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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
S·1+A·1+C·3+R·1+I·1+S·1+T·1+A·1+N·1 = 11 pts
S·1+A·1+F·4+E·1+T·1+Y·4+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 17 pts
S·1+A·1+F·4+E·1+T·1+Y·4+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 17 pts
S·1+A·1+L·1+A·1+R·1+Y·4+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 14 pts
S·1+A·1+L·1+A·1+R·1+Y·4+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 14 pts
S·1+A·1+L·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 9 pts
S·1+A·1+L·1+V·4+A·1+R·1+S·1+A·1+N·1 = 12 pts
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
S·1+A·1+N·1+N·1+Y·4+A·1+S·1+I·1+N·1 = 12 pts
S·1+A·1+P·3+O·1+G·2+E·1+N·1+I·1+N·1 = 12 pts
S·1+A·1+S·1+K·5+A·1+T·1+O·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
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
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
S·1+C·3+R·1+E·1+W·4+B·3+E·1+A·1+N·1 = 16 pts
S·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 11 pts
S·1+E·1+L·1+A·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 14 pts
S·1+E·1+L·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 13 pts
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
S·1+H·4+A·1+N·1+T·1+Y·4+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 17 pts
S·1+H·4+A·1+N·1+T·1+Y·4+M·3+E·1+N·1 = 17 pts
S·1+H·4+A·1+R·1+I·1+F·4+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 15 pts
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
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
S·1+N·1+A·1+K·5+E·1+S·1+K·5+I·1+N·1 = 17 pts
S·1+O·1+L·1+V·4+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 12 pts
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
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
S·1+T·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 14 pts
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
S·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 9 pts
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
S·1+U·1+B·3+L·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 11 pts
S·1+U·1+C·3+T·1+O·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+N·1 = 11 pts
S·1+U·1+F·4+F·4+R·1+A·1+G·2+A·1+N·1 = 16 pts
S·1+U·1+M·3+M·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1 = 13 pts
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
S·1+W·4+I·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+M·3+A·1+N·1 = 19 pts
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
S·1+Y·4+N·1+K·5+A·1+R·1+Y·4+O·1+N·1 = 19 pts
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