Letter S 242500–242750

Sonnets and such Sonnets, for instance Sonnets, odes, etc. Sonnets, say Spenser selections Stressful things? Sylvia Plath's "Daddy" and W. H. Auden's "In Memory of Sigmund Freud," for two Sonnets and haikus, for example Sub ___ (under penalty): Lat. South African slang for anus Someone who answers the author of "The Gold-Bug" Stance assumed while writing "The Purloined Letter"? Sentimentalized writings Sonnets, odes and such Sonnets, odes, and the like Suckling's forte Suckling's output Sonnet producer Sandburg was one Sappho or Ocean Vuong Sarah Kay, for example Sarton or Burns Sassoon or Service Seamus Heaney, e.g. Service for one Sexton or Burns, e.g. Sexton or Nemerov Sexton or Pope, e.g. Sexton or Sarton Sexton, e.g. Sexton, say Shakespeare or Pound Shakespeare or Shelley Sharon Olds or Marguerite Young Sharon Olds, e.g. She's not averse to a verse Shelley's "nightingale" Skilled wordsmith Slam artist Slam competitor Songwriter, sometimes Sonnet creator Sonnet source Sonnet writer Sonneteer, e.g. Southey was one Spender, e.g. Spender, for one Spenser or Spender Stanley Kunitz, for example. Stanza writer Stress specialist? Sappho, for instance. Sara Teasdale, e.g. Status of Felicia Hemans. Sometimes ironic reward or punishment Study of prosody Study of verse Study of verse writing Study of versification study of poetic works Singer-songwriter's specialty? SAPPHCS, work of Slam material Slammer's forte Swinburne's forte sonnets limericks etc Sublime physical performance ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters Suggestion to a bored short story writer? Series of remarks like "Your sonnet is 11 on the boring meter!"? Spoken-word competition Spoken-word contest Sandburg and Silverstein Sandburg and Spenser Sappho and Mirabai Sexton and Plath, e.g. Sexton and Pope Shelley's "unacknowledged legislators of the world" Sina Queyras and Mary Lambert, for two Slam competitors Slam participants Some Pulitzer winners Some cafe performers Some laureates Some national laureates Some open mic performers Some write haiku Some write limericks Sonnet writers, say Sonneteers, for instance Sonneteers, say Spenser, Prince of ___. state of being poet Shadwell and Austin, for example. Stoke ___, scene of Gray's "Elegy." Stoke ___, village of Gray's "Elegy." Stoke ___, where Thomas Gray is buried. -- stick (jumping toy) Satirical cartoon opposum Spring stick Spring-activated stilt. Springy stick Springy type of stick Stick for a bounder Stick for hopping Stick made for the spring? Stick that makes you hoppy Stick with a spring Strip set in Okefenokee Swamp Strip set in a swamp Strip set in the Okefenokee Swamp Stunt __ (extreme sport) Swamp philosopher __ stick (bouncing toy) __ stick (bouncy thing) __ stick (bouncy toy) __ stick (child's toy) __ stick (hopping toy) __ stick (springy toy) __ stick (type of toy) ___ stick (bouncy transportation) ___ stick (children's toy) ___ stick (classic toy) ___ stick (jumping apparatus) ___ stick (toy for bouncing) ___ stick (toy to bounce on) ___ stick (toy) Sticking around? Shaving: Humor. Spring-loaded circuit board connector named for a toy Stilts with springs. Spring-loaded toy Some bouncers use them ___ Strait, Yellow Sea arm South Korean industrial city Sci-fi author Frederick Sci-fi author Frederik Sci-fi writer (and Hugo Award winner) Frederik Sci-fi writer Frederic Sci-fi writer Frederik Sci-fi writer whose career spans more than 70 years Science Fiction writer Frederik Science fiction author Frederik Science fiction great Frederik Six-time Hugo winner Frederik Sticky island side dish Starchy Hawaiian food Smooth, purple Hawaiian paste Signature Hawaiian starch Samoan dessert Samoan dish Samoan staple Side dish with kalua pig Side of Hawaii Slightly fermented baked dish South Seas food South Seas staple South seas dish Staple at a luau Staple food in Oahu. Staple in Polynesian cuisine Staple of Hawaiian cuisine Starchy Polynesian dish Starchy Polynesian staple Starchy luau dish Starchy luau fare Starchy side dish Steamed taro product staple Luau chow staple Samoa Capital of Soldat. Soldier at Verdun Soldier at the Marne Soldier in Marshal Joffre's army. Soldier of 1914. Soldier of France. soldier French Shaggy: Fr. Showy, scarlet flower Stereotypical nerd Sharp end of a needle SET sights of a gun ready to fire Salient feature Scoreboard addition Sharp tip Sharpener's creation Show a direction Show direction Show the direction Show the way, in a way Something to drive home Stance for a hunting dog sharp end of a weapon Start here Start of an itinerary Starting place, on a map Simple itinerary destination So close that you can't miss, and a hint to this puzzle's theme ___ shoes (ballet wear) Sharply tapered or direct Sharp, as wit Something often dodged Singing sisters' surname Suggestion: Colloq. scents out and points to game "Slow Hand" singers Specifying exactly Sleeping watchman, say? Soldier at the head of a patrol soldier who walks at the front of an infantry patrol in combat Strategy behind making a fair catch? Score count Scoreboard units Sharp tips of pencils *Sports bookie's figure Sports betting number Sports gambler's concern Sports gambling figure (... letters 4-10) Statistic of concern to gamblers Suggest, as a conclusion Sharp at the tip Spirelike Sharp-edged plant growth? Six-time role for Ustinov Sleuth Hercule Sleuth from Belgium Sleuth on the Orient Express Sleuth whose name is French for "seller of pears" Solver of 33 books Subject of a front-page New York Times obituary on August 6, 1975 Side dish, in France Savor-faire Self-assuredness Self-composure Self-confident bearing Self-confident manner Social composure Social presence Stability under stress State of ballance Self-confident, as a pageant contestant self possessed Sets in balance States of balance Steadies by weighting. Setting in balance Scull-and-crossbones stuff Skull-and-crossbones stuff Something harmful Staple of Agatha Christie mysteries