W·4+A·1+R·1+M·3+S·1 = 11 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
swarty (12 points)
""Having a dark complexion, also SWARTHY""
S·1+W·4+A·1+R·1+T·1+Y·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
swayed (13 points)
Moved to a beat, say
Under the influence (wordplay)
Moved away from the stern (wordplay)
S·1+W·4+A·1+Y·4+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
swayer (12 points)
One who influences
One bending to and fro
One with a convincing argument
S·1+W·4+A·1+Y·4+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
swears (9 points)
Makes an oath (wordplay)
Says "I do."
Says on a stack of Bibles
S·1+W·4+E·1+A·1+R·1+S·1 = 9 pts
sweats (9 points)
Gym wear, maybe
Wear appropriate for a lounge (wordplay)
Reacts to day-trading, maybe
S·1+W·4+E·1+A·1+T·1+S·1 = 9 pts
sweaty (12 points)
Overly nervous, perhaps
Covered with beads (wordplay)
Wearing beads (wordplay)
S·1+W·4+E·1+A·1+T·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
swedes (10 points)
Turnips from Scandinavia (wordplay)
Angstrom and Celsius
Bernadotte, Hammarskjold et al.
S·1+W·4+E·1+D·2+E·1+S·1 = 10 pts
sweeny (12 points)
Atrophy of a horse's shoulder muscles
S·1+W·4+E·1+E·1+N·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
sweeps (11 points)
Wins four in a row, say
Strings of wins
Key ratings period for TV producers
S·1+W·4+E·1+E·1+P·3+S·1 = 11 pts
sweepy (14 points)
Of wide range or scope
S·1+W·4+E·1+E·1+P·3+Y·4 = 14 pts
sweets (9 points)
Perhaps StS for suckers (wordplay)
Eaten during "Fox On the Run" (wordplay)
Appetite ruiners (wordplay)
S·1+W·4+E·1+E·1+T·1+S·1 = 9 pts
swells (9 points)
Expands like posh people (wordplay)
Balloons considerably on board ship
Inflates like posh people
S·1+W·4+E·1+L·1+L·1+S·1 = 9 pts
swerve (12 points)
Try to avoid an accident, maybe
Avoid a pothole, maybe
Avoid an accident, perhaps
S·1+W·4+E·1+R·1+V·4+E·1 = 12 pts
sweven (12 points)
A dream or vision
S·1+W·4+E·1+V·4+E·1+N·1 = 12 pts
swifts (12 points)
Swallow-like birds
They're like swallows
Small fast birds
S·1+W·4+I·1+F·4+T·1+S·1 = 12 pts
swills (9 points)
Slops the hogs
Drinks like pig
Drinks in big amounts
S·1+W·4+I·1+L·1+L·1+S·1 = 9 pts
swimmy (16 points)
{dizzy=adj}
S·1+W·4+I·1+M·3+M·3+Y·4 = 16 pts
swinge (10 points)
How we sing to beat in an old-fashioned way
Hammer
S·1+W·4+I·1+N·1+G·2+E·1 = 10 pts
swings (10 points)
Future for old tires, perhaps
Misses' partners (wordplay)
Moves back and forth
S·1+W·4+I·1+N·1+G·2+S·1 = 10 pts
swingy (13 points)
Like some music
Having a back-and-forth motion
Like big band music
S·1+W·4+I·1+N·1+G·2+Y·4 = 13 pts
swinks (13 points)
Swink
S·1+W·4+I·1+N·1+K·5+S·1 = 13 pts
swiped (12 points)
Hit with swinging blow or stole
Processed credit details stolen
Speed read, as a card
S·1+W·4+I·1+P·3+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
swipes (11 points)
Hits with a swinging blow, or steals
Reads, as a credit card
Gets credit with, in a way
S·1+W·4+I·1+P·3+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
swiple (11 points)
""A part of a threshing device, also SWIPPLE""
S·1+W·4+I·1+P·3+L·1+E·1 = 11 pts
swirls (9 points)
Goes down the drain (wordplay)
Marble-cake patterns
Fudge ice cream features
S·1+W·4+I·1+R·1+L·1+S·1 = 9 pts
swirly (12 points)
Like soft-serve ice cream, say
Going in circles
Full of eddies
S·1+W·4+I·1+R·1+L·1+Y·4 = 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
swived (13 points)
Swive
S·1+W·4+I·1+V·4+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
swivel (12 points)
Sit and spin (wordplay)
Turn 90 degrees, say
Elvis dancing about with this (wordplay)
S·1+W·4+I·1+V·4+E·1+L·1 = 12 pts
swives (12 points)
Swive
S·1+W·4+I·1+V·4+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
swivet (12 points)
Agitated state
Nervous excitement
Flustery panic
S·1+W·4+I·1+V·4+E·1+T·1 = 12 pts
swoons (9 points)
Reacts to a matinee idol, perhaps
Reacts to a crooner, perhaps
Responses to Bieber fever, maybe
S·1+W·4+O·1+O·1+N·1+S·1 = 9 pts
swoops (11 points)
Spades won by mistake? Sorry, in dives!
Flies like an eagle
Pounces and seizes.
S·1+W·4+O·1+O·1+P·3+S·1 = 11 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
swords (10 points)
Weapons in North Dublin (wordplay)
Weapons from north Co Dublin (wordplay)
Weapons from north Dublin (wordplay)
S·1+W·4+O·1+R·1+D·2+S·1 = 10 pts
swound (10 points)
Faint, to Shakespeare
S·1+W·4+O·1+U·1+N·1+D·2 = 10 pts
swouns (9 points)
Swoun
S·1+W·4+O·1+U·1+N·1+S·1 = 9 pts

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