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splotchy (18 points)
Full of blots and spots
Like some rashes
Marked by blots
S·1+P·3+L·1+O·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+Y·4 = 18 pts
splurged (12 points)
Spared no expense
Shot the works
Showed off: Colloq.
S·1+P·3+L·1+U·1+R·1+G·2+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
splurger (11 points)
One who {splurges=v}
S·1+P·3+L·1+U·1+R·1+G·2+E·1+R·1 = 11 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
splutter (10 points)
Second place, say, could make you spit
Speak indistinctly as in rage
Speak with a spitting sound
S·1+P·3+L·1+U·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
spoilage (11 points)
Waste damaged material
Process of going bad
Process of decay, especially fruit
S·1+P·3+O·1+I·1+L·1+A·1+G·2+E·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
spoiling (11 points)
After a fight, lion pigs out
Rearing a future brat
Contaminating minced pig's loin
S·1+P·3+O·1+I·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 11 pts
spoliate (10 points)
Plunder and pillage the strange paste oil
Pillage
Plunder
S·1+P·3+O·1+L·1+I·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts
spondaic (13 points)
Having a certain meter.
New coda spin produces sort of measure
All long for such verse iPods can produce
S·1+P·3+O·1+N·1+D·2+A·1+I·1+C·3 = 13 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
spongier (11 points)
Lighter grip, one's loose
More porous
More squishy
S·1+P·3+O·1+N·1+G·2+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
spongily (14 points)
In a spongy manner
S·1+P·3+O·1+N·1+G·2+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
sponging (12 points)
Freeloading (with "off")
Sopping up messes, in a way
S·1+P·3+O·1+N·1+G·2+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 12 pts
spongins (11 points)
Spongin
S·1+P·3+O·1+N·1+G·2+I·1+N·1+S·1 = 11 pts
sponsion (10 points)
Promise made on behalf of another.
S·1+P·3+O·1+N·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 10 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
spontoon (10 points)
Infantry officer's half-pike
Early shafted weapon
S·1+P·3+O·1+N·1+T·1+O·1+O·1+N·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
spoofery (16 points)
Good-natured ridicule
S·1+P·3+O·1+O·1+F·4+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
spoofing (14 points)
Not serious
Just kidding
S·1+P·3+O·1+O·1+F·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 14 pts
spookery (17 points)
Something spooky
S·1+P·3+O·1+O·1+K·5+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
spookier (14 points)
Twice as frightful
More hair-raising
More chilling
S·1+P·3+O·1+O·1+K·5+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
spookily (17 points)
How deja vu often occurs
S·1+P·3+O·1+O·1+K·5+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
spooking (15 points)
Spook
S·1+P·3+O·1+O·1+K·5+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 15 pts
spookish (17 points)
{scary=adj}
S·1+P·3+O·1+O·1+K·5+I·1+S·1+H·4 = 17 pts
spooling (11 points)
Loading a reel
Unwinding
S·1+P·3+O·1+O·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 11 pts
spooneys (13 points)
Spooney
S·1+P·3+O·1+O·1+N·1+E·1+Y·4+S·1 = 13 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
spoonier (10 points)
More lovey-dovey
S·1+P·3+O·1+O·1+N·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
spoonies (10 points)
Spoony
S·1+P·3+O·1+O·1+N·1+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 10 pts
spoonily (13 points)
In a spoony manner
S·1+P·3+O·1+O·1+N·1+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
spooning (11 points)
Going back-to-front (wordplay)
Dishing out, in a way
Ladling - kissing and cuddling
S·1+P·3+O·1+O·1+N·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 11 pts
spooring (11 points)
Spoor
S·1+P·3+O·1+O·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 11 pts
sporadic (13 points)
Tossed picadors (off and on)
Picadors get involved now and then
On-and-off
S·1+P·3+O·1+R·1+A·1+D·2+I·1+C·3 = 13 pts
sporozoa (19 points)
Sporozoon
S·1+P·3+O·1+R·1+O·1+Z·10+O·1+A·1 = 19 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
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
sportier (10 points)
More smartly dressed
Having more flash
Having more sex appeal, as a car
S·1+P·3+O·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 10 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
sporting (11 points)
Dog show group
Kind of chance
Fair game at home? Good
S·1+P·3+O·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 11 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
sporular (10 points)
Relating to a sporule
S·1+P·3+O·1+R·1+U·1+L·1+A·1+R·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
spottier (10 points)
Less regular
Less reliable
More sporadic
S·1+P·3+O·1+T·1+T·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
spottily (13 points)
In an inconsistent fashion
With inconsistency
S·1+P·3+O·1+T·1+T·1+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
spotting (11 points)
Catching sight of
Gymnast's assistance
Noticing; observing
S·1+P·3+O·1+T·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 11 pts
spousals (10 points)
Spousal
S·1+P·3+O·1+U·1+S·1+A·1+L·1+S·1 = 10 pts
spousing (11 points)
Spouse
S·1+P·3+O·1+U·1+S·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 11 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
spouting (11 points)
Delivering a tirade
Uttering, as nonsense
Demagogue's activity
S·1+P·3+O·1+U·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 11 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
sprained (11 points)
Injured, as an ankle
Injured but not broken
One kind of ankle
S·1+P·3+R·1+A·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+D·2 = 11 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
sprawled (14 points)
Really spread out
Took the whole couch
Took up excess room
S·1+P·3+R·1+A·1+W·4+L·1+E·1+D·2 = 14 pts
sprawler (13 points)
One sitting carelessly
European moth
S·1+P·3+R·1+A·1+W·4+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 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
spraying (14 points)
Dispersing insecticide on crops, say
Mister's purpose
Watering's always in season
S·1+P·3+R·1+A·1+Y·4+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 14 pts
spreader (11 points)
Butter knife, e.g
Butter knife, for example
Eastern Canadian prov.
S·1+P·3+R·1+E·1+A·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
sprigged (13 points)
Adorned with branchlike figures, as muslin
S·1+P·3+R·1+I·1+G·2+G·2+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
sprigger (12 points)
One that {sprigs=v}
S·1+P·3+R·1+I·1+G·2+G·2+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
sprights (14 points)
Spright
S·1+P·3+R·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1+S·1 = 14 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
springed (12 points)
Springe
S·1+P·3+R·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+E·1+D·2 = 12 pts
springer (11 points)
Bounder's pet (wordplay)
Not the setter - the setter free!
Barker on a pogo-stick (wordplay)
S·1+P·3+R·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
springes (11 points)
Snares.
Snares
S·1+P·3+R·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+E·1+S·1 = 11 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
sprinted (11 points)
Tried to steal a base
Ran like hell
Ran full tilt.
S·1+P·3+R·1+I·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 11 pts
sprinter (10 points)
Track star, perhaps
Felix, for one
Fast type of work for one at last
S·1+P·3+R·1+I·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
spritzed (20 points)
Applied, as perfume
Applied, as cologne
S·1+P·3+R·1+I·1+T·1+Z·10+E·1+D·2 = 20 pts
spritzer (19 points)
White wine drink
Drink of white wine and soda-water
Drink of wine and soda water
S·1+P·3+R·1+I·1+T·1+Z·10+E·1+R·1 = 19 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
sprocket (16 points)
Pre-stock exchange? On your bike!
(Tooth on) wheel (rim)
Part of a wheel
S·1+P·3+R·1+O·1+C·3+K·5+E·1+T·1 = 16 pts
sprouted (11 points)
Put forth shoots, began to grow
Put forth shoots
Had a growth spurt
S·1+P·3+R·1+O·1+U·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 11 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
sprucest (12 points)
Most smart in appearance, like tree
Superlatively smart
Most dapper
S·1+P·3+R·1+U·1+C·3+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts
sprucier (12 points)
Sprucy
S·1+P·3+R·1+U·1+C·3+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
sprucing (13 points)
Fixing (up)
S·1+P·3+R·1+U·1+C·3+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 13 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
spudding (13 points)
The process of starting to drill
S·1+P·3+U·1+D·2+D·2+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 13 pts
spumiest (12 points)
Spumy
S·1+P·3+U·1+M·3+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·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
spunkier (14 points)
Spunky
S·1+P·3+U·1+N·1+K·5+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
spunkies (14 points)
Spunkie
S·1+P·3+U·1+N·1+K·5+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 14 pts
spunkily (17 points)
In a spunky manner
S·1+P·3+U·1+N·1+K·5+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
spunking (15 points)
Spunk
S·1+P·3+U·1+N·1+K·5+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 15 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
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
spurning (11 points)
Scorning to accept
Refusing with contempt
S·1+P·3+U·1+R·1+N·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 11 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
spurrier (10 points)
1966 Heisman winner Steve
Redskins' coach Steve
S·1+P·3+U·1+R·1+R·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
spurries (10 points)
Spurry
S·1+P·3+U·1+R·1+R·1+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 10 pts
spurring (11 points)
Cats finally sounding happy? That's encouraging
S·1+P·3+U·1+R·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 11 pts
spurting (11 points)
Old Faithful activity
Old Faithful's activity
Gushing forth in a sudden stream
S·1+P·3+U·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 11 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

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