Letter S
"Singing" instrument
"Singing" musical instrument
Sententious saying
Series of horror films
Series of splatter films
Serrated blade
Seven-film franchise
Shopworn words of wisdom
Shorten a slat
Slasher franchise
Snout of a sharklike fish.
Spotted little creatures, maybe
Surgeon (slang)
Surgeon, in slang
Surgeon, not so kindly
Surgeon, slangily
Surgeon, to a gangster
Surgeon, unkindly
Some cash for a carpenter?
Shop tool bent under pressure?
Shop by-product
Shop coat?
Shop waste
Small wood particles
Stuff on a shop floor
Shortened a log
Sunk one's teeth into?
Severed, as a branch
Shortened shooter
Shortened weapon
Shared opinions
Snouted ray
Swimmer with a bladelike snout
Swimmer with a serrated snout
*Spotted rapper MC?
Stand in a workshop
structure for supporting wood that is being sawn
Second film in a 2000s horror franchise
Slasher film sequel of 2005
Slasher sequel of 2005
Showed to the foyer
Snoring
Snoring, idiomatically
Stayed to the bitter end
Source of boards
Sleep noisily
Sleep soundly?
Snooze loudly
Snore loudly
Snore, informally
Sliced into sheets
Short, like a shotgun (Var.)
Shortened, as a board
Silly, in England
Said "Bon voyage!" to
Said goodbye to at the station
Sever, as a branch
Sever, in a way
Showed to the door
*Site for a two-person lumber task
Shipbuilding facilities of yore
Shop collection
Sinks teeth into, in a way
Some are circular
Some are clichés
Some big fellers
Some may be pulled in two directions
Some power tools
Some toothed tools
Staples of "Poor Richard's Almanack"
Sleeps noisily
Slumbers: colloq.
Snores
Suffered from a head injury
Snores loudly
Snore, idiomatically
Snore, so to speak
Successor to Gibson on "ABC World News"
Some lumbermen
"Sexy" YouTube instrument
Ska band's instrument
Smooth jazz feature
Smooth jazz instrument
Solo instrument
Solo instrument on many a Motown hit
Some cats blow it
Some musicians blow it
Sopranissimo, e.g.
Stan Getz inst.
Stan Getz plays one
Stan Getz's horn
Stan Getz's instrument
Start to a phone?
Swing band instrument
Start of numerous German duchy names
State whose capital is Dresden, to the French
Septet in the original version of "Rhapsody in Blue"
Ska band section
Smooth jazz instruments
Some blown instruments
Some cats blow on them
Some jazz band horns, briefly
Some reed instruments, briefly
Some ska band members
Some winds, informally
Stan Getz's instruments
Swing band winds
Strawberry geranium, for one
Subjects of Alfred the Great
SAXON (pert. to)
State bordering Poland
State that's the center of European semiconductor industry
State with Leipzig and Dresden
saxophone player
Strip for a certain jazz combo member
"So, um, about that thing ..."
"Something just crossed my mind . . ."
Santana "___ It Again"
Seattle's ___ Hi to Your Mom
Second word in an anthem
Second word of "The Star-Spangled Banner"
Second word of the American national anthem
Second word of the U.S. national anthem
Shakespearean lord
Speak aloud
State out loud
Speak briefly
Soul singer Isaac reflectively replacing vitamin in nuts with vitamin in carrots; that's what a doctor (or a choirmaster!) might advise (3,2)
Sound like a flock?
Speak with one's head bowed, perhaps
Skirts in Sevilla
Speak at all
"Smi-i-i-i-le!"
"Smile!" ... or a hint to the ends of the answers to the five starred clues
Shooter's order
Shooter's request, and a hint to this puzzle's theme
Shutterbug's request
Snapper's line?
Singer Leo
Sooth follower
Sooth or nay follower
Suffix for sooth or gain
Suffix with sooth.
"Strong Poison" author
She wrote "The Nine Tailors"
Speak, in the Bible
Speak, old-style
Spoke biblically
State, in the Bible
State, long ago
State, once
Something to do before dinner
Speak before a meal, perhaps
Suggest a name for the new garbage-handling mascot?
Slogan for a ballplayer.
"Send our regards"
Stop in for a sec
Song by Christina Milian
Seeking divine help
Saw collection
Saws; proverbs.
Some wise advice (Part 4)
"Speak up already!"
Skeptical response to "Here's the drink I owe you"?
Speak up boldly
"Say You, ___"
"So long," in Sapporo
Sad saying on the Ginza.
Sapporo send-off
Sendai send-off
Something you might part with overseas
" . . . solicitous what men will ___ think": Hale
Susquehanna River town
"Simon ___ . . . solve this crossword puzzle!"
"Simon ___," popular game
"Survey __ ...": game show phrase
"Survey ___ . . ." ("Family Feud" catchphrase)
"Survey ___ . . ." ("Family Feud" phrase)
Serves as Simon
Shows, as a watch
Simon __: kids' game
Simon ___ (children's game)
Simon ___ (elimination game)
Simon does it
Simon follower
Simon's verb
States aloud
Speaks aloud utterance without hesitation
Speaks volumes
Speaks even slightly
Shows friendliness, in a way
Spits the thing out
Sends regrets
Shoots down an idea, say
Spurns an advance
Speaks with authority
States definitively
States it as fact
States something as fact
Speak biblically
Speak, as thou might
Speak, biblical-style
Speak, to King James
Speak, to Shakespeare
Speaks to Moses?
Speaks to a Quaker?
Spoke bibically
State in Shakespearean times
State, at one time
State, old-style
"So the bartender ___ the horse ..."
Skeptical reply to a supposed fact
Surrender, relatively speaking?
Server's request
Stopping instruction
"She Didn't ___," 1931 song
Second line of quip
Small concern gr.
Source of gov't loans
Start-up co.'s helper
Start-up co.'s supporter
Start-up helper org.
Start-up helper: Abbr.
Start-up loan agcy.
Start-up loan org,
Start-up support agcy.
Start-up's helper (Abbr.)
Startup-loan agcy.
Suffragette's monogram
Suffragist's monogram
Support for a start-up co.
Skinny Slice chain
Stromboli seller
Surname of the slice-shop heiress Pizzarina, on "30 Rock"
Suffragette dollars: Abbr.
South by east: Abbr.
STANDARD book number
SPECIAL Broadcasting Service
Stadium thefts: abbr.
Stats for Rickey Henderson
SPECIAL Constable
"Scotch fiddle"
Strikebreaker, informally
SCORNING person
Scrape aftermath
Scrape cover
Scrape coverer
Scrape covering
Scrape evidence
Scrape memento
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