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sainfoin (11 points)
Wrong to eat a low-down fodder plant
Pink-flowered plant of the pea family native to Asia, grown widely for fodder
S·1+A·1+I·1+N·1+F·4+O·1+I·1+N·1 = 11 pts
sanction (10 points)
Official approval (for an action)
Maybe bar contains nuts
Maybe Boycott is in, so can't bowl over
S·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 10 pts
santonin (8 points)
A chemical compound
S·1+A·1+N·1+T·1+O·1+N·1+I·1+N·1 = 8 pts
scallion (10 points)
Onion ring found in the promised land
Soup or salad ingredient
Relative of a shallot.
S·1+C·3+A·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 10 pts
scansion (10 points)
Metrical analysis of poetry
Perhaps overlooks 27 across inversely, perhaps
Poetry analysis
S·1+C·3+A·1+N·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 10 pts
scission (10 points)
Dividing is thus splitting numbers up
Young shoot across international leader on ship it's how things split
Splitting
S·1+C·3+I·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 10 pts
scorpion (12 points)
As above (Latin)
Arachnid with venomous sting
Child's arrested for climbing tank
S·1+C·3+O·1+R·1+P·3+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
scullion (10 points)
Mean work for one in the kitchen of yore
Servant to select in Israel
Kitchen staff gather in Israel
S·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 10 pts
searobin (10 points)
Fish of the gurnard family.
Fish also called gurnard
Bottom-dwelling fish
S·1+E·1+A·1+R·1+O·1+B·3+I·1+N·1 = 10 pts
sedation (9 points)
Hospital administration (wordplay)
Act of calming via a drug
Treatment for hyperactivity
S·1+E·1+D·2+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 9 pts
sedition (9 points)
Treason - it is done (anagram)
Revolution against a government
Act of treason
S·1+E·1+D·2+I·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 9 pts
shalloon (11 points)
A woollen fabric
S·1+H·4+A·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
shoehorn (14 points)
Blaring loafer (wordplay)
Oxford aid (wordplay)
Force (into an inadequate space)
S·1+H·4+O·1+E·1+H·4+O·1+R·1+N·1 = 14 pts
shopworn (16 points)
Like tired merchandise?
Like tired merchandise (wordplay)
Drab from long display
S·1+H·4+O·1+P·3+W·4+O·1+R·1+N·1 = 16 pts
showdown (18 points)
Test of strength that settles a matter.
Poker hand finish
Guide unhappy in moment of truth
S·1+H·4+O·1+W·4+D·2+O·1+W·4+N·1 = 18 pts
shutdown (15 points)
Cessation of work.
Pull the plug
Stoppage of activity
S·1+H·4+U·1+T·1+D·2+O·1+W·4+N·1 = 15 pts
simoleon (10 points)
Buck or clam
Milo's one dollar
A dollar: Slang.
S·1+I·1+M·3+O·1+L·1+E·1+O·1+N·1 = 10 pts
skeleton (12 points)
Sort of key (found in cupboard?)
Key frame (wordplay)
Unskinned thing (wordplay)
S·1+K·5+E·1+L·1+E·1+T·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
slowdown (15 points)
Trooper's warning
Don't go so fast
Sons mean to work less
S·1+L·1+O·1+W·4+D·2+O·1+W·4+N·1 = 15 pts
smidgeon (12 points)
Small amount (informal)
Little lad swallows insect
Boy catching gnat gets bit
S·1+M·3+I·1+D·2+G·2+E·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
smoothen (13 points)
De-crease (wordplay)
Sand, maybe
Make flat or even - not in homes
S·1+M·3+O·1+O·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+N·1 = 13 pts
solation (8 points)
Liquefaction of a gel
S·1+O·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 8 pts
solution (8 points)
A completely wet answer (wordplay)
Clue for 'Liquid' requires it!
What you're finding now
S·1+O·1+L·1+U·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 8 pts
somewhen (16 points)
{sometime=adv}
S·1+O·1+M·3+E·1+W·4+H·4+E·1+N·1 = 16 pts
sonarman (10 points)
Important member of Nautilus crew.
Navy rating.
S·1+O·1+N·1+A·1+R·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 10 pts
sonarmen (10 points)
Sonarman
S·1+O·1+N·1+A·1+R·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 10 pts
sorption (10 points)
The process or sorbing
S·1+O·1+R·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 10 pts
southern (11 points)
Of Counties Cork and Kerry, say
Of Cork or Waterford, say
From Texas, say
S·1+O·1+U·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+R·1+N·1 = 11 pts
southron (11 points)
A southerner
S·1+O·1+U·1+T·1+H·4+R·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
spittoon (10 points)
Bucket of 'poison' thrown over abstainer
Tobacco chewer's target
Old hotel-lobby item.
S·1+P·3+I·1+T·1+T·1+O·1+O·1+N·1 = 10 pts
sponsion (10 points)
Promise made on behalf of another.
S·1+P·3+O·1+N·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 10 pts
spontoon (10 points)
Infantry officer's half-pike
Early shafted weapon
S·1+P·3+O·1+N·1+T·1+O·1+O·1+N·1 = 10 pts
squadron (18 points)
Senior side adopting one of four in team
Air, navy, cavalry, group
Air force unit
S·1+Q·10+U·1+A·1+D·2+R·1+O·1+N·1 = 18 pts
stallion (8 points)
Last free animal - a horse!
Megan is one of theese (lmao)
Still on a rocking horse (wordplay)
S·1+T·1+A·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 8 pts
stasimon (10 points)
Choral ode in ancient Greek drama
Zealous apostle penning a choral song
Holy man - a stylite - in Greek ode
S·1+T·1+A·1+S·1+I·1+M·3+O·1+N·1 = 10 pts
stegodon (10 points)
Extinct mammal with ridged teeth
Extinct mammal related to the mastodon and the elephant
S·1+T·1+E·1+G·2+O·1+D·2+O·1+N·1 = 10 pts
sternson (8 points)
Boy keeps birds in part of ship
Keel part
S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+N·1+S·1+O·1+N·1 = 8 pts
stiction (10 points)
Frictional force which occurs two surfaces contact
S·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 10 pts
stockman (16 points)
Cowboy broker (wordplay)
Reagan's budget director
Warehouse worker
S·1+T·1+O·1+C·3+K·5+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 16 pts
stockmen (16 points)
Cattle raisers
Cattle raisers
Cattle farmers
S·1+T·1+O·1+C·3+K·5+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 16 pts
stubborn (12 points)
Like a mule
Set in one's ways
Unreasonably unwilling to change
S·1+T·1+U·1+B·3+B·3+O·1+R·1+N·1 = 12 pts
sturgeon (9 points)
Fish - got nurse (anagram)
The way to encourage fish (wordplay)
Bone in the doctor's fish (wordplay)
S·1+T·1+U·1+R·1+G·2+E·1+O·1+N·1 = 9 pts
subtaxon (17 points)
A subdivision of a taxon
S·1+U·1+B·3+T·1+A·1+X·8+O·1+N·1 = 17 pts
sudation (9 points)
Excessive sweating
S·1+U·1+D·2+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 9 pts
swordman (14 points)
Samurai, for example variable
Sunday cruciverbalist, maybe, who has cutting edge (wordplay)
S·1+W·4+O·1+R·1+D·2+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 14 pts
swordmen (14 points)
The Three Musketeers, for example
Fencers, old style
S·1+W·4+O·1+R·1+D·2+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 14 pts

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