Letter S
Sprays in the produce section
Sprays lightly
Sprays near waterfalls
Sprays the flowers
Sprays with a spray bottle
Somewhat sharp, perhaps
Signature song for Johnny Mathis
Song requested in a 1971 film
Song with the line "I'm as helpless as a kitten up a tree"
Starting to tear up
Sends the wrong message, maybe
Squander, say
Squandered, maybe
Solecisms.
STEM-focused sch. in Cambridge
Sch. about a mile from Harvard
Sch. about a mile from Harvard U.
Sch. adjacent to a bridge measured in smoots
Sch. along the Charles
Sch. attended by Kofi Annan, Benjamin Netanyahu, and my brother
Sch. close to Harvard
Sch. committing pranks called "hacks"
Sch. down Mass Ave. from Harvard
Sch. featured in "Good Will Hunting"
Sch. featured in "Good Will Hunting" and "A Beautiful Mind"
Sch. for aspiring engineers
Sch. from which the first-ever email was sent
Sch. in Cambridge
Sch. in Cambridge, Mass.
Sch. in the 2008 film "21"
Sch. in the New England Football Conference
Sch. just over a mile southeast of Harvard
Sch. known for famous "hacks" (practical jokes)
Sch. near Harvard
Sch. near the Charles River
Sch. on the Charles
Sch. on the Charles River
Sch. on the bank of the Charles
Sch. on the bank of the Charles River
Sch. since 1861
Sch. that does annual pranks called "hacks"
Sch. that e-mails application decisions on Pi Day
Sch. that hosts a yearly Mystery Hunt
Sch. that hosts an annual Mystery Hunt
Sch. that is 364.4 smoots from Boston
Sch. that's home to the Frank Gehry-designed Stata Center
Sch. where Buzz Aldrin got a doctorate
Sch. where the programming language Scratch was developed
Sch. whose football team is the Engineers
Sch. whose motto is "Mens et manus" ("Mind and hand")
Sch. with a Mystery Hunt
Sch. with a beaver mascot
Sch. with a blackjack team in "21"
Sch. with a robotics team
Sch. with a view of the Charles
Sch. with a well-known Media Lab
Sch. with an annual "mystery hunt" since 1980
Sch. with an annual Mystery Hunt
Sch. with class rings called Brass Rats
Sch. with the a cappella group The Chorallaries
School downriver from Harvard
School for scientists.
School in Cambridge, MA
School in Mass.
School near Berklee College of Music
School near Harvard
School near the Charles R.
School on Mass Ave.
School on the Charles River: Abbr.
School that hosts an annual Mystery Hunt
School with a sci-fi society
School with a view of the Charles River: Abbr.
Shirley Ann Jackson's alma mater
Site of an annual Mystery Hunt
Sloan School of Management sch.
Strobe Alley setting
"Sing Along With ___"
"Sing Along" Miller
Sen. McConnell
Senate majority leader McConnell
Senate minority leader McConnell
Songwriter Joni
Standup comic known for one-liners
'Sing Along' leader [1911]
Sing-along maestro
Star of '60s TV Sing-Along program
"Scrooged" actor Robert
"So effective you can skip a day" sloganeer, once
Stuff that makes a Cambridge school smell better?
Scabies transmitter
Small arachnid
Small arthropod
Small bug
Small contribution
Small creature
Small offering
Small parasite
Small sum of money
Smallest of specks
Spider's tiny cousin
Spider's wee kin
Spiderlike creature
Story of an arachnid flushed down a drainpipe?
Sawed at an angle
Sawn at an angle
Small arachnids
Small objects
Small sums of money
Small ticks
Spider ___ (garden pests)
Spiderlike garden pests
Spiders' kin
Surname of six famous aristocratic sisters
see MYTHOLOGY
STEP DOWN: 6
Simple cell division
Symbol of authority at Canterbury
Symbol of dignity at Canterbury
shaped like a mitre
Singer who wrote the lyric "Give me one good movie kiss and I'll be alright"
Singer-songwriter whose album "Laurel Hell" marked her return to music after quitting in 2019 (February, 2022)
Senator Romney
Softball catcher?
Softball glove
Some little loopers land here
Some loopers land here
Some pops land here
Something catching?
Something for a chef to have on hand?
Specialized glove
Sport equipment.
Sporting equipment worn for half a game
SWISS plateau
SIMPLE GLOVE
Shape of Michigan's Lower Peninsula
Shape of some pot holders
Ski pole holder
Snowball fighter's protection
Snowman-building accessory
Snowsuit attachment
Snowsuit clip-on
Something for a kid to keep on hand?
Sledding wear
Snowsuit clip-ons
Solution for shaking hands
Socialiste François
Softball gloves
Some baseball gear
Some potholders
Supply for Bench
"South Pacific" co-star Gaynor
"South Pacific" star Gaynor
She plays with Abbott & Costello in "Lost in Alaska."
Shake well
Sound recording process
Spotify playlist, e.g.
Sir with a Grammy
Say "An apple a day gets the worm," say
Some good and some bad, say
Stones "___ Emotions"
Some of this, some of that ... and a hint to the circled squares
Something with both advantages and disadvantages
SLEFINGE
Sweet snack, and a description of the first words of the starred answers
Salad choice, and a description of the first words of the starred clues' answers
Salad choice, and a literal description of the starts of the answers to starred clues
Simple salad ... and what the starts of the five other longest answers are?
Sitcom spinoff about Bow Johnson's early years
Started brawling
Some literary flubs
Salty treat
Snack food choice
Source of dating frustration, or a hint to the starred answers' scrambled words
Screwy in the head
Supper side
Seltzer, e.g.
Singles dance
Sociable sort
Soda or water
Soda, e.g.
Soda, for Scotch
Soda, for one.
Stand ___ (baker's appliance)
Stand ___ (kitchen appliance)
Swizzle stick
Seltzer, tonic, etc.
Singles dances
Studio technicians
Shakes up, maybe
Shows sociability
Socializes at a party
Soda, tonic, etc.
Sound-studio versions
Starting ingredients in some cake batters
Stirs or shakes up
Sound editor's '80s TV gig?
Soundtrack job on a 1980s soap?
Saying "low rung on the totem pole", e.g.
Sunbeam brand ... and a literal hint to the circled letters
Sunbeam product
Skilled bartender
Skill with screwdrivers, rusty nails, and more
Step 2: Make some literary gaffes
Shuffle, as a card deck
Snafu, basically
Slugger known as the Big Cat
Sitar accompaniment
Spanker.
sail set on a mizzenmast
Ship's stern sail support
Some masts
SCOTTISH mist
Shopping ctr.
Science of selling: Abbr.
Stock and Common: Abbr.
Stock exchanges: Abbr.
Stores (abbr.)
SOUTH African game reserve
"___ Style Manual" (writer's guide)
Scholarly org. with a style handbook
Style guide inits.
Style guide org.
Style manual org.
Style manual publisher
_____ style (format for scholarly citations)
Sly Stone's song about his upper crust woman?
Sly and the Family Stone song about his uppercrust woman?
SF Giants org.
Sammy Sosa's org.
Sea-union agency: Abbr.
Sports org. for Rangers and Red Sox
Sports org. for the players that begin the answers to starred clues
Sports org. with a DH rule
Subway Series org.
Study of bonds between atoms [OEUAYI]
Shaped strip of wood: Abbr.
Seven years before the Battle of Hastings
"Selma" figure, initially
SCLC founder
Stone of Hope likeness, for short
Subj. of a federal holiday since 1986
Subj. of the upcoming biopic "Selma"
Subject of the play "The Mountaintop," for short
Symbol of equality, briefly
Semipro sports org. whose logo shows a player with a crosse
"Srta.", across the Pyrenees
"Srta.", in Montreal
Somme srta.
Srta. French
Srta. in France
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