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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
sallowest (12 points)
Sallow
S·1+A·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+W·4+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts
sandblast (12 points)
Explosive bunker shot (wordplay)
Clean a wall, one way
Clean, as graffiti from stone
S·1+A·1+N·1+D·2+B·3+L·1+A·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts
scholiast (14 points)
A maker of scholia; a commentator or annotator.
S·1+C·3+H·4+O·1+L·1+I·1+A·1+S·1+T·1 = 14 pts
seemliest (11 points)
Most fitting
S·1+E·1+E·1+M·3+L·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts
serialist (9 points)
Dickens was one
Schoenberg or Berg, musically
Writer for a TV drama, for example
S·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 9 pts
sextuplet (18 points)
One sharing birthday with five others
One with very little womb room
One of six at birth
S·1+E·1+X·8+T·1+U·1+P·3+L·1+E·1+T·1 = 18 pts
shelliest (12 points)
Shelly
S·1+H·4+E·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts
shelviest (15 points)
Shelvy
S·1+H·4+E·1+L·1+V·4+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 15 pts
shoaliest (12 points)
Shoaly
S·1+H·4+O·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 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
shouldest (13 points)
Shall
S·1+H·4+O·1+U·1+L·1+D·2+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 13 pts
shrillest (12 points)
Often sexist superlative
S·1+H·4+R·1+I·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts
sickliest (15 points)
Sickly
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
silentest (9 points)
Silent
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
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
slaggiest (11 points)
Slaggy
S·1+L·1+A·1+G·2+G·2+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts
slangiest (10 points)
Most addicted to jive.
Least formal
S·1+L·1+A·1+N·1+G·2+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
sleaziest (18 points)
Most flimsy.
Most lowbrow
S·1+L·1+E·1+A·1+Z·10+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 18 pts
sleekiest (13 points)
Sleeky
S·1+L·1+E·1+E·1+K·5+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 13 pts
sleepiest (11 points)
Most ready for a nap
Most soporific
Most drowsy
S·1+L·1+E·1+E·1+P·3+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts
sleetiest (9 points)
Descriptive of some winter weather.
Most hazardously icy
Most wintry.
S·1+L·1+E·1+E·1+T·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 9 pts
sleevelet (12 points)
* Fitted forearm cover
Arm warmer
Arm wear
S·1+L·1+E·1+E·1+V·4+E·1+L·1+E·1+T·1 = 12 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
slimsiest (11 points)
Slimsy
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
slinkiest (13 points)
Most stealthy
S·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+K·5+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 13 pts
slippiest (13 points)
Slippy
S·1+L·1+I·1+P·3+P·3+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 13 pts
slobbiest (13 points)
Slobby
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
sloshiest (12 points)
Most splashy.
S·1+L·1+O·1+S·1+H·4+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts
sludgiest (11 points)
Sludgy
S·1+L·1+U·1+D·2+G·2+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts
slummiest (13 points)
Slummy
S·1+L·1+U·1+M·3+M·3+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 13 pts
slungshot (13 points)
English word
S·1+L·1+U·1+N·1+G·2+S·1+H·4+O·1+T·1 = 13 pts
slushiest (12 points)
Slushy
S·1+L·1+U·1+S·1+H·4+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts
sluttiest (9 points)
Slutty
S·1+L·1+U·1+T·1+T·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 9 pts
smelliest (11 points)
Most likely to cause wrinkling
Most like some cheeses
Most noisome
S·1+M·3+E·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts
snarliest (9 points)
Snarly
S·1+N·1+A·1+R·1+L·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 9 pts
socialist (11 points)
Marx, for one
Politician of the left
Thomas or Bevan.
S·1+O·1+C·3+I·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts
solemnest (11 points)
Most serious, to men less silly
Most serious
S·1+O·1+L·1+E·1+M·3+N·1+E·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
somnolent (11 points)
Drowsy - lost on men (anagram)
Lent moons (anagram)
Sleepy without fast at last
S·1+O·1+M·3+N·1+O·1+L·1+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 11 pts
splayfeet (17 points)
A physical deformity characterized by abnormally flat and turned-out feet.
S·1+P·3+L·1+A·1+Y·4+F·4+E·1+E·1+T·1 = 17 pts
splayfoot (17 points)
A foot that is abnormally flattened and spread out; flat foot.
S·1+P·3+L·1+A·1+Y·4+F·4+O·1+O·1+T·1 = 17 pts
splendent (12 points)
Illustrious.
Splashed out having received loan! That's brilliant!
Shining
S·1+P·3+L·1+E·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 12 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
stalkiest (13 points)
Stalky
S·1+T·1+A·1+L·1+K·5+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 13 pts
starlight (13 points)
Planetarium re-creation
Sailor bitten by little rays
Dim night-time illumination
S·1+T·1+A·1+R·1+L·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1 = 13 pts
steeliest (9 points)
With the most nerve
Most like Superman
Most hard and cold
S·1+T·1+E·1+E·1+L·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 9 pts
sterilant (9 points)
A sterilizing agent.
S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+L·1+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 9 pts
stilliest (9 points)
Stilly
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
stolidest (10 points)
Terribly stilted, so most uninspiring
Doctor so stilted and most unemotional
S·1+T·1+O·1+L·1+I·1+D·2+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
stoplight (15 points)
Don't go there!
Part of the street scene.
Device on rear of motor vehicle.
S·1+T·1+O·1+P·3+L·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1 = 15 pts
streamlet (11 points)
Small banker getting bad service on jet
Burn letter Sam redirected
Burn a number left in the roadway
S·1+T·1+R·1+E·1+A·1+M·3+L·1+E·1+T·1 = 11 pts
studliest (10 points)
Studly
S·1+T·1+U·1+D·2+L·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 10 pts
sublimest (13 points)
Sublime
S·1+U·1+B·3+L·1+I·1+M·3+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 13 pts
subtilest (11 points)
Subtil
S·1+U·1+B·3+T·1+I·1+L·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 11 pts
succulent (13 points)
Lush's drink, say - endless rum supplied
Full of juice
Cactus, e.g
S·1+U·1+C·3+C·3+U·1+L·1+E·1+N·1+T·1 = 13 pts
sullenest (9 points)
Filled with the most gloom
Most morose
S·1+U·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+N·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 9 pts
sultriest (9 points)
Most steamy
Superlatively sexy
S·1+U·1+L·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 9 pts
suppliant (13 points)
One who begs humbly
One making an appeal
One praying for a favour
S·1+U·1+P·3+P·3+L·1+I·1+A·1+N·1+T·1 = 13 pts
swirliest (12 points)
Swirly
S·1+W·4+I·1+R·1+L·1+I·1+E·1+S·1+T·1 = 12 pts
syllogist (13 points)
SYLLOGISE
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

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