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sagamore (11 points)
Theodore Roosevelt's home (with "Hill")
Samoset was one.
Sachem's aide.
S·1+A·1+G·2+A·1+M·3+O·1+R·1+E·1 = 11 pts
samphire (15 points)
Plant a parliamentarian in county
Plant current in county
Edible seaside plant
S·1+A·1+M·3+P·3+H·4+I·1+R·1+E·1 = 15 pts
sangaree (9 points)
Iced, spiced wine drink
Wine-and-nutmeg drink
1953 3-D film starring Fernando Lamas
S·1+A·1+N·1+G·2+A·1+R·1+E·1+E·1 = 9 pts
sapphire (15 points)
A gem; I, perhaps (anagram)
Stone - rock perhaps describing one
Perhaps one is turned to stone
S·1+A·1+P·3+P·3+H·4+I·1+R·1+E·1 = 15 pts
satirise (8 points)
Ridicule with witty words
After Saturday I am up to make fun of it
Ridicule someone on stage
S·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+R·1+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 8 pts
satirize (17 points)
Make Mad money, say
Make fun of
Poke fun at
S·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+R·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 17 pts
saturate (8 points)
Get to be so a king (wordplay)
Oversupply a market
Use attar to make thoroughly wet
S·1+A·1+T·1+U·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 8 pts
sauterne (8 points)
Wine thus to go sour, they say
Semisweet golden table wine
Chateau d'Yquem.
S·1+A·1+U·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+N·1+E·1 = 8 pts
sautoire (8 points)
""A heraldic design, also SALTIRE, SALTIER, SAUTOIR""
S·1+A·1+U·1+T·1+O·1+I·1+R·1+E·1 = 8 pts
sawhorse (14 points)
Quadruped that never runs (wordplay)
Quadruped that never runs?
Where deal may be cut (wordplay)
S·1+A·1+W·4+H·4+O·1+R·1+S·1+E·1 = 14 pts
scariose (10 points)
""Thin, dry and membranous, also SCARIOUS""
S·1+C·3+A·1+R·1+I·1+O·1+S·1+E·1 = 10 pts
schliere (13 points)
A small streak in an igneous rock [n pl.]
S·1+C·3+H·4+L·1+I·1+E·1+R·1+E·1 = 13 pts
scissure (10 points)
Cleft, old style
S·1+C·3+I·1+S·1+S·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 10 pts
sciurine (10 points)
Pertaining to squirrels
S·1+C·3+I·1+U·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 10 pts
sclerite (10 points)
A hard skeletal plate or spicule
S·1+C·3+L·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts
sclerose (10 points)
To {harden=v}
S·1+C·3+L·1+E·1+R·1+O·1+S·1+E·1 = 10 pts
scrabble (14 points)
So, heartless mob's game (wordplay)
Where ten'll get you three (wordplay)
A game that builds characters (wordplay)
S·1+C·3+R·1+A·1+B·3+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 14 pts
scramble (14 points)
Convert, as metal into a melt (wordplay)
Stir during frying, eggs say.
Prepare eggs, in a way
S·1+C·3+R·1+A·1+M·3+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 14 pts
scrapple (14 points)
Pennsylvania Dutch dish
Pennsylvania Dutch pork concoction
Pork and cornmeal dish
S·1+C·3+R·1+A·1+P·3+P·3+L·1+E·1 = 14 pts
scribble (14 points)
Write quickly and none too carefully
A mania from Ireland
Write quickly and/or badly
S·1+C·3+R·1+I·1+B·3+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 14 pts
scrounge (11 points)
Dumpster-dive, say
Forage for food, say
Obtain by begging
S·1+C·3+R·1+O·1+U·1+N·1+G·2+E·1 = 11 pts
scurrile (10 points)
Coarsely abusive
Old-timer's scoffing free curries, eating 50
S·1+C·3+U·1+R·1+R·1+I·1+L·1+E·1 = 10 pts
seaborne (10 points)
Like some trade
Designating troops transplanted by ship.
Carried on water
S·1+E·1+A·1+B·3+O·1+R·1+N·1+E·1 = 10 pts
seadrome (11 points)
Floating airport.
Floating airport
S·1+E·1+A·1+D·2+R·1+O·1+M·3+E·1 = 11 pts
seashore (11 points)
Clam digs (wordplay)
Coast, of an ocean say
Shell station (wordplay)
S·1+E·1+A·1+S·1+H·4+O·1+R·1+E·1 = 11 pts
separate (10 points)
Keep a part of this (wordplay)
In Kent perhaps, Norm dined apart
Become Renovated (wordplay)
S·1+E·1+P·3+A·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts
serenade (9 points)
Wooer's number (wordplay)
Play to the balcony (wordplay)
Play in attempt to win a hand (wordplay)
S·1+E·1+R·1+E·1+N·1+A·1+D·2+E·1 = 9 pts
serenate (8 points)
Italian love songs
S·1+E·1+R·1+E·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 8 pts
serflike (15 points)
Like a serf
S·1+E·1+R·1+F·4+L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 15 pts
serotine (8 points)
Designating late-flowering plants.
Late in flowering
S·1+E·1+R·1+O·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 8 pts
serotype (13 points)
Blood bank concern
Transfusion topic
Group of viruses sharing specific antigens
S·1+E·1+R·1+O·1+T·1+Y·4+P·3+E·1 = 13 pts
servable (13 points)
Able to be served
S·1+E·1+R·1+V·4+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 13 pts
sesterce (10 points)
Money Cato, gave to seers, etc
Roman silver coin
Coin for Cato
S·1+E·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+C·3+E·1 = 10 pts
sewerage (12 points)
It's wasteful to Ed Norton (wordplay)
Provision of drainage
Ed Norton's field of work
S·1+E·1+W·4+E·1+R·1+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 12 pts
sharable (13 points)
Enough to go around
Okay for multiple users
Big enough for two
S·1+H·4+A·1+R·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 13 pts
shikaree (15 points)
A big-game hunter
S·1+H·4+I·1+K·5+A·1+R·1+E·1+E·1 = 15 pts
shivaree (14 points)
Postnuptial kettle-and-pan send-off
Mock serenade to newlyweds
Noisy, mock serenade
S·1+H·4+I·1+V·4+A·1+R·1+E·1+E·1 = 14 pts
shoetree (11 points)
Where loafers hang out (wordplay)
Arrange to see her in Oxford, perhaps
Oxfords stretcher, perhaps
S·1+H·4+O·1+E·1+T·1+R·1+E·1+E·1 = 11 pts
shortage (12 points)
Her goats (anagram)
Horse tag (anagram)
Need little time (wordplay)
S·1+H·4+O·1+R·1+T·1+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 12 pts
shrewdie (15 points)
A shrewd person
S·1+H·4+R·1+E·1+W·4+D·2+I·1+E·1 = 15 pts
siderite (9 points)
Valuable iron ore
Valuable ore of iron
Valuable ore of iron.
S·1+I·1+D·2+E·1+R·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 9 pts
sinecure (10 points)
Undemanding job could be nice, sure!
Function? To preserve a cushy job!
Confident about homework? That's easy!
S·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+C·3+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 10 pts
sirvente (11 points)
A satirical medieval song or poem
S·1+I·1+R·1+V·4+E·1+N·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
skyborne (17 points)
{airborne=adj}
S·1+K·5+Y·4+B·3+O·1+R·1+N·1+E·1 = 17 pts
skywrite (18 points)
Put up an ad, say
Get high for a spell (wordplay)
Use a plane for a pencil (wordplay)
S·1+K·5+Y·4+W·4+R·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 18 pts
skywrote (18 points)
Used lofty words (wordplay)
S·1+K·5+Y·4+W·4+R·1+O·1+T·1+E·1 = 18 pts
slipware (13 points)
A type of {pottery=n}
S·1+L·1+I·1+P·3+W·4+A·1+R·1+E·1 = 13 pts
smaragde (12 points)
""An emerald, also SMARAGD""
S·1+M·3+A·1+R·1+A·1+G·2+D·2+E·1 = 12 pts
soberize (19 points)
""To make sober, also SOBERISE""
S·1+O·1+B·3+E·1+R·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 19 pts
software (14 points)
Worse fat (anagram)
Suites designed by architects, say
Programs that drive computer, not hard
S·1+O·1+F·4+T·1+W·4+A·1+R·1+E·1 = 14 pts
solarise (8 points)
""To expose to sunlight, also SOLARIZE""
S·1+O·1+L·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 8 pts
solarize (17 points)
Shed some light on (wordplay)
Go green, in a way
Affect by sunlight
S·1+O·1+L·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 17 pts
sorbable (12 points)
Able to be absorbed
S·1+O·1+R·1+B·3+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 12 pts
soricine (10 points)
Resembling a shrew.
S·1+O·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 10 pts
sororate (8 points)
The marriage of a man with his dead wife's sister
S·1+O·1+R·1+O·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 8 pts
sorptive (13 points)
Capable of sorption
S·1+O·1+R·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 13 pts
sortable (10 points)
Fit for classifying
Like mail in the P.O.
Like mail in the P.O
S·1+O·1+R·1+T·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 10 pts
sourdine (9 points)
A device used to muffle the tone of a musical instrument
S·1+O·1+U·1+R·1+D·2+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 9 pts
sparable (12 points)
A type of nail
S·1+P·3+A·1+R·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 12 pts
sparlike (14 points)
Resembling a spar
S·1+P·3+A·1+R·1+L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 14 pts
spermine (12 points)
A chemical compound
S·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+M·3+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 12 pts
spherule (13 points)
Globule of quicksilver, for example
Small ball-shaped object
Small glob
S·1+P·3+H·4+E·1+R·1+U·1+L·1+E·1 = 13 pts
spiracle (12 points)
Whale's blow-hole
Whale's blowhole.
Whale's nostril
S·1+P·3+I·1+R·1+A·1+C·3+L·1+E·1 = 12 pts
spirulae (10 points)
Spirula
S·1+P·3+I·1+R·1+U·1+L·1+A·1+E·1 = 10 pts
spitfire (13 points)
Say furiously 'Attack the plane'
Say with venom 'Shoot at the WW2 plane'
Hot-tempered high-flier (wordplay)
S·1+P·3+I·1+T·1+F·4+I·1+R·1+E·1 = 13 pts
sportive (13 points)
Play full of sound
It proves playing is playful
Second drink I have makes me frisky
S·1+P·3+O·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 13 pts
spraddle (12 points)
Move with legs spread out
S·1+P·3+R·1+A·1+D·2+D·2+L·1+E·1 = 12 pts
sprattle (10 points)
To {struggle=v}
S·1+P·3+R·1+A·1+T·1+T·1+L·1+E·1 = 10 pts
sprinkle (14 points)
Spatter, liquid say
Scatter (drops of liquid)
Water the lawn
S·1+P·3+R·1+I·1+N·1+K·5+L·1+E·1 = 14 pts
stargaze (18 points)
Daydream on the red carpet (wordplay)
Wander around Hollywood, maybe
Use a telescope, maybe
S·1+T·1+A·1+R·1+G·2+A·1+Z·10+E·1 = 18 pts
starlike (12 points)
Five-pointed, say
Describing certain flowers.
Heavenly, in a way
S·1+T·1+A·1+R·1+L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 12 pts
starnose (8 points)
Feature of a certain mole
American mole, having prominent nostrils
S·1+T·1+A·1+R·1+N·1+O·1+S·1+E·1 = 8 pts
stearate (8 points)
An ester used in some ointments
Type of salt or ester
An ester used in ointments
S·1+T·1+E·1+A·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 8 pts
stearine (8 points)
Candlemaker's need (Var.)
Candlemaker's need
Solid portion of a fat
S·1+T·1+E·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 8 pts
steerage (9 points)
How old a bovine is (wordplay)
How old and stern the beast is on board!
Low class (wordplay)
S·1+T·1+E·1+E·1+R·1+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 9 pts
stemware (13 points)
Stop fighting egghead in glasses!
Wedding gift, perhaps
Collection of goblets
S·1+T·1+E·1+M·3+W·4+A·1+R·1+E·1 = 13 pts
sternite (8 points)
Insect's ventral plate
S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+N·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 8 pts
storable (10 points)
Easily stacked, perhaps
Like canned food
Like many root vegetables for the winter
S·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 10 pts
straddle (10 points)
Not pick sides (wordplay)
Favor both sides of (an issue)
Sit heartlessly on fence (wordplay)
S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+D·2+D·2+L·1+E·1 = 10 pts
straggle (10 points)
Wander off course
String out new alerts about horse
Wander from line of march.
S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+G·2+G·2+L·1+E·1 = 10 pts
strangle (9 points)
Suppress (an impulse)
Stifle learner in alien environment
Suppress line in novel
S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+N·1+G·2+L·1+E·1 = 9 pts
stravage (12 points)
""To stroll, also STRAVAIG""
S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+V·4+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 12 pts
strickle (14 points)
To shape grain with an instrument
S·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+K·5+L·1+E·1 = 14 pts
strigose (9 points)
Marked with grooves
Covered with bristles
S·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+G·2+O·1+S·1+E·1 = 9 pts
strobile (10 points)
Pine cone, for example
Pine cone
S·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+B·3+I·1+L·1+E·1 = 10 pts
struggle (10 points)
Not 2, no (wordplay)
Jockey and horse perhaps in fixed result
Labour contest (wordplay)
S·1+T·1+R·1+U·1+G·2+G·2+L·1+E·1 = 10 pts
strumose (10 points)
Having a struma
S·1+T·1+R·1+U·1+M·3+O·1+S·1+E·1 = 10 pts
suberise (10 points)
""To convert into cork tissue, also SUBERIZE""
S·1+U·1+B·3+E·1+R·1+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 10 pts
suberize (19 points)
""To convert into cork tissue, also SUBERISE""
S·1+U·1+B·3+E·1+R·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 19 pts
suberose (10 points)
Warship at end of line came up like a cork
S·1+U·1+B·3+E·1+R·1+O·1+S·1+E·1 = 10 pts
subframe (15 points)
Unibody chassis component
S·1+U·1+B·3+F·4+R·1+A·1+M·3+E·1 = 15 pts
subgenre (11 points)
Literary style within a larger category
Space opera, for example
Division of a style of art or literature
S·1+U·1+B·3+G·2+E·1+N·1+R·1+E·1 = 11 pts
subgrade (12 points)
A surface on which a pavement is placed
S·1+U·1+B·3+G·2+R·1+A·1+D·2+E·1 = 12 pts
submerge (13 points)
Follow Nemo, perhaps
Dive like a U-boat
Go down under and integrate
S·1+U·1+B·3+M·3+E·1+R·1+G·2+E·1 = 13 pts
submerse (12 points)
Put under water (Var.)
Put completely under water
Sink below the surface
S·1+U·1+B·3+M·3+E·1+R·1+S·1+E·1 = 12 pts
subserve (13 points)
Help use verbs irregularly
Help in a subordinate way
S·1+U·1+B·3+S·1+E·1+R·1+V·4+E·1 = 13 pts
subtribe (12 points)
Mindanao's Tasadays, for example
S·1+U·1+B·3+T·1+R·1+I·1+B·3+E·1 = 12 pts
suffrage (15 points)
College friend of Lucy Snowe
Right to vote in political elections
The right to vote, as won by women
S·1+U·1+F·4+F·4+R·1+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 15 pts
superlie (10 points)
To lie above
S·1+U·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+L·1+I·1+E·1 = 10 pts
surcease (10 points)
Put a stop to
Come to an end
End, old-style
S·1+U·1+R·1+C·3+E·1+A·1+S·1+E·1 = 10 pts
surefire (11 points)
Guaranteed to work (2 words)
Guaranteed to succeed
Impossible to fail
S·1+U·1+R·1+E·1+F·4+I·1+R·1+E·1 = 11 pts
surfable (13 points)
Able to be surfed
S·1+U·1+R·1+F·4+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 13 pts
surflike (15 points)
Resembling breaking waves
S·1+U·1+R·1+F·4+L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 15 pts
suricate (10 points)
Mongoose-like mammal
Mongoose kin
S·1+U·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts
surplice (12 points)
Choirboy's clothing not necessary, say!
Cure lips (anagram)
I scruple to wear white vestment
S·1+U·1+R·1+P·3+L·1+I·1+C·3+E·1 = 12 pts
surprise (10 points)
Party announcement (wordplay)
Party line (wordplay)
Kind of party.
S·1+U·1+R·1+P·3+R·1+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 10 pts
surprize (19 points)
""To come upon unexpectedly, also SURPRISE""
S·1+U·1+R·1+P·3+R·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 19 pts
sybarite (13 points)
Hedonist of sorts
Voluptuary disturbed by satire
In classy bar I tempted bon vivant
S·1+Y·4+B·3+A·1+R·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
sycamore (15 points)
Tree - so creamy (anagram)
Tree - may score (anagram)
8 weak with love, we hear
S·1+Y·4+C·3+A·1+M·3+O·1+R·1+E·1 = 15 pts
sycomore (15 points)
""A North American tree, also SYCAMORE""
S·1+Y·4+C·3+O·1+M·3+O·1+R·1+E·1 = 15 pts
syndrome (14 points)
Empty nest, for one
Broken heart, for one
"Empty nest," for one
S·1+Y·4+N·1+D·2+R·1+O·1+M·3+E·1 = 14 pts

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