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saltatory (12 points)
Making leaps and bounds.
Specialised for jumping
Proceeding by leaps
S·1+A·1+L·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
salubrity (14 points)
Healthiness.
S·1+A·1+L·1+U·1+B·3+R·1+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
sanctuary (14 points)
As was Spartacus; arch anti (anagram)
Holy place - asylum
Place of protection
S·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+T·1+U·1+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
scholarly (17 points)
Likewise, cars with holly (wordplay)
Likewise (wordplay)
Erudite student has left over a year
S·1+C·3+H·4+O·1+L·1+A·1+R·1+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
scrappily (18 points)
In a scrappy manner; in scraps.
S·1+C·3+R·1+A·1+P·3+P·3+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
scruffily (20 points)
SCRUFF the back of the neck
S·1+C·3+R·1+U·1+F·4+F·4+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 20 pts
searingly (13 points)
So hot as to burn
S·1+E·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+L·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
seaworthy (18 points)
Reliable, in the main (wordplay)
Fit to be untied (wordplay)
In a fit state for ocean voyage
S·1+E·1+A·1+W·4+O·1+R·1+T·1+H·4+Y·4 = 18 pts
secondary (15 points)
Of lesser importance
Not of principal importance
Minor in importance
S·1+E·1+C·3+O·1+N·1+D·2+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
secretary (14 points)
Desk organizer (wordplay)
Person of note (wordplay)
Della Street, for instance
S·1+E·1+C·3+R·1+E·1+T·1+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
secretory (14 points)
""Secreting; performing, or connected with, the office secretion; secernent; as, secretory vessels, nerves. as, secretory vessels, nerves.""
S·1+E·1+C·3+R·1+E·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
secularly (14 points)
In a way not related to religion
S·1+E·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+A·1+R·1+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
sedentary (13 points)
Tender, say - moving or not!
One's 'not standing' for this!
Yes, red ant could be sitting
S·1+E·1+D·2+E·1+N·1+T·1+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
seigneury (13 points)
""SEIGNEUR a feudal lord, also SEIGNIOR, SIGNIEUR""
S·1+E·1+I·1+G·2+N·1+E·1+U·1+R·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
seigniory (13 points)
The power or authority of a lord; dominion.
S·1+E·1+I·1+G·2+N·1+I·1+O·1+R·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
seniority (12 points)
Factor, at times, in promotions
Privilege due to time served
Status attained by some workers.
S·1+E·1+N·1+I·1+O·1+R·1+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
sergeancy (15 points)
The office of a sergeant; sergeantship.
S·1+E·1+R·1+G·2+E·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+Y·4 = 15 pts
sergeanty (13 points)
""Tenure of lands of the crown by an honorary kind of service not due to any lord, but to the king only.""
S·1+E·1+R·1+G·2+E·1+A·1+N·1+T·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
seriately (12 points)
SERIATE to put in a series
S·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+T·1+E·1+L·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
seriously (12 points)
Joking apart, your isles are awful!
All joking apart
Extremely sour lies spread by unknown
S·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+O·1+U·1+S·1+L·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
serjeanty (19 points)
""SERJEANT a noncommissioned military officer, also SERGEANT""
S·1+E·1+R·1+J·8+E·1+A·1+N·1+T·1+Y·4 = 19 pts
serriedly (13 points)
SERRIED serry
S·1+E·1+R·1+R·1+I·1+E·1+D·2+L·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
servilely (15 points)
In a servile manner; slavishly.
S·1+E·1+R·1+V·4+I·1+L·1+E·1+L·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
servility (15 points)
Abject submissiveness
Slave-like deference of riotous liver in said city
Submissiveness
S·1+E·1+R·1+V·4+I·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
severally (15 points)
Cut and then join together one by one
One at a time
Not all together
S·1+E·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
severalty (15 points)
""A state of separation from the rest, or from all others; a holding by individual right.""
S·1+E·1+V·4+E·1+R·1+A·1+L·1+T·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
shadberry (18 points)
SHADE to screen from light or heat
S·1+H·4+A·1+D·2+B·3+E·1+R·1+R·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
shrubbery (19 points)
Area of small bushes
Bushy part of garden
Games pitch out in the garden
S·1+H·4+R·1+U·1+B·3+B·3+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 19 pts
signatory (13 points)
John Hancock, famously
Indicate a politician's one in agreement
Hire a conservative for proclamation party
S·1+I·1+G·2+N·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
similarly (14 points)
In like manner
In the same vein
Likewise.
S·1+I·1+M·3+I·1+L·1+A·1+R·1+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
sincerely (14 points)
In a genuine way
In heartfelt manner.
One way to close a letter
S·1+I·1+N·1+C·3+E·1+R·1+E·1+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
sincerity (14 points)
It's expressed in a moment of truth
Openness and truthfulness
It denotes genuine quality
S·1+I·1+N·1+C·3+E·1+R·1+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
slenderly (13 points)
In a gracefully thin manner
In a thin fashion
Slightly cunning about someone who might help with money (wordplay)
S·1+L·1+E·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+R·1+L·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
snowberry (17 points)
Ornamental shrub.
S·1+N·1+O·1+W·4+B·3+E·1+R·1+R·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
soapberry (16 points)
""Tree Any tree of the genus Sapindus, esp. Sapindus saponaria, the fleshy part of whose fruit is used instead of soap in washing linen; also called soap tree. Sapindus, esp. Sapindus saponaria, the fleshy part of whose fruit is used instead of soap in washing linen; also called soap tree.""
S·1+O·1+A·1+P·3+B·3+E·1+R·1+R·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
soldierly (13 points)
Like fighters possibly making Doris yell
S·1+O·1+L·1+D·2+I·1+E·1+R·1+L·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
sophistry (17 points)
Intentionally deceptive reasoning.
Subtle but misleading reasoning
Subtly fallacious reasoning.
S·1+O·1+P·3+H·4+I·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
southerly (15 points)
Like some winds
S·1+O·1+U·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+R·1+L·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
sparingly (15 points)
Very little cutting, calculating nicks
Mean to be doing it this way
In a frugal manner.
S·1+P·3+A·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+L·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
splintery (14 points)
""Consisting of splinters; resembling splinters; as, the splintery fracture of a mineral. as, the splintery fracture of a mineral.""
S·1+P·3+L·1+I·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
spluttery (14 points)
SPLUTTER to speak rapidly and confusedly
S·1+P·3+L·1+U·1+T·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
sporogony (15 points)
The growth or development of an animal or a zooid from a nonsexual germ.
S·1+P·3+O·1+R·1+O·1+G·2+O·1+N·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
sprightly (18 points)
What one ply's about? That's right
Full of life
Lively odds justly followed
S·1+P·3+R·1+I·1+G·2+H·4+T·1+L·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
springily (15 points)
With elasticity
S·1+P·3+R·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
starchily (17 points)
STARCH to stiffen a fabric
S·1+T·1+A·1+R·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
statutory (12 points)
Of written law as to a trusty
Authorised by law
Try-outs at being required by law
S·1+T·1+A·1+T·1+U·1+T·1+O·1+R·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
sterilely (12 points)
How one with writer's block works
S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+L·1+E·1+L·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
sterility (12 points)
Inability to breed
Inability to reproduce
State of being unproductive or barren
S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+L·1+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
stitchery (17 points)
Embroidered samplers and the like
Ornamental needlework
S·1+T·1+I·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
strangely (13 points)
Play golf the Curtis way (wordplay)
In an odd manner
In a weird way...
S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+N·1+G·2+E·1+L·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
strangury (13 points)
Gurn stupidly, probing vagrant's waterworks problem
S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+N·1+G·2+U·1+R·1+Y·4 = 13 pts
stridency (15 points)
Harshness of voice.
Loud and harsh quality
Quality of a shrill sound
S·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+D·2+E·1+N·1+C·3+Y·4 = 15 pts
sublunary (14 points)
Any worldly thing.
S·1+U·1+B·3+L·1+U·1+N·1+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
summarily (16 points)
In a summary manner.
S·1+U·1+M·3+M·3+A·1+R·1+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
sumptuary (16 points)
A matter of expenditure on the old oil in there to start with
S·1+U·1+M·3+P·3+T·1+U·1+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
superably (16 points)
""SUPER to reinforce with a thin cotton mesh, as a book""
S·1+U·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+A·1+B·3+L·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
supercity (16 points)
""SUPER to reinforce with a thin cotton mesh, as a book""
S·1+U·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+C·3+I·1+T·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
supremacy (18 points)
Tinpot despot's dream state (wordplay)
Empire state (wordplay)
Power to dominate
S·1+U·1+P·3+R·1+E·1+M·3+A·1+C·3+Y·4 = 18 pts
supremely (16 points)
In a supreme manner.
S·1+U·1+P·3+R·1+E·1+M·3+E·1+L·1+Y·4 = 16 pts
surreally (12 points)
SURREAL having dreamlike qualities
S·1+U·1+R·1+R·1+E·1+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
surrogacy (15 points)
""Pl. surrogacies The condition of being a surrogate, especially a surrogate mother.""
S·1+U·1+R·1+R·1+O·1+G·2+A·1+C·3+Y·4 = 15 pts
suturally (12 points)
In a sutural manner.
S·1+U·1+T·1+U·1+R·1+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
swordplay (18 points)
Foiling son by clever verbal repartee!
Fencing - 's my sport (wordplay)
One of D'Artagnan's fortes.
S·1+W·4+O·1+R·1+D·2+P·3+L·1+A·1+Y·4 = 18 pts
syllabary (17 points)
""A table of syllables; more especially, a table of the indivisible syllabic symbols used in certain languages, as the Japanese and Cherokee, instead of letters.""
S·1+Y·4+L·1+L·1+A·1+B·3+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
synchrony (20 points)
The concurrence of events in time; synchronism.
S·1+Y·4+N·1+C·3+H·4+R·1+O·1+N·1+Y·4 = 20 pts

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