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- Server's obstacle
- "Sesame Street" character with a pet rock named Rocco
- Set (down)
- $$$ set aside for old age
- Set, as a price
- Setting for "Biohackers" and "Bones"
- Setting for many a New Yorker cartoon
- Setting for the children's book "Good Night, Gorilla"
- Settings for "Nurse Jackie" and "The Pitt," in brief
- Settings for "The Pitt" and "Code Black," for short
- Settings for some docs
- Settings for some residents, for short
- Settings for some TV dramas, in brief
- Settled on the bottom?
- "Severance" actress Tullock
- "Sex and the City" network
- Sex Pistols song disparaging the band's former label
- Sgt. or cpl.
- Sgt., but not pvt., e.g.
- Shade
- Shade akin to khaki
- Shade of a color
- Shade of color
- Shade of gray
- Shade similar to avocado
- ___ shading (animation technique)
- Shady, in modern parlance
- Shaggy head of hair
- Shags or bobs
- Shake, like a dog's tail
- Shakespearean conjunction
- Shakespearean shout
- Shape for flying geese
- Shape of a round chart
- Shape of flying geese
- Shapiro of public radio
- Shaquille O'Neal's alma mater, for short
- "___ Share of Night" (acclaimed 2019 Mariana Enríquez book)
- Sharp-edged tool
- Sharpened point of a quill pen
- She may have a little lamb
- "___/she" (chocolate bar's pronouns in a corny joke)
- "She's everything. He's just ___" ("Barbie" tagline)
- She's possessive
- She, in Portuguese
- She, in São Paulo
- She-ep?
- Sheep's cry
- Sheepskin boot brand
- Sheet music abbr.
- Sheltered side
- Shepherded
- Shiba ___ (dog breed)
- Shiba ___ (Japanese hunting dog)
- Shiny little platters
- Shipping company with a red-and-yellow logo
- Shock
- ___ shoestring
- Shop ___
- Shop ___ you drop
- Shop item with teeth
- Short albums, for short
- Short blue person?
- Short cut
- "___ Short Day" ("Wicked" song)
- Short diner order
- Short flight
- Short for "info flight"
- Short-term job
- Shortening for a city that omits "onto"
- Shots, informally
- "___ should I?"
- "Shoulda listened to me!"
- Shout after a big success
- Shout at a Greek wedding
- Shout at a Real Madrid game
- Shout in a card game
- Shout in a slasher film
- Show a dog's excitement, as a tail
- Show interruptions
- Show of friendliness
- Show on which Tina Fey and Seth Meyers have worked as head writers, in brief
- Show stoppers?
- Show that celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2025, in brief
- Show that The Weeknd has performed on, aptly enough
- Showing a smirk, say
- Showing signs of working out, say
- Shrewd
- Shrub that sounds regretful
- ___ shu pork
- "Sick, dude!"
- Sickly-looking
- Sierra automaker
- Sierra, e.g.
- Siesta
- Sign for cheap admission
- Sign of a packed house
- Sign of a smashing success
- Sign of canine contentment
- Sign of desperation
- Sign of summer
- Sign on some restroom doors
- Sign up, with "in"
- Signal at sea
- Signal for an actor to go onstage
- Signifier of no value, in many programming languages
- Silent approval
- "Silentium ___ aureum" ("Silence is golden")
- "Silly me!"
- Simile segment
- Simile's center
- Simple dog command
- Simple two-player card game
- Sin/cos
- "Since brass, ___ stone, ___ earth, ___ boundless sea …": Shak.
- Since Jan. 1, on a pay stub
- Singer Carly ___ Jepsen
- Singer DiFranco
- Singer DiFranco who created Righteous Babe Records
- Singer Garfunkel
- Singer Grande, informally
- Singer Grande, to fans
- Singer Lana Del ___
- Singer Morrison of the Doors
- Singer Rita
- Singer with the 2014 #1 album "1,000 Forms of Fear"
- Singer/actress Carrere
- Singer/actress Rita ___
- Singers Green and Jardine
- Single-stranded molecule
- Singsong syllable
- Sinuous swimmer
- Sinus-treating doctor, for short
- Sitcom character from Melmac
- Site for hibernation … or a Super Bowl party
- Site of the world's largest Carnival celebration
- Site that might contain saved cookies?
- Site to build on
- Sites with clamps and curettes, for short
- Situated
- Situps tighten them
- Six for a touchdown: Abbr.
- "Six-pack" muscles
- Sixth word of the Gettysburg Address
- Skater Midori
- Skater who lit the Olympic cauldron in 1998
- Skeleton ___ (super's item)
- Sketch comedy show since ’75
- Sketch show with Colin Jost, in brief
- Skill needed for bocce
- Skill taught at lifeguard training, for short
- Skirt feature
- Skirt's edge
- Skosh
- Slack-jawed feeling
- Slam
- Slang term for a recording studio
- Slangy affirmative
- Slangy greeting
- Slangy refusal
- Sleep cycle inits.
- "Sleep is like a ___: It only comes to you if you ignore it": Gillian Flynn
- Sleeping sound
- Sleepover "comfies"
- Sleeve filler
- Sleuth, slangily
- Slice of history
- Slight amount
- Slime
- Slip
- Slip up
- Slippery swimmer
- Slithering swimmer
- Slithery fish
- Slopping spot
- Sloth in 2002's "Ice Age"
- Sloth, e.g.
- Slowly ___ surely
- Slyly disparaging
- Small
- Small + or –
- Small battery
- Small complaint
- Small criticism
- Small dosage amts.
- Small grouse
- Small hopper in the Hundred Acre Wood
- Small recipe amt.
- Small songbird
- Small square
- Small squeeze from a tube
- Smallest Canadian prov.
- Smallish batteries
- Smelter's material
- Smidgen
- Smoke
- Smokey Bear spot, e.g., for short
- Smudge or smear, say
- Snake that can weigh over 100 pounds
- Snaps
- Snatch up
- Sneakily clever
- Sneaky
- Snitch
- Snitch (on)
- Snookums
- Snoopy or Scooby-Doo
- "So adorable!"
- So far
- "___ so!" (German "I see!")
- So-called "frankenfood," for short
- So-called "melting pot," in brief
- "So-o-o cute!"
- "So-o-o gross!"
- So-so, in modern slang
- Soak
- Soak (up), as gravy
- Soapmaker's supply
- Soccer star Hamm
- Social media ___ (what we're in now)
- Social media squib
- Social worker?
- Socially timid
- ___ socks (1970s fad)
- ___ soda
- Soft shoe, informally
- Soft slip-on, for short
- Softball question
- Soil-loosening tool
- Sold-out inits.
- ___ soldier
- Soldier for Attila
- Soldier's food kit, for short
- Solid-rock connector
- Solidify
- Solo pilot?
- Sombrero or fedora
- Some ambulance destinations, for short
- Some breakfast drinks, for short
- Some Caltech grads: Abbr.
- Some coll. instructors
- Some control buttons
- Some E.R. workers
- Some fancy footwork
- Some film noir figures, for short
- Some gaming centers, in brief
- Some H.S. teams
- Some high-level H.S. classes
- Some HP products
- Some M.I.T. grads, for short
- Some microbuses, in brief
- Some microwaves, in brief
- Some music sales, for short
- Some N.F.L. blockers: Abbr.
- Some N.F.L. linemen
- Some notebooks, in brief
- Some OT enders
- Some people doing residencies: Abbr.
- Some Ph.D. students
- Some pings, in brief
- Some pulpy drinks, for short
- Some reproductive cells
- "Some rise by ___, and some by virtue fall": Shak.
- Some scale members
- Some scanners, for short
- Some sci-fi film effects, in brief
- Some small batteries
- Some small donations
- Some summer purchases, informally
- Some test figs.
- Some text beneath a headshot, in brief
- Some undergrad conferrals, in brief
- Some undergrad degs.
- Some unidentified visitors, for short
- Some wall decorations
- Someone giving off old guy vibes, in Gen Z slang
- Someone who exercises out of habit?
- Someone who might ask "Mother, may I?"
- Someone who might issue a travel warning?
- Something a gold miner looks for
- Something a lapidary cuts
- Something a Möbius strip lacks
- Something an electric car doesn't use
- Something athletes strive to break
- Something entered into an A.T.M.
- Something found on a Mac (that anagrams to MAC)
- Something found under a top
- Something fun to take out for a spin
- Something gas cars do noisily that electric vehicles don't
- Something in an Easter basket
- Something in which you might stand for a spell
- Something inside or outside a wine bar?
- Something most people have memorized
- Something much needed after an all-nighter
- Something passed at a charity event
- Something that may be lent or bent
- Something to "keep on the prize"
- Something to belly up to
- Something to chew on
- Something to click
- Something to trust
- Something to use on your break?
- Something used to steer a rowboat
- Something you might put stock in, for short
- Something you might search for in vein?
- Something you owe
- Sometimes-intentional jeans feature
- "Somewhat"
- Song and dance
- "___ Song" (Taylor Swift hit)
- Sonnet adverb … or suffix?
- Sons of ___, exemplars of biblical wickedness
- Soon-to-be grads: Abbr.
- "___ soon?"
- "Soooo cute!" reactions
- Soph., jr. and sr.
- "Sorry, do I know them?"
- "Sorry, it's ___ from me"
- Sort
- Sorta
- "Sorta" suffix
- Sought a seat
- Soul from Seoul
- Sound around a summer cornfield
- Sound at the dog park
- Sound from a pound
- Sound from someone sitting down at the end of a long day
- Sound heard at the door
- Sound in a cornfield
- Sound made when something snaps into place?
- Sound made while sinking into a hot tub
- Sound made with a finger to the lips
- Sound made with a wince
- Sound of a good car engine
- Sound of dissatisfaction
- Sound of impact
- Sound of relaxation
- Sounds of hesitation
- Sounds of pain
- Sounds of realization
- Sounds of satisfaction
- Source of 3.5 million quotations, for short
- Source of a printout, often
- Source of fleece
- Source of the Coneheads, in brief
- Source of wealth for John D. Rockefeller
- South Korean automaker
- Soviet spy org.
- Sow, e.g.
- Spa sound
- Space between here and there
- Spam spewer
- "Spamalot" title
- Spanish "Listen up!"
- Spanish aunt
- Spanish diminutive suffix
- Spanish gold
- Spanish pronoun
- Spanish question word
- Spare part?
- Sparkler on a ring
- Spearheaded
- Special ___
- Specialized skill
- Speck in la Seine
- Sped or bled ... or led
- Speech fillers
- ___ Speed Wagon (old vehicle)
- ___ Speedwagon
- Speedway sponsor
- Spell-off
- Spelling ___
- Spending limits it
- Sphere
- Spherical shape
- Spice mixture
- ___ Spice, Grammy-nominated rapper
- Spicy
- Spider ___
- Spider's creation
- ___ Spiegel (German magazine)
- Spike in Hollywood
- Spike who directed "Do the Right Thing"
- Spleen
- Splendid serve
- Split ___ (New Wave band whose name sounds like a hair problem)
- Split-___ soup
- Spoil
- Sponsor of auto racing's Sprint Cup Series
- Sponsored posts, e.g.
- Sponsored spots
- Spoon bender Geller debunked on "The Tonight Show"
- Sport in an octagon, for short
- Sport that takes place in an octagon, in brief
- Sport with striking and grappling, for short
- Sport-___
- Sports great Ernie known as "The Big Easy"
- Sports grp. for Coco Gauff
- Sports org. for Scottie Scheffler
- Sports org. for the Chicago Fire and New York Red Bulls: Abbr.
- Sports org. in the 2024 film "Challengers"
- Sports star who said “It's not bragging if you can back it up”
- Spot for a flask
- Spot for a massage
- Spot for a soak
- Spot for a sweat
- Spot for a tattoo sleeve
- Spot for charity, say, in brief
- Spot for three men in a nursery rhyme
- Spots
- Spousal vow
- Spray in the kitchen
- Spreadsheet feature
- "Sprechen ___ Deutsch?"
- Spree
- Sprightly dance
- Spring for a fancy hotel?
- "Spring forward" hrs.
- Springfield is its capital: Abbr.
- Sprinted
- Sprite
- Sprouting part of a potato
- Spy
- "Spy vs. Spy" magazine
- Square ___ in a round hole
- Squeak (out)
- Squeaker … or squealer
- Squeeze (by)
- Squeeze (out)
- Squid's defensive output
- Squiggle shape
- "Srsly?!"
- Stability aids, informally
- Stadium cheer
- ___ Stadium, former venue for D.C. United
- Staff
- Stag's mate
- Stage booster
- Stage name of South Korean rapper Park Jae-sang
- Stammering sounds
- Stan's workplace on "American Dad!," for short
- Standard number of bowling pins
- Standing eau?
- Standoff's conclusion?
- Stanford and Cal joined it in 2024
- Star pitcher
- "Star Wars" character Kylo ___
- Starbucks keepsake, perhaps
- Starchy tuber
- ___ Stark, "Game of Thrones" patriarch
- Start of a bray
- Start of a countdown
- Start of a protest
- Start of a song with the same tune as "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star"
- Start of many a Latin American city name
- Start of the names of four of the U.S.'s 20 largest cities
- Start of the workweek: Abbr.
- Start to fall, say
- Start to give
- Start to live and breathe?
- Start to stick?
- "Starter" starter
- Stat after hitting a triple with someone on base
- Stat for Aaron Judge
- Stat impacted by weight and speed
- Stat that may be weighted
- State home to the only public diamond mine in the U.S.: Abbr.
- State that spans two time zones: Abbr.
- State tree of Massachusetts and North Dakota
- State whose outline can be made by connecting seven particular squares in this puzzle
- State with only three counties: Abbr.
- Stately tree
- Station announcement, in brief
- Station information, for short
- Status ___
- Stayed on the bench
- Steely Dan album whose name is pronounced "Asia"
- Steering aid
- Stein's contents
- STEM part: Abbr.
- Stephen Colbert's network
- Stephen of "V for Vendetta"
- Stereotypical dog's name
- Stick in the ground?
- Stick on a table
- Stick used for breaking
- Stickler for military discipline
- Sticks around for a demo?
- Stiff upper ___
- "Still unscheduled" abbr.
- Still-life vessel
- Stimpy's canine pal
- Stimpy's cartoon pal
- Stimpy's TV companion
- Stimpy's TV partner
- Sting
- Stir-fry staple
- Stir-frying vessel
- Stitch up
- Stoked
- Stone
- Stool pigeons, in police shorthand
- "Stop filming!"
- "Stop right there!"
- "Stop, Look and Listen" spot, e.g., in brief
- Storage container
- Store in oak casks, say
- Storekeeper on "The Simpsons"
- Strain
- Strange
- Streaming issue caused by slow wi-fi
- Street application
- Street name associated with nightmares
- Street sign abbr.
- ___ Stroker, Tony Award-winning actress in "Oklahoma!"
- Structure for hydroelectric power
- Stubborn beast
- Stubborn sort
- Student center?
- Student's email address ender
- Studio behind "Notorious" and "Nocturne"
- Stuff in a puff
- Stuff that's slung
- Stuff with strands
- Sturdy bookcase material
- Stylist's goo
- Subj. for immigrants, maybe
- Subj. for one aspiring to become bilingual
- Subj. with two A.P. exams
- Subject discussed in - and also hidden in the name of - the 2019 documentary "Third Eye Spies"
- Subject line abbreviation
- Subject of "the talk"
- Subject of a declassified Pentagon document, in brief
- Subject of astrobiology, in brief
- Subject of Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter"
- Subject of much Jane Goodall research
- Subject of the 1996 documentary "When We Were Kings"
- Subject of the Edward Snowden leaks, in brief
- Subject to careful appraisal
- Subtitle alternative
- Subtle "Yes"
- Subtle greeting
- Suburban attachment?
- Subway scurrier
- Successful song
- Successor to F.D.R.
- Sucker
- Suckered
- Suffix for some sugars
- Suffix for superlatives
- Suffix in British English
- Suffix in the names of many languages
- Suffix in the names of many U.S. cities
- Suffix with "novel" or "capital"
- Suffix with beat or neat
- Suffix with Benedict or elephant
- Suffix with benz-
- Suffix with Brooklyn
- Suffix with bull or bear
- Suffix with Caesar or Euclid
- Suffix with caffe-
- Suffix with capital
- Suffix with devil
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