Letter S
Sharp-edge smoother
small metal file used to shape and smooth the nails
Stud driver
Sharp shooters?
Shooters on the boards?
Spackle target
Spackled spot
Spackler's target
Securing with brads
Sticking, as a landing
Score perfectly
Stick the landing, say
Succeed handily
Settle something at last
Sets that might include buffers and brushes
Salon lacquer
Small bottle in a purse
Salon concerns
Salon focus, at times
Salon treatment targets
Secretaries may file these
Sixteenths of a yard.
Some have big heads
Sparables
Spots for polish
Sticks, as a landing
Symbol of toughness
Symbols of hardness
Symbols of toughness
Symbols of toughness, in a simile
Synonym for hardness.
Synonym of "hammers," surprisingly
Synonym of hardness.
Some spots that need polish
Settles once and for all
Succeeds in getting hired
Steel rods used by carpenters.
Succeeds to the max
Seals, as a crate
Seals, as a packing crate
Side hustle for a carpenter?
Something a maid might break
Seal, as a packing crate
Seal, as a shipping crate
Seal, as in a crate
Soft muslin
Soft, lightweight muslin
Sir V.S. ___, author
SPANISH cards
Salaam Bombay director Mira
Salon Divine Body Wax Kit maker
Shaving alternative
Silky Sensations brand
Solution for a hairy situation?
Soothing Wax Kit maker
standard monetary unit of Nigeria, divided into 100 kobo
Scottish county or river
She wrote "Land o' the Leal"
Safari Capital of the World
Safari city
Safari gateway
Safari-goer's starting point
Scene of unrest in East Africa.
Swahili-speaking capital
Salmon topping, at times
"Sitting Bull" star, 1954
Showing an innocence one found in large part of church
Simple in style or behaviour
Sucker-like
Showing a lack of experience
Simple, trusting fellows.
Superiatively unsophisticated
Simple nature
state or quality of being naive
"Sister Act" actress Kathy
"Sister Act"'s Kathy
Stigmatic point of mango fruit.
Sans clothing
Skinny-dipping, say
Smockless.
Stark follower
Starkers, across the pond
Starkers, on this side of the pond
Starkers, to a Brit
Streaking, say
Summit for clothes-free climbers?
STREAKER ROBS ARMORY?
"Sat., 1 P.M."
Seminal William S. Burrows novel, 1959
Subscription-based journalism site that bills itself as "the program with nothing to hide"
Something to pose nude in
standard currency unit of Eritrea
Simba’s childhood friend
Sarafina's daughter in "The Lion King"
Simba's "Lion King" love
Simba's best friend
Simba's best friend in "The Lion King"
Simba's girlfriend
Simba's intended
Simba's love
Simba's love in "The Lion King"
Simba's mate
Simba's mate in "The Lion King"
Simba's partner
Simba's playmate
Simba's significant other
Simba's sweetheart, in "The Lion King"
Singer of the song "Shadowland" in "The Lion King"
Silent Nita
Silent actress Nita
Silent movie actress Nita
Silent screen star Nita
Silent screen vamp Nita
Silent screen's Nita _____
Silents star Nita
Silents vamp Nita
Silent star with opera star
"Smokey, this is not ___. This is bowling. There are rules" ("The Big Lebowski" quote)
"South," in Hanoi
SE Asian war
Saigon locale, briefly
Saigon setting
Saigon's country, for short
Saigon's country, informally
Saigon's home, briefly
Saigon's place, for short
Saigon's site, for short
Saigon's site, informally
Second Indochina War theater, for short
Second Indochina War, casually
Sen. John Kerry served there
Service site for many a vet
Setting for "Miss Saigon" or "Platoon"
Setting for Operation Babylift, informally
Setting for Tobias Wolff's "In Pharaoh's Army," briefly
Setting for many G.I. stories
Setting for part of "Forrest Gump," for short
Setting for some war movies, familiarly
Setting for the film-within-a-film in "Tropic Thunder", informally
Setting for war flicks set in the '70s
Setting in "Call of Duty: Black Ops," informally
Setting in the film "Tropic Thunder"
Setting of "Miss Saigon," briefly
Setting of Platoon and Apocalypse Now
Setting of many 1960s tours
Shift start for some
Site of '60s action
Site of 60's service
Site of 60's tour of duty
Site of Gump heroics
Site of a 1960s tour of duty
Site of many '60s tours
Site of some '60s tours
Site of some 1960s tours
Site of some dangerous tours, once
Southeast Asian area, to GIs
Southeast Asian country, familiarly
Southeast Asian country, to soldiers
Southeast Asian war zone, to GIs
Steel's "Message From ____"
Subject for Ken Burns, briefly
Subject of Noam Chomsky's "American Power and the New Mandarins," briefly
Subject of Paul Hardcastle's hit "19," for short
Subject of Springsteen's "Born in the USA"
Subject of a 10-part 2017 Ken Burns documentary on PBS, for short
Subject of many Phil Ochs songs, informally
Subject of the 1977 best-selling memoir "A Rumor of War," for short
Subject of the 1984 film "Birdy"
Subject of the Billy Joel song "Goodnight Saigon", informally
Subject of the Pentagon Papers, informally
Subject of three Oliver Stone films, informally
Swift boat setting
Swift boat setting, for short
Swift boat veterans' war setting, familiarly
Swift boat vets' war
Short form for a Marvel hero's alias
Slang for a place of combat in 1960s Asia
Sing under pressure
Sanskrit salutation
Shea Stadium star of the '60s and '70s
Super Bowl III MVP Joe
Super Bowl III hero
Superbowl III MVP
"Say My ___" (1999 single)
"Say My ___" (Destiny's Child hit)
"Say My ____" (Destiny's Child song)
"Say her ___!"
"Say my ___ and everything just stops"
"Stop! In the ___ of Love"
Saroyan's "My ___ Is Aram"
Simon or Garfunkel
Sobriquet, e.g.
Some entertainers have one
Some entertainers only have one
Something given to a hurricane
Something signed
Something to drop
Sonny or Cher
Soon-to-be parents' concern
Source of debate between some expecting parents
Specify, in a way
Start of most "Family Feud" questions
State your ___ (common start of direct examination)
Subject for one studying onomastics
Subject of a question by Juliet
Subject of a speech by Juliet.
someone who is famous or well known
State how much you'll pay
Suggest what you'd be willing to pay
"Sticks and stones may break my bones ..." elicitor
Some childish insults
Specified or cited
Saint commemoration
Saint celebrations
Santa Lucia: __ of fact
Squealed on your friends, say
Say "When I met the Dalai Lama last year," say
Say "When I was with my good friend Barack last week ...," e.g.
Show off one's connections
Show off some ties, maybe?
"So Matthew McConaughey says to me ..." sayer, e.g.
Seeker of admiration in conversation via associations
Sort of snob.
Status-seeking sort ... or a solver of this puzzle, initially?
Supercilious sort ... or the title for this puzzle
Some social climbers
Some status seekers
Shows off one's connections
Shows off who you know, in a way
Shirley Ellis rhyming song, with "The"
Saroyan's "My __ Aram"
Specification lead-in
Sing in court
Spill the beans, in a way
Something's essential aspect ... or what's spelled out by letters in this puzzle's eight "cups"
Shamus Beaglehole won it in 2014
show who owns it
small sign on or by a door giving the occupant's name and, sometimes, profession
Snitch, perhaps
Snitch, when identifying the bad guys
Someone dubbing
Specifiers.
Stoolies, at times
Stoolies, often
"Sorry, I'm bad with ___" (party excuse)
Scorecard entries
Some are proper.
Some people drop them
Specifies, as a person
Stars are big ones
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