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I initially read it as “word ending with S with another S at the end”, needles(s) / syringes(s), which is what annoyed me. I’m not too happy with the use of syringess which is just not a word. Is “needless”, a female who needles, really a word either?
Needles to say, I still enjoy it and will carry on playing.
hangedup
Now the day is over, my issue was that both the clue and the answer both ended in -ess, which is a bit lazy. You'd expect that if the clue was indicating a female suffix like -ess, it would use a different feminine ending, like -ette or -euse.