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safranine (12 points)
Red fabric dye.
S·1+A·1+F·4+R·1+A·1+N·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 12 pts
sailplane (11 points)
Aircraft transaction simple, they say
Glider of a sort
Sound transaction straightforward for aircraft
S·1+A·1+I·1+L·1+P·3+L·1+A·1+N·1+E·1 = 11 pts
saintlike (13 points)
Very innocent shot in talkies
Newly descriptive of Sir Clive (wordplay)
Newly descriptive of the Redknapps (wordplay)
S·1+A·1+I·1+N·1+T·1+L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 13 pts
sandstone (10 points)
The hard sound of S with S (wordplay)
The way one supports smooth rock!
Sound quality for George (wordplay)
S·1+A·1+N·1+D·2+S·1+T·1+O·1+N·1+E·1 = 10 pts
sarabande (12 points)
Old-time Spanish dance.
Stately Spanish dance
Spanish dance variable
S·1+A·1+R·1+A·1+B·3+A·1+N·1+D·2+E·1 = 12 pts
saturnine (9 points)
As, perhaps, in E it's so gloomy
Rested funerary vessel in earth grave
Gloomy heavenly body in the east
S·1+A·1+T·1+U·1+R·1+N·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 9 pts
saxophone (21 points)
Charlie Parker's 'horn' (wordplay)
It gives music
Single-reed instrument
S·1+A·1+X·8+O·1+P·3+H·4+O·1+N·1+E·1 = 21 pts
scannable (13 points)
Like bar codes
Like a QR code
S·1+C·3+A·1+N·1+N·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 13 pts
schnozzle (32 points)
US slang (from Yiddish) for the nose
School head covered in piercings may constitute a feature
Beak
S·1+C·3+H·4+N·1+O·1+Z·10+Z·10+L·1+E·1 = 32 pts
scientize (20 points)
Make systematic
S·1+C·3+I·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 20 pts
semblance (15 points)
Like to have this (wordplay)
Misleading outward appearance
Apparent form
S·1+E·1+M·3+B·3+L·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 15 pts
sensillae (9 points)
Sensilla
S·1+E·1+N·1+S·1+I·1+L·1+L·1+A·1+E·1 = 9 pts
sensitise (9 points)
Make more responsive
Suspect it's injected to prepare for a reaction
S·1+E·1+N·1+S·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 9 pts
sensitive (12 points)
Responsive to physical stimuli
Steve is in trouble, being easily upset
Quick to respond
S·1+E·1+N·1+S·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 12 pts
sensitize (18 points)
Make responsive to others' feelings
To make emotionally receptive
Attune
S·1+E·1+N·1+S·1+I·1+T·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 18 pts
sentience (11 points)
Consciousness - ten nieces (anagram)
What Data had, but a toaster does not
Robot's lack
S·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 11 pts
sermonize (20 points)
Perform a clerical task
It's more to the North in size the way you deliver it, in a manner of speaking
Preach
S·1+E·1+R·1+M·3+O·1+N·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 20 pts
severance (14 points)
Last check, maybe
Cabbage for canning (wordplay)
Dismissal from employment
S·1+E·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 14 pts
shipborne (16 points)
Transported by ship.
S·1+H·4+I·1+P·3+B·3+O·1+R·1+N·1+E·1 = 16 pts
shogunate (13 points)
Former Japanese government
S·1+H·4+O·1+G·2+U·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
shoreline (12 points)
Water's edge.
Where the sea meets land
Area subject to erosion
S·1+H·4+O·1+R·1+E·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 12 pts
shrinkage (17 points)
Process of becoming less
A gherkin's pickled, getting smaller
Asking her out is withering experience
S·1+H·4+R·1+I·1+N·1+K·5+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 17 pts
sibilance (13 points)
Hissing bird upset pike
Hissing quality
S·1+I·1+B·3+I·1+L·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 13 pts
sibylline (14 points)
""Pertaining to the sibyls; uttered, written, or composed by sibyls; like the productions of sibyls.""
S·1+I·1+B·3+Y·4+L·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 14 pts
signalise (10 points)
Mark, notably a single, is desperate
S·1+I·1+G·2+N·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 10 pts
signalize (19 points)
To make signal or eminent; to render distinguished from what is common; to distinguish.
S·1+I·1+G·2+N·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 19 pts
signature (10 points)
Is over Midge Ure's autograph!
Button Gwinnett's claim to fame.
Is over Midge Ure's autograph
S·1+I·1+G·2+N·1+A·1+T·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 10 pts
signorine (10 points)
""Pl. signorine (-n , -n ) or signorinas Used as a courtesy title for an unmarried woman in an Italian-speaking area, equivalent to Miss.""
S·1+I·1+G·2+N·1+O·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 10 pts
silkaline (13 points)
""(Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) a fine smooth cotton fabric used for linings, etc. [from silk + -aline, from -oline as in crinoline ]""
S·1+I·1+L·1+K·5+A·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 13 pts
silkoline (13 points)
English word
S·1+I·1+L·1+K·5+O·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 13 pts
siltstone (9 points)
Certain sedimentary rock
Type of sedimentary rock
S·1+I·1+L·1+T·1+S·1+T·1+O·1+N·1+E·1 = 9 pts
sinologue (10 points)
He knows China
S·1+I·1+N·1+O·1+L·1+O·1+G·2+U·1+E·1 = 10 pts
slanguage (11 points)
Shoptalk, for example
Hybrid term for colorful vocabulary
Colorful vocabulary
S·1+L·1+A·1+N·1+G·2+U·1+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 11 pts
slantwise (12 points)
Obliquely.
Discontented social worker knowing one's inclined to appear thus
Oblique
S·1+L·1+A·1+N·1+T·1+W·4+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 12 pts
sloganize (19 points)
SLOGAN a motto adopted by a group
S·1+L·1+O·1+G·2+A·1+N·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 19 pts
snaillike (13 points)
Very slow, as a pace
Very slow
Sluggish
S·1+N·1+A·1+I·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 13 pts
snakebite (15 points)
Slithering Racer X song (wordplay)
Drink (dangerous if given by 18!)
Poisonous drink (wordplay)
S·1+N·1+A·1+K·5+E·1+B·3+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 15 pts
snakelike (17 points)
Twisting
Ophidian
S·1+N·1+A·1+K·5+E·1+L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 17 pts
snowflake (19 points)
Canadian crystal (wordplay)
It can't be cloned
Hexagonal sign of winter
S·1+N·1+O·1+W·4+F·4+L·1+A·1+K·5+E·1 = 19 pts
snowscape (16 points)
Winter view
Christmas scene? Sons wrapping present, piece of clothing
S·1+N·1+O·1+W·4+S·1+C·3+A·1+P·3+E·1 = 16 pts
snowslide (13 points)
An avalanche of snow.
S·1+N·1+O·1+W·4+S·1+L·1+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 13 pts
soapstone (11 points)
Marker for style of TV serial (wordplay)
Teaspoons made of steatite (wordplay)
Soft form of rock
S·1+O·1+A·1+P·3+S·1+T·1+O·1+N·1+E·1 = 11 pts
soilborne (11 points)
English word
S·1+O·1+I·1+L·1+B·3+O·1+R·1+N·1+E·1 = 11 pts
solemnize (20 points)
Observe with dignity
S·1+O·1+L·1+E·1+M·3+N·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 20 pts
soundable (12 points)
Capable of being sounded.
S·1+O·1+U·1+N·1+D·2+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 12 pts
sparteine (11 points)
""A narcotic alkaloid extracted from the tops of the common broom (Cytisus scoparius, formerly Spartium scoparium), as a colorless oily liquid of anilinelike odor and very bitter taste. Cytisus scoparius, formerly Spartium scoparium), as a colorless oily liquid of anilinelike odor and very bitter taste.""
S·1+P·3+A·1+R·1+T·1+E·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 11 pts
spendable (14 points)
Like notes ready to be blown (wordplay)
Kind of income
Like money, there for using - hang staying in the black!
S·1+P·3+E·1+N·1+D·2+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 14 pts
spinelike (15 points)
Adjective meaning resembling
S·1+P·3+I·1+N·1+E·1+L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 15 pts
spinulose (11 points)
Having spinules; minutely spiny.
S·1+P·3+I·1+N·1+U·1+L·1+O·1+S·1+E·1 = 11 pts
spodumene (14 points)
""A mineral of a white to yellowish, purplish, or emeraldgreen color, occuring in prismatic crystals, often of great size. It is a silicate of aluminia and lithia. See Hiddenite. Hiddenite.""
S·1+P·3+O·1+D·2+U·1+M·3+E·1+N·1+E·1 = 14 pts
stainable (11 points)
Like white dresses and unfinished wood
S·1+T·1+A·1+I·1+N·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 11 pts
staminate (11 points)
Designating pollen-bearing flowers.
S·1+T·1+A·1+M·3+I·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
standpipe (14 points)
Fire hose hookup
Temporary water outlet
Tall water tank
S·1+T·1+A·1+N·1+D·2+P·3+I·1+P·3+E·1 = 14 pts
stenotype (14 points)
Court reporter's machine
Instrument used in taking shorthand.
Court reporter's device
S·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+O·1+T·1+Y·4+P·3+E·1 = 14 pts
stingaree (10 points)
Ray having a whiplike tail.
Whip-tailed ray.
Fish with whiplike tail.
S·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+A·1+R·1+E·1+E·1 = 10 pts
stoneware (12 points)
Caveman's cooking tools (wordplay)
Pottery has novel article in stock
Heavy, nonporous pottery
S·1+T·1+O·1+N·1+E·1+W·4+A·1+R·1+E·1 = 12 pts
stridence (12 points)
Quality of being harsh or shrill.
Harsh quality
Shrillness
S·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+D·2+E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 12 pts
strongyle (13 points)
Parasitic threadworm
S·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+N·1+G·2+Y·4+L·1+E·1 = 13 pts
subalpine (13 points)
Beyond the foothills
Just below the treeline
Below the treeline
S·1+U·1+B·3+A·1+L·1+P·3+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 13 pts
submarine (13 points)
Nautilus, for one
The Sea Wolf
Jules Verne's dream come true.
S·1+U·1+B·3+M·3+A·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 13 pts
substance (13 points)
Drug found in property (wordplay)
Reserve opinion for matter
Advance point of view in matter
S·1+U·1+B·3+S·1+T·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 13 pts
succinate (13 points)
A salt of succinic acid.
S·1+U·1+C·3+C·3+I·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
sugarcane (12 points)
Plantation crop (2 words)
Grass suing when not in on secret
Source of a valuable commodity.
S·1+U·1+G·2+A·1+R·1+C·3+A·1+N·1+E·1 = 12 pts
sulfonate (12 points)
""SULFONE a sulfur compound, also SULPHONE""
S·1+U·1+L·1+F·4+O·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
sultanate (9 points)
Oman, for one
Brunei, for one
Eccentric late aunt's land
S·1+U·1+L·1+T·1+A·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 9 pts
sunstroke (13 points)
UV OD, less briefly (wordplay)
Ailment from spending too long tanning
Blazer on oarsman may be excruciating
S·1+U·1+N·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+K·5+E·1 = 13 pts
superfine (14 points)
Exceptionally good.
Adjective for sandpaper with very high grit numbers
Overnice
S·1+U·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+F·4+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 14 pts
supergene (12 points)
A group of closely linked genes occupying a large chromosomal segment and frequently functioning as a genetic unit.
S·1+U·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+G·2+E·1+N·1+E·1 = 12 pts
supervene (14 points)
Follow as an unexpected result
Occur as an interruption
Occur unexpectedly.
S·1+U·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+V·4+E·1+N·1+E·1 = 14 pts
surcingle (12 points)
Belt proclaiming a Knight Bachelor
Saddle girth.
Strap for holding saddle on animal's back
S·1+U·1+R·1+C·3+I·1+N·1+G·2+L·1+E·1 = 12 pts
sylvanite (15 points)
""A mineral, a telluride of gold and silver, of a steelgray, silverwhite, or brassyellow color. It often occurs in implanted crystals resembling written characters, and hence is called graphic tellurium. graphic tellurium.""
S·1+Y·4+L·1+V·4+A·1+N·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 15 pts
synagogue (14 points)
A guy's gone off to house of worship
House of the Lord
Place of worship
S·1+Y·4+N·1+A·1+G·2+O·1+G·2+U·1+E·1 = 14 pts
syncopate (16 points)
Put the accent on the weak beat
Play in jazz style.
Accent the off-beats
S·1+Y·4+N·1+C·3+O·1+P·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 16 pts
syndicate (15 points)
Group working to a common aim
Business group supplied by CIE dynast
Combine to make Disney cat twitchy
S·1+Y·4+N·1+D·2+I·1+C·3+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 15 pts
synopsize (23 points)
SYNOPSIZE
S·1+Y·4+N·1+O·1+P·3+S·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 23 pts

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