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saccharin (16 points)
Sweet stuff made in a lab
It's cold tea at home with sweetener
With tea-bag first put in sweetener
S·1+A·1+C·3+C·3+H·4+A·1+R·1+I·1+N·1 = 16 pts
sacristan (11 points)
A racist's upset new sexton
Church officer
Church official
S·1+A·1+C·3+R·1+I·1+S·1+T·1+A·1+N·1 = 11 pts
safetyman (17 points)
Football A safety.
S·1+A·1+F·4+E·1+T·1+Y·4+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 17 pts
safetymen (17 points)
""SAFETY to protect against failure, breakage or accident""
S·1+A·1+F·4+E·1+T·1+Y·4+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 17 pts
salaryman (14 points)
A Japanese corporate businessman.
S·1+A·1+L·1+A·1+R·1+Y·4+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 14 pts
salarymen (14 points)
SALARY to be paid periodically for non-manual labour
S·1+A·1+L·1+A·1+R·1+Y·4+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 14 pts
saltation (9 points)
Ballerina's forte
Dancing movement
That's bound to increase 12 across, it seems
S·1+A·1+L·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 9 pts
salvarsan (12 points)
English word
S·1+A·1+L·1+V·4+A·1+R·1+S·1+A·1+N·1 = 12 pts
salvation (12 points)
Army to the rescue (wordplay)
Deliverance (from sin)
Rescuing army (wordplay)
S·1+A·1+L·1+V·4+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
samaritan (11 points)
That's no passer-by. Good for him!
Helper of parable
Saviour sees Martina as 'troubled'
S·1+A·1+M·3+A·1+R·1+I·1+T·1+A·1+N·1 = 11 pts
sannyasin (12 points)
Pl. sannyasis or sannyasins Hinduism A wandering mendicant and ascetic.
S·1+A·1+N·1+N·1+Y·4+A·1+S·1+I·1+N·1 = 12 pts
sapogenin (12 points)
A white crystalline substance obtained by the decomposition of saponin.
S·1+A·1+P·3+O·1+G·2+E·1+N·1+I·1+N·1 = 12 pts
saskatoon (13 points)
City northwest of Regina
City of the Canadian plains
University city in Canada
S·1+A·1+S·1+K·5+A·1+T·1+O·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
satiation (9 points)
Surfeited condition
Overfullness
Surfeit.
S·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 9 pts
saxitoxin (23 points)
A potent neurotoxin produced by certain dinoflagellates that accumulates in shellfish feeding on these organisms and consequently causes food poisoning in humans who eat the shellfish.
S·1+A·1+X·8+I·1+T·1+O·1+X·8+I·1+N·1 = 23 pts
scarfskin (18 points)
See Epidermis. Epidermis.
S·1+C·3+A·1+R·1+F·4+S·1+K·5+I·1+N·1 = 18 pts
schoolman (16 points)
Medieval university teacher
Church looms over an Abelard
Educator in the Middle Ages
S·1+C·3+H·4+O·1+O·1+L·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 16 pts
screwbean (16 points)
English word
S·1+C·3+R·1+E·1+W·4+B·3+E·1+A·1+N·1 = 16 pts
sectarian (11 points)
Of a religious faction
Partisan reacts in a panic
Cartesian (anagram)
S·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 11 pts
selachian (14 points)
One of the Selachii. See Illustration in Appendix. Illustration in Appendix.
S·1+E·1+L·1+A·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 14 pts
selectman (13 points)
Town meeting officer.
New England town official
S·1+E·1+L·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 13 pts
sensation (9 points)
Sonnet is a wow!
A figurative bombshell.
Feeling a sonnet is terrible
S·1+E·1+N·1+S·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 9 pts
serration (9 points)
Cutting edge feature (wordplay)
At last an allowance of teeth
One saw with this that's all on edge
S·1+E·1+R·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 9 pts
shakedown (20 points)
Ship's crew's rehearsal
Cold drink taken - and so to bed
Hawked son about in kind of extortion
S·1+H·4+A·1+K·5+E·1+D·2+O·1+W·4+N·1 = 20 pts
shantyman (17 points)
English word
S·1+H·4+A·1+N·1+T·1+Y·4+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 17 pts
shantymen (17 points)
""SHANTY a small, crudely built dwelling""
S·1+H·4+A·1+N·1+T·1+Y·4+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 17 pts
sharifian (15 points)
Variant of sherif .
S·1+H·4+A·1+R·1+I·1+F·4+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 15 pts
sharkskin (20 points)
Fish's relative (wordplay)
Type of suiting.
Shiny suit fabric
S·1+H·4+A·1+R·1+K·5+S·1+K·5+I·1+N·1 = 20 pts
signalman (12 points)
Main slang (anagram)
Military communications expert
Conspicuous chap, possibly a flasher
S·1+I·1+G·2+N·1+A·1+L·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 12 pts
signalmen (12 points)
Communicators are remarkable people
Railroad employees
Semaphore pros
S·1+I·1+G·2+N·1+A·1+L·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 12 pts
siltation (9 points)
A sedimentary material consisting of very fine particles intermediate in size between sand and clay.
S·1+I·1+L·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 9 pts
situation (9 points)
It was critical for Ultra Nate
It might be sticky
It's a job to get one into a suit
S·1+I·1+T·1+U·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 9 pts
snakeskin (17 points)
Rattler's relatives (wordplay)
Small-scale stuff
Expensive leather from reptiles
S·1+N·1+A·1+K·5+E·1+S·1+K·5+I·1+N·1 = 17 pts
solvation (12 points)
SOLVATE to convert into a type of ion
S·1+O·1+L·1+V·4+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
spleuchan (16 points)
""A pouch, as for tobacco.""
S·1+P·3+L·1+E·1+U·1+C·3+H·4+A·1+N·1 = 16 pts
spoilsman (13 points)
""One who serves a cause or a party for a share of the spoils; in United States politics, one who makes or recognizes a demand for public office on the ground of partisan service; also, one who sanctions such a policy in appointments to the public service.""
S·1+P·3+O·1+I·1+L·1+S·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 13 pts
spokesman (17 points)
Wheelwright's representative (wordplay)
Official voice of the cyclist (wordplay)
Representative at press conference
S·1+P·3+O·1+K·5+E·1+S·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 17 pts
sporozoan (20 points)
""Any of numerous parasitic protozoans of the class Sporozoa, most of which reproduce sexually and asexually in alternate generations by means of spores. They are frequently transmitted by bloodsucking insects to different hosts, where they cause many serious diseases, such as malaria and coccidiosis.""
S·1+P·3+O·1+R·1+O·1+Z·10+O·1+A·1+N·1 = 20 pts
sportsman (13 points)
Rower perhaps left in ship by crew
He is active
He engages in physical games
S·1+P·3+O·1+R·1+T·1+S·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 13 pts
stableman (13 points)
Groom, for example
Ostler, groom etc
'Blast, mane needs grooming!' is what he often thinks
S·1+T·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 13 pts
stablemen (13 points)
Chaps looking after beasts in detestable menagerie
Country workers in firm facing threat, not half
Country workers seen as steady and reliable chaps (wordplay)
S·1+T·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 13 pts
stanchion (14 points)
Upright bar or beam
Vertical support post
Chain's not unhooked from post
S·1+T·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
statesman (11 points)
Top politico? Says he!
Politician says piece
Lincoln, for one
S·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+S·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 11 pts
statesmen (11 points)
'They're from the USA, says they (9)'
Famous politicians of the USA (wordplay)
Abraham Lincoln, for one of them
S·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+S·1+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 11 pts
steersman (11 points)
Cowboy on board (wordplay)
Is the cowboy at the helm (wordplay)
One at ship's helm
S·1+T·1+E·1+E·1+R·1+S·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 11 pts
striation (9 points)
Marking with streaks
Markedly like a zebra
Arrangement of parallel bands
S·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 9 pts
strongman (12 points)
Samson or Hercules
Sam's on to be one of them
Mr. Universe, for example
S·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+N·1+G·2+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 12 pts
subaltern (11 points)
Officer ordering vessel to change course
Army officer below captain
Officer below captain
S·1+U·1+B·3+A·1+L·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+N·1 = 11 pts
subdeacon (14 points)
Junior minister abused working party
Bacon used rashly by minister
Expectant father in boat with daughter beside broken canoe
S·1+U·1+B·3+D·2+E·1+A·1+C·3+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
sublation (11 points)
The act of taking or carrying away; removal.
S·1+U·1+B·3+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
suctorian (11 points)
""A cartilaginous fish with a mouth adapted for suction, as the lampery.""
S·1+U·1+C·3+T·1+O·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 11 pts
suffragan (16 points)
""Assisting; assistant; as, a suffragan bishop. as, a suffragan bishop.""
S·1+U·1+F·4+F·4+R·1+A·1+G·2+A·1+N·1 = 16 pts
summation (13 points)
Attorney's last words
Concluding remarks
Adding process
S·1+U·1+M·3+M·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
superlain (11 points)
Superlie
S·1+U·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+L·1+A·1+I·1+N·1 = 11 pts
swansdown (16 points)
Thick cotton fabric with a heavy nap
Soft feathers from noble white bird
Fabric used in baby clothes
S·1+W·4+A·1+N·1+S·1+D·2+O·1+W·4+N·1 = 16 pts
switchman (19 points)
Railway employee working on and off
S·1+W·4+I·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 19 pts
swordsman (15 points)
Cyrano de Bergerac, for one
Athos, for one
For the fence one ends like Crosaire
S·1+W·4+O·1+R·1+D·2+S·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 15 pts
sympathin (19 points)
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biochemistry) a substance released at certain sympathetic nerve endings: thought to be identical with adrenaline [from sympath ( etic ) + -in ]
S·1+Y·4+M·3+P·3+A·1+T·1+H·4+I·1+N·1 = 19 pts
synkaryon (19 points)
The nucleus of a fertilized egg
S·1+Y·4+N·1+K·5+A·1+R·1+Y·4+O·1+N·1 = 19 pts

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