Letter S
Spectacular flops
Sanction or decree.
Show of absolute power
Spider maker
Strada automaker
Some Italian cars
Some Italian imports
Some Italian models
Some Italian sports cars
"Somebody must have hacked into my social media account," e.g.
"Sorry for my late reply; your message was in my spam folder," maybe
Small white lie
Simple lie
Slab of baloney
Slight exaggeration
Small fabrication
Small invention
Small lie
Small story
Small stretch
Small tale
Small untruth
Something that might be said with fingers crossed behind the back
Sort of misinformation
Spare a friend's feelings, maybe
Statement made while crossing the fingers, maybe
Story, perhaps
Stretch the Truth Absolute
Stretch the truth a bit
Stretching of the truth
Subtract a year or two from one's age, say
Suspect story, maybe
Served a whopper junior?
Stretched the truth
Story tellers
SYNTHETIC substance
Shred of evidence, maybe
Shred, as of evidence
Spinning material
Strength of character
Stuff found in bran
Stuff in bran
substance Bran accompanier
Some "CSI" clues
Sequence where each number is the sum of the two preceding ones
Savile Row thread
Slender filament
STIFF board made of fibrous material
synthetic fibre used as a filling for pillows, quilted materials, etc
Savile Row threads
SevenCollar T-Shirt song about textiles?
Slender thread
Small filament
Small thread
Stringy protein to which platelets bind during coagulation
Slight fabrications
Small falsehoods
Small inventions
Small lies
Small prevarications
Small untruths
Stretches the truth
SPLINT bone
Slender leg bone
slender outer bone of the lower leg
"Slash" or "fan" work
Slash ___ (genre of fan-created lit)
Salary deduction
Salary reducer
Soc. Sec. fund source
Soc. Sec. tax
Social Security tax abbr.
Source of SSA funding
Sheet of microfilm
Space-saving library medium
Suffix after "micro," at the library
SAALE River mountain(s)
SAALE River, rising point of the
Sheer, triangular scarf
Shoulder cape.
*Shrink who's always changing his diagnosis?
susceptible to being led or directed
Section of a bookstore
Something untrue
Short story author's field
Square dance violin
Square-dance instrument
Scarletts favorite expression
"Sunrise, Sunset" musical, familiarly
Salt marsh "sidewalker"
Sidling beach burrower
Seaside musicians?
"Sunrise, Sunset" musical
Some reel players
Sailors' paradise.
"Semper ___" (Marine Corps motto)
"Semper ___" (Marine's motto)
Show unease, maybe
Show worry
Shifted one's weight or tapped one's toe
squirms
spooked
Spike's pal
Spot cousin
Spot follower, perhaps
Spot relative
Spot sniffer, perhaps
Spot's friend
Spot's friend, perhaps
Spot's pal
Stereotypical canine
Stereotypical dog name
Stereotypical dog name that isn't actually used much
Stereotypical dog name that means "faithful"
Stereotypical dog's name
Stereotypical name for a dog
Stereotypical pet name
Stereotypical pooch
Supposedly popular dog name
___ Solutions (Canadian phone company whose logo is a doghouse)
Stereotypical dog names
Stereotypical dogs
"Shame (on you)!"
"Shame on thee!"
"Stop your foolishness!"
Shakepearean "Phooey!"
Shakespeare's "For shame!"
Shakespeare's "Phooey!"
Shakespearean "Tsk!"
Shakespearean "psh!"
Shakespearean "yuck!"
Shakespearean cry before "What, are you mad?"
Shakespearean cry of disgust
Shakespearean exclamation
Shakespearean oath
Shakespearean outburst
Shakespearean shout
Something the Giant said
"Shame on you, eggheads!"
Serfs' spot
Sphere of control
Shakespearean exclamation before "unreverend tongue!"
"Smokey and the Bandit" co-star
SURFACE on which something is portrayed (fig.)
Sally of "Brothers & Sisters"
Sally of "Lincoln"
Sally who played Forrest Gump's mom
Sally who played Forrest's mom
Scene of football game.
Snag a grounder
Stop or catch a line drive.
select for a game
Sally's salvo?
Soil water saturation limits
Specialized session of baseball practice?
Sports-filled school event
Shortstop, e.g.
Shortstop, for instance
Some cricketeers
Sally's aim?
Sport played on the first word of its name
Shortstop's service animal?
Senior British military rank
Scamperers of the meadows.
Small burrowing rodent
Soccer surfaces
Star of "The Bank Dick"
Star of "The Bank Dick": 1940
So-called "Nobel Prize of Mathematics"
stone for building, taken from a field
Survey a sample
School group excursion
Science-class expedition
Students' excursion
School outings
Some museum visits
Story by Eugene?
Satanic person
Serious devotee
Serious whiz
Snidley Whiplash, for example
"Schindler's List" co-star
"Shakespeare in Love" star
Sasha ___, Beyoncé's alter ego
Stiff, as competition
Sporty '80s Pontiac
Sporty 1980s Pontiac
Sporty Pontiac
Sporty Pontiac of the '80s
Super-hot
Scarlet kin
Short fuse
Sounds of reproach
Spanish party full of fun and celebration
SPANISH feast
SPANISH holiday
Saint's day celebration
Saint's day; carnival
Small Ford model
Sonora celebration
South American celebration
South of the border celebration
Spanish celebration
Spanish party
Start of a Cancun altercation?
Saints' days in Sevilla
San Juan celebrations
Spain's San Isidro and others
Spanish celebrations
small flute
SOCCER international governing body
Soccer video game series
Sports org. based in Zurich
"Spirit of '76" item.
"Spirit of '76" music-maker.
Sheriff Taylor's sidekick
Shrill flute
Shrill instrument
Simple form of flute.
Small wind instrument
Spirit of '76 prop
"Spirit of '76" figure
"Spirit of '76" musician
Spirit of '76 tootler
Subject of an 1866 Manet painting
Shrill flutes
Shrill woodwinds
Small flutes
Small flutes in military bands
Small instruments
Small wind instruments
Small winds
Small winds paired with drums
Some wind pipes
Sometime partners of drums
Standard poodle name
Stereotypical name for a French poodle
Stereotypical name for a poodle
Stereotypical poodle name
Skunk in "Tiny Toon Adventures"
"Spirit of '76" activity
Sides in a quindecagon
Score after the opening serve, perhaps
Start of a fictional sea shanty
Start of a song with the cry "Yo-ho-ho"
Start of a sea-song
Some blackjack hands
Saks __ Avenue
Scotch purchase
Something taken to be quiet?
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