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safelight (16 points)
A lamp having one or more color filters allowing moderate darkroom illumination without affecting photosensitive film or paper.
S·1+A·1+F·4+E·1+L·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1 = 16 pts
S·1+A·1+V·4+O·1+R·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts
S·1+C·3+A·1+B·3+B·3+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 15 pts
scantiest (11 points)
Word for some bikinis
Most revealing form of cattiness
Like an ecdysiast's attire
S·1+C·3+A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts
S·1+C·3+A·1+R·1+R·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts
S·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+T·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts
S·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts
S·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+Z·10+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 23 pts
S·1+C·3+H·4+O·1+L·1+I·1+A·1+S·1+T·1 = 14 pts
S·1+C·3+I·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts
screwiest (14 points)
Maximally wacky
Most absurd
Group on board beset by rest finally dismissed as extremely eccentric
S·1+C·3+R·1+E·1+W·4+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 14 pts
S·1+C·3+U·1+M·3+M·3+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 15 pts
S·1+C·3+U·1+R·1+F·4+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 14 pts
S·1+C·3+U·1+R·1+V·4+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 14 pts
S·1+C·3+U·1+Z·10+Z·10+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 29 pts
S·1+E·1+E·1+M·3+L·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts
S·1+E·1+M·3+I·1+E·1+R·1+E·1+C·3+T·1 = 13 pts
S·1+E·1+M·3+I·1+M·3+O·1+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 13 pts
semisweet (14 points)
Like some chocolate chips
Like some chocolate
Like chocolate chips used for baking
S·1+E·1+M·3+I·1+S·1+W·4+E·1+E·1+T·1 = 14 pts
sentiment (11 points)
Male's subconscious feeling (wordplay)
Test men in, say, emotion
Living without Mike? There's a thought!
S·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+M·3+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 11 pts
S·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 9 pts
S·1+H·4+A·1+B·3+B·3+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 16 pts
S·1+H·4+A·1+G·2+G·2+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 14 pts
S·1+H·4+A·1+M·3+A·1+N·1+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 14 pts
S·1+H·4+E·1+E·1+N·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts
S·1+H·4+E·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts
S·1+H·4+E·1+L·1+V·4+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 15 pts
S·1+H·4+I·1+F·4+T·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 15 pts
S·1+H·4+I·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts
S·1+H·4+O·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts
S·1+H·4+O·1+D·2+D·2+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 14 pts
shortlist (12 points)
List of final candidates
Place for a select group
Applicants selected from a larger group
S·1+H·4+O·1+R·1+T·1+L·1+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts
S·1+H·4+R·1+I·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts
S·1+I·1+C·3+K·5+L·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 15 pts
sidelight (14 points)
Small illumination (on car)
Not light in the head in the car
Incidental information in window by door
S·1+I·1+D·2+E·1+L·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1 = 14 pts
S·1+I·1+L·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 9 pts
simulcast (13 points)
Program on radio and TV at same time.
It's carried by radio and TV
Concurrent program airing
S·1+I·1+M·3+U·1+L·1+C·3+A·1+S·1+T·1 = 13 pts
S·1+I·1+N·1+C·3+E·1+R·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts
S·1+K·5+I·1+D·2+D·2+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 15 pts
skimpiest (17 points)
Providing the least coverage
Shortest dance embracing maiden that's missing date
S·1+K·5+I·1+M·3+P·3+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 17 pts
skinflint (16 points)
Cheeseparer to remove outside of stone
Means one's mean and stony
Mean man to hide stone
S·1+K·5+I·1+N·1+F·4+L·1+I·1+N·1+T·1 = 16 pts
S·1+K·5+I·1+N·1+N·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 13 pts
S·1+K·5+I·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1 = 17 pts
S·1+L·1+A·1+G·2+G·2+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts
S·1+L·1+A·1+N·1+G·2+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
S·1+L·1+E·1+A·1+Z·10+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 18 pts
S·1+L·1+E·1+E·1+K·5+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 13 pts
S·1+L·1+E·1+E·1+P·3+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts
S·1+L·1+E·1+E·1+T·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 9 pts
slightest (13 points)
Tiniest moan about large cricket match
Least tight, less loose
Very trifling but cunning-sounding exam
S·1+L·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 13 pts
S·1+L·1+I·1+M·3+S·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts
slingshot (13 points)
The Y in "Angry Birds" (wordplay)
No slights (anagram) - catapult (US)
Catapult - thin gloss (anagram)
S·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+S·1+H·4+O·1+T·1 = 13 pts
S·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+K·5+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 13 pts
S·1+L·1+I·1+P·3+P·3+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 13 pts
S·1+L·1+O·1+B·3+B·3+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 13 pts
sloppiest (13 points)
Most abhorrent to Felix Unger
Like a perfect sandwich of a sort (wordplay)
Most messy
S·1+L·1+O·1+P·3+P·3+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 13 pts
S·1+L·1+O·1+S·1+H·4+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts
S·1+L·1+U·1+D·2+G·2+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts
S·1+L·1+U·1+M·3+M·3+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 13 pts
S·1+L·1+U·1+S·1+H·4+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts
S·1+L·1+U·1+T·1+T·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 9 pts
S·1+M·3+A·1+R·1+M·3+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 13 pts
S·1+M·3+E·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts
S·1+M·3+E·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts
S·1+M·3+I·1+R·1+K·5+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 15 pts
S·1+M·3+O·1+G·2+G·2+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 13 pts
S·1+M·3+U·1+D·2+G·2+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 13 pts
S·1+M·3+U·1+T·1+T·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts
S·1+N·1+A·1+G·2+G·2+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts
snappiest (13 points)
Making inept pass, gets most irascible
Most like Dorothy Parker's comebacks
Like the one speaking most irritably
S·1+N·1+A·1+P·3+P·3+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 13 pts
S·1+N·1+A·1+R·1+K·5+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 13 pts
S·1+N·1+A·1+R·1+L·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 9 pts
S·1+N·1+A·1+Z·10+Z·10+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 27 pts
S·1+N·1+E·1+A·1+K·5+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 13 pts
S·1+N·1+E·1+E·1+Z·10+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 18 pts
S·1+N·1+I·1+F·4+F·4+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 15 pts
S·1+N·1+I·1+P·3+P·3+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 13 pts
snobbiest (13 points)
Bent boss I found corrupt and most haughty
New leisure pursuits in East End disrupting road, with most affected
S·1+N·1+O·1+B·3+B·3+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 13 pts
S·1+N·1+O·1+O·1+P·3+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts
S·1+N·1+O·1+O·1+T·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 9 pts
S·1+N·1+O·1+O·1+Z·10+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 18 pts
S·1+N·1+O·1+T·1+T·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 9 pts
S·1+N·1+O·1+U·1+T·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 9 pts
S·1+N·1+O·1+W·4+D·2+R·1+I·1+F·4+T·1 = 16 pts
S·1+N·1+U·1+B·3+B·3+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 13 pts
S·1+N·1+U·1+F·4+F·4+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 15 pts
S·1+O·1+B·3+R·1+I·1+Q·10+U·1+E·1+T·1 = 20 pts
S·1+O·1+C·3+I·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts
solipsist (11 points)
One who knows his own mind (wordplay)
First person singular (wordplay)
One egoistically self-absorbed
S·1+O·1+L·1+I·1+P·3+S·1+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts
S·1+P·3+A·1+R·1+K·5+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 15 pts
S·1+P·3+A·1+R·1+R·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts
S·1+P·3+E·1+A·1+R·1+M·3+I·1+N·1+T·1 = 13 pts
S·1+P·3+E·1+E·1+D·2+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts
S·1+P·3+H·4+E·1+R·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 14 pts
S·1+P·3+I·1+F·4+F·4+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 17 pts
spindrift (15 points)
Fine snow driven by the wind
Spray blown along surface of sea
Spray blown from the crests of waves
S·1+P·3+I·1+N·1+D·2+R·1+I·1+F·4+T·1 = 15 pts
S·1+P·3+I·1+N·1+N·1+E·1+R·1+E·1+T·1 = 11 pts
S·1+P·3+I·1+R·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts
S·1+P·3+O·1+N·1+G·2+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts
S·1+P·3+O·1+O·1+K·5+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 15 pts
S·1+P·3+O·1+O·1+N·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts
S·1+P·3+O·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts
spotlight (15 points)
It brightens up a performance
Stage actor may be in it
Flimsy blouse held up in public eye
S·1+P·3+O·1+T·1+L·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1 = 15 pts
S·1+P·3+O·1+T·1+T·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts
S·1+P·3+R·1+U·1+C·3+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 13 pts
S·1+P·3+U·1+N·1+K·5+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 15 pts
S·1+Q·10+U·1+I·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 18 pts
S·1+T·1+A·1+G·2+G·2+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts
S·1+T·1+A·1+L·1+K·5+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 13 pts
starfruit (12 points)
Juicy treat from Southeast Asia
Edible Malaysian export
Sweet treat from Southeast Asia
S·1+T·1+A·1+R·1+F·4+R·1+U·1+I·1+T·1 = 12 pts
S·1+T·1+A·1+R·1+L·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1 = 13 pts
starriest (9 points)
Most brilliant small time lags inside
Like the clearest nights
Describing Old Glory.
S·1+T·1+A·1+R·1+R·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 9 pts
steadiest (10 points)
Still the most (wordplay)
Best-balanced - it's sedate (anagram)
Best on the balance beam, maybe
S·1+T·1+E·1+A·1+D·2+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
S·1+T·1+E·1+A·1+M·3+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts
S·1+T·1+E·1+E·1+L·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 9 pts
S·1+T·1+E·1+M·3+M·3+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 13 pts
S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+L·1+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 9 pts
S·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+K·5+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 15 pts
S·1+T·1+I·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 9 pts
stimulant (11 points)
Viagra perhaps, man with lust it excited
Pick-me-up
Most likely an illegal influence
S·1+T·1+I·1+M·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 11 pts
S·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
S·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+K·5+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 13 pts
stirabout (11 points)
""A dish formed of oatmeal boiled in water to a certain consistency and frequently stirred, or of oatmeal and dripping mixed together and stirred about in a pan; a hasty pudding.""
S·1+T·1+I·1+R·1+A·1+B·3+O·1+U·1+T·1 = 11 pts
S·1+T·1+O·1+C·3+K·5+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 15 pts
stockinet (15 points)
Elastic knitted fabric
Store at home with film material
Material traditional in film
S·1+T·1+O·1+C·3+K·5+I·1+N·1+E·1+T·1 = 15 pts
S·1+T·1+O·1+D·2+G·2+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts
S·1+T·1+O·1+L·1+I·1+D·2+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
S·1+T·1+O·1+P·3+L·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1 = 15 pts
S·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+M·3+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts
S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+I·1+T·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 9 pts
S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+W·4+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts
S·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+T·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts
S·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+K·5+E·1+O·1+U·1+T·1 = 13 pts
stringent (10 points)
Severe, rigorous, attention to rules say
Of rule, say strict and precise
As a rule there's cord over the net
S·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 10 pts
S·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+P·3+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts
S·1+T·1+U·1+B·3+B·3+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 13 pts
S·1+T·1+U·1+D·2+L·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
S·1+T·1+U·1+F·4+F·4+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 15 pts
S·1+T·1+U·1+M·3+P·3+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 13 pts
S·1+T·1+U·1+P·3+I·1+D·2+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts
S·1+T·1+U·1+R·1+D·2+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
S·1+U·1+B·3+L·1+I·1+M·3+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 13 pts
S·1+U·1+B·3+S·1+C·3+R·1+I·1+P·3+T·1 = 15 pts
S·1+U·1+B·3+T·1+I·1+L·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts
S·1+U·1+G·2+A·1+R·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
S·1+U·1+L·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 9 pts
S·1+U·1+P·3+P·3+L·1+I·1+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 13 pts
S·1+W·4+A·1+M·3+P·3+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 16 pts
S·1+W·4+A·1+N·1+K·5+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 16 pts
S·1+W·4+A·1+R·1+A·1+J·8+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 19 pts
S·1+W·4+E·1+A·1+T·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts
S·1+W·4+E·1+E·1+P·3+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 14 pts
swimmeret (16 points)
""One of a series of flat, fringed, and usually bilobed, appendages, of which several pairs occur on the abdominal somites of many crustaceans. They are used as fins in swimming.""
S·1+W·4+I·1+M·3+M·3+E·1+R·1+E·1+T·1 = 16 pts
S·1+W·4+I·1+M·3+M·3+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 16 pts
S·1+W·4+I·1+N·1+G·2+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 13 pts
S·1+W·4+I·1+R·1+L·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts
S·1+W·4+I·1+S·1+H·4+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 15 pts
S·1+Y·4+L·1+L·1+O·1+G·2+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 13 pts
symbolist (16 points)
Baudelaire, for example
Person who says one thing and means another
Writer who uses imagery to evoke ideas an orchestra member articulated
S·1+Y·4+M·3+B·3+O·1+L·1+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 16 pts
S·1+Y·4+N·1+E·1+R·1+G·2+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 13 pts
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