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- Record number?
- Record of the year?
- Recovers
- Recumbent
- Red "Inside Out" character
- Red body part for Santa
- Red hair or hazel eyes, e.g.
- Red root vegetables
- Red Square presence since 1924
- "Red" vegetable that's really purple, if you ask me
- Reduced to crumbs, say
- Reduces, as anxiety
- Reef around a lagoon
- Reef material
- Reeked
- Reeves of "Hardball"
- References as references
- Region on the north side of Mount Everest
- Regional life forms
- Regions
- Register ring-ups
- Relating to some forces on Earth
- Relative by marriage
- Relative of a heron
- Relatively unusual
- "Relax, you're ___ friends"
- Relays and rallies
- Religion of the Maldives
- Religion with the key text Kitáb-i-Aqdas
- Religious ceremonies
- Religious offshoots
- Relinquished
- Reluctant (to)
- Reluctantly stoop
- Rely on
- Remains
- Remedies
- Remnants in a recently used fire pit
- Remnants of a volcanic spew
- Remote locations
- Remote sensing technology that uses lasers
- Remove an identifier from, as on Instagram
- Remove from its original packaging, say
- Remove from power
- Remove from the top of one's profile, as a post
- Remove one's name from, as an online photo
- Remy's brother in "Ratatouille"
- Renewable energy option
- Rent
- Rental car option
- Renter's counterpart
- Repairs a hole
- Repeatedly hit hard
- Repent for one's wrongs
- Replay technique, informally
- Reply to "Nuh-uh!"
- Reporter's big get
- Representative Raskin of Maryland
- Reproductive part of a fern
- Request from
- Request that precedes "down low ... too slow!"
- Requiring constant emotional validation
- Reroute
- Reservations
- Reside
- Resident of a Mideast sultanate
- Resident of Muscat
- Residents of Edinburgh and Glasgow
- Resignation proclamation
- Resonates beautifully
- Resource in the game Catan
- Responses suggesting "Here we go again"
- Resting place
- Resting places
- Result
- Result from
- Result of a hot pursuit?
- Result of bad service, maybe
- Results of feuds
- Results of one's labors, so to speak
- Retinue
- Retort at recess
- Retro kind of hairstyle
- Return analogue
- Return payments?
- Returned to air, as an old pilot, perhaps
- Reveal
- Reversed
- Review thoroughly, as taxes
- Revise, as text
- Reward for a dog
- Reward for a good puppy
- Reword, perhaps
- Rib
- ___ Rica
- Rich cake whose name comes from German
- Rich deposits of ore
- Rich soil deposit
- Riches
- Ridiculous
- Right on
- "___ right!"
- Right-hand page
- Right-hand page of a book
- Rightmost word on the front of a penny
- Rijeka native
- Rimes with rhymes
- Ring master
- Ring-shaped coral reef
- Rings
- Rink rental
- Rip into bits, as paper
- "Rise and shine!"
- ___ riser
- Risks it
- Risqué
- Rite-of-passage events for high schoolers
- Ritzy
- River that borders the Black Forest
- River to the Rio Grande
- Road curves
- ___ rock (music genre)
- Rock musician Bob
- Rock that's fracked to release oil
- Rock used in roofing
- "Rocky" actress Shire
- Rod ___, 1977 A.L. M.V.P. with the Twins
- Rod whom the annual A.L. batting title is named after
- Rodeo rope
- Role for Selena Gomez on "Only Murders in the Building"
- Roll around in the morning?
- Roll on a pool chair
- Roll over, in a way
- Roller skate strings
- Romaine course
- Roman goddess often depicted with a bow and arrow
- Roman robes
- Romantic rendezvous
- Rome's ___ Fountain
- Romeo and Juliet, agewise
- Ron Swanson's "number one favorite food," on "Parks and Recreation"
- Ron's assistant on "Parks and Recreation"
- Ronald McDonald, e.g.
- Roof overhangs
- Rookies, to gamers
- ___ Rooney, best-selling author of 2024's "Intermezzo"
- Roots for vegan burgers
- Rope in
- Rorschach patterns
- Rose Bowl Stadium athlete
- Rotisserie rods
- Rotisserie-roasted Turkish dish
- Rough drafts?
- Roughly 20 million people in India, religiously
- Round house
- Rounded up?
- ___ Rousey, first American woman to win an Olympic medal in judo
- Rowed, as a boat
- Rowena's love, in fiction
- ___ Roy, "Succession" role for which Kieran Culkin won an Emmy
- ___-Royce
- Rub off, as pencil markings
- Rub out
- Rub the wrong way, perhaps
- Ruckus
- Ruined
- Ruler's length?
- Ruling class
- Run ___ of (violate)
- Run away to get married
- Run off to get hitched
- Run off with
- Run under a faucet
- Run-down in appearance
- Ruses
- Rushes
- Russian denials
- Russian refusals
- Rust, e.g.
- Ruthless Athenian lawgiver
- Ruthlessly make fun of
- #'s place
- S, for a tee
- "S.N.L." alum Gardner
- "S.N.L." V.I.P.s
- Sabin vaccine target
- Sacred Polynesian plants
- Sacred Sanskrit texts
- Sacsayhuamán fortress builders
- SAG-AFTRA, for one
- SAG_
- Saguaros, e.g.
- Saint ___ (Caribbean isle)
- Saint ___ and Nevis (Caribbean nation)
- Sales spiel
- Sally with two Oscars
- Salmon and coral
- Salsa ___ (condiment that might include tomatillos and cilantro)
- ___ salts
- Sam of "Jurassic Park"
- Sam who co-starred in "Jurassic Park"
- Sam who putted croquet style until the U.S.G.A. banned it
- Sam's wife in "The Lord of the Rings"
- "Same here," more stiffly
- "Same!"
- San ___, city between San Francisco and Palo Alto
- San Diego baseballer
- San Francisco ballplayer
- San José, ___ Rica
- Sand-colored
- Sandpipers dig for them in the sand
- Sandy hazard for sailors
- Sank, as a putt
- Sanskrit word for "sitting posture"
- "Santa Claus Is ___ to Town" (holiday hit)
- Saoirse of 2019's "Little Women"
- Sapporo competitor
- Sapporo rival
- Saps
- Sarcastic title girl of 1990s-2000s MTV
- Sardinia, e.g., to Sardinians
- Sargasso Sea quartet
- Sarge's boss
- Sass
- Sat at a red light
- Sat for a portrait
- Saturate
- "Saturday Night Live" alum Gardner
- Saturn satellite
- Sauce traditionally made in a mortar
- Sauce whose name derives from the Italian word for "crush"
- Saudi neighbor
- "Sauer" hot dog topping
- Saunter
- Sauvignon ___ (wine variety)
- "Save me ___!"
- Save on wedding invitations, in a way
- Saves for later, in a way
- Savory flavor, as in kimchi and soy sauce
- ___-Saxon
- Say
- Say "As if!," e.g.
- Say "But, Mom!," say
- Say "C-H-E-E-S-E"?
- Say "Hey," say
- Say "hey," slangily
- Say "I dos" without the ado?
- "Say cheese!"
- Say hello to
- Say without saying
- Says "I'll be there" or "I can't make it"
- Says "who"?
- Says ___ to his neighbor, then heads on his way
- Scandinavian woman's name meaning "blessed"
- Scare off
- Scare stiff
- Scarecrow stuffing
- Scene that may begin "Follow that car!"
- "Scent of a Woman" dance
- "Schitt's Creek" matriarch
- Schlepped
- Schnozzle
- School houses?
- School units
- Schoolyard retort
- Schuster's partner in publishing
- Sci-fi pioneer Jules
- "Science is ___ that works": Kurt Vonnegut
- Scientist Hubble with a telescope named after him
- Scientist's area of study
- Scold
- Scope
- Scoped out with intent to rob
- Scorches
- ___ score (neonatal measure)
- Score of 4 on a par 3
- Scoring 100% on
- Scott ___, author of "Island of the Blue Dolphins"
- Scottish hillsides
- Scout's follower?
- Scouting party
- Scouting trip
- Scrapes
- Scraps
- Screw-up
- Scribe in a courtroom, in brief
- Scroll read during a bat mitzvah ceremony
- Scrub
- Scruffs
- "Scrumptious!"
- Scuffle
- Sculptor Jeff known for his steel balloon animals
- Sea ___, animal that builds the conch shell
- Sea creatures that sidle
- Sea foam
- Sean of "The Lord of the Rings"
- Search for groundwater, in a way
- Search for water, in a way
- Seasoned rice dish
- Seat fillers
- Seat of Marion County, Fla.
- Seats for office workers
- Seattle's ___ Sound
- Seattle's W.N.B.A. team
- Seaweed-based gels
- SeaWorld orca
- Secluded valleys
- Second tries
- Second-chance show
- Second-generation Japanese American
- Second-largest city in Northern Ireland
- Secondary subject for a college student
- Secret identity of Don Diego de la Vega
- Secret supply
- Secretary of state beginning in 2025
- Section at the end of a song
- Section at the end of a textbook
- Section of a bookcase
- Section of a golf bag
- Secure tightly
- Secures, in a way
- Sedative in a zookeeper's dart, informally
- Seduce
- See eye to eye
- [See title]
- "See what I mean?"
- "See what I'm talkin' ’bout?"
- "See ya later!"
- "See ya!"
- "See you in a bit!"
- See-through
- Seems less impressive, so to speak
- Seeps slowly
- Seize
- Selected
- Selena Gomez or Beyoncé, by birth
- Self-congratulatory declaration
- Self-driving car company started by Google
- Self-help book genre
- Selfish person
- Selina ___, the veep on "Veep"
- Semiaquatic relative of a badger
- Semicolon without the dot
- Seminole's rival, in college athletics
- "Semper Fidelis," for one
- Senator Jacky of Nevada
- Send
- Send out of the country, as a disgraced leader
- Send payment
- Sends an eggplant emoji, say
- Sends frisky messages
- Sensation
- Sent up on social media, say
- Separate into portions
- Serengeti grazer
- Sergeant's superior, slangily
- Serious
- Serious dirt
- Serious in manner
- Serious schleps
- Seriously injures
- "Seriously!"
- "Seriously? We're still doing this?"
- Serve a function
- Serve, as soup
- Service with cups and saucers
- Serving of pancakes
- Set of fortunetelling cards
- Set of moral principles
- Seth of Apple TV's "Platonic"
- Setting for "Ratatouille"
- Setting for Arthur Miller's "The Crucible"
- Setting for Cole Porter's "Anything Goes"
- Setting of the 1888 painting "Café Terrace at Night"
- Settings for some bocce games
- Seven-time Emmy winner Ed
- Several things in a pagoda
- *Severely harm
- Severity
- Sew loosely
- "Sex ___" (adage)
- Shade of brown that becomes a shade of gold if you change its first letter to an "A"
- Shade of off-white
- Shade of orangeish pink
- Shade of purple
- Shadow
- Shadowy plotting group
- Shady shelter
- Shady spot
- Shake off
- Shakes hands with, perhaps
- Shallot relatives
- Shallow boat with a square stern
- Shampoo often in a green bottle
- Shape made in the snow
- Shape of conchiglie pasta
- Sharansky who wrote the memoir "Fear No Evil"
- Shark's mark
- Sharks use them to breathe
- Sharp fingernail, humorously
- Sharp increase
- Sharp nail
- Sharp part of a kite
- Sharp part of a sword
- Sharp, on a TV, informally
- Sharpened, as one's skills
- Shaving kit item
- She was totally taken by Paris
- Sheds tears
- Sheeplike
- Sheer torment
- Shell out
- Shell out cash
- Shell, say
- Shenanigan
- Shenzi in "The Lion King," e.g.
- Sheriff's backup
- Shift from the top of a social media feed
- Shift shape
- Shinbone
- Shindig
- Shindig for someone settling into a new home
- Ship back?
- Shipmate of Spock
- Shipping company with a purple-and-orange logo
- Shipping giant with a purple-and-orange logo
- Ships, say
- Shocked ... shocked!
- Shockingly unconventional
- Shocks into silence
- Shoe leather for Elvis
- Shoe material in an Elvis hit
- Shoe with a thick sole
- Shoe-shaping tools
- Shoelace protector
- "Shoo!"
- Shoot for dinner?
- "Shoot"
- Shop ___
- Short
- Short comedic performances
- Short office messages
- Short rows
- Short-lived interest
- Short-tailed weasel
- Short-term kind of store
- Short-term workers
- Shortcut for "cut," for short
- Shot-putter?
- "Should we?," informally
- Shoulder press targets, to trainers
- Shoves (in)
- Show feelings onstage
- Show groups
- Show host
- Show indecision
- Show mutual interest, as on a dating app
- Show romantic interest, in a way
- Show signs
- Show stoppers, sometimes
- Show the ropes
- Show, as of appreciation
- Showed again
- Showed again, as on TV
- Showed again, in a way
- Showed some courage
- Showed sudden interest
- Showed sudden interest, in a way
- Showers affection (on)
- Showing little enthusiasm
- Shows little sign of slowing down
- Shows up
- Showy purple flower
- Shrek's beloved
- ___ shrimp (classic oxymoron)
- ___ shrimp (oxymoron)
- "Shucks!"
- Shylock's security
- Sibling's daughter
- Sick kid's in-house caregiver
- Sides
- Sides of pie slices, essentially
- Sidney who directed "12 Angry Men"
- Sidney who directed "12 Angry Men" and "The Wiz"
- Sierra ___
- Sign at the start of a maze
- Sign in a TV studio
- Sign obeyed by merging traffic
- Sign outside a broadcast booth
- Signaling, as a performer
- Signals over game
- Signature export of Cuba
- Signature hit for Eric Clapton
- Signature products of Napa Valley
- Significant spread
- Signs of things to come
- Signs of treble?
- Silent film star Talmadge
- Silently acknowledge
- Silicon Valley company that operates a fleet of robotaxis
- Silicon Valley giant
- Silly
- Silly ___ (classic toy)
- Silly ones
- Silly sorts
- "Silly" stuff
- Simply unacceptable
- Sinclair who wrote "The Jungle"
- Sine's reciprocal, in trig
- Sing at the top of a mountain, maybe
- Sing like Michael Bublé
- Sing like Sinatra
- Sing the praises of
- Singer Baker
- Singer Goulding with the 2015 hit "Love Me Like You Do"
- Singer Horan of One Direction
- Singer Jessie with the hit 2020 album "Before Love Came to Kill Us"
- Singer Newman with the hit "You've Got a Friend in Me"
- Singer of "Hello" and "Skyfall"
- Singer Page or LaBelle
- Singer who had us at "Hello"?
- Singer whose "Hello" was the fastest video ever to reach 1 billion views on YouTube
- Singer whose album titles represent ages
- Singer with the 1998 #1 hit "Nice & Slow"
- Singer with the 2009 #1 hit "Tik Tok"
- Singer with the best-selling album "21"
- Singer/dancer/actor ___ Osmond
- Singing sister in the Osmond family
- Sings (out)
- Sip slowly
- Sir ___ Hercules John
- Sir's counterpart
- Sired
- Sister's daughter
- Site of a Counter-Reformation council, 1545-63
- Site of a historic council
- Site of the Ten Plagues
- Site where Allies met in 1945
- Sits (down) heavily
- Siva ___ (traditional dance named for its country of origin)
- Sizable
- Skate park jump
- Skateboarding trick
- Skedaddles
- Skeptical sort
- ___ Sketch (classic drawing toy)
- Sketches
- Skewered Indonesian dish
- Ski mountain bump
- Ski town that shares its name with a tree
- Skill needed to solve a sudoku puzzle
- Skill needed to solve sudoku
- Skilled
- Skillful
- Skin care brand from Japan
- Skin layer with hair follicles
- Skin-care product dispensed with a dropper
- Skin-care product thinner than a moisturizer
- Skin: Prefix
- Skip it!
- Skip over, in speech
- Skip the ceremony, say
- Skirt style introduced by Christian Dior
- Skirt, as an issue
- Sky shade
- Sky-blue
- Skydiving requirement
- ___ slalom (event at the Summer Olympics)
- Slangy "very"
- Slant made with a table saw
- Slanted
- Slate, e.g.
- Sleeper's breathing problem
- Sleeping enclosure for a pet dog
- Slight advantage, so to speak
- Slightly crooked
- Slightly intoxicated
- Slips in a slot at the post office
- Slips through the cracks
- Slog, say
- Slow ___ (Asian primate)
- Slow, musically
- Slow-moving creature
- Slow-moving tree-dweller
- Slowly chip away at
- Slowly lessen, as political support
- Slowly, in scores
- Slowpoke in a "mobile home"
- Sluglike "Star Wars" crime boss
- Small amounts
- Small bay
- Small brass instrument
- Small cluster of trees
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