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saleslady (13 points)
Important worker Colloq.
Important worker: Colloq.
Department store worker.
S·1+A·1+L·1+E·1+S·1+L·1+A·1+D·2+Y·4 = 13 pts
saliently (12 points)
Sticking out by way of a projection
Most importantly
S·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+L·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
saltatory (12 points)
Making leaps and bounds.
Specialised for jumping
Proceeding by leaps
S·1+A·1+L·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
salubrity (14 points)
Healthiness.
S·1+A·1+L·1+U·1+B·3+R·1+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
sanctuary (14 points)
As was Spartacus; arch anti (anagram)
Holy place - asylum
Place of protection
S·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+T·1+U·1+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
sapiently (14 points)
With insight and wisdom
Wisely
S·1+A·1+P·3+I·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
scatology (15 points)
Excessive interest in obscene things
S·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+O·1+L·1+O·1+G·2+Y·4 = 15 pts
schmaltzy (28 points)
Insincerely or effusively sentimental
Effusively or insincerely emotional
Old-fashioned and sentimental
S·1+C·3+H·4+M·3+A·1+L·1+T·1+Z·10+Y·4 = 28 pts
scholarly (17 points)
Likewise, cars with holly (wordplay)
Likewise (wordplay)
Erudite student has left over a year
S·1+C·3+H·4+O·1+L·1+A·1+R·1+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
scrappily (18 points)
In a scrappy manner; in scraps.
S·1+C·3+R·1+A·1+P·3+P·3+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
searingly (13 points)
So hot as to burn
S·1+E·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+L·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
seaworthy (18 points)
Reliable, in the main (wordplay)
Fit to be untied (wordplay)
In a fit state for ocean voyage
S·1+E·1+A·1+W·4+O·1+R·1+T·1+H·4+Y·4 = 18 pts
secondary (15 points)
Of lesser importance
Not of principal importance
Minor in importance
S·1+E·1+C·3+O·1+N·1+D·2+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
secretary (14 points)
Desk organizer (wordplay)
Person of note (wordplay)
Della Street, for instance
S·1+E·1+C·3+R·1+E·1+T·1+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
secularly (14 points)
In a way not related to religion
S·1+E·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+R·1+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
sedentary (13 points)
Tender, say - moving or not!
One's 'not standing' for this!
Yes, red ant could be sitting
S·1+E·1+D·2+E·1+N·1+T·1+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
semblably (18 points)
In like manner.
S·1+E·1+M·3+B·3+L·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
seminally (14 points)
In an innovative and memorable way
From the very beginning
Seems that half the North is on your side in such a seedy way
S·1+E·1+M·3+I·1+N·1+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
sensately (12 points)
SENSATE to {sense=v}
S·1+E·1+N·1+S·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+L·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
sensually (12 points)
In a self-indulgent way.
How some massages are done
In a seductive way
S·1+E·1+N·1+S·1+U·1+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
sequacity (23 points)
Quality or state of being sequacious; sequaciousness.
S·1+E·1+Q·10+U·1+A·1+C·3+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 23 pts
sergeancy (15 points)
The office of a sergeant; sergeantship.
S·1+E·1+R·1+G·2+E·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+Y·4 = 15 pts
sergeanty (13 points)
""Tenure of lands of the crown by an honorary kind of service not due to any lord, but to the king only.""
S·1+E·1+R·1+G·2+E·1+A·1+N·1+T·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
seriately (12 points)
SERIATE to put in a series
S·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+L·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
serjeanty (19 points)
""SERJEANT a noncommissioned military officer, also SERGEANT""
S·1+E·1+R·1+J·8+E·1+A·1+N·1+T·1+Y·4 = 19 pts
severally (15 points)
Cut and then join together one by one
One at a time
Not all together
S·1+E·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
severalty (15 points)
""A state of separation from the rest, or from all others; a holding by individual right.""
S·1+E·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+A·1+L·1+T·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
sexuality (19 points)
State that may be fluid (wordplay)
Wrongly say I exult in carnal desires
Gender preference
S·1+E·1+X·8+U·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 19 pts
shadberry (18 points)
SHADE to screen from light or heat
S·1+H·4+A·1+D·2+B·3+E·1+R·1+R·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
shadowily (19 points)
SHADOW to make dark or gloomy
S·1+H·4+A·1+D·2+O·1+W·4+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 19 pts
shallowly (18 points)
In a superficial manner
Secretive about worship, in a way that lacks depth
S·1+H·4+A·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+W·4+L·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
signatory (13 points)
John Hancock, famously
Indicate a politician's one in agreement
Hire a conservative for proclamation party
S·1+I·1+G·2+N·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
similarly (14 points)
In like manner
In the same vein
Likewise.
S·1+I·1+M·3+I·1+L·1+A·1+R·1+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
slaphappy (21 points)
Whack a dwarf (wordplay)
Insult Mrs. Rockefeller?
Insult Mrs. Rockefeller (wordplay)
S·1+L·1+A·1+P·3+H·4+A·1+P·3+P·3+Y·4 = 21 pts
slavishly (18 points)
Foxy Liberal secured for Strictly
In the manner of a servant that's wasteful, cloaked in cunning
S·1+L·1+A·1+V·4+I·1+S·1+H·4+L·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
sluiceway (17 points)
Artificial channel for water
S·1+L·1+U·1+I·1+C·3+E·1+W·4+A·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
soapberry (16 points)
""Tree Any tree of the genus Sapindus, esp. Sapindus saponaria, the fleshy part of whose fruit is used instead of soap in washing linen; also called soap tree. Sapindus, esp. Sapindus saponaria, the fleshy part of whose fruit is used instead of soap in washing linen; also called soap tree.""
S·1+O·1+A·1+P·3+B·3+E·1+R·1+R·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
sociality (14 points)
Fellowship.
S·1+O·1+C·3+I·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
sonically (14 points)
SONIC pertaining to sound
S·1+O·1+N·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
sparingly (15 points)
Very little cutting, calculating nicks
Mean to be doing it this way
In a frugal manner.
S·1+P·3+A·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+L·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
spatially (14 points)
How orbits are arranged
S·1+P·3+A·1+T·1+I·1+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
speakeasy (18 points)
Illicit drinking club (US)
Talk with a low-key bartender (wordplay)
Password requirer, maybe
S·1+P·3+E·1+A·1+K·5+E·1+A·1+S·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
specially (16 points)
For a particular purpose
In particular
Particularly small diamonds quietly picked up by friend
S·1+P·3+E·1+C·3+I·1+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
specialty (16 points)
Special subject of study
Pediatrics, for example
Strong suit
S·1+P·3+E·1+C·3+I·1+A·1+L·1+T·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
splashily (17 points)
SPLASH to scatter liquid about
S·1+P·3+L·1+A·1+S·1+H·4+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
squalidly (22 points)
In a squalid manner.
S·1+Q·10+U·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+D·2+L·1+Y·4 = 22 pts
squashily (24 points)
Wily chap is about to reverse current, so I make my way through marshland
S·1+Q·10+U·1+A·1+S·1+H·4+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 24 pts
stability (14 points)
By a list it gets impaired (wordplay)
What a gyroscope may provide
Monetary policy goal
S·1+T·1+A·1+B·3+I·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
stagnancy (15 points)
Only for blokes, girl shows sluggishness
Lack of flow
Given one buck, she is still bad
S·1+T·1+A·1+G·2+N·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+Y·4 = 15 pts
standaway (16 points)
Keep clear of one of 11 across
S·1+T·1+A·1+N·1+D·2+A·1+W·4+A·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
starchily (17 points)
STARCH to stiffen a fabric
S·1+T·1+A·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
statutory (12 points)
Of written law as to a trusty
Authorised by law
Try-outs at being required by law
S·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+U·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
staunchly (17 points)
In a loyal way
Without ambivalence
S·1+T·1+A·1+U·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
stoically (14 points)
By way of resignation
With a poker face
With fortitude
S·1+T·1+O·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
strangely (13 points)
Play golf the Curtis way (wordplay)
In an odd manner
In a weird way...
S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+N·1+G·2+E·1+L·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
strangury (13 points)
Gurn stupidly, probing vagrant's waterworks problem
S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+N·1+G·2+U·1+R·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
suability (14 points)
Liability to be sued; the state of being subjected by law to civil process.
S·1+U·1+A·1+B·3+I·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
suasively (15 points)
SUASIVE persuasive
S·1+U·1+A·1+S·1+I·1+V·4+E·1+L·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
subacidly (17 points)
ACIDLY {sourly=adv}
S·1+U·1+B·3+A·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
subagency (17 points)
A subordinate agency.
S·1+U·1+B·3+A·1+G·2+E·1+N·1+C·3+Y·4 = 17 pts
subfamily (19 points)
""One of the subdivisions, of more importance than genus, into which certain families are divided.""
S·1+U·1+B·3+F·4+A·1+M·3+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 19 pts
sublunary (14 points)
Any worldly thing.
S·1+U·1+B·3+L·1+U·1+N·1+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
summarily (16 points)
In a summary manner.
S·1+U·1+M·3+M·3+A·1+R·1+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
sumptuary (16 points)
A matter of expenditure on the old oil in there to start with
S·1+U·1+M·3+P·3+T·1+U·1+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
superably (16 points)
""SUPER to reinforce with a thin cotton mesh, as a book""
S·1+U·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
supremacy (18 points)
Tinpot despot's dream state (wordplay)
Empire state (wordplay)
Power to dominate
S·1+U·1+P·3+R·1+E·1+M·3+A·1+C·3+Y·4 = 18 pts
surreally (12 points)
SURREAL having dreamlike qualities
S·1+U·1+R·1+R·1+E·1+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
surrogacy (15 points)
""Pl. surrogacies The condition of being a surrogate, especially a surrogate mother.""
S·1+U·1+R·1+R·1+O·1+G·2+A·1+C·3+Y·4 = 15 pts
suturally (12 points)
In a sutural manner.
S·1+U·1+T·1+U·1+R·1+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
swordplay (18 points)
Foiling son by clever verbal repartee!
Fencing - 's my sport (wordplay)
One of D'Artagnan's fortes.
S·1+W·4+O·1+R·1+D·2+P·3+L·1+A·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
syllabary (17 points)
""A table of syllables; more especially, a table of the indivisible syllabic symbols used in certain languages, as the Japanese and Cherokee, instead of letters.""
S·1+Y·4+L·1+L·1+A·1+B·3+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
syllabify (20 points)
To form or divide into syllables.
S·1+Y·4+L·1+L·1+A·1+B·3+I·1+F·4+Y·4 = 20 pts
sympetaly (19 points)
Having united petals; gamopetalous.
S·1+Y·4+M·3+P·3+E·1+T·1+A·1+L·1+Y·4 = 19 pts

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