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5-Letter Words (4):
S·1+A·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 5 pts
S·1+E·1+N·1+O·1+R·1 = 5 pts
S·1+N·1+E·1+E·1+R·1 = 5 pts
sonar (5 points)
Sub standard (wordplay)
Sub-conscious sensor (wordplay)
Way of locating cycling crime (wordplay)
S·1+O·1+N·1+A·1+R·1 = 5 pts
6-Letter Words (28):
sander (7 points)
One helping to finish a floor, maybe
Tool used in the evening (wordplay)
Smooth operator (wordplay)
S·1+A·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 7 pts
S·1+A·1+N·1+G·2+A·1+R·1 = 7 pts
S·1+A·1+N·1+G·2+E·1+R·1 = 7 pts
S·1+A·1+N·1+S·1+A·1+R·1 = 6 pts
S·1+A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+R·1 = 6 pts
S·1+A·1+N·1+T·1+U·1+R·1 = 6 pts
S·1+E·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 6 pts
sender (7 points)
Get plastered on one knee, perhaps
Recipient of undelivered mail, say
E-mailer, for one
S·1+E·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 7 pts
S·1+E·1+N·1+H·4+O·1+R·1 = 9 pts
S·1+E·1+N·1+I·1+O·1+R·1 = 6 pts
S·1+E·1+N·1+S·1+O·1+R·1 = 6 pts
S·1+H·4+I·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
S·1+I·1+G·2+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 7 pts
S·1+I·1+G·2+N·1+O·1+R·1 = 7 pts
singer (7 points)
19, perhaps, or sewer (wordplay)
Maybe ten or a scorcher, perhaps
Drunk reigns in Cabaret (wordplay)
S·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+E·1+R·1 = 7 pts
S·1+I·1+N·1+K·5+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
S·1+I·1+N·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 6 pts
sinter (6 points)
Deposit of silica from a geyser.
Crust formed by mineral springs.
Mineral deposit found in hot springs
S·1+I·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 6 pts
S·1+N·1+A·1+R·1+E·1+R·1 = 6 pts
S·1+N·1+I·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 7 pts
sniper (8 points)
Marks man, say, as second rep in trouble
Marksman who fires at bird (rook)
Armed terrorist, maybe
S·1+N·1+I·1+P·3+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
snorer (6 points)
Cause of a rude awakening (wordplay)
He doth murder sleep!
One who sleeps soundly (wordplay)
S·1+N·1+O·1+R·1+E·1+R·1 = 6 pts
S·1+O·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 7 pts
S·1+O·1+O·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 6 pts
S·1+O·1+R·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 6 pts
S·1+P·3+I·1+N·1+O·1+R·1 = 8 pts
stoner (6 points)
Member of high society (wordplay)
Regular high achiever (wordplay)
Saul of "Pineapple Express," for one
S·1+T·1+O·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 6 pts
S·1+U·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 7 pts
7-Letter Words (66):
S·1+A·1+N·1+D·2+B·3+A·1+R·1 = 10 pts
S·1+A·1+N·1+D·2+B·3+U·1+R·1 = 10 pts
S·1+A·1+N·1+D·2+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
S·1+A·1+N·1+T·1+O·1+U·1+R·1 = 7 pts
saunter (7 points)
Runs tea dance? It's a stroll!
Charley's Aunt erotic? Take a walk!
Second nature when trained to walk
S·1+A·1+U·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 7 pts
scanner (9 points)
Part of a printer, perhaps
Printer adjunct, maybe
Machine attached to a computer, perhaps
S·1+C·3+A·1+N·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
S·1+C·3+A·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
S·1+C·3+O·1+R·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
S·1+C·3+U·1+N·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
S·1+E·1+M·3+I·1+N·1+A·1+R·1 = 9 pts
S·1+E·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 7 pts
S·1+E·1+R·1+E·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 7 pts
S·1+H·4+I·1+N·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
S·1+H·4+U·1+N·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
shunter (10 points)
Switching locomotive
Railroad mechanism
Have no truck with tender? Endlessly one moves wagons
S·1+H·4+U·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
S·1+I·1+G·2+N·1+I·1+O·1+R·1 = 8 pts
S·1+K·5+I·1+N·1+K·5+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
S·1+K·5+I·1+N·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
S·1+L·1+A·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
slender (8 points)
Barely sufficient (means)
Slightly in debt to the South (wordplay)
Remote South Bank (wordplay)
S·1+L·1+E·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
S·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
S·1+N·1+A·1+K·5+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
snapper (11 points)
A catch for paparazzo (wordplay)
Fish with curt comments (wordplay)
A fish that's testy (wordplay)
S·1+N·1+A·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
S·1+N·1+A·1+R·1+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 7 pts
S·1+N·1+E·1+A·1+K·5+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
S·1+N·1+E·1+E·1+R·1+E·1+R·1 = 7 pts
sneezer (16 points)
One in need of a blessing (wordplay)
Allergy sufferer, often
One with bad allergies
S·1+N·1+E·1+E·1+Z·10+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts
S·1+N·1+E·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 7 pts
snicker (13 points)
Partially stifled laugh
Half-suppressed laugh
More macabre claiming North's a laugh
S·1+N·1+I·1+C·3+K·5+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
S·1+N·1+I·1+F·4+F·4+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
snifter (10 points)
Small alcoholic drink (colloq.)
Napoleon vessel (wordplay)
Riddler outside 'Nag's Head' has a dram
S·1+N·1+I·1+F·4+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
S·1+N·1+I·1+G·2+G·2+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
S·1+N·1+I·1+P·3+P·3+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
snooker (11 points)
An activity supplying pots (wordplay)
Potters Bar, say
Stymie on the green (wordplay)
S·1+N·1+O·1+O·1+K·5+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
S·1+N·1+O·1+O·1+P·3+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
S·1+N·1+O·1+O·1+Z·10+E·1+R·1 = 16 pts
S·1+N·1+O·1+R·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 7 pts
S·1+N·1+O·1+W·4+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
S·1+N·1+U·1+B·3+B·3+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
S·1+N·1+U·1+F·4+F·4+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
S·1+N·1+U·1+G·2+G·2+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
S·1+O·1+N·1+S·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 7 pts
sounder (8 points)
Echo device that's more reliable
Cicely Tyson film of 1972
Classic Cicely Tyson film
S·1+O·1+U·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
spanker (13 points)
Old-fashioned parent?
Parent of a naughty child, perhaps
Old-fashioned parent (wordplay)
S·1+P·3+A·1+N·1+K·5+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
spanner (9 points)
Tool causing trouble in works (wordplay)
'Wrench for bridge, perhaps (7)'
Bridging tool (wordplay)
S·1+P·3+A·1+N·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
S·1+P·3+A·1+W·4+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
S·1+P·3+E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
S·1+P·3+E·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
S·1+P·3+I·1+N·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
spinner (9 points)
Top bowler (wordplay)
Penny wearing Eve's top (wordplay)
Board-game component, perhaps
S·1+P·3+I·1+N·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
S·1+P·3+O·1+N·1+G·2+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
S·1+P·3+O·1+N·1+S·1+O·1+R·1 = 9 pts
S·1+P·3+U·1+R·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
stainer (7 points)
Worker doing a desk job (wordplay)
Pigment used to give color to paint.
Colorer of retinas
S·1+T·1+A·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 7 pts
S·1+T·1+A·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
S·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+O·1+R·1 = 7 pts
S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 7 pts
S·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
stinker (11 points)
Difficult task (informal)
Really tough puzzle, say
Movie without stars, often (wordplay)
S·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+K·5+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
S·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 7 pts
S·1+T·1+O·1+N·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 7 pts
S·1+T·1+U·1+N·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 7 pts
S·1+U·1+N·1+N·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 7 pts
S·1+W·4+A·1+N·1+K·5+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
S·1+W·4+I·1+N·1+G·2+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
S·1+W·4+O·1+O·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
8-Letter Words (77):
S·1+A·1+N·1+D·2+B·3+U·1+R·1+R·1 = 11 pts
S·1+A·1+N·1+D·2+S·1+P·3+U·1+R·1 = 11 pts
scantier (10 points)
More revealing view seen on stage
Check on bank is less adequate
To read hastily by row is more revealing
S·1+C·3+A·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
S·1+C·3+H·4+O·1+O·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
S·1+C·3+R·1+E·1+E·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
S·1+E·1+A·1+S·1+O·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
S·1+E·1+C·3+O·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
seigneur (9 points)
Use reign badly as the lord of the manor
English taken in by token European lord
Feudal lord
S·1+E·1+I·1+G·2+N·1+E·1+U·1+R·1 = 9 pts
S·1+E·1+I·1+G·2+N·1+I·1+O·1+R·1 = 9 pts
S·1+H·4+E·1+E·1+N·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
S·1+H·4+I·1+N·1+G·2+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
S·1+H·4+R·1+I·1+N·1+K·5+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
S·1+I·1+C·3+K·5+E·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
S·1+I·1+G·2+N·1+A·1+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
silencer (10 points)
Need for a quiet report (wordplay)
Quieter part of a car (wordplay)
One that suppresses a report (wordplay)
S·1+I·1+L·1+E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
S·1+I·1+L·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
S·1+I·1+N·1+C·3+E·1+R·1+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
S·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+U·1+L·1+A·1+R·1 = 9 pts
sinister (8 points)
Evil, evil is a tailless bird!
Left (in heraldry)
Threatening what was left to Caesar
S·1+I·1+N·1+I·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
skinnier (12 points)
Not as bulky
Rinse ink out for less muscular type
Thinner downhiller circles lodge
S·1+K·5+I·1+N·1+N·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
slangier (9 points)
More like "Applesauce!" (wordplay)
Like "Z's" compared to "sleep"
Less formal, in speech
S·1+L·1+A·1+N·1+G·2+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
S·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+K·5+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
S·1+N·1+A·1+G·2+G·2+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
S·1+N·1+A·1+P·3+P·3+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
S·1+N·1+A·1+R·1+L·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
S·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
S·1+N·1+A·1+Z·10+Z·10+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 26 pts
S·1+N·1+E·1+A·1+K·5+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
S·1+N·1+E·1+E·1+Z·10+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 17 pts
S·1+N·1+I·1+F·4+F·4+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
S·1+N·1+I·1+F·4+F·4+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
S·1+N·1+I·1+G·2+G·2+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
S·1+N·1+I·1+P·3+P·3+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
S·1+N·1+I·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
S·1+N·1+I·1+V·4+E·1+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
S·1+N·1+O·1+B·3+B·3+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
S·1+N·1+O·1+O·1+P·3+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
S·1+N·1+O·1+O·1+T·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
S·1+N·1+O·1+O·1+Z·10+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 17 pts
S·1+N·1+O·1+T·1+T·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
S·1+N·1+O·1+U·1+T·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
S·1+N·1+U·1+B·3+B·3+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
S·1+N·1+U·1+F·4+F·4+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
S·1+N·1+U·1+F·4+F·4+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
softener (11 points)
Liquid added to final rinse
Laundry detergent additive
It removes salts from water
S·1+O·1+F·4+T·1+E·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
S·1+O·1+L·1+A·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
S·1+O·1+L·1+E·1+M·3+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
songster (9 points)
'e's strong (anagram)
Sings the praises perhaps of shaky net? Gross!
Small flighty creature, one making notes
S·1+O·1+N·1+G·2+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
souvenir (11 points)
Nice keepsake (wordplay)
Remembrance of things past (wordplay)
A memory of OMD (wordplay)
S·1+O·1+U·1+V·4+E·1+N·1+I·1+R·1 = 11 pts
S·1+P·3+I·1+N·1+D·2+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
spinster (10 points)
Non-union lady (wordplay)
Miss in the Jane Austen canon, maybe
Christie's Miss Marple, for one
S·1+P·3+I·1+N·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
S·1+P·3+L·1+E·1+N·1+D·2+O·1+R·1 = 11 pts
S·1+P·3+L·1+I·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
S·1+P·3+O·1+N·1+G·2+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
S·1+P·3+O·1+O·1+N·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
springer (11 points)
Bounder's pet (wordplay)
Not the setter - the setter free!
Barker on a pogo-stick (wordplay)
S·1+P·3+R·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
S·1+P·3+R·1+I·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
S·1+P·3+U·1+N·1+K·5+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
squander (18 points)
6 down note introduced to band (Queen)
Square one is in under 'blue'
Blue is smoother, without question
S·1+Q·10+U·1+A·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 18 pts
S·1+Q·10+U·1+I·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 17 pts
S·1+T·1+A·1+N·1+C·3+H·4+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
S·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
S·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+K·5+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
strainer (8 points)
...the answer's a riddle!
It's full of holes to get one tight
Noodle holder, at times
S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
stranger (9 points)
Rent rags (anagram)
Truth, vis-a-vis fiction (wordplay)
Comparatively odd unknown (wordplay)
S·1+T·1+R·1+A·1+N·1+G·2+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
S·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+G·2+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
stronger (9 points)
Concentrated more than usual (wordplay)
Tougher outsider drops a round coming in
Not so easy
S·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+N·1+G·2+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
S·1+U·1+B·3+L·1+U·1+N·1+A·1+R·1 = 10 pts
S·1+U·1+B·3+O·1+R·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
S·1+U·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
S·1+U·1+M·3+M·3+O·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
S·1+U·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+R·1+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
S·1+U·1+R·1+N·1+A·1+M·3+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
S·1+W·4+A·1+N·1+K·5+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
S·1+W·4+I·1+N·1+D·2+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
S·1+W·4+I·1+N·1+G·2+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
9-Letter Words (63):
S·1+A·1+I·1+N·1+T·1+L·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
S·1+A·1+N·1+D·2+P·3+A·1+P·3+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
S·1+A·1+N·1+D·2+P·3+I·1+P·3+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
S·1+A·1+U·1+N·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+E·1+R·1 = 9 pts
S·1+C·3+A·1+V·4+E·1+N·1+G·2+E·1+R·1 = 15 pts
S·1+C·3+H·4+N·1+A·1+U·1+Z·10+E·1+R·1 = 23 pts
S·1+C·3+H·4+N·1+O·1+R·1+R·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
S·1+C·3+R·1+A·1+W·4+N·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
scrivener (14 points)
Person who draws up contracts etc.
He writes, indeed he does
Melville's Bartleby, for example
S·1+C·3+R·1+I·1+V·4+E·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
S·1+C·3+R·1+O·1+U·1+N·1+G·2+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
S·1+E·1+M·3+I·1+L·1+U·1+N·1+A·1+R·1 = 11 pts
S·1+E·1+N·1+S·1+I·1+B·3+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
S·1+E·1+Q·10+U·1+E·1+N·1+C·3+E·1+R·1 = 20 pts
serenader (10 points)
One playing to the balcony (wordplay)
Guitar player outside window
Wooer, perhaps
S·1+E·1+R·1+E·1+N·1+A·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 10 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
S·1+H·4+O·1+R·1+T·1+E·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 12 pts
S·1+H·4+U·1+N·1+P·3+I·1+K·5+E·1+R·1 = 18 pts
sideliner (10 points)
Footballer out of the game: Colloq.
Footballer out of the game Colloq.
Nonparticipant vessel
S·1+I·1+D·2+E·1+L·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
signaller (10 points)
Without exception resign, upset about the railwayman
He sent 'England expects...' to the fleet; an indication to go for the French
S·1+I·1+G·2+N·1+A·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
S·1+I·1+G·2+N·1+I·1+F·4+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 13 pts
S·1+L·1+A·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+R·1+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
slenderer (10 points)
Series about banker, not so fat
Thinner line in poster engineers put up (wordplay)
Less robust.
S·1+L·1+E·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+R·1+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
S·1+L·1+O·1+G·2+A·1+N·1+E·1+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
S·1+N·1+A·1+T·1+C·3+H·4+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 14 pts
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