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salpians (10 points)
Salpian
S·1+A·1+L·1+P·3+I·1+A·1+N·1+S·1 = 10 pts
saltpans (10 points)
Geologic features formed from evaporated lakes
S·1+A·1+L·1+T·1+P·3+A·1+N·1+S·1 = 10 pts
samplers (12 points)
Embroideries with mottoes.
Old home decorations
Pieces of needlework.
S·1+A·1+M·3+P·3+L·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 12 pts
sandpits (11 points)
Grainy places to dig
Excavations for a building material.
Rock debris sources
S·1+A·1+N·1+D·2+P·3+I·1+T·1+S·1 = 11 pts
sapajous (17 points)
Sapajou
S·1+A·1+P·3+A·1+J·8+O·1+U·1+S·1 = 17 pts
sapheads (14 points)
Simpletons
S·1+A·1+P·3+H·4+E·1+A·1+D·2+S·1 = 14 pts
saplings (11 points)
Little boxes (wordplay)
Trees of the future
Heather invading weakens young trees
S·1+A·1+P·3+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+S·1 = 11 pts
saponins (10 points)
Saponin
S·1+A·1+P·3+O·1+N·1+I·1+N·1+S·1 = 10 pts
saporous (10 points)
Flavorsome
Flavorful
S·1+A·1+P·3+O·1+R·1+O·1+U·1+S·1 = 10 pts
sapphics (17 points)
Sapphic
S·1+A·1+P·3+P·3+H·4+I·1+C·3+S·1 = 17 pts
saprobes (12 points)
Saprobe
S·1+A·1+P·3+R·1+O·1+B·3+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
sapsagos (11 points)
Hard, green cheeses
S·1+A·1+P·3+S·1+A·1+G·2+O·1+S·1 = 11 pts
sapwoods (14 points)
Samples of soft tree tissue
Permeable parts of trees
S·1+A·1+P·3+W·4+O·1+O·1+D·2+S·1 = 14 pts
scaleups (12 points)
Increases
S·1+C·3+A·1+L·1+E·1+U·1+P·3+S·1 = 12 pts
scallops (12 points)
Maine course (wordplay)
Shore-dinner morsels
Molluscs with wavy-edged shells
S·1+C·3+A·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+P·3+S·1 = 12 pts
scalpels (12 points)
Arts-and-crafts cutters
Masked people wield them
Surgical tray array
S·1+C·3+A·1+L·1+P·3+E·1+L·1+S·1 = 12 pts
scalpers (12 points)
Sellers of pricey tickets
They mark tickets way up
Illegal sellers of tickets
S·1+C·3+A·1+L·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 12 pts
scampers (14 points)
Holidaymaker boarding ship in rushes
Runs like a rabbit
A the South, being intent, one runs off
S·1+C·3+A·1+M·3+P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 14 pts
scampies (14 points)
Scampi
S·1+C·3+A·1+M·3+P·3+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts
scapulas (12 points)
Anatomical shoulder parts
Shoulder blade bones
PS - casual production by The Blades (wordplay)
S·1+C·3+A·1+P·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+S·1 = 12 pts
scarpers (12 points)
Runs from moaner on board ship
Cuts and runs
S·1+C·3+A·1+R·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 12 pts
scaupers (12 points)
Scauper
S·1+C·3+A·1+U·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 12 pts
scepters (12 points)
Respects symbols of authority
Symbols of sovereignty
Emblems of power.
S·1+C·3+E·1+P·3+T·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 12 pts
sceptics (14 points)
They just don't want to, no (wordplay)
They doubt accepted beliefs
They are slow to believe or accept
S·1+C·3+E·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+C·3+S·1 = 14 pts
sceptres (12 points)
Ceremonial staffs, of royalty say
Ceremonial staffs, of royalty, say
'Ceremonial staffs, of royalty, say (8)'
S·1+C·3+E·1+P·3+T·1+R·1+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
schappes (17 points)
Schappe
S·1+C·3+H·4+A·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+S·1 = 17 pts
schlepps (17 points)
Lugs
S·1+C·3+H·4+L·1+E·1+P·3+P·3+S·1 = 17 pts
schlumps (17 points)
Schlump
S·1+C·3+H·4+L·1+U·1+M·3+P·3+S·1 = 17 pts
schnapps (17 points)
Spirit - don't say it - sleeps (say it)
A strong drink
G in Holland
S·1+C·3+H·4+N·1+A·1+P·3+P·3+S·1 = 17 pts
scollops (12 points)
Scollop
S·1+C·3+O·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+P·3+S·1 = 12 pts
scoopers (12 points)
Ice cream shop worker // Barrel makers
Ice cream store employees
Items for urban dog-walkers
S·1+C·3+O·1+O·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 12 pts
scopulas (12 points)
Scopula
S·1+C·3+O·1+P·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+S·1 = 12 pts
scrapers (12 points)
Bulldozers for leveling air fields.
House painters' needs
Ice-removing gadgets
S·1+C·3+R·1+A·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 12 pts
scrapies (12 points)
Scrapie
S·1+C·3+R·1+A·1+P·3+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
screwups (15 points)
Blunders
S·1+C·3+R·1+E·1+W·4+U·1+P·3+S·1 = 15 pts
scruples (12 points)
Novel by Judith Krantz (1928-2019)
Judith Krantz novel
What con artists lack
S·1+C·3+R·1+U·1+P·3+L·1+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
sculpins (12 points)
Sculpin
S·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+P·3+I·1+N·1+S·1 = 12 pts
scuppers (14 points)
Demolishes meals holding can-opener
Drainage system of a ship.
Barman on drugs messes up
S·1+C·3+U·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 14 pts
seaports (10 points)
Liverpool and others.
Where the United States stops.
Tampico and Vigo
S·1+E·1+A·1+P·3+O·1+R·1+T·1+S·1 = 10 pts
seedpods (12 points)
Edamame eater's discards
They split when ripe
Legumes
S·1+E·1+E·1+D·2+P·3+O·1+D·2+S·1 = 12 pts
seepages (11 points)
Quantities leaked
Slow leaks
Percolations.
S·1+E·1+E·1+P·3+A·1+G·2+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
semipros (12 points)
Part-time players
Part-time ballplayers
Some paid athletes
S·1+E·1+M·3+I·1+P·3+R·1+O·1+S·1 = 12 pts
senopias (10 points)
Senopia
S·1+E·1+N·1+O·1+P·3+I·1+A·1+S·1 = 10 pts
sepalous (10 points)
Like a petal
S·1+E·1+P·3+A·1+L·1+O·1+U·1+S·1 = 10 pts
seppukus (16 points)
Acts of hara-kiri.
S·1+E·1+P·3+P·3+U·1+K·5+U·1+S·1 = 16 pts
septimes (12 points)
Fencing parries
S·1+E·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+M·3+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
serpents (10 points)
Treacherous reptiles (wordplay)
Herpetologist's subjects
Assailants of Laocoon.
S·1+E·1+R·1+P·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+S·1 = 10 pts
shakeups (17 points)
Major staff changes
Upheavals or re-organisations
Major personnel changes
S·1+H·4+A·1+K·5+E·1+U·1+P·3+S·1 = 17 pts
shallops (13 points)
Small open boats
Light open boats.
S·1+H·4+A·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+P·3+S·1 = 13 pts
shampoos (15 points)
Shock treatments (wordplay)
Clears one's head (wordplay)
Hoops, Sam, for hair-washes
S·1+H·4+A·1+M·3+P·3+O·1+O·1+S·1 = 15 pts
shapeups (15 points)
Skechers fitness shoe of questionable benefit
S·1+H·4+A·1+P·3+E·1+U·1+P·3+S·1 = 15 pts
sharpens (13 points)
Makes a point (wordplay)
Gives an edge
Makes pointier, as a pencil
S·1+H·4+A·1+R·1+P·3+E·1+N·1+S·1 = 13 pts
sharpers (13 points)
Cheating card players
Riverboat swifties.
Cheats
S·1+H·4+A·1+R·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 13 pts
sharpies (13 points)
Some felt-tip markers
Many permanent markers
Some permanent markers
S·1+H·4+A·1+R·1+P·3+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 13 pts
shiplaps (15 points)
Shiplap
S·1+H·4+I·1+P·3+L·1+A·1+P·3+S·1 = 15 pts
shippens (15 points)
Shippen
S·1+H·4+I·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+N·1+S·1 = 15 pts
shippers (15 points)
Men of commerce.
Exporters, for instance.
Senders of goods
S·1+H·4+I·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 15 pts
shippons (15 points)
Shippon
S·1+H·4+I·1+P·3+P·3+O·1+N·1+S·1 = 15 pts
shipways (19 points)
Shipway
S·1+H·4+I·1+P·3+W·4+A·1+Y·4+S·1 = 19 pts
shoepacs (15 points)
Shoepac
S·1+H·4+O·1+E·1+P·3+A·1+C·3+S·1 = 15 pts
shopboys (18 points)
Shopboy
S·1+H·4+O·1+P·3+B·3+O·1+Y·4+S·1 = 18 pts
shophars (16 points)
Horns used by ancient Hebrews
Ram's horn trumpets.
S·1+H·4+O·1+P·3+H·4+A·1+R·1+S·1 = 16 pts
shoppers (15 points)
Admen's targets.
Malls are their meccas
Mall tenant needs
S·1+H·4+O·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 15 pts
sinopias (10 points)
Sinopia
S·1+I·1+N·1+O·1+P·3+I·1+A·1+S·1 = 10 pts
skeptics (16 points)
Buyers' counterparts (wordplay)
People with questions
They have reservations
S·1+K·5+E·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+C·3+S·1 = 16 pts
skippers (16 points)
Leaders with plenty of rope (wordplay)
Top people can be bounders!
Some are at the helm
S·1+K·5+I·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 16 pts
skippets (16 points)
Skippet
S·1+K·5+I·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+T·1+S·1 = 16 pts
slappers (12 points)
Slapper
S·1+L·1+A·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 12 pts
sleepers (10 points)
Under, and maybe in, train
Retired train-bearers (wordplay)
Hold-ups on the track (wordplay)
S·1+L·1+E·1+E·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 10 pts
slipless (10 points)
Free from errors
S·1+L·1+I·1+P·3+L·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 10 pts
slipouts (10 points)
Slipout
S·1+L·1+I·1+P·3+O·1+U·1+T·1+S·1 = 10 pts
slippers (12 points)
'Round-house kicks (wordplay)
Shoes for winter runners (wordplay)
Spa day pair
S·1+L·1+I·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 12 pts
slipways (16 points)
Basic requirements for ship launchings
From which boats are launched
S·1+L·1+I·1+P·3+W·4+A·1+Y·4+S·1 = 16 pts
smashups (15 points)
They attract rubberneckers
One-way trips.
Major accidents
S·1+M·3+A·1+S·1+H·4+U·1+P·3+S·1 = 15 pts
snapless (10 points)
Zippered, maybe
Fastened with Velcro, for example
Fastened with Velcro, e.g
S·1+N·1+A·1+P·3+L·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 10 pts
snappers (12 points)
Food fish of warm seas
People who photograph fish
People photographing fish
S·1+N·1+A·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 12 pts
snippers (12 points)
Their work is "shear delight"
Barbers, at times
Stem cutters
S·1+N·1+I·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 12 pts
snippets (12 points)
Parts of speech (wordplay)
Small pieces, of information perhaps
Small pieces, may be cut off
S·1+N·1+I·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+T·1+S·1 = 12 pts
snoopers (10 points)
Detectives of a kind.
Cabinet-peeking busybodies
Busybodies and yentas
S·1+N·1+O·1+O·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 10 pts
snowcaps (15 points)
Mountain peak covers, often
Mountain tops.
Himalaya toppers
S·1+N·1+O·1+W·4+C·3+A·1+P·3+S·1 = 15 pts
soapless (10 points)
Like an unprepared bather
S·1+O·1+A·1+P·3+L·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 10 pts
soapsuds (11 points)
Makeup of a bath-time beard
Dishwasher's aid.
Bubbles in the dishwater
S·1+O·1+A·1+P·3+S·1+U·1+D·2+S·1 = 11 pts
sonships (13 points)
Sonship
S·1+O·1+N·1+S·1+H·4+I·1+P·3+S·1 = 13 pts
sophisms (15 points)
False arguments
S·1+O·1+P·3+H·4+I·1+S·1+M·3+S·1 = 15 pts
sophists (13 points)
Those with faulty logic
Clever, specious reasoners
Protagoras and Gorgias, notably
S·1+O·1+P·3+H·4+I·1+S·1+T·1+S·1 = 13 pts
sopranos (10 points)
HBO hit show (with "The")
Emmy-winning HBO series (with "The")
Women who get high (wordplay)
S·1+O·1+P·3+R·1+A·1+N·1+O·1+S·1 = 10 pts
soupcons (12 points)
Bits or hints
Hints, of course, by jailbirds
Small amounts.
S·1+O·1+U·1+P·3+C·3+O·1+N·1+S·1 = 12 pts
sourpuss (10 points)
Miserable-looking person (or cat?)
Habitually sullen person
Oscar the Grouch, for example
S·1+O·1+U·1+R·1+P·3+U·1+S·1+S·1 = 10 pts
soursops (10 points)
Spiny, yellow-green, tart-tasting fruits
S·1+O·1+U·1+R·1+S·1+O·1+P·3+S·1 = 10 pts
spacings (13 points)
Breaks between printed words
Good-for-nothing actor providing new content for Sun's gaps in layout (wordplay)
Intervals
S·1+P·3+A·1+C·3+I·1+N·1+G·2+S·1 = 13 pts
spacious (12 points)
Roomy or expansive
Big and roomy
Big top's raised covering debts
S·1+P·3+A·1+C·3+I·1+O·1+U·1+S·1 = 12 pts
spackles (16 points)
Fills cracks, in a way
S·1+P·3+A·1+C·3+K·5+L·1+E·1+S·1 = 16 pts
spadices (13 points)
Flowery bits girl used to fill gaps
S·1+P·3+A·1+D·2+I·1+C·3+E·1+S·1 = 13 pts
spadixes (18 points)
Spadix
S·1+P·3+A·1+D·2+I·1+X·8+E·1+S·1 = 18 pts
spadones (11 points)
Spado
S·1+P·3+A·1+D·2+O·1+N·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
spaeings (11 points)
Spaeing
S·1+P·3+A·1+E·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+S·1 = 11 pts
spallers (10 points)
Spaller
S·1+P·3+A·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 10 pts
spancels (12 points)
Spancel
S·1+P·3+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1+L·1+S·1 = 12 pts
spangles (11 points)
Special angels, crackers and decorations
Sparkly fabric add-ons
Fabric add-ons
S·1+P·3+A·1+N·1+G·2+L·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
spaniels (10 points)
Can these dogs be painless (wordplay)
Springer and Sussex, for example
Painless treatment for dogs
S·1+P·3+A·1+N·1+I·1+E·1+L·1+S·1 = 10 pts
spankers (14 points)
Sails near the stern
Administrants of corporal punishment
Fore-and-aft sails
S·1+P·3+A·1+N·1+K·5+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 14 pts
spanless (10 points)
Having no extent
S·1+P·3+A·1+N·1+L·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 10 pts
spanners (10 points)
Found in U.K. toolboxes (pl.)
Hand tools to twist nuts
Hand tool to twist a nut or bolt
S·1+P·3+A·1+N·1+N·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 10 pts
spargers (11 points)
Sparger
S·1+P·3+A·1+R·1+G·2+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 11 pts
sparkers (14 points)
Gallants of olden days
S·1+P·3+A·1+R·1+K·5+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 14 pts
sparkles (14 points)
Says witty things
... mast finally OK, Mr Dennis is animated
Effervesces.
S·1+P·3+A·1+R·1+K·5+L·1+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts
sparoids (11 points)
Sparoid
S·1+P·3+A·1+R·1+O·1+I·1+D·2+S·1 = 11 pts
sparrows (13 points)
The racket! Boxes containing birds!
Fish-eating pigs - they fly!
Do the birds warp Ross (wordplay)
S·1+P·3+A·1+R·1+R·1+O·1+W·4+S·1 = 13 pts
spastics (12 points)
Uncoordinated ones
S·1+P·3+A·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+S·1 = 12 pts
spatters (10 points)
Splashes those mixing it!
With small talk, Sun slings mud
Sprinkles, as paint
S·1+P·3+A·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 10 pts
spatulas (10 points)
Ones turning on stoves (wordplay)
What can get batters out (wordplay)
Pancake house implements
S·1+P·3+A·1+T·1+U·1+L·1+A·1+S·1 = 10 pts
spawners (13 points)
Fishy egg layers
Puppet series that is missing entertaining frogs (wordplay)
S·1+P·3+A·1+W·4+N·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 13 pts
speakers (14 points)
Martin and his predecessor, Rayburn
Sam Rayburn and others.
Part of a sound system
S·1+P·3+E·1+A·1+K·5+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 14 pts
spearers (10 points)
Early fishermen
Some fishermen
Harpoon throwers
S·1+P·3+E·1+A·1+R·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 10 pts
specials (12 points)
TV one-shots
Letters of a sort.
They might be written on a blackboard
S·1+P·3+E·1+C·3+I·1+A·1+L·1+S·1 = 12 pts
specious (12 points)
Plausible but false
Misleading details about debt
Apparently correct, but actually wrong
S·1+P·3+E·1+C·3+I·1+O·1+U·1+S·1 = 12 pts
speckles (16 points)
Spots on some birds
Spots Kiss from the French boat outside
Features of some trout
S·1+P·3+E·1+C·3+K·5+L·1+E·1+S·1 = 16 pts
specters (12 points)
Shade-y characters
Haunting images
Spooky sights
S·1+P·3+E·1+C·3+T·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 12 pts
spectres (12 points)
Ghosts wielding sceptres
Respects, being spirits
Pay respects to ghosts
S·1+P·3+E·1+C·3+T·1+R·1+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
speeches (15 points)
Graduation Day lineup
Orator's deliveries
Formal words to audiences
S·1+P·3+E·1+E·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+S·1 = 15 pts
speeders (11 points)
Ticket recipients, perhaps
Those who go past 65, say
Radar prey (wordplay)
S·1+P·3+E·1+E·1+D·2+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 11 pts
speedups (13 points)
Velocity increases
Accelerations
S·1+P·3+E·1+E·1+D·2+U·1+P·3+S·1 = 13 pts
speisses (10 points)
Speiss
S·1+P·3+E·1+I·1+S·1+S·1+E·1+S·1 = 10 pts
spellers (10 points)
Literate witches (wordplay)
Participants in a bee
They may make a bee line
S·1+P·3+E·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 10 pts
spelters (10 points)
Zinc ingots.
S·1+P·3+E·1+L·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 10 pts
speltzes (19 points)
Speltz
S·1+P·3+E·1+L·1+T·1+Z·10+E·1+S·1 = 19 pts
spelunks (14 points)
Spends some time underground, say
Goes potholing as a pastime
Goes cave exploring.
S·1+P·3+E·1+L·1+U·1+N·1+K·5+S·1 = 14 pts
spencers (12 points)
Princess Diana's family
Tracy et al.
Prince Charles's in-laws
S·1+P·3+E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 12 pts
spenders (11 points)
Cash dispensers (wordplay)
Sports of sorts
Bread distributors (wordplay)
S·1+P·3+E·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 11 pts
spermous (12 points)
Resembling {sperm=n}
S·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+M·3+O·1+U·1+S·1 = 12 pts
spherics (15 points)
Branch of non-Euclidean geometry
Meteorology branch
Geometry subject
S·1+P·3+H·4+E·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+S·1 = 15 pts
sphinges (14 points)
Sphinx
S·1+P·3+H·4+I·1+N·1+G·2+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts
sphinxes (20 points)
Man-lions of mythology
Mythical creatures with lions' bodies
Inscrutable ones
S·1+P·3+H·4+I·1+N·1+X·8+E·1+S·1 = 20 pts
sphygmus (19 points)
The pulse
S·1+P·3+H·4+Y·4+G·2+M·3+U·1+S·1 = 19 pts
spicules (12 points)
Sponge skeleton parts
S·1+P·3+I·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
spiegels (11 points)
Spiegel
S·1+P·3+I·1+E·1+G·2+E·1+L·1+S·1 = 11 pts
spielers (10 points)
Deliverers of product lines (wordplay)
Snake-oil salesmen
Sales-talk experts
S·1+P·3+I·1+E·1+L·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 10 pts
spilings (11 points)
Spiling
S·1+P·3+I·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+S·1 = 11 pts
spillers (10 points)
Fishing lines with many hooks.
Many-hooked fishing lines
Clumsy ones
S·1+P·3+I·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 10 pts
spinages (11 points)
Spinage
S·1+P·3+I·1+N·1+A·1+G·2+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
spindles (11 points)
Pins on record players
Parts of lathes
Bobbin-holding rods
S·1+P·3+I·1+N·1+D·2+L·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
spinless (10 points)
Having no rotation
S·1+P·3+I·1+N·1+L·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 10 pts
spinners (10 points)
Bowlers the tops (wordplay)
Spiders or cricket types (wordplay)
Spiders and flies (wordplay)
S·1+P·3+I·1+N·1+N·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 10 pts
spinneys (13 points)
Small areas of trees
Napoleon's marshal follows revolution south from small clumps of trees
S·1+P·3+I·1+N·1+N·1+E·1+Y·4+S·1 = 13 pts
spinnies (10 points)
Spinny
S·1+P·3+I·1+N·1+N·1+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 10 pts
spinoffs (16 points)
Seconds on TV (wordplay)
Frasier and the like
Shows derived from shows
S·1+P·3+I·1+N·1+O·1+F·4+F·4+S·1 = 16 pts
spinouts (10 points)
Mishaps in a car race
Racing mishaps
Racecar mishaps
S·1+P·3+I·1+N·1+O·1+U·1+T·1+S·1 = 10 pts
spinules (10 points)
Plant thorns
Thistle parts
S·1+P·3+I·1+N·1+U·1+L·1+E·1+S·1 = 10 pts
spiraeas (10 points)
Spiraea
S·1+P·3+I·1+R·1+A·1+E·1+A·1+S·1 = 10 pts
spirants (10 points)
Spirant
S·1+P·3+I·1+R·1+A·1+N·1+T·1+S·1 = 10 pts
spiremes (12 points)
Thin tangles of cell chromatin
S·1+P·3+I·1+R·1+E·1+M·3+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
spirulas (10 points)
Spirula
S·1+P·3+I·1+R·1+U·1+L·1+A·1+S·1 = 10 pts
spitters (10 points)
Illegal baseball pitches
Some pitches
Forbidden pitches
S·1+P·3+I·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 10 pts
spittles (10 points)
Spittle
S·1+P·3+I·1+T·1+T·1+L·1+E·1+S·1 = 10 pts
splashes (13 points)
Newspaper features cuts (page inside)
Makes waves (wordplay)
Cavorts in the pool
S·1+P·3+L·1+A·1+S·1+H·4+E·1+S·1 = 13 pts
splenius (10 points)
A muscle of the neck
S·1+P·3+L·1+E·1+N·1+I·1+U·1+S·1 = 10 pts
splicers (12 points)
Film-editing devices
S·1+P·3+L·1+I·1+C·3+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 12 pts
splodges (12 points)
Splodge
S·1+P·3+L·1+O·1+D·2+G·2+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
sploshes (13 points)
Plays in the water
Jumps around in a puddle
S·1+P·3+L·1+O·1+S·1+H·4+E·1+S·1 = 13 pts
splurges (11 points)
Acts as if money were no object
Stretches the budget
Spending sprees, for example.
S·1+P·3+L·1+U·1+R·1+G·2+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
spoilers (10 points)
Plot giveaways, say
Subjects of some alerts
Premature plot giveaways, e.g
S·1+P·3+O·1+I·1+L·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 10 pts
spondees (11 points)
Metrical feet
S·1+P·3+O·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
spongers (11 points)
People who cadge from others
Habitual freeloaders
Leeches, parasites
S·1+P·3+O·1+N·1+G·2+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 11 pts
spongins (11 points)
Spongin
S·1+P·3+O·1+N·1+G·2+I·1+N·1+S·1 = 11 pts
sponsons (10 points)
Sponson
S·1+P·3+O·1+N·1+S·1+O·1+N·1+S·1 = 10 pts
sponsors (10 points)
Causes of frequent break-ins (wordplay)
Angels of a sort
Tracks across poles to find supporters
S·1+P·3+O·1+N·1+S·1+O·1+R·1+S·1 = 10 pts
spoofers (13 points)
Satirical performers
Hoaxers
S·1+P·3+O·1+O·1+F·4+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 13 pts
spooneys (13 points)
Spooney
S·1+P·3+O·1+O·1+N·1+E·1+Y·4+S·1 = 13 pts
spoonies (10 points)
Spoony
S·1+P·3+O·1+O·1+N·1+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 10 pts
sporrans (10 points)
Pouches worn on kilts
Pouches worn with kilts
1 down for The Scots
S·1+P·3+O·1+R·1+R·1+A·1+N·1+S·1 = 10 pts
sporters (10 points)
Show-offs of a kind
Big spenders
Hunting dogs
S·1+P·3+O·1+R·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 10 pts
sporules (10 points)
Sporule
S·1+P·3+O·1+R·1+U·1+L·1+E·1+S·1 = 10 pts
spotless (10 points)
Clean and free from measles (wordplay)
Very clean, unlike a leopard (wordplay)
Above reproach - perfectly clean
S·1+P·3+O·1+T·1+L·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 10 pts
spotters (10 points)
Gymnast's aides
Army gunners' "eyes"
Dry cleaning specialists
S·1+P·3+O·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 10 pts
spousals (10 points)
Spousal
S·1+P·3+O·1+U·1+S·1+A·1+L·1+S·1 = 10 pts
spouters (10 points)
Geysers, for example
Whales at times.
Long-winded folks
S·1+P·3+O·1+U·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 10 pts
sprayers (13 points)
Devices for gardeners.
Garden hose attachments
Paint guns, for example
S·1+P·3+R·1+A·1+Y·4+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 13 pts
sprights (14 points)
Spright
S·1+P·3+R·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1+S·1 = 14 pts
springes (11 points)
Snares.
Snares
S·1+P·3+R·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
spritzes (19 points)
Applies, as perfume
Squirts perfume on
Squirts on, as cologne
S·1+P·3+R·1+I·1+T·1+Z·10+E·1+S·1 = 19 pts
spryness (13 points)
Agility
S·1+P·3+R·1+Y·4+N·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 13 pts
spudders (12 points)
Spudder
S·1+P·3+U·1+D·2+D·2+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 12 pts
spumones (12 points)
Spumone
S·1+P·3+U·1+M·3+O·1+N·1+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
spumonis (12 points)
Spumoni
S·1+P·3+U·1+M·3+O·1+N·1+I·1+S·1 = 12 pts
spunkies (14 points)
Spunkie
S·1+P·3+U·1+N·1+K·5+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts
spurious (10 points)
Contrived incentive facing debts
Debt taken on by football club, not Real
Pretended to encourage debts
S·1+P·3+U·1+R·1+I·1+O·1+U·1+S·1 = 10 pts
spurners (10 points)
They turn things down
S·1+P·3+U·1+R·1+N·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 10 pts
spurrers (10 points)
Instigators
S·1+P·3+U·1+R·1+R·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 10 pts
spurreys (13 points)
Yes, purrs (anagram)
S·1+P·3+U·1+R·1+R·1+E·1+Y·4+S·1 = 13 pts
spurries (10 points)
Spurry
S·1+P·3+U·1+R·1+R·1+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 10 pts
spurtles (10 points)
Spurtle
S·1+P·3+U·1+R·1+T·1+L·1+E·1+S·1 = 10 pts
sputniks (14 points)
Things out of this world.
S·1+P·3+U·1+T·1+N·1+I·1+K·5+S·1 = 14 pts
sputters (10 points)
Reacts to an affront, maybe
Speaks hastily and disjointedly.
Speaks hastily and explosively.
S·1+P·3+U·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 10 pts
spyglass (14 points)
Item for Blackbeard (wordplay)
Spot schooner, say, by telescope
Talk Like a Pirate Day prop
S·1+P·3+Y·4+G·2+L·1+A·1+S·1+S·1 = 14 pts
stackups (16 points)
Long queues to land on the tarmac
S·1+T·1+A·1+C·3+K·5+U·1+P·3+S·1 = 16 pts
stampers (12 points)
Ink pad implements
Ones who apply postmarks
Coin-making machines
S·1+T·1+A·1+M·3+P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 12 pts
stapedes (11 points)
Stirrup-shaped ear bones (Var.)
Otic bones
S·1+T·1+A·1+P·3+E·1+D·2+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
staplers (10 points)
Office tools with "teeth"
Office tools with 'teeth'
Office gadgets.
S·1+T·1+A·1+P·3+L·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 10 pts
startups (10 points)
Recipients of some SBA loans
Dot-com businesses, for example
Tech giants, at one time
S·1+T·1+A·1+R·1+T·1+U·1+P·3+S·1 = 10 pts
steepens (10 points)
Gets tougher to climb, maybe
It gets more inclined to do this
Increases in slope
S·1+T·1+E·1+E·1+P·3+E·1+N·1+S·1 = 10 pts

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