Anagrams of: ASSIES_

• the county courts of England (replaced in 1971 by Crown courts)

• the regulation of weights and measures of articles offered for sale

• an ancient writ issued by a court of assize to the sheriff for the recovery of property

• the physical magnitude of something (how big it is)

• the property resulting from being one of a series of graduated measurements (as of clothing)

• any glutinous material used to fill pores in surfaces or to stiffen fabrics

• the actual state of affairs

• a large magnitude

• (used in combination) sized

• cover or stiffen or glaze a porous material with size or sizing (a glutinous substance)

• sort according to size

• make to a size; bring to a suitable size

• the physical magnitude of something (how big it is)

• the property resulting from being one of a series of graduated measurements (as of clothing)

• any glutinous material used to fill pores in surfaces or to stiffen fabrics

• the actual state of affairs

• a large magnitude

• (used in combination) sized

• cover or stiffen or glaze a porous material with size or sizing (a glutinous substance)

• sort according to size

• make to a size; bring to a suitable size

• the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one

• a playing card or domino or die whose upward face shows six pips

• denoting a quantity consisting of six items or units

• the circulating life energy that in Chinese philosophy is thought to be inherent in all things; in traditional Chinese medicine the balance of negative and positive forms in the body is believed to be essential for good health

• a French marshal who distinguished himself in the War of the Austrian Succession (1696-1750)

• an area in Germany around the upper Elbe river; the original home of the Saxons

• (1970s, 1980s) Pizza.

• A short strap fastened around the leg of a bird used in falconry, to which a leash may be fastened.

• A collimated stream, spurt or flow of liquid or gas from a pressurized container, an engine, etc.

• A spout or nozzle for creating a jet of fluid.

• A type of airplane using jet engines rather than propellers.

• An engine that propels a vehicle using a stream of fluid as propulsion.

• A part of a carburetor that controls the amount of fuel mixed with the air.

• A narrow cone of hadrons and other particles produced by the hadronization of a quark or gluon.

• Drift; scope; range, as of an argument.

• The sprue of a type, which is broken from it when the type is cold.

• A hard, black form of coal, sometimes used in jewellery.

• (color) The colour of jet coal, deep grey.

• To fasten a strap around the leg of a hawk.

• Only, simply, merely.

• (sentence adverb) Used to reduce the force of an imperative; simply.

• Used to convey a less serious or formal tone

• Used to show humility.

• (degree) absolutely, positively

• Moments ago, recently.

• By a narrow margin; closely; nearly.

• Exactly, precisely, perfectly.