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sahiwals (14 points)
Sahiwal
S·1+A·1+H·4+I·1+W·4+A·1+L·1+S·1 = 14 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
sawbills (13 points)
Birds; ill swabs (anagram)
Birds - spotted fliers
S·1+A·1+W·4+B·3+I·1+L·1+L·1+S·1 = 13 pts
sawbones (13 points)
Surgeon or doctor (slang)
Surgeon (joc.)
Surgeon, in slang
S·1+A·1+W·4+B·3+O·1+N·1+E·1+S·1 = 13 pts
sawbucks (19 points)
Hamiltons
Tenners.
Tenners
S·1+A·1+W·4+B·3+U·1+C·3+K·5+S·1 = 19 pts
sawdusts (12 points)
Prepares the set for a workshop scene
Powder wrapped in chippys toolbox gets spread over retail floors
S·1+A·1+W·4+D·2+U·1+S·1+T·1+S·1 = 12 pts
sawflies (14 points)
Sawfly
S·1+A·1+W·4+F·4+L·1+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts
sawmills (13 points)
Sites for log entries (wordplay)
Sites of some mustache twirlers' schemes
They process lumber
S·1+A·1+W·4+M·3+I·1+L·1+L·1+S·1 = 13 pts
scowders (14 points)
Scowder
S·1+C·3+O·1+W·4+D·2+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 14 pts
scowlers (13 points)
Scowler
S·1+C·3+O·1+W·4+L·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 13 pts
screwers (13 points)
Screwer
S·1+C·3+R·1+E·1+W·4+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 13 pts
screwups (15 points)
Blunders
S·1+C·3+R·1+E·1+W·4+U·1+P·3+S·1 = 15 pts
seafowls (14 points)
Seafowl
S·1+E·1+A·1+F·4+O·1+W·4+L·1+S·1 = 14 pts
seawalls (11 points)
Flood insurance (wordplay)
Coastal city protection
Strong shore embankments
S·1+E·1+A·1+W·4+A·1+L·1+L·1+S·1 = 11 pts
seawants (11 points)
Seawant
S·1+E·1+A·1+W·4+A·1+N·1+T·1+S·1 = 11 pts
seawards (12 points)
Away from the shore (Var.)
In the direction of the ocean
Away from the shore
S·1+E·1+A·1+W·4+A·1+R·1+D·2+S·1 = 12 pts
seawares (11 points)
Seaware
S·1+E·1+A·1+W·4+A·1+R·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
seaweeds (12 points)
Species of marine algae
Common coastal arrivals
Dulse and laver
S·1+E·1+A·1+W·4+E·1+E·1+D·2+S·1 = 12 pts
shallows (14 points)
Area near the shore
Sea or river places.
All in, proves a shipping hazard
S·1+H·4+A·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+W·4+S·1 = 14 pts
shipways (19 points)
Shipway
S·1+H·4+I·1+P·3+W·4+A·1+Y·4+S·1 = 19 pts
showings (15 points)
Movie ad list
Garment industry events.
Open house events
S·1+H·4+O·1+W·4+I·1+N·1+G·2+S·1 = 15 pts
showoffs (20 points)
People who try to impress others
They love to be in the spotlight
Makers of grandstand plays.
S·1+H·4+O·1+W·4+O·1+F·4+F·4+S·1 = 20 pts
sideways (15 points)
On edge, using B-roads (wordplay)
Not straightforward in one's approach!
On edge (wordplay)
S·1+I·1+D·2+E·1+W·4+A·1+Y·4+S·1 = 15 pts
skewness (15 points)
Statistical asymmetry
S·1+K·5+E·1+W·4+N·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 15 pts
skidways (19 points)
Skidway
S·1+K·5+I·1+D·2+W·4+A·1+Y·4+S·1 = 19 pts
skiwears (15 points)
S·1+K·5+I·1+W·4+E·1+A·1+R·1+S·1 = 15 pts
skywalks (22 points)
Skywalk
S·1+K·5+Y·4+W·4+A·1+L·1+K·5+S·1 = 22 pts
skywards (19 points)
To the heavens
Up, up and away
In second contest between states Kentucky and South Dakota turned up
S·1+K·5+Y·4+W·4+A·1+R·1+D·2+S·1 = 19 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
slowness (11 points)
Turtle's trait
How far down there the South is
Speed's opposite
S·1+L·1+O·1+W·4+N·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 11 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
snowless (11 points)
Like poor ski slopes
Like a bare mountaintop
Like the tropics
S·1+N·1+O·1+W·4+L·1+E·1+S·1+S·1 = 11 pts
someways (16 points)
By unspecified means, informally
S·1+O·1+M·3+E·1+W·4+A·1+Y·4+S·1 = 16 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
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
stewards (12 points)
Air males (wordplay)
Sea-going tenders (wordplay)
Carnival workers (wordplay)
S·1+T·1+E·1+W·4+A·1+R·1+D·2+S·1 = 12 pts
stewbums (15 points)
Boozehounds
S·1+T·1+E·1+W·4+B·3+U·1+M·3+S·1 = 15 pts
stewpans (13 points)
Game drips set up? It's pots!
Cook's needs.
Chef's need.
S·1+T·1+E·1+W·4+P·3+A·1+N·1+S·1 = 13 pts
stowages (12 points)
Storerooms
S·1+T·1+O·1+W·4+A·1+G·2+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
strewers (11 points)
Disseminators.
S·1+T·1+R·1+E·1+W·4+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 11 pts
sundowns (12 points)
Times of day.
Preludes to night
Of late the sun is just about setting
S·1+U·1+N·1+D·2+O·1+W·4+N·1+S·1 = 12 pts
sunglows (12 points)
Sunglow
S·1+U·1+N·1+G·2+L·1+O·1+W·4+S·1 = 12 pts
sunwards (12 points)
{sunward=adv}
S·1+U·1+N·1+W·4+A·1+R·1+D·2+S·1 = 12 pts
swabbers (15 points)
Deck moppers
Deck hands
S·1+W·4+A·1+B·3+B·3+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 15 pts
swabbies (15 points)
Swabbie
S·1+W·4+A·1+B·3+B·3+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 15 pts
swaddles (13 points)
Wraps tightly in strips of cloth
Wraps, in a way
Wraps tightly in cloth
S·1+W·4+A·1+D·2+D·2+L·1+E·1+S·1 = 13 pts
swaggers (13 points)
Walks with a brash air
Walks in self-important way
Walks in self-important manner
S·1+W·4+A·1+G·2+G·2+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 13 pts
swallows (14 points)
Birds one eats (wordplay)
Birds with forked tails
The way the pigs fly round the wall
S·1+W·4+A·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+W·4+S·1 = 14 pts
swampers (15 points)
Swamper
S·1+W·4+A·1+M·3+P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 15 pts
swanpans (13 points)
Swanpan
S·1+W·4+A·1+N·1+P·3+A·1+N·1+S·1 = 13 pts
swappers (15 points)
Swapper
S·1+W·4+A·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 15 pts
swarajes (18 points)
Swaraj
S·1+W·4+A·1+R·1+A·1+J·8+E·1+S·1 = 18 pts
swarmers (13 points)
Gnats, for example
Gnats, e.g
S·1+W·4+A·1+R·1+M·3+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 13 pts
swashers (14 points)
Blustering daredevils.
S·1+W·4+A·1+S·1+H·4+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 14 pts
swatches (16 points)
They may be felt, in two senses
Sample pieces of cloth
Decorator's samples.
S·1+W·4+A·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+S·1 = 16 pts
swathers (14 points)
Swather
S·1+W·4+A·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 14 pts
swatters (11 points)
Anti-fly weapons
Home-run hitters
Devices for hitting flies.
S·1+W·4+A·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 11 pts
swearers (11 points)
Users of profanity.
S·1+W·4+E·1+A·1+R·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 11 pts
sweaters (11 points)
Apples from Somerset? The tops!
Jumpers or pullovers - make you perspire
Some display letters
S·1+W·4+E·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 11 pts
sweenies (11 points)
Sweeny
S·1+W·4+E·1+E·1+N·1+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
sweepers (13 points)
Footballers? Small people who cry!
Curlers, at times
Pet Hair Erasers, e.g
S·1+W·4+E·1+E·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 13 pts
sweetens (11 points)
Adds some sugar, say
Wee nests (anagram)
Pacifies tiny number aboard ship
S·1+W·4+E·1+E·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+S·1 = 11 pts
sweeties (11 points)
Girlfriends, affectionately
Honey buns
Darlings so small, when seen in porcine places
S·1+W·4+E·1+E·1+T·1+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 11 pts
swelters (11 points)
Suffers in August, perhaps
Suffers from heat.
Suffers in the heat
S·1+W·4+E·1+L·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 11 pts
swervers (14 points)
Avoiders on the road
Avoiders on the road
S·1+W·4+E·1+R·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 14 pts
swiddens (13 points)
Swidden
S·1+W·4+I·1+D·2+D·2+E·1+N·1+S·1 = 13 pts
swifters (14 points)
Swifter
S·1+W·4+I·1+F·4+T·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 14 pts
swiggers (13 points)
Swigger
S·1+W·4+I·1+G·2+G·2+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 13 pts
swillers (11 points)
They guzzle a bunch
S·1+W·4+I·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 11 pts
swimmers (15 points)
Group likely to have a stroke
Strokes are what they have
Butterfly experts, sometimes
S·1+W·4+I·1+M·3+M·3+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 15 pts
swindles (12 points)
Takes to the cleaners
Cheats in society, endlessly calm
Does turn in less agitated
S·1+W·4+I·1+N·1+D·2+L·1+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
swingbys (17 points)
Swingby
S·1+W·4+I·1+N·1+G·2+B·3+Y·4+S·1 = 17 pts
swingers (12 points)
Saloon doors, when opening or closing
In slang, hip people in pursuit of pleasure
They would get their kicks after beginning to snog liberal-minded types
S·1+W·4+I·1+N·1+G·2+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 12 pts
swingles (12 points)
Swingle
S·1+W·4+I·1+N·1+G·2+L·1+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
swinneys (14 points)
Swinney
S·1+W·4+I·1+N·1+N·1+E·1+Y·4+S·1 = 14 pts
swipples (15 points)
Swipple
S·1+W·4+I·1+P·3+P·3+L·1+E·1+S·1 = 15 pts
swishers (14 points)
Sickle users
S·1+W·4+I·1+S·1+H·4+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 14 pts
switches (16 points)
Light flickers (wordplay)
Changes round the southern sorcerers
They go on and off for the coven at last
S·1+W·4+I·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+S·1 = 16 pts
swithers (14 points)
Swither
S·1+W·4+I·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 14 pts
swizzles (29 points)
Stirs a drink
Stirs, as a drink
S·1+W·4+I·1+Z·10+Z·10+L·1+E·1+S·1 = 29 pts
swobbers (15 points)
Swobber
S·1+W·4+O·1+B·3+B·3+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 15 pts
swooners (11 points)
Swooner
S·1+W·4+O·1+O·1+N·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 11 pts
swoopers (13 points)
Swooper
S·1+W·4+O·1+O·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 13 pts
swooshes (14 points)
Designs on Nike shoes
Smooth rushing sounds
Features of Nike shoes
S·1+W·4+O·1+O·1+S·1+H·4+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts
swotters (11 points)
School grinds at Eton.
S·1+W·4+O·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+S·1 = 11 pts

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