Letter S
Strychnine
Strychnine e.g.
Substance symbolized by a skull and crossbones
substance that kills or injures when swallowed or absorbed
"Snow White" witch's download?
someone who kills with poison
Some Borgias
Skull and crossbones
Subject of the saying "Leaves of three, let it be"
Sumac variety.
Smear stratagem
Stock tankers, PPS
Sure way to do in your oxen?
"Sneakers" actor
Sidney of "Lilies of the Field"
Sidney of film
Sel companion
Sack for a pig
Sack holding a pig, in an old idiom
Sack or bag
Saunter, with "along"
Search here and there
Search, with "around"
Sharp thrust
Slow sort
Slow sort, informally
Small jab
Sourdough's sack
Spicy tuna ___ bowl
Spot for a proverbial pig
Stir the fire
Search curiously
Sphere used to capture a Pikachu, say
Searched (with "around")
Stooge-struck
Shred an alibi
Stick (one's head) through the doorway
Spot for a Squirtle, say
Song with the lyrics "To catch them is my real test / to train them is my cause"
Spit in the ocean game
Stirring game?
Straight game
Stripper's game?
Stud game
Stud or draw
Stud's game
Stud, e.g., and a hint to this puzzle's theme
Some tricky card ruses
Someone to deal with on a regular basis
Showing no emotion: Colloq.
Setting for Bret Harte's 'outcasts'
Setting of a Bret Harte tale
Straight or royal flush.
stiff like poker
Some ESPN personalities, lately
Staffs dealing with fire
Site of hand-to-hand combat?
Sacks or bags.
Some Facebook pings
Sourdoughs' purses
Sticks with a finger
Slow as molasses
Slow: Colloq.
Slow: Var.
Small and cramped.
Small and uncomfortable.
Snailish.
Slower than normal
Slower-moving
Stuffier.
Slowest
Sans vitesse
Slow quality
Slow as a sloth
Slow as a snail
Snail-paced
So-o-o slow
S. Harper or M. Ignatieff
Seasoned campaigner
Seat holder
Seat pursuer
Seat seeker, briefly
Sen. or Rep.
Sen. or rep., e.g.
Senator or congressman, for short
Senator, e.g.
Senator, for example
Short office holder?
Smoke-filled room figure
Smoke-filled room habitue
Smoke-filled room type
Sweater in November, maybe?
seeker Office aide (abbr.)
seeker Seat
Silent Negri
Silent film star Negri
Silent film vamp Negri
Silent screen name.
Silent star Negri.
Silents actress Negri
Silents name
Silents star Negri
Silents vamp, Negri
Silents' Negri
Square-sailed Mediterranean vessel.
Satellite that fell in '89
Setting of Isaac Bashevis Singer's "The Magician of Lublin"
___ Spring, Me.
Silent movie actress born Barbara Appolonia Chalupiec
Silent-screen superstar
Silents star who had romantic affairs with Charlie Chaplin and Rudolph Valentino
Silents star who once played Catherine the Great on film
Star of early films.
Star of the silent film 'Madame Du Barry'
Star vamp of the silents.
Seltzer brand with a bear logo
Seltzer brand with a bear named Orson as its mascot
Seltzer brand with a white bear mascot
Sealing fans?
Source of some icebergs
Shrinking Arctic formation
Shrinking Arctic mass
Shrinking formations at both ends of the Earth (letters 5-8)
Summary of a shrinking mass?
Sailor s star
Seaman's guide
Something to steer by.
Spenser's "steadfast star"
Star also known as Alpha Ursae Minoris
Star in Ursa Minor
Star that's actually three stars
Sub-launched missile
Submarine or missile
Submarine-launched missile
Star with home-run star
state of having two directly opposite tendencies or opinions
Sharply divided
Split into two camps
Sends to separate camps
Snapshot that develops instantly
Some snaps
Sun glasses.
Some conic lines in geometry
SUBMERGED land reclaimed
Stretch of land reclaimed from the sea
Santa's place?
Shaft of a wagon.
Ski equipment
Skier's handful
Skier's stick
Skier's support
Skiing aid
Spar, e.g.
Standard-bearer?
Star or cat
Starting line advantage
Still-fighting native of a conquered nation.
Strip club fixture
Strip club site
Strip club staff?
Striped barbershop fixture
Subway car feature
Support for campers
Support used while doing a fan kick
Szczecin resident
Simple storage unit on a farm
Some racing leaders
Skunk cousin
Stinker of a mammal
Stinky animal
small animal of the weasel family
spotted marten
Skunk moves?
Skunk relatives
Skunks
Stripe-backed stinkers
Skunk storeroom?
Served as gondolier
Steered a gondola
Steered, as a gondola
Surveyor's helpers.
Strong verbal attack
*Skilled debaters
Stance of a controversial argument?
Staple of northern Italy
Setbacks for vaulters using illegal equipment? (Tsk, hardly the Olympic spirit)
Shoal boaters
Some boatmen
Some gondoliers
Sedan chair accessories
Skier's gear.
Skier's needs
Skier's pair
Skier's supports
Skiing items
Some Aspen rentals
Some vaulting needs
Spenders of zlotys.
Spherical extremities
Strip club fixtures
Supporters of telephone wires
Santa and his elves?
Slabbed RR timber
Snare akin to a springe.
Soar over a bar
Santa's security guard?
-- sci (coll. major)
-- sci (college maj.)
Sci. leader
Social science course, briefly
__ sci (coll. course)
__ sci (college course)
__ sci (college major)
___ Sci (college dept.)
___ sci (civics major)
___ sci (college major, informally)
___ sci (college study)
___ sci (field in which Obama has a B.A.)
___ sci (govt. major)
___ sci (major for wannabe wonks)
___-sci (class in which Secretary of State John Kerry got a D during his freshman year at Yale)
Shield carriers
Shout before "Open up!"
Some baton wielders
Stewart Copeland's band
Sting's band, with "The"
Sting's group, once
Sting's old band
state police
Special sort of record.
Station-house records
Source of a siren
Speeder chaser
Squad car, by another name
Served as a security force for
Speechless arm of the law.
Show about detectives and investigations
Sting groupie, early on?
Start of a news story
Singer for the cops?
Starsky or Hutch
Siren-sounding vehicle
Speakeasy event
Speakeasy worry
Security perimeter feature
Sheriff's grain harvest?
Something found around a crime scene, literally
She's got the beat
Spanish law enforcement agency
Settled courses
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