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sacksful (17 points)

Sackful

S·1+A·1+C·3+K·5+S·1+F·4+U·1+L·1 = 17 pts

sagittal (9 points)

Like an arrow

Like an arrow.

Arrow-shaped

S·1+A·1+G·2+I·1+T·1+T·1+A·1+L·1 = 9 pts

santalol (8 points)

Sandalwood oil

S·1+A·1+N·1+T·1+A·1+L·1+O·1+L·1 = 8 pts

sapropel (12 points)

Mud consisting chiefly of decaying matter

S·1+A·1+P·3+R·1+O·1+P·3+E·1+L·1 = 12 pts

scenical (12 points)

Having beautiful views

Of a stage setting

Picturesque, as a stage performance

S·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1 = 12 pts

sceptral (12 points)

Short attempt in various places that are regal

Regal son left, taking possession of damaged carpet

S·1+C·3+E·1+P·3+T·1+R·1+A·1+L·1 = 12 pts

scoopful (15 points)

Protein powder quantity

Kool-Aid measure

Pistachio portion

S·1+C·3+O·1+O·1+P·3+F·4+U·1+L·1 = 15 pts

scornful (13 points)

Contemptuous or derisive

Contemptuous as Beaumont's leading lady

Showing contempt for

S·1+C·3+O·1+R·1+N·1+F·4+U·1+L·1 = 13 pts

scrannel (10 points)

A thin person

S·1+C·3+R·1+A·1+N·1+N·1+E·1+L·1 = 10 pts

seashell (11 points)

Scallop, for one

Ocean audition device

Beachcomber's find

S·1+E·1+A·1+S·1+H·4+E·1+L·1+L·1 = 11 pts

seasonal (8 points)

Also sane (anagram)

Like resort venues, perhaps

Working for Christmas, say

S·1+E·1+A·1+S·1+O·1+N·1+A·1+L·1 = 8 pts

sectoral (10 points)

Pertaining to a region or zone

Of a region

Regional

S·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+O·1+R·1+A·1+L·1 = 10 pts

selfheal (14 points)

An option as he fell ill (wordplay)

Care for oneself

Be one's own doctor

S·1+E·1+L·1+F·4+H·4+E·1+A·1+L·1 = 14 pts

senseful (11 points)

Judicious.

S·1+E·1+N·1+S·1+E·1+F·4+U·1+L·1 = 11 pts

sentinel (8 points)

Dispatched via overhead train (wordplay)

Guard - ten lines (anagram)

Dispatched via overhead train?

S·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+L·1 = 8 pts

septical (12 points)

Pertaining to {septic=n}

S·1+E·1+P·3+T·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1 = 12 pts

sesspool (10 points)

""A covered well or pit for sewage, also CESSPIT, CESSPOOL""

S·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+P·3+O·1+O·1+L·1 = 10 pts

shameful (16 points)

'Tsk, tsk, tsk'

Causing humiliation and distress

Pity flu developed, it's scandalous

S·1+H·4+A·1+M·3+E·1+F·4+U·1+L·1 = 16 pts

sheenful (14 points)

Shining

S·1+H·4+E·1+E·1+N·1+F·4+U·1+L·1 = 14 pts

shelfful (17 points)

A whole row of books in the bookcase perhaps

S·1+H·4+E·1+L·1+F·4+F·4+U·1+L·1 = 17 pts

shlemiel (13 points)

Habitual bungler (var.)

Yiddish dolt (var.)

Unlucky one

S·1+H·4+L·1+E·1+M·3+I·1+E·1+L·1 = 13 pts

shoebill (13 points)

Wader, or how it's accounted for

African wading bird.

Large wading bird, allied to the heron.

S·1+H·4+O·1+E·1+B·3+I·1+L·1+L·1 = 13 pts

shogunal (12 points)

Pertaining to {shogun=n}

S·1+H·4+O·1+G·2+U·1+N·1+A·1+L·1 = 12 pts

shopgirl (14 points)

Miss benefiting consumers (wordplay)

She sells Flora at the checkout, perhaps

She'll have something in store for you

S·1+H·4+O·1+P·3+G·2+I·1+R·1+L·1 = 14 pts

showgirl (15 points)

Stripper (wordplay)

Nomi Malone, in a 1995 flop

Chorus line participant

S·1+H·4+O·1+W·4+G·2+I·1+R·1+L·1 = 15 pts

shrapnel (13 points)

Her plans unexpectedly change (wordplay)

Fragments from exploded shell

Her plans burst into fragments

S·1+H·4+R·1+A·1+P·3+N·1+E·1+L·1 = 13 pts

shrieval (14 points)

Pertaining to a sheriff

S·1+H·4+R·1+I·1+E·1+V·4+A·1+L·1 = 14 pts

sidehill (12 points)

Small mountain slope

Certain lie for golfers

S·1+I·1+D·2+E·1+H·4+I·1+L·1+L·1 = 12 pts

sidereal (9 points)

Madrid, say, chasing team of stars

Aspect true of the stars (wordplay)

The genuine edge of 24 across, perhaps

S·1+I·1+D·2+E·1+R·1+E·1+A·1+L·1 = 9 pts

sidewall (12 points)

Part of a tire.

Part between tread and rim

Tire portion between tread & bead

S·1+I·1+D·2+E·1+W·4+A·1+L·1+L·1 = 12 pts

silvical (13 points)

Pertaining to {silvics=n}

S·1+I·1+L·1+V·4+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1 = 13 pts

siphonal (13 points)

""Pertaining to a siphon, also SIPHONIC""

S·1+I·1+P·3+H·4+O·1+N·1+A·1+L·1 = 13 pts

skeletal (12 points)

Like some closet findings (wordplay)

Not fleshed out (wordplay)

Lacking in detail

S·1+K·5+E·1+L·1+E·1+T·1+A·1+L·1 = 12 pts

skillful (15 points)

Good at one's work

Adept

S·1+K·5+I·1+L·1+L·1+F·4+U·1+L·1 = 15 pts

slothful (14 points)

Suffering from spring fever, maybe

Lazy, reluctant to work

Lacking any pep

S·1+L·1+O·1+T·1+H·4+F·4+U·1+L·1 = 14 pts

sneerful (11 points)

Given to sneering

S·1+N·1+E·1+E·1+R·1+F·4+U·1+L·1 = 11 pts

snowball (13 points)

Cold war ammunition (wordplay)

Cold war missile (wordplay)

Winter dance party is to be thrown!

S·1+N·1+O·1+W·4+B·3+A·1+L·1+L·1 = 13 pts

snowbell (13 points)

Small tree of Southeastern U. S.

Small tree with white flowers

S·1+N·1+O·1+W·4+B·3+E·1+L·1+L·1 = 13 pts

snowfall (14 points)

Winter blanket (wordplay)

White water (wordplay)

Winter weather prediction.

S·1+N·1+O·1+W·4+F·4+A·1+L·1+L·1 = 14 pts

societal (10 points)

Kind of ills

Like some norms

Pertaining to group interaction

S·1+O·1+C·3+I·1+E·1+T·1+A·1+L·1 = 10 pts

softball (13 points)

Hard not to compare it with rounders!

It's delivered underhandedly (wordplay)

Fudge making stage (wordplay)

S·1+O·1+F·4+T·1+B·3+A·1+L·1+L·1 = 13 pts

somedeal (11 points)

To some degree

S·1+O·1+M·3+E·1+D·2+E·1+A·1+L·1 = 11 pts

sonantal (8 points)

Pertaining to a {sonant=n}

S·1+O·1+N·1+A·1+N·1+T·1+A·1+L·1 = 8 pts

sorbitol (10 points)

Sugar substitute - lost Biro (anagram)

Company's second in Bristol making sugar substitute

S·1+O·1+R·1+B·3+I·1+T·1+O·1+L·1 = 10 pts

sourball (10 points)

Piece of hard candy

What a sucker might have

Tart candy

S·1+O·1+U·1+R·1+B·3+A·1+L·1+L·1 = 10 pts

spadeful (14 points)

Flat-shovel load.

S·1+P·3+A·1+D·2+E·1+F·4+U·1+L·1 = 14 pts

spandrel (11 points)

Wall space between adjacent arches

Architectural space above an arch

Area between two arches

S·1+P·3+A·1+N·1+D·2+R·1+E·1+L·1 = 11 pts

spandril (11 points)

""A space between two adjoining arches, also SPANDREL""

S·1+P·3+A·1+N·1+D·2+R·1+I·1+L·1 = 11 pts

spectral (12 points)

Spelt CAR wrong? That's spooky!

Like the colors of a rainbow

Suggesting a rainbow

S·1+P·3+E·1+C·3+T·1+R·1+A·1+L·1 = 12 pts

spitball (12 points)

Cardinal sin (wordplay)

Outlawed baseball pitch

It will get a pitcher ejected

S·1+P·3+I·1+T·1+B·3+A·1+L·1+L·1 = 12 pts

spiteful (13 points)

Turns up over free fuel? That's mean!

Turns up over free fuel? Thats mean!

Type of roast beef foul, not half nasty

S·1+P·3+I·1+T·1+E·1+F·4+U·1+L·1 = 13 pts

splenial (10 points)

Pertaining to the splenius

S·1+P·3+L·1+E·1+N·1+I·1+A·1+L·1 = 10 pts

spoonful (13 points)

Measure (of, eg, sugar)

Small amount - fool's pun (anagram)

Quantity of medicine

S·1+P·3+O·1+O·1+N·1+F·4+U·1+L·1 = 13 pts

sportful (13 points)

Flop among the ruts, but just playing

Frolicsome

Merry

S·1+P·3+O·1+R·1+T·1+F·4+U·1+L·1 = 13 pts

springal (11 points)

A young man

S·1+P·3+R·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+A·1+L·1 = 11 pts

spurgall (11 points)

To injure with a spur

S·1+P·3+U·1+R·1+G·2+A·1+L·1+L·1 = 11 pts

squirrel (17 points)

Rocky, for one

Rocky of cartoondom, for one

Nut-gathering rodent

S·1+Q·10+U·1+I·1+R·1+R·1+E·1+L·1 = 17 pts

stageful (12 points)

As much as a stage can hold

S·1+T·1+A·1+G·2+E·1+F·4+U·1+L·1 = 12 pts

staminal (10 points)

Of a floral organ

Having endurance

Of durability

S·1+T·1+A·1+M·3+I·1+N·1+A·1+L·1 = 10 pts

statical (10 points)

Relating to a radio nuisance

Acting by mere weight without motion.

Lacking movement

S·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1 = 10 pts

staumrel (10 points)

A {dolt=n}

S·1+T·1+A·1+U·1+M·3+R·1+E·1+L·1 = 10 pts

staysail (11 points)

Triangular wind-catcher

Square-rigger feature

Versatile auxiliary wind-catcher

S·1+T·1+A·1+Y·4+S·1+A·1+I·1+L·1 = 11 pts

sterical (10 points)

""Pertaining to atoms in a molecule, also STERIC""

S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1 = 10 pts

stickful (17 points)

An amount of set type

S·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+K·5+F·4+U·1+L·1 = 17 pts

stomatal (10 points)

Of plant pores

S·1+T·1+O·1+M·3+A·1+T·1+A·1+L·1 = 10 pts

streusel (8 points)

Apple crisp topper

Apple crisp topping

Crumbly, sugary cake topping

S·1+T·1+R·1+E·1+U·1+S·1+E·1+L·1 = 8 pts

strongyl (12 points)

A parasitic worm

S·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+N·1+G·2+Y·4+L·1 = 12 pts

stunsail (8 points)

Jib kin

S·1+T·1+U·1+N·1+S·1+A·1+I·1+L·1 = 8 pts

subaxial (17 points)

Somewhat axial

S·1+U·1+B·3+A·1+X·8+I·1+A·1+L·1 = 17 pts

subdural (11 points)

Situated under the dura mater

S·1+U·1+B·3+D·2+U·1+R·1+A·1+L·1 = 11 pts

sublevel (13 points)

Type of mining

S·1+U·1+B·3+L·1+E·1+V·4+E·1+L·1 = 13 pts

subnasal (10 points)

Situated under the nose

S·1+U·1+B·3+N·1+A·1+S·1+A·1+L·1 = 10 pts

subnodal (11 points)

Situated under a node

S·1+U·1+B·3+N·1+O·1+D·2+A·1+L·1 = 11 pts

subpanel (12 points)

A subdivision of a panel

S·1+U·1+B·3+P·3+A·1+N·1+E·1+L·1 = 12 pts

subshell (13 points)

One of the orbitals making up an electron shell of an atom

S·1+U·1+B·3+S·1+H·4+E·1+L·1+L·1 = 13 pts

subtotal (10 points)

Blast out (anagram)

Result of a Navy inventory (wordplay)

Part-sum in calculation

S·1+U·1+B·3+T·1+O·1+T·1+A·1+L·1 = 10 pts

subviral (13 points)

Pertaining to a part of a virus

S·1+U·1+B·3+V·4+I·1+R·1+A·1+L·1 = 13 pts

subvocal (15 points)

Unspoken, but thought

S·1+U·1+B·3+V·4+O·1+C·3+A·1+L·1 = 15 pts

succinyl (15 points)

A univalent radical

S·1+U·1+C·3+C·3+I·1+N·1+Y·4+L·1 = 15 pts

suffixal (21 points)

Pertaining to a suffix

S·1+U·1+F·4+F·4+I·1+X·8+A·1+L·1 = 21 pts

suicidal (11 points)

In mental state to end one's own life

Seriously self-destructive

Wanting to kill oneself

S·1+U·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+A·1+L·1 = 11 pts

sulfinyl (14 points)

""A bivalent radical, also THIONYL, SULPHINYL""

S·1+U·1+L·1+F·4+I·1+N·1+Y·4+L·1 = 14 pts

sulfonyl (14 points)

""A bivalent radical, also SULFURYL, SULPHONYL""

S·1+U·1+L·1+F·4+O·1+N·1+Y·4+L·1 = 14 pts

sulfuryl (14 points)

""A bivalent radical, also SULFONYL, SULPHONYL""

S·1+U·1+L·1+F·4+U·1+R·1+Y·4+L·1 = 14 pts

summital (12 points)

Pertaining to the summit

S·1+U·1+M·3+M·3+I·1+T·1+A·1+L·1 = 12 pts

supernal (10 points)

High-level plan sure to work out

Coming from above

Of or from heavens or sky, celestial

S·1+U·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+N·1+A·1+L·1 = 10 pts

supposal (12 points)

Something supposed

S·1+U·1+P·3+P·3+O·1+S·1+A·1+L·1 = 12 pts

surgical (11 points)

Precise in theatre (wordplay)

Of a branch of medicine

To do with operations

S·1+U·1+R·1+G·2+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1 = 11 pts

surroyal (11 points)

Deer's crown antler.

Horny tip from second city of old queen (wordplay)

S·1+U·1+R·1+R·1+O·1+Y·4+A·1+L·1 = 11 pts

survival (14 points)

The ... of the fittest

The fact of continuing to live

Castaway's goal

S·1+U·1+R·1+V·4+I·1+V·4+A·1+L·1 = 14 pts

syncopal (15 points)

Relating to swooning

S·1+Y·4+N·1+C·3+O·1+P·3+A·1+L·1 = 15 pts

syndical (14 points)

Of managing bodies

S·1+Y·4+N·1+D·2+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1 = 14 pts

synovial (14 points)

Lubricating fluid in ball-and-socket joints

S·1+Y·4+N·1+O·1+V·4+I·1+A·1+L·1 = 14 pts

syzygial (24 points)

Pertaining to a {syzygy=n}

S·1+Y·4+Z·10+Y·4+G·2+I·1+A·1+L·1 = 24 pts

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