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sacredly (14 points)
With holiness
With reverence
S·1+A·1+C·3+R·1+E·1+D·2+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
sacristy (13 points)
Room for good investments (wordplay)
Room for investment (wordplay)
Father's room out of service (wordplay)
S·1+A·1+C·3+R·1+I·1+S·1+T·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
saddlery (13 points)
Rider's repair shop
Equestrian's need
The groom's gear put a burden on railway
S·1+A·1+D·2+D·2+L·1+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
sailorly (11 points)
Befitting a mariner
Describing Ralph Rackstraw
S·1+A·1+I·1+L·1+O·1+R·1+L·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
salivary (14 points)
Mouth-watering (wordplay)
Like glands aiding digestion
Pertaining to glands of the mouth.
S·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+V·4+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
salutary (11 points)
Good for one
Beneficial, good for you
Promoting some good purpose.
S·1+A·1+L·1+U·1+T·1+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
sanitary (11 points)
Any sitar (anagram)
Free of contamination
Free from dirt or infective matter
S·1+A·1+N·1+I·1+T·1+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
savagery (15 points)
Grave wrecked in utter barbarity
Vandalise grave in utter viciousness
State of being uncivilized.
S·1+A·1+V·4+A·1+G·2+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
savorily (14 points)
In a savory manner
S·1+A·1+V·4+O·1+R·1+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
scarcely (15 points)
Hardly at all
Only just or hardly even
Only just, not quite
S·1+C·3+A·1+R·1+C·3+E·1+L·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
scarcity (15 points)
Make your mark on the town? Not much!
Leave one's mark of the town? Not much!
Lack vehicle in south London, say
S·1+C·3+A·1+R·1+C·3+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
scrabbly (17 points)
{raspy=adj}
S·1+C·3+R·1+A·1+B·3+B·3+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
scraggly (15 points)
Like a three-day beard, maybe
Like unkempt hair
Add up
S·1+C·3+R·1+A·1+G·2+G·2+L·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
scratchy (18 points)
Like an old record, perhaps
Like neglected records
Ragged or irritating
S·1+C·3+R·1+A·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+Y·4 = 18 pts
screechy (18 points)
Loud, harsh, piercing
Harsh and shrill
Like an owl's call
S·1+C·3+R·1+E·1+E·1+C·3+H·4+Y·4 = 18 pts
scroungy (14 points)
Disheveled
S·1+C·3+R·1+O·1+U·1+N·1+G·2+Y·4 = 14 pts
scrutiny (13 points)
Tighten, say, before wee analysis
City runs (anagram)
At last a liitle close look
S·1+C·3+R·1+U·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
scullery (13 points)
Rowing off the kitchen (wordplay)
Rowing, perhaps, off the kitchen
Rowing by the kitchen (wordplay)
S·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
scurvily (16 points)
Basely
S·1+C·3+U·1+R·1+V·4+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
secretly (13 points)
On the q.t
Without the knowledge of.
#3 hit for Jimmie Rodgers in 1958
S·1+E·1+C·3+R·1+E·1+T·1+L·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
securely (13 points)
With encryption, say
Behind a firewall
How to moor a boat
S·1+E·1+C·3+U·1+R·1+E·1+L·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
security (13 points)
Unplayable note (wordplay)
Goal for some systems Actor (nonverbal)
Those working on 14 down with Bond
S·1+E·1+C·3+U·1+R·1+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
seignory (12 points)
""The power of a seignior, also SIGNIORY, SIGNORIA, SIGNORY""
S·1+E·1+I·1+G·2+N·1+O·1+R·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
seminary (13 points)
That's half never a one for 17 down
Priest-to-be's place
Religious training college
S·1+E·1+M·3+I·1+N·1+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
serenely (11 points)
In tranquil manner.
In an imperturbable way
In an imperturbable manner
S·1+E·1+R·1+E·1+N·1+E·1+L·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
serenity (11 points)
12-stepper's prayer request
Person of honor
Title of honor
S·1+E·1+R·1+E·1+N·1+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
serially (11 points)
Perhaps grainy by instalments
In regular installments
At regular intervals
S·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
serology (12 points)
Study of immunity
Blood bank science
S·1+E·1+R·1+O·1+L·1+O·1+G·2+Y·4 = 12 pts
serosity (11 points)
Watery consistency
S·1+E·1+R·1+O·1+S·1+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
severely (14 points)
In rigorous, exacting manner
Isle formerly cut off in a harsh way
To the extreme
S·1+E·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+E·1+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
severity (14 points)
Intensity; harshness
Harshness, asperity
Toughness of points covering fundamental truth
S·1+E·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
shimmery (18 points)
Like a reflection on water
Like a sequined ball gown
New-pennylike
S·1+H·4+I·1+M·3+M·3+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
shinnery (14 points)
Dense tree growth
S·1+H·4+I·1+N·1+N·1+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
shrewdly (18 points)
In an astute manner
Sharply show powers of judgment
In a crafty or astute manner
S·1+H·4+R·1+E·1+W·4+D·2+L·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
shuddery (16 points)
Adjective for a ghost story
Causing quaking.
S·1+H·4+U·1+D·2+D·2+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
sickerly (17 points)
{securely=adv}
S·1+I·1+C·3+K·5+E·1+R·1+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
signiory (12 points)
""The power of a seignior, also SEIGNORY, SIGNORIA, SIGNORY""
S·1+I·1+G·2+N·1+I·1+O·1+R·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
silverly (14 points)
With a silvery appearance
S·1+I·1+L·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
sisterly (11 points)
I try less (anagram)
Relatively like a nun (wordplay)
Kind nurse, extremely lonely
S·1+I·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+L·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
skittery (15 points)
On pins and needles
Easily frightened
Restless
S·1+K·5+I·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
slabbery (15 points)
{slobbery=adj}
S·1+L·1+A·1+B·3+B·3+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
slippery (15 points)
Untrustworthy like a mule (wordplay)
Hard to handle
Evasive like an eel
S·1+L·1+I·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
slithery (14 points)
Like snakes or eels
Like an eel
Like snakes and eels
S·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
slobbery (15 points)
Like a drooling dog
Like chew toys, often
S·1+L·1+O·1+B·3+B·3+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
slumbery (15 points)
{sleepy=adj}
S·1+L·1+U·1+M·3+B·3+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
smeltery (13 points)
Site of refinement
Ore-processing plant
Place of refinement
S·1+M·3+E·1+L·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
smithery (16 points)
Pony express service station
Forge, bellows and anvil.
Metalworker's milieu
S·1+M·3+I·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
smothery (16 points)
Tending to smother
S·1+M·3+O·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
snickery (17 points)
Tending to snicker
S·1+N·1+I·1+C·3+K·5+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
snobbery (15 points)
Nose-in-air attitude
High-hat quality
B. Bryson riled about English snootiness
S·1+N·1+O·1+B·3+B·3+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
snuggery (13 points)
A spot of comfort for the local visitor
Cozy den.
S·1+N·1+U·1+G·2+G·2+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
sobriety (13 points)
Calmness - 8 - by Tories (anagram)
Teetotaler's quality
Moderation, yet Boris might achieve it
S·1+O·1+B·3+R·1+I·1+E·1+T·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
soldiery (12 points)
Troops moved, namely by railway
Fighters sorry, oddly, about veteran
Troops join army finally holding unit
S·1+O·1+L·1+D·2+I·1+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
solidary (12 points)
United
S·1+O·1+L·1+I·1+D·2+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
solitary (11 points)
Confinement of a sort for royalist!
Prisoner's digs, perhaps
Being the only one
S·1+O·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
somberly (15 points)
In a sad way
In a gloomy way
In a melancholy way
S·1+O·1+M·3+B·3+E·1+R·1+L·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
sombrely (15 points)
In a sombre manner
S·1+O·1+M·3+B·3+R·1+E·1+L·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
sonority (11 points)
Quality of sound
Deep, full sound quality
Sound quality
S·1+O·1+N·1+O·1+R·1+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
sordidly (13 points)
In a dirty way
Dirtily, squalidly
Otherwise acted in cunning and in sleazy way
S·1+O·1+R·1+D·2+I·1+D·2+L·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
sorority (11 points)
Kappa Alpha Theta, for one
Girl's group
Club for co-eds.
S·1+O·1+R·1+O·1+R·1+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
sortably (13 points)
In a sortable manner
S·1+O·1+R·1+T·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
sovranly (14 points)
Supremely
S·1+O·1+V·4+R·1+A·1+N·1+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
sovranty (14 points)
A {monarchy=n}
S·1+O·1+V·4+R·1+A·1+N·1+T·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
sparkily (17 points)
In a lively manner
S·1+P·3+A·1+R·1+K·5+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
sparsely (13 points)
In small numbers
How Nevada is populated
How farmland is populated
S·1+P·3+A·1+R·1+S·1+E·1+L·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
sparsity (13 points)
Thinness of occurrence
Thinly scattered state
Thinly-scattered state
S·1+P·3+A·1+R·1+S·1+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
spermary (15 points)
An organ in which sperm is formed
S·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+M·3+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
spinnery (13 points)
A spinning mill
S·1+P·3+I·1+N·1+N·1+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
spirally (13 points)
How some hams are cut
S·1+P·3+I·1+R·1+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
spoofery (16 points)
Good-natured ridicule
S·1+P·3+O·1+O·1+F·4+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
spookery (17 points)
Something spooky
S·1+P·3+O·1+O·1+K·5+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
sportily (13 points)
In a sporty manner
S·1+P·3+O·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
sprucely (15 points)
In a spruce manner
S·1+P·3+R·1+U·1+C·3+E·1+L·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
squarely (20 points)
In a straightforward manner
Without equivocation
Right on
S·1+Q·10+U·1+A·1+R·1+E·1+L·1+Y·4 = 20 pts
staggery (13 points)
Unsteady
S·1+T·1+A·1+G·2+G·2+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
stairway (14 points)
Steps up (wordplay)
Emergency route, maybe
Heavenly approach (wordplay)
S·1+T·1+A·1+I·1+R·1+W·4+A·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
stannary (11 points)
Laurel never a feature of Cornwall
Good girl with a line that's mine
Tin-mining district, especially one in Cornwall
S·1+T·1+A·1+N·1+N·1+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
statuary (11 points)
Bodybuilder's output (wordplay)
Marble collection (wordplay)
Collection of sculptures
S·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+U·1+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
stemmery (15 points)
A place where tobacco leaves are stripped
S·1+T·1+E·1+M·3+M·3+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
sternway (14 points)
Movement of a ship backward.
Backward movement of a ship.
Ship's backward movement
S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+N·1+W·4+A·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
stingray (12 points)
Artist preserved by mean fish!
Can poet follow small fish (wordplay)
Venomous fish; it's angry (anagram)
S·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+R·1+A·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
stormily (13 points)
In a violent manner
With anger
S·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+M·3+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
straggly (13 points)
Spreading out in different directions
Irregularly untidy
In pen, tabloid girl with no heart is rambling
S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+G·2+G·2+L·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
straitly (11 points)
In a narrow manner
S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+I·1+T·1+L·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
stramony (13 points)
A poisonous weed
S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+M·3+O·1+N·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
strategy (12 points)
Long-term plan to get lost sheep caught
Plan of attack
Skill in planning.
S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+G·2+Y·4 = 12 pts
stratify (14 points)
Form in layers
Form into layers
Divide into castes
S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+F·4+Y·4 = 14 pts
stretchy (16 points)
Throw up in pigpen that's extendable
Characterised by elasticity
Flexible chest? Try exercise
S·1+T·1+R·1+E·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+Y·4 = 16 pts
strictly (13 points)
With discipline sometimes for the birds
With no exceptions
By the book
S·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+T·1+L·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
strongly (12 points)
In a forceful manner
In emphatic manner.
In a powerful manner
S·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+N·1+G·2+L·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
sturdily (12 points)
The vigorous way in which to twist rusty lid (wordplay)
S·1+T·1+U·1+R·1+D·2+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
subentry (13 points)
Bookkeeper's clarification
S·1+U·1+B·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+R·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
sudatory (12 points)
A hot-air bath for inducing sweating
S·1+U·1+D·2+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
sulphury (16 points)
""Resembling sulfur, also SULFURY""
S·1+U·1+L·1+P·3+H·4+U·1+R·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
sultrily (11 points)
How a siren moves
How a siren walks
S·1+U·1+L·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
summerly (15 points)
{summery=adj}
S·1+U·1+M·3+M·3+E·1+R·1+L·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
summitry (15 points)
Review military intelligence experiment with method of diplomacy
S·1+U·1+M·3+M·3+I·1+T·1+R·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
superbly (15 points)
In a magnificent way
In an extremely well-done manner
Ely pubs set out to entertain royal very well indeed
S·1+U·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+B·3+L·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
superlay (13 points)
Superlie
S·1+U·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+L·1+A·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
superspy (15 points)
James Bond, for example
Bond, for example
One tops in ops
S·1+U·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1+P·3+Y·4 = 15 pts
swannery (14 points)
Place to put pens etc (wordplay)
Place for breeding waterfowl
Place where large birds are kept or bred
S·1+W·4+A·1+N·1+N·1+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
symmetry (18 points)
Balance in appearance
Bell-curve feature
Fearful feature of Blake's Tyger
S·1+Y·4+M·3+M·3+E·1+T·1+R·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
sympatry (18 points)
The state of occupying an area without loss of identity from interbreeding
S·1+Y·4+M·3+P·3+A·1+T·1+R·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
syncarpy (18 points)
The state of being a syncarp
S·1+Y·4+N·1+C·3+A·1+R·1+P·3+Y·4 = 18 pts

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