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S·1+A·1+C·3+R·1+I·1+F·4+I·1+C·3+E·1 = 16 pts
S·1+A·1+C·3+R·1+I·1+L·1+E·1+G·2+E·1 = 12 pts
S·1+A·1+F·4+R·1+A·1+N·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 12 pts
saprolite (11 points)
""Soft, thoroughly decomposed rock rich in clay and remaining in its original place.""
S·1+A·1+P·3+R·1+O·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
S·1+A·1+R·1+A·1+B·3+A·1+N·1+D·2+E·1 = 12 pts
S·1+A·1+R·1+C·3+O·1+M·3+E·1+R·1+E·1 = 13 pts
S·1+A·1+R·1+C·3+O·1+S·1+O·1+M·3+E·1 = 13 pts
S·1+A·1+T·1+U·1+R·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 11 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
S·1+A·1+X·8+I·1+F·4+R·1+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 20 pts
S·1+C·3+R·1+A·1+P·3+P·3+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 16 pts
S·1+C·3+R·1+E·1+W·4+L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 18 pts
scrimmage (16 points)
Disorderly struggle (on sports field)
Game that's just for practice
Noisy brawl or struggle
S·1+C·3+R·1+I·1+M·3+M·3+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 16 pts
scripture (13 points)
Daily reading, for some
It may be quoted in church
Sacred writings as of Christians
S·1+C·3+R·1+I·1+P·3+T·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 13 pts
S·1+C·3+R·1+U·1+M·3+M·3+A·1+G·2+E·1 = 16 pts
S·1+C·3+R·1+U·1+T·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 13 pts
sculpture (13 points)
Art, figuratively speaking (wordplay)
The sort of art that may give one relief
Art in three dimensions
S·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+P·3+T·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 13 pts
S·1+E·1+C·3+R·1+E·1+T·1+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 14 pts
segregate (11 points)
Easter-egg (anagram)
Separate by race or religion
Part is for Easter egg production
S·1+E·1+G·2+R·1+E·1+G·2+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
semaphore (16 points)
Flagged discussion (wordplay)
Army signalling (wordplay)
Flagging conversation (wordplay)
S·1+E·1+M·3+A·1+P·3+H·4+O·1+R·1+E·1 = 16 pts
semibreve (16 points)
Whole note, to a British composer
Note equal to two minims
Note equivalent to four crotchets
S·1+E·1+M·3+I·1+B·3+R·1+E·1+V·4+E·1 = 16 pts
S·1+E·1+P·3+A·1+R·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 13 pts
sepulchre (16 points)
Dead end here, perhaps...
Where you may find dead end (wordplay)
Helps cure (anagram)
S·1+E·1+P·3+U·1+L·1+C·3+H·4+R·1+E·1 = 16 pts
sepulture (11 points)
The act of depositing the dead body of a human being in the grave; burial; interment.
S·1+E·1+P·3+U·1+L·1+T·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 11 pts
S·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 9 pts
S·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 18 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
serviette (12 points)
Diner's linen item
Setter out about to compete with wiper
Table napkin at Buckingham palace
S·1+E·1+R·1+V·4+I·1+E·1+T·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
S·1+E·1+R·1+V·4+I·1+T·1+U·1+D·2+E·1 = 13 pts
S·1+E·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 14 pts
S·1+E·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 14 pts
S·1+H·4+A·1+R·1+E·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 14 pts
shareware (15 points)
Once-popular free computer download
Programs with previews
'Try before you buy' products
S·1+H·4+A·1+R·1+E·1+W·4+A·1+R·1+E·1 = 15 pts
S·1+H·4+A·1+R·1+K·5+L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 20 pts
sheldrake (17 points)
Bird that female navigator found on lake
Duck captured by dissolute rakes
Diving duck with serrated bill
S·1+H·4+E·1+L·1+D·2+R·1+A·1+K·5+E·1 = 17 pts
S·1+H·4+I·1+P·3+B·3+O·1+R·1+N·1+E·1 = 16 pts
S·1+H·4+O·1+R·1+E·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 12 pts
S·1+H·4+O·1+R·1+E·1+S·1+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 13 pts
shortcake (18 points)
Sweet biscuit - rat chokes (anagram)
Diminutive dessert (wordplay)
Rate shock (anagram)
S·1+H·4+O·1+R·1+T·1+C·3+A·1+K·5+E·1 = 18 pts
shortwave (18 points)
Cropped hairdo for radio band (wordplay)
Miniature white horse is on the air
Not a long farewell on the air
S·1+H·4+O·1+R·1+T·1+W·4+A·1+V·4+E·1 = 18 pts
S·1+H·4+R·1+E·1+W·4+L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 19 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
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
S·1+I·1+M·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+C·3+R·1+E·1 = 13 pts
S·1+M·3+E·1+A·1+R·1+C·3+A·1+S·1+E·1 = 13 pts
S·1+M·3+I·1+E·1+R·1+C·3+A·1+S·1+E·1 = 13 pts
S·1+O·1+I·1+L·1+B·3+O·1+R·1+N·1+E·1 = 11 pts
S·1+O·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+A·1+I·1+R·1+E·1 = 9 pts
somewhere (17 points)
'... over the rainbow' (song)
Amount put on, say, at a 3 unspecified
West Side Story song
S·1+O·1+M·3+E·1+W·4+H·4+E·1+R·1+E·1 = 17 pts
sophomore (16 points)
Nineteen-year-old, perhaps
Second-class citizen (wordplay)
Second-year student in USA
S·1+O·1+P·3+H·4+O·1+M·3+O·1+R·1+E·1 = 16 pts
sortilege (10 points)
Divination by drawing lots
Fortune-telling
Divine drawing of lots of egrets smeared with oil
S·1+O·1+R·1+T·1+I·1+L·1+E·1+G·2+E·1 = 10 pts
soubrette (11 points)
Actress taking lighter roles
A pert little part for a girl
Coquettish female comedy role
S·1+O·1+U·1+B·3+R·1+E·1+T·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
S·1+P·3+A·1+R·1+E·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 13 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
S·1+P·3+O·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 14 pts
S·1+P·3+O·1+R·1+U·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 pts
S·1+T·1+A·1+I·1+R·1+C·3+A·1+S·1+E·1 = 11 pts
steerable (11 points)
Can the beast answer the helm (wordplay)
Equipped with a rudder and wheel, say
Capable of turning
S·1+T·1+E·1+E·1+R·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 11 pts
S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+L·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 18 pts
stevedore (13 points)
Allen's scale notes (wordplay)
He likes to put on a performance
Dock-worker loads and unloads ships
S·1+T·1+E·1+V·4+E·1+D·2+O·1+R·1+E·1 = 13 pts
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
S·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+E·1+W·4+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 13 pts
stricture (11 points)
Limitation or hostile criticism
Sternly critical remark
Restriction or stern criticism
S·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+T·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 11 pts
S·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+D·2+E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1 = 12 pts
S·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+B·3+I·1+L·1+A·1+E·1 = 11 pts
S·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+N·1+G·2+Y·4+L·1+E·1 = 13 pts
structure (11 points)
Arrangement of parts.
Building or organised arrangement
The Space Needle, for example.
S·1+T·1+R·1+U·1+C·3+T·1+U·1+R·1+E·1 = 11 pts
studhorse (13 points)
Stable father figure (wordplay)
Stallion, taking its head thus, rode off
Former Derby winner, often
S·1+T·1+U·1+D·2+H·4+O·1+R·1+S·1+E·1 = 13 pts
S·1+U·1+B·3+M·3+A·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 13 pts
S·1+U·1+B·3+R·1+O·1+G·2+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 12 pts
subscribe (15 points)
Pay money regularly for, say, magazine
Apply (to receive an issue of shares)
Apply (for an issue of shares)
S·1+U·1+B·3+S·1+C·3+R·1+I·1+B·3+E·1 = 15 pts
substrate (11 points)
Circuit board layer
Underlying layer
Material on which another material is deposited
S·1+U·1+B·3+S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 11 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
S·1+U·1+L·1+F·4+U·1+R·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 21 pts
summarise (13 points)
GIve main points briefly, condense( 9)
State concisely
Whole armies unexpectedly present, briefly
S·1+U·1+M·3+M·3+A·1+R·1+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 13 pts
S·1+U·1+M·3+M·3+A·1+R·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 22 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
S·1+U·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+E·1 = 13 pts
S·1+U·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+C·3+E·1+D·2+E·1 = 14 pts
S·1+U·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+C·3+U·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
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
superglue (12 points)
Setter of the highest quality (wordplay)
What never lets go (wordplay)
Result of trying to invent a gun sight
S·1+U·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+G·2+L·1+U·1+E·1 = 12 pts
S·1+U·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+H·4+Y·4+P·3+E·1 = 19 pts
S·1+U·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+M·3+A·1+L·1+E·1 = 13 pts
superpose (13 points)
Winning flex for Mr. Universe (wordplay)
Place above something else.
Place above something else
S·1+U·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+P·3+O·1+S·1+E·1 = 13 pts
S·1+U·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+R·1+A·1+C·3+E·1 = 13 pts
S·1+U·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1+A·1+F·4+E·1 = 14 pts
S·1+U·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1+A·1+L·1+E·1 = 11 pts
supersede (12 points)
Take the place of, override
Take the place of, supplant
Succeed to the position of.
S·1+U·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1+E·1+D·2+E·1 = 12 pts
S·1+U·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1+I·1+Z·10+E·1 = 20 pts
S·1+U·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+V·4+E·1+N·1+E·1 = 14 pts
S·1+U·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+V·4+I·1+S·1+E·1 = 14 pts
S·1+U·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+W·4+A·1+V·4+E·1 = 17 pts
S·1+U·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+W·4+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 15 pts
S·1+U·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+W·4+I·1+F·4+E·1 = 17 pts
suppurate (13 points)
Of a wound, to discharge liquid
If it does this there's something the matter there
Ooze pus
S·1+U·1+P·3+P·3+U·1+R·1+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 13 pts
surcharge (15 points)
Extra payment daily in boom
Extra payment for toast in Rush
Extra fee, as for a special service
S·1+U·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+A·1+R·1+G·2+E·1 = 15 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
surrogate (10 points)
Substitute grouse with rat in a stew
One acting for another
Replacement rug a store ordered
S·1+U·1+R·1+R·1+O·1+G·2+A·1+T·1+E·1 = 10 pts
S·1+W·4+O·1+R·1+D·2+L·1+I·1+K·5+E·1 = 17 pts
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