Letter S 212750–213000

'... say -- do' Strapped, financially Soon, maybe ... still waiting Skipping, as an event Scribble in the margins Set down on paper, as music Spotted, in botany Sets down, as a score Scoring music "Stet," for example System of representation System of signs or symbols System of signs. System of symbols System of symbols, as in music Skilled music recorder. Skilled copiers of music. Specialists in musical details "Say nothing about this!" Saw edge Scorekeeper's mark, perhaps Serrated marking Small indentation Step on a quality scale Step or degree. Step or degree: Colloq. Stick nick Scoring records Sign over a woodcarver's shop? Sitcom where Gina Rodriguez talks to ghosts Shirk, say Skip on, as activities Simply taboo Socially improper Still in the oven, say Still in abeyance Scale component Scale part Scale symbol School jotting Score component Score feature Scribbled message Scribbling Semibreve Semiquaver, e.g. Semiquaver, for one Sharp item, sometimes She observed that his presentation took up too much time Sheet music mark Short entry Short memo Short memorandum Short missive Single tone; short letter Small fraction of a number So ___ say Sol for one Sol or ela Sol, la or ti Sol, say Something passed after saying "Psst!" Something passed in a classroom Something passed in class Something passed in music class? Something to pass in school Something to take or play Song's starting point Songwriter scribble Spot on the staff? Staff entry Staff item Step on a scale? Stick-on item Stickie, e.g. Sticky around the office Sticky item in an office Sticky thing around the office Sticky writing? Subtle flavor, to a wine taster Symphonic piece? scholium Script suggestion about starting the fight scene? "Shed ___!": Keats Skip dinner, say Scribbling site Student's binder Student's purchase Small laptops Students' purchases Speech help Speech-giver's reference Speech-giver's tool Saw, or celebrated Small bit of stationery Small card for a short message Small stationery item Secret-keeping, so to speak Short-stay motel franchise? Secret rendezvous point Spot with hourly rentals, colloquially Shopping list site Something to scribble on Spot for doodles Spot for jots Spot for jottings Spot where you jot Steno's aid Steno's book Steno's companion Steno's staple Stenographer's need Scribbles' spots Stack for use by the pool? Staples supply Steno supplies Stenographers' needs Stuff for stenos Scratch during an exam Sheet for a quick message Stationery store product Stock report on writing materials? She observes Steno, e.g. Student, frequently stenographer Sharp-eyed ones Saxophone sounds Scale components Scale markings Scale units Scholia School jottings Schoolkid communiques Score in a score Score stuff Score units Scoring symbols Scoring units Secretary's memoranda Semiquavers Semiquavers, e.g. Setlists on stage Short memos Short scribblings Short written messages Shorthand. So and so? Some are in shorthand Some classwork Speaker's 3 x 5 cards, e.g. Speaker's papers. Speaker's reference. Speech outline Staff markings Staff members (and a hint to this puzzle's theme) Staff members, and what the circled letters in this puzzle represent Steno's job. Steno-pad fill Steps on scale? Student's jottings Student's jottings during a lecture Student's scribbling Student's scribblings Students may pass them Students might take them Students study them Students take them in class Students' accumulations Study aids Studying aid Symbols on a musical staff Seminar activity Skill displayed in minutes " . . . stirring, ___ a mouse" Showing favoritism Serving dish warning Sign above some display samples Suffering from a lack of preparation Stay close by "Sex and the City" actor Chris Smooth pass "Sh-h-h, too many people around" Springsteen's "57 Channels (And ___ On)" Start of an eight-word "Stepquote" ending at 150 Across Something especially lame Something lacking substance, in slang Surfer's complaint Start of a quote about Steinbrenner by former Yankees co-owner John McMullen Start of a truism about human productivity Syllogism, part 1 Start of a quote by Will Durant Start of a quote by John Kenneth Galbraith Score at the outset "Sorry if I offended" Sweet sayings? Slick observation made while washing dishes, part one Security guard's incident-free statement "Someone else did it!" "___ said the duck..." "___," said the fly Self-denial? Stiff denial Short critical view Sign posted in a public place Small print advertisement Something posted Something that may be served or taken Something to serve Spot for the first time Something tacky to hang on the wall? Spied Short articles about books, plays, etc. Suboptimal Sartorial rule for some men. Statement of inevitability Some requests for payments Send word Send word to "Shoulda caught me earlier" Seconds flat Sorry, can't, I'm late S. N. Behrman play -- so many words Sending autoresponses, e.g. So passe SAIN LOUIS BASEBALL SQUAD Sharp, say Smokey "If you feel like loving me, if you got the ___" Sometimes a Great __ Sewing supplies Sign on a five-and-ten counter Small articles Small items in a sewing kit Small merchandise. Small stuff on sale Situation for a stiffed server Stiff penalty? Stiff result Surly server's "reward" Surly server's comeuppance Surly server's penalty Schoolyard cry Schoolyard declaration Schoolyard shout Shout before a game of tag Shout that starts a game of tag Speech: Part IV Showdown in American history "Sorry, wrong guy"