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piety (10 points)
Pasty extremely tasty? Goodness!
Devotion setting up address? Not yet!
Clerical profession (wordplay)
P·3+I·1+E·1+T·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
piggy (12 points)
Back or bank opening (wordplay)
Miss with ambition (wordplay)
Little digit (wordplay)
P·3+I·1+G·2+G·2+Y·4 = 12 pts
pigmy (13 points)
Very small variable
Very small Var.
Miniature (var.)
P·3+I·1+G·2+M·3+Y·4 = 13 pts
piney (10 points)
Like an air freshener's aroma, perhaps
Like certain woods
Like Maine woods
P·3+I·1+N·1+E·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
pinky (14 points)
Digit raised by a tea sipper (var.)
Swear word (wordplay)
1949 Jeanne Craine title role
P·3+I·1+N·1+K·5+Y·4 = 14 pts
pinny (10 points)
Apron (abbrev.)
Apron (abbr)
Sleeveless dress resembling an apron
P·3+I·1+N·1+N·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
pithy (13 points)
Short and meaningful as a saying
Short and meaningful, as a saying
Concise as a saying
P·3+I·1+T·1+H·4+Y·4 = 13 pts
platy (10 points)
Like layered soil.
Prefix with -pus
Consisting of flaky layers
P·3+L·1+A·1+T·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
playa (10 points)
Del Rey Calif
Zancudo Coast Rica
Beach, on Ibiza
P·3+L·1+A·1+Y·4+A·1 = 10 pts
plays (10 points)
Forte of Lindsay and Crouse
West End stagings
Gets in the game
P·3+L·1+A·1+Y·4+S·1 = 10 pts
ploys (10 points)
One-up tactics
Bits of deviousness
Maneuvers from line into column.
P·3+L·1+O·1+Y·4+S·1 = 10 pts
plumy (12 points)
Adorned with feathers
Like a boa
Feathery.
P·3+L·1+U·1+M·3+Y·4 = 12 pts
plyer (10 points)
One working diligently at a trade
Trades man, for example
One working a trade
P·3+L·1+Y·4+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
pocky (16 points)
Japanese candy sticks
Chocolate-coated snack stick
Japanese packaged sweet that comes in a 'Men's' variety
P·3+O·1+C·3+K·5+Y·4 = 16 pts
podgy (12 points)
Short and fat
Short and fat.
Fat and short.
P·3+O·1+D·2+G·2+Y·4 = 12 pts
poesy (10 points)
Burns books (wordplay)
Frost bit (wordplay)
Stressful work (wordplay)
P·3+O·1+E·1+S·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
pogey (11 points)
Canadian welfare
Welfare
P·3+O·1+G·2+E·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
pokey (14 points)
Small and uncomfortable
Small and cramped.
Small and uncomfortable.
P·3+O·1+K·5+E·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
polyp (12 points)
Sea anemone, perhaps
Hydra for one
Colonoscopy discovery (great)
P·3+O·1+L·1+Y·4+P·3 = 12 pts
polys (10 points)
Tech startups (wordplay)
Synthetic fabrics, for short
Tech and graph beginnings
P·3+O·1+L·1+Y·4+S·1 = 10 pts
poppy (14 points)
Seed for daddy (wordplay)
It's a flower, daddy!
Georgia OKeeffe subject
P·3+O·1+P·3+P·3+Y·4 = 14 pts
popsy (12 points)
Nickname for father.
Affectionate name for the June 21st hero.
P·3+O·1+P·3+S·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
porgy (11 points)
Bess man (wordplay)
Gershwin fish (wordplay)
17 down's monarchs in 1952 (wordplay)
P·3+O·1+R·1+G·2+Y·4 = 11 pts
porky (14 points)
"That's all, folks!" sayer
Thththats all folks sayer
"That's all folks!" sayer
P·3+O·1+R·1+K·5+Y·4 = 14 pts
porny (10 points)
Pornographic
P·3+O·1+R·1+N·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
potsy (10 points)
Hopscotch by another name
Old name for hopscotch
Another name for hopscotch
P·3+O·1+T·1+S·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
potty (10 points)
Where whiz kids make splashes (wordplay)
Cracked receptacle for liquid (wordplay)
On which an infant goes crazy
P·3+O·1+T·1+T·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
pouty (10 points)
Like a models lips perhaps
Like a model's lips, perhaps
Hard to keep up (wordplay)
P·3+O·1+U·1+T·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
poyou (10 points)
An armadillo
P·3+O·1+Y·4+O·1+U·1 = 10 pts
prays (10 points)
Joins the service, maybe
Speaks up (wordplay)
Says 'Dear God ...'
P·3+R·1+A·1+Y·4+S·1 = 10 pts
prexy (17 points)
College boss (Sl.)
College chief (Sl.)
College official familiarly
P·3+R·1+E·1+X·8+Y·4 = 17 pts
preys (10 points)
Intends to dine (on)
Weighs heavily (upon the mind)
Hunts (with "on")
P·3+R·1+E·1+Y·4+S·1 = 10 pts
pricy (12 points)
Bread-devouring (wordplay)
Quite expensive (Var.)
Not so cheap
P·3+R·1+I·1+C·3+Y·4 = 12 pts
privy (13 points)
A party (to)
Allowed access (to)
Admitted (to secrets)
P·3+R·1+I·1+V·4+Y·4 = 13 pts
prosy (10 points)
Matter-of-fact
Hardly leaping off the page
Tedious, as text
P·3+R·1+O·1+S·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
proxy (17 points)
Agent (for eg voting)
Investor's mail-in
Power to represent another
P·3+R·1+O·1+X·8+Y·4 = 17 pts
pryer (10 points)
One with a crowbar, perhaps (Var.)
Inquisitive sort (var.)
Nosy one Var.
P·3+R·1+Y·4+E·1+R·1 = 10 pts
psych (15 points)
I totally had you!
I totally had you going!
Totally had you going there!
P·3+S·1+Y·4+C·3+H·4 = 15 pts
pudgy (12 points)
Like an infants fingers typically
Like many a cherub
Short and fat
P·3+U·1+D·2+G·2+Y·4 = 12 pts
puffy (16 points)
A little wind makes your head swollen
Like an infamous "Seinfeld" shirt
Like crying eyes
P·3+U·1+F·4+F·4+Y·4 = 16 pts
puggy (12 points)
Somewhat stubby
P·3+U·1+G·2+G·2+Y·4 = 12 pts
pulpy (12 points)
Like orange juice, maybe
Like dime novels and some orange juice
Like orange juice often
P·3+U·1+L·1+P·3+Y·4 = 12 pts
punky (14 points)
Very slowburning as a fire
Very slow-burning, as a fire
Like Ramones tunes
P·3+U·1+N·1+K·5+Y·4 = 14 pts
punny (10 points)
Relying on homophony perhaps
Producing groans perhaps
Producing groans maybe
P·3+U·1+N·1+N·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
punty (10 points)
""An iron supporting rod used in glassmaking, also PONTIE, PONTIL, PONTILE, PONTY, PUNTEE""
P·3+U·1+N·1+T·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
puppy (14 points)
Lightweight boxer (wordplay)
Featherweight boxer (wordplay)
Small part of a pound (wordplay)
P·3+U·1+P·3+P·3+Y·4 = 14 pts
pursy (10 points)
Like Donald Trump's lips, half the time
Like Trumps lips much of the time
Like Donald Trumps lips half the time
P·3+U·1+R·1+S·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
pushy (13 points)
Like those not willing to negotiate
Far from reticent
Backed up attempt, being assertive
P·3+U·1+S·1+H·4+Y·4 = 13 pts
pussy (10 points)
Sort of septic (wordplay)
Gender gap (wordplay)
First name of the "Goldfinger" Bond girl
P·3+U·1+S·1+S·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
putty (10 points)
Stop-gap solution (wordplay)
Silly stuff (wordplay)
Silly egg stuff
P·3+U·1+T·1+T·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
pygmy (16 points)
The pain's about over, my little man!
Of very small stature
Miniature goat or chimp
P·3+Y·4+G·2+M·3+Y·4 = 16 pts
pyins (10 points)
Pyin
P·3+Y·4+I·1+N·1+S·1 = 10 pts
pylon (10 points)
Tower in a power grid
End-zone marker
Air-race marker
P·3+Y·4+L·1+O·1+N·1 = 10 pts
pyoid (11 points)
{puslike=adj}
P·3+Y·4+O·1+I·1+D·2 = 11 pts
pyran (10 points)
Cyclic compound
P·3+Y·4+R·1+A·1+N·1 = 10 pts
pyres (10 points)
Phoenix incubators (wordplay)
Funeral lighting (wordplay)
Funeral arrangements (wordplay)
P·3+Y·4+R·1+E·1+S·1 = 10 pts
pyric (12 points)
Pertaining to {burning=n}
P·3+Y·4+R·1+I·1+C·3 = 12 pts
pyxes (17 points)
Pyx
P·3+Y·4+X·8+E·1+S·1 = 17 pts
pyxie (17 points)
Shrubby evergreen plant
Flowering moss
Creeping evergreen
P·3+Y·4+X·8+I·1+E·1 = 17 pts
pyxis (17 points)
Casket for jewels, drugs, toilet materials etc.
P·3+Y·4+X·8+I·1+S·1 = 17 pts
quaky (21 points)
Prone to tremors
Obviously nervous
Visibly nervous
Q·10+U·1+A·1+K·5+Y·4 = 21 pts
quays (17 points)
Berths for liners
Where ships unload
Docks associated with locks, we hear
Q·10+U·1+A·1+Y·4+S·1 = 17 pts
query (17 points)
Letter to a publisher, perhaps
Letter to a publisher perhaps
Question mark (printing)
Q·10+U·1+E·1+R·1+Y·4 = 17 pts
queys (17 points)
Quey
Q·10+U·1+E·1+Y·4+S·1 = 17 pts
raggy (10 points)
Marked by syncopated rhythm.
Marked by syncopated rhythm
Like early jazz
R·1+A·1+G·2+G·2+Y·4 = 10 pts
rainy (8 points)
Kind of day to save for (wordplay)
Causing a postponement, maybe
Causing a postponement maybe
R·1+A·1+I·1+N·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
rally (8 points)
Ninth-inning excitement, perhaps
Political event in a swing state, say
Turn around on Wall Street (wordplay)
R·1+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
rammy (12 points)
""Resembling a male sheep [adj RAMMIER, RAMMIEST] / a row, also RAMMISH""
R·1+A·1+M·3+M·3+Y·4 = 12 pts
randy (9 points)
Moss on a gridiron (wordplay)
Jackson or Johnson
Meisner of the Eagles
R·1+A·1+N·1+D·2+Y·4 = 9 pts
rangy (9 points)
Long-limbed and skinny
Built like Slim
Having long, slender limbs
R·1+A·1+N·1+G·2+Y·4 = 9 pts
raspy (10 points)
Resembling a hoarse whisperer (wordplay)
Rough and grating
Like a dry throat
R·1+A·1+S·1+P·3+Y·4 = 10 pts
ratty (8 points)
Angry as a deserter (wordplay)
Angry as overrun with vermin (wordplay)
Irritable boating enthusiast (wordplay)
R·1+A·1+T·1+T·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
rawly (11 points)
In a crude manner
In an unrefined manner
In a crude way
R·1+A·1+W·4+L·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
rayah (11 points)
Non-Moslem subject of Ottoman empire.
Non-Mohammedan inhabitant of Turkey variable
R·1+A·1+Y·4+A·1+H·4 = 11 pts
rayas (8 points)
E. Indian birds
E. I. broadbill birds.
East Indian broadbills
R·1+A·1+Y·4+A·1+S·1 = 8 pts
rayed (9 points)
Having beams of light.
Emanated, in a way
Like a daisy
R·1+A·1+Y·4+E·1+D·2 = 9 pts
rayon (8 points)
Seersucker fiber perhaps
Material - or any (anagram)
Seersucker fiber, perhaps
R·1+A·1+Y·4+O·1+N·1 = 8 pts
ready (9 points)
Available money (wordplay)
Willing and able partner (wordplay)
Set preceder (wordplay)
R·1+E·1+A·1+D·2+Y·4 = 9 pts
rebuy (10 points)
Poker tournament type
Purchase again.
Purchase again
R·1+E·1+B·3+U·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
redly (9 points)
How a fire may glow
With flaming color
In the colors of sunrise.
R·1+E·1+D·2+L·1+Y·4 = 9 pts
redry (9 points)
Blow over, perhaps (wordplay)
Put through the wringer again (wordplay)
Put back in the kiln
R·1+E·1+D·2+R·1+Y·4 = 9 pts
redye (9 points)
Return to brunette say
Change from red to black, perhaps
Turn red maybe
R·1+E·1+D·2+Y·4+E·1 = 9 pts
reedy (9 points)
Like a marsh perhaps
Like oboe's sound (wordplay)
Like a marsh, perhaps
R·1+E·1+E·1+D·2+Y·4 = 9 pts
reefy (11 points)
Abounding in rocks
Like an atoll
Abounding with coral
R·1+E·1+E·1+F·4+Y·4 = 11 pts
reeky (12 points)
Full of fumes.
Badly needing a bath
Beyond smelly
R·1+E·1+E·1+K·5+Y·4 = 12 pts
refly (11 points)
Test an airplane again
Test a modified paper airplane
Test a model airplane again
R·1+E·1+F·4+L·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
refry (11 points)
Cook pinto beans, perhaps
Prepare Mexican beans perhaps
Make beans, perhaps
R·1+E·1+F·4+R·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
reify (11 points)
Make less abstract, as a concept
Regard as material
Convert from abstract to concrete
R·1+E·1+I·1+F·4+Y·4 = 11 pts
rekey (12 points)
Change, as a lock
Enter again as text
Type in again as data,
R·1+E·1+K·5+E·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
relay (8 points)
The Who song for a race (wordplay)
Face in the mirror (wordplay)
It's a race to the finish!
R·1+E·1+L·1+A·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
repay (10 points)
Return the favor, say
Give back, or get back (for)
Go back to square (wordplay)
R·1+E·1+P·3+A·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
reply (10 points)
Write back, say
Come back and gather a whopper, say
Talk back to (wordplay)
R·1+E·1+P·3+L·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
resay (8 points)
Clarify maybe
Clarify, maybe
State a new way
R·1+E·1+S·1+A·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
retry (8 points)
Take a mulligan in golf, say
Mulligan, for one
Subject to double jeopardy say
R·1+E·1+T·1+R·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
rhyme (13 points)
Run, for one (wordplay)
Pun, for one (wordplay)
Gum, for some (wordplay)
R·1+H·4+Y·4+M·3+E·1 = 13 pts
rhyta (11 points)
Rhyton
R·1+H·4+Y·4+T·1+A·1 = 11 pts
ribby (12 points)
Less abbreviated batting stat
Like corduroy
R·1+I·1+B·3+B·3+Y·4 = 12 pts
ridgy (10 points)
Rippled, as a fingerprint
Having raised lines, as corduroy.
Like some mountains
R·1+I·1+D·2+G·2+Y·4 = 10 pts
riley (8 points)
What a life he led!
He has the life!
One with a comfortable life (wordplay)
R·1+I·1+L·1+E·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
risky (12 points)
Like going all in, maybe
Having long odds
Kind of business
R·1+I·1+S·1+K·5+Y·4 = 12 pts
ritzy (17 points)
Luxuriously opulent (slang)
Ostentatiously opulent (sl.)
Like a fivestar hotel
R·1+I·1+T·1+Z·10+Y·4 = 17 pts
riyal (8 points)
Money in Mecca
Money in Qatar
Money of Qatar
R·1+I·1+Y·4+A·1+L·1 = 8 pts
rocky (14 points)
Film proving difficult (wordplay)
Unstable US mountain range (wordplay)
Hard to be not so steady (wordplay)
R·1+O·1+C·3+K·5+Y·4 = 14 pts
roily (8 points)
Clouded by sediment
Turbid, as wine or water.
Muddled and turbulent
R·1+O·1+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
rooky (12 points)
Full of crows
Abounding in certain birds
Novice.
R·1+O·1+O·1+K·5+Y·4 = 12 pts
roomy (10 points)
Like this puzzle's theme (wordplay)
Spacious, like a big hotel (wordplay)
Cold and damp, we hear, but extensive
R·1+O·1+O·1+M·3+Y·4 = 10 pts
rooty (8 points)
Hard to hoe perhaps
Hard to hoe, perhaps
Like a tough row to hoe, maybe
R·1+O·1+O·1+T·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
ropey (10 points)
Very poor quality
Beyond stringy
Lasso-like? Yes, cowboy-style with gold backing
R·1+O·1+P·3+E·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
roupy (10 points)
""Hoarse, also ROUPET""
R·1+O·1+U·1+P·3+Y·4 = 10 pts
rowdy (12 points)
7-Dwarfs' unruly kin (wordplay)
Out of order (wordplay)
Member of a street gang.
R·1+O·1+W·4+D·2+Y·4 = 12 pts
royal (8 points)
Type of "Crown Revue" (wordplay)
Prince Charles, for one
- - Shakespeare Company (RSC)
R·1+O·1+Y·4+A·1+L·1 = 8 pts
ruddy (10 points)
Florid (of face)
Red in the face (like a duck?)
Cherry is blooming!
R·1+U·1+D·2+D·2+Y·4 = 10 pts
rugby (11 points)
Try game (wordplay)
Scrumptious sport (wordplay)
... this game (good in red)
R·1+U·1+G·2+B·3+Y·4 = 11 pts
rummy (12 points)
Card game for a sot (wordplay)
Card game for W.C. Fields (wordplay)
Card game somewhat spirited (wordplay)
R·1+U·1+M·3+M·3+Y·4 = 12 pts
runny (8 points)
Like a cold nose (wordplay)
Soft-boiled, perhaps
Like undercooked eggs
R·1+U·1+N·1+N·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
runty (8 points)
Unlike the top dog (wordplay)
Like the smallest pup in the litter
On the small side
R·1+U·1+N·1+T·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
rushy (11 points)
Like a marsh
Abounding in cattails.
Abounding in cattails
R·1+U·1+S·1+H·4+Y·4 = 11 pts
rusty (8 points)
Are you dirty in decay (wordplay)
Nickname, NASCAR's Russell Wallace
Out of practice.
R·1+U·1+S·1+T·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
rutty (8 points)
Rough to drive on perhaps
In need of paving, perhaps
In need of paving, maybe
R·1+U·1+T·1+T·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
ryked (13 points)
Ryke
R·1+Y·4+K·5+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
rykes (12 points)
Ryke
R·1+Y·4+K·5+E·1+S·1 = 12 pts
rynds (9 points)
Millstone supports
R·1+Y·4+N·1+D·2+S·1 = 9 pts
ryots (8 points)
Tillers of the soil in India
Peasants in India.
Peasants of India.
R·1+Y·4+O·1+T·1+S·1 = 8 pts
sadly (9 points)
How to say 'alas'
Sorry to say . . .
'I'm sorry to say...'
S·1+A·1+D·2+L·1+Y·4 = 9 pts
saggy (10 points)
Needing a lift maybe
Needing a lift, maybe
Drooping, as an old roof
S·1+A·1+G·2+G·2+Y·4 = 10 pts
sally (8 points)
A girl's party quip (wordplay)
Ride in a spaceship (wordplay)
Ride in space (wordplay)
S·1+A·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
salty (8 points)
Seasoned to last? Why (wordplay)
Old sailor's demeanor (wordplay)
Coarse or caustic
S·1+A·1+L·1+T·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
sandy (9 points)
A gritty Scot (wordplay)
Like a beach perhaps
He says "arf"
S·1+A·1+N·1+D·2+Y·4 = 9 pts
sappy (12 points)
Like some trees in Vermont (wordplay)
Like maple trees and pigeons (wordplay)
Like sentimental trees (wordplay)
S·1+A·1+P·3+P·3+Y·4 = 12 pts
sarky (12 points)
Like a biting remark, to a Brit
Like a biting remark in British slang
Like a biting remark, in British slang
S·1+A·1+R·1+K·5+Y·4 = 12 pts
sassy (8 points)
Impertinent (US colloq.)
Likely to react (wordplay)
Cheeky (US colloq.)
S·1+A·1+S·1+S·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
satay (8 points)
Wok and roll (wordplay)
Stick on the grill (wordplay)
Sticky food (wordplay)
S·1+A·1+T·1+A·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
satyr (8 points)
Tray's warped, being in wood (wordplay)
Silenus, for one
Pan, for one
S·1+A·1+T·1+Y·4+R·1 = 8 pts
saucy (10 points)
Like some smart responses
Like many brats' replies
Not very impolite
S·1+A·1+U·1+C·3+Y·4 = 10 pts
saury (8 points)
Beaked sea fish
Longbeaked Atlantic fish
Long-beaked fish.
S·1+A·1+U·1+R·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
savoy (11 points)
Restaurant for the Greens (wordplay)
Stompin' place (wordplay)
Stompin' ground (wordplay)
S·1+A·1+V·4+O·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
savvy (14 points)
Get it (wordplay)
Shrewdness, understanding (slang)
Get the idea.
S·1+A·1+V·4+V·4+Y·4 = 14 pts
sayer (8 points)
More Than I Can Say singer
Leo - - (70s pop star)
'You Make Me Feel Like Dancing' singer
S·1+A·1+Y·4+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
sayid (9 points)
Moslem title of honor.
Descendant of Mohammed's daughter Fatima
Muslim title of respect
S·1+A·1+Y·4+I·1+D·2 = 9 pts
sayst (8 points)
Speak to a Quaker (wordplay)
Old-style state (wordplay)
Speaks to a Quaker (wordplay)
S·1+A·1+Y·4+S·1+T·1 = 8 pts
scaly (10 points)
Totally flaking (wordplay)
Like dishpan hands
Like an alligator's skin
S·1+C·3+A·1+L·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
scary (10 points)
Shriek-inducing, perhaps
Metal lyrics (wordplay)
Alarming, maybe paranormal
S·1+C·3+A·1+R·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
seamy (10 points)
Disreputable (side)
Like a citys underbelly
Really run-down
S·1+E·1+A·1+M·3+Y·4 = 10 pts
sedgy (10 points)
Like a wetland
Bordered with marsh plants.
Like some bank growth
S·1+E·1+D·2+G·2+Y·4 = 10 pts
seedy (9 points)
Out of sorts
Ramshackle, as a watermelon (wordplay)
Zero-star, say
S·1+E·1+E·1+D·2+Y·4 = 9 pts
seely (8 points)
Fortunate
S·1+E·1+E·1+L·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
seepy (10 points)
Tending to ooze
Full of moisture.
Tending to leak slowly
S·1+E·1+E·1+P·3+Y·4 = 10 pts
sepoy (10 points)
Indian soldier of yore.
British Indian Army member
Former native soldier of India.
S·1+E·1+P·3+O·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
serry (8 points)
Put in ranks
Press together as in ranks
Crowd together old style
S·1+E·1+R·1+R·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
shady (12 points)
Pleasantly dark, perhaps
Not so hot (wordplay)
Dubious (of character)
S·1+H·4+A·1+D·2+Y·4 = 12 pts
shaky (15 points)
Likely to fall
Far from firm
Ready to collapse
S·1+H·4+A·1+K·5+Y·4 = 15 pts
shaly (11 points)
Like certain rocks
Resembling fissile rock
Containing fissile rock.
S·1+H·4+A·1+L·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
shays (11 points)
Famed insurrectionist Daniel
One-horse carriages.
Leader of a Mass. rebellion: 1786-87
S·1+H·4+A·1+Y·4+S·1 = 11 pts
shily (11 points)
In a shy manner
S·1+H·4+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
shiny (11 points)
In the buff (wordplay)
In need of powder maybe
Newly detailed, say
S·1+H·4+I·1+N·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
showy (14 points)
Why so unusually ostentatious (wordplay)
Making an imposing display
Low choir section
S·1+H·4+O·1+W·4+Y·4 = 14 pts
shoyu (11 points)
Soy sauce in Japan
Ramen topper, in Tokyo
Soy sauce, in Japan
S·1+H·4+O·1+Y·4+U·1 = 11 pts
shyer (11 points)
Less outgoing (Var.)
Frightened horse at times
More like Bashful
S·1+H·4+Y·4+E·1+R·1 = 11 pts
shyly (14 points)
With pause, perhaps
In a reserved way
la a wallflower
S·1+H·4+Y·4+L·1+Y·4 = 14 pts
sibyl (10 points)
Forward-looking woman (wordplay)
Prophetess of legend
Cumae's was famous
S·1+I·1+B·3+Y·4+L·1 = 10 pts
silky (12 points)
Like a jockey's attire, perhaps
Like alpaca fleece
Adjective in shampoo ads
S·1+I·1+L·1+K·5+Y·4 = 12 pts
silly (8 points)
Putty modifier (wordplay)
Inane; very close (fielder)
Off-the-wall
S·1+I·1+L·1+L·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
silty (8 points)
Why list regarding sediment (wordplay)
Overly sedimental (wordplay)
Like flood waters
S·1+I·1+L·1+T·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
sissy (8 points)
Scaredy-cat, maybe
Bully's prey
Badlands star Spacek
S·1+I·1+S·1+S·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
sixty (15 points)
The new they say
The new 40, they say
Nearing retirement age, maybe
S·1+I·1+X·8+T·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
skiey (12 points)
Lofty
S·1+K·5+I·1+E·1+Y·4 = 12 pts
skyed (13 points)
Hit a high fly ball
Kicked way over the goal, as a shot in soccer
Hit high
S·1+K·5+Y·4+E·1+D·2 = 13 pts
skyey (15 points)
Like the blue empyrean Poetic
Like the blue empyrean: Poetic.
Of great height Poet
S·1+K·5+Y·4+E·1+Y·4 = 15 pts
slaty (8 points)
Somewhat bluish-gray
Of a grayish cast
Of a grayish hue
S·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
slays (8 points)
Dispatches (a dragon)
Makes laugh really hard
Really breaks up
S·1+L·1+A·1+Y·4+S·1 = 8 pts
slily (8 points)
With cunning (Var.)
In an artful, clever way (Var.)
In a cunning way (var.)
S·1+L·1+I·1+L·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
slimy (10 points)
Covered in goo perhaps
Like someone slugged (wordplay)
Covered with slippery stuff, say mud
S·1+L·1+I·1+M·3+Y·4 = 10 pts
sloyd (9 points)
Manual training in Sweden
Swedish manual training system.
System of manual training from Sweden.
S·1+L·1+O·1+Y·4+D·2 = 9 pts
slyer (8 points)
More underhanded (Var.)
Better at bluffing
Better with trickery
S·1+L·1+Y·4+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
slyly (11 points)
How Stallone acts (wordplay)
With a wink, perhaps
With a wink perhaps
S·1+L·1+Y·4+L·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
slype (10 points)
Cathedral passage: Arch
Narrow passage as in English cathedrals
Covered passage in a cathedral
S·1+L·1+Y·4+P·3+E·1 = 10 pts
smoky (14 points)
Like an overused oven (wordplay)
Obscured by haze.
Like bars in noir films
S·1+M·3+O·1+K·5+Y·4 = 14 pts
snaky (12 points)
Like conga lines
Twisting and turning
Like mountain roads
S·1+N·1+A·1+K·5+Y·4 = 12 pts
snowy (11 points)
Wintery forecast, perhaps
Covered in winter perhaps
Like January, perhaps
S·1+N·1+O·1+W·4+Y·4 = 11 pts
snyes (8 points)
Curves of ships planks
Curves of ships' planks
S·1+N·1+Y·4+E·1+S·1 = 8 pts
soapy (10 points)
Ivory-coated, perhaps
Needing rinsing, perhaps
Not rinsed perhaps
S·1+O·1+A·1+P·3+Y·4 = 10 pts
soddy (10 points)
Like a new lawn, maybe
Like a new lawn maybe
Like a newly repaired green, perhaps
S·1+O·1+D·2+D·2+Y·4 = 10 pts
softy (11 points)
One with a big heart
Dewy-eyed sort
Silly person dipping paper into sauce
S·1+O·1+F·4+T·1+Y·4 = 11 pts
soggy (10 points)
In the cereal bowl too long, maybe
Like abandoned cereal, maybe
Left in the cereal bowl too long perhaps
S·1+O·1+G·2+G·2+Y·4 = 10 pts
sonly (8 points)
Filial
Filial
S·1+O·1+N·1+L·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
sonny (8 points)
Epithet for Junior, maybe
Junior's nickname, perhaps
Juniors nickname perhaps
S·1+O·1+N·1+N·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
sonsy (8 points)
Good-natured, to a Gael.
Attractive in dialect
Good-natured Scot.
S·1+O·1+N·1+S·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
sooey (8 points)
Cry before dinner (wordplay)
Here, piggy piggy piggy!
Babe, come here!
S·1+O·1+O·1+E·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
sooty (8 points)
Like Santa after his rounds maybe
Like Santa after his rounds perhaps
Like Santa after his rounds, perhaps
S·1+O·1+O·1+T·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
sophy (13 points)
Knowledge Comb. form.
Philo's conclusion
Knowledge: Comb. form.
S·1+O·1+P·3+H·4+Y·4 = 13 pts
soppy (12 points)
In the washer, perhaps
In the washer perhaps
Informally sentimental in sickly way
S·1+O·1+P·3+P·3+Y·4 = 12 pts
sorry (8 points)
Apologetic board game (wordplay)
Pardon me (wordplay)
Wretched Hindu garment, say
S·1+O·1+R·1+R·1+Y·4 = 8 pts
soupy (10 points)
Puree of Sales (wordplay)
Like dense fog
Like neglected ice cream
S·1+O·1+U·1+P·3+Y·4 = 10 pts
soyas (8 points)
Multipurpose beans (var.)
Nutritious beans (var.)
Some bean plants (Var.)
S·1+O·1+Y·4+A·1+S·1 = 8 pts
soyuz (17 points)
Russian spacecraft name
s Apollo mission
Russian spacecraft series
S·1+O·1+Y·4+U·1+Z·10 = 17 pts
spacy (12 points)
Constantly daydreaming say
Like Mork (wordplay)
Constantly daydreaming, say
S·1+P·3+A·1+C·3+Y·4 = 12 pts
spays (10 points)
Prevents litter (wordplay)
Keeps from littering (wordplay)
Prevents a lab accident (wordplay)
S·1+P·3+A·1+Y·4+S·1 = 10 pts
spicy (12 points)
Made with curry, say
Like chorizos and kimchi
Like a hot curry
S·1+P·3+I·1+C·3+Y·4 = 12 pts
spiky (14 points)
Like a punk rocker's hair, perhaps
Like a punkers hair
Like some punk hairstyles
S·1+P·3+I·1+K·5+Y·4 = 14 pts
spiny (10 points)
Describing a porcupine.
Like sea urchins
Like a cactus
S·1+P·3+I·1+N·1+Y·4 = 10 pts

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