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saltpeter (11 points)
Naturally occurring potassium nitrate
Another name for potassium nitrate
Ingredient in fireworks
S·1+A·1+L·1+T·1+P·3+E·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
sandpaper (14 points)
Alternative to a plane (wordplay)
Abrasive sheet (DIY)
Wood-smoothing aid
S·1+A·1+N·1+D·2+P·3+A·1+P·3+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
sandpiper (14 points)
Desert musician (wordplay)
Snipe's cousin
Small wading bird
S·1+A·1+N·1+D·2+P·3+I·1+P·3+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
sapsucker (17 points)
It might be yellow-bellied
Yellow-bellied bird
Seedy cakes spur woodpecker
S·1+A·1+P·3+S·1+U·1+C·3+K·5+E·1+R·1 = 17 pts
scalloper (13 points)
Mollusk gatherer
S·1+C·3+A·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+P·3+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
scrappier (15 points)
More combative
S·1+C·3+R·1+A·1+P·3+P·3+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
scrimpier (15 points)
Scrimpy
S·1+C·3+R·1+I·1+M·3+P·3+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
separator (11 points)
Opera star (anagram)
What keeps things apart
It divides cream and milk
S·1+E·1+P·3+A·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 11 pts
sepulcher (16 points)
Burial chamber
S·1+E·1+P·3+U·1+L·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts
shampooer (16 points)
Hairdresser finds spectacles in small basket
S·1+H·4+A·1+M·3+P·3+O·1+O·1+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts
shapelier (14 points)
Heels, pair becoming more elegant
Evoking more "hubba-hubbas"
More likely to be watched
S·1+H·4+A·1+P·3+E·1+L·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
sharpener (14 points)
Device for making a point (wordplay)
Gadget on the cutting edge (wordplay)
It makes a point or edge
S·1+H·4+A·1+R·1+P·3+E·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
shipowner (17 points)
Onassis, perhaps, captive in the sun (wordplay)
Transport magnate's shown ripe bananas
At sea, person with less time to find big fish in the main (wordplay)
S·1+H·4+I·1+P·3+O·1+W·4+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 17 pts
shrimpier (16 points)
Shrimpy
S·1+H·4+R·1+I·1+M·3+P·3+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts
shunpiker (18 points)
SHUNPIKE to travel on sideroads to avoid expressways
S·1+H·4+U·1+N·1+P·3+I·1+K·5+E·1+R·1 = 18 pts
sleepover (14 points)
Teen party, maybe
Stay with a friend, say
Preteens' party, maybe
S·1+L·1+E·1+E·1+P·3+O·1+V·4+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
sleepwear (14 points)
Here are Le Pew's pajamas
Retirement attire
S·1+L·1+E·1+E·1+P·3+W·4+E·1+A·1+R·1 = 14 pts
slimpsier (13 points)
Slimpsy
S·1+L·1+I·1+M·3+P·3+S·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
slipcover (16 points)
False alibi (wordplay)
Chair upholstery item
False alibi?
S·1+L·1+I·1+P·3+C·3+O·1+V·4+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts
spanglier (12 points)
Spangly
S·1+P·3+A·1+N·1+G·2+L·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
sparklier (15 points)
Sparkly
S·1+P·3+A·1+R·1+K·5+L·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
specialer (13 points)
Special
S·1+P·3+E·1+C·3+I·1+A·1+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
specifier (16 points)
One setting down requirements
S·1+P·3+E·1+C·3+I·1+F·4+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts
spectator (13 points)
A model inspector at cricket, say ...
Playing to the crowd (wordplay)
One to watch!
S·1+P·3+E·1+C·3+T·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 13 pts
speedster (12 points)
Jensen, perhaps: a car for the fleet
Fast car (or driver)
'50s Porsche 356 roadster variant
S·1+P·3+E·1+E·1+D·2+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
spelunker (15 points)
Cave man (wordplay)
Explorer of sorts
One exploring deeply (wordplay)
S·1+P·3+E·1+L·1+U·1+N·1+K·5+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
sphincter (16 points)
Riddler endlessly chattering, loathing lost muscle
Muscle inclined to pinch with rest - stopped up
Body part in a "Wayne's World" joke used to get the other guy to say "What?"
S·1+P·3+H·4+I·1+N·1+C·3+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts
spiderier (12 points)
Spidery
S·1+P·3+I·1+D·2+E·1+R·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
spillover (14 points)
Unexpected by-product
Go past the rim
Unexpected consequence
S·1+P·3+I·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+V·4+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
spindlier (12 points)
Built more like Ichabod Crane
Longer and thinner
More thin and frail
S·1+P·3+I·1+N·1+D·2+L·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
spinnaker (15 points)
Sail suited to Shane Warne (wordplay)
Racing yacht's large triangular sail.
Sail that looks kinda like a parachute
S·1+P·3+I·1+N·1+N·1+A·1+K·5+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
splashier (14 points)
More ostentatious
Mountains (spelled backward) + Less bold = (wordplay)
S·1+P·3+L·1+A·1+S·1+H·4+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
spleenier (11 points)
Spleeny
S·1+P·3+L·1+E·1+E·1+N·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
splendour (12 points)
Odds on usurer heard to show richness
Show way to spend our pound inside
Half-hearted hostility and dismal dazzle
S·1+P·3+L·1+E·1+N·1+D·2+O·1+U·1+R·1 = 12 pts
splurgier (12 points)
Splurgy
S·1+P·3+L·1+U·1+R·1+G·2+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
spoliator (11 points)
1989's word: Plunderer
S·1+P·3+O·1+L·1+I·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 11 pts
sprawlier (14 points)
Sprawly
S·1+P·3+R·1+A·1+W·4+L·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
spriggier (13 points)
Spriggy
S·1+P·3+R·1+I·1+G·2+G·2+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
springier (12 points)
A spaniel without one is more resilient
More elastic
More likely to bounce back, more like May might you say (wordplay)
S·1+P·3+R·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
sprinkler (15 points)
Device for lawn owners.
Device for watering
"Let-us-spray" device
S·1+P·3+R·1+I·1+N·1+K·5+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
sputterer (11 points)
One who explodes vocally
Bridge player at club showing hesitation to one who speaks incoherently
S·1+P·3+U·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
spymaster (16 points)
Messy part (anagram) - M (wordplay)
Bond's M, perhaps
George Smiley, for one
S·1+P·3+Y·4+M·3+A·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts
stampeder (14 points)
Calgary rodeo rider, perhaps
Panicker of steers.
When Peter's mad he panics
S·1+T·1+A·1+M·3+P·3+E·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
stroppier (13 points)
More argumentative
More bad tempered and argumentative (colloq.)
With pressure involved, running Tories' PR gets more difficult to handle
S·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+P·3+P·3+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
superstar (11 points)
What the champ may become
Exalted rank of Rooney, for instance
*The Carpenters vs. Lupe Fiasco
S·1+U·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1+T·1+A·1+R·1 = 11 pts
supinator (11 points)
A muscle which produces the motion of supination.
S·1+U·1+P·3+I·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 11 pts
supporter (13 points)
May help to keep the team up!
Fan of champion (wordplay)
A fan of drink (beer)
S·1+U·1+P·3+P·3+O·1+R·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
surpriser (11 points)
Giver of a certain party
S·1+U·1+R·1+P·3+R·1+I·1+S·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
suspender (12 points)
Buy-one-get-one-free item (wordplay)
He puts off getting a hanger (wordplay)
This hold up could bring up redness
S·1+U·1+S·1+P·3+E·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
suspenser (11 points)
SUSPENSE a state of mental uncertainty or excitement
S·1+U·1+S·1+P·3+E·1+N·1+S·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
suspensor (11 points)
A suspensory.
S·1+U·1+S·1+P·3+E·1+N·1+S·1+O·1+R·1 = 11 pts

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