Letter S 286000–286250

Sewer's choice Sewing machine brand Sewing machine inventor Isaac Shosha author Sinatra, e.g. Springsteen is one Steve Winwood role in Traffic Some sewing machines (and clue to this puzzle's theme) Serenade the apartment manager? Surname meaning "lion" that was once given to all male Sikhs Special delivery of a sort Special greeting Song for a happy duck? Singer's release Spouseless Still looking, maybe Solo father Swindling school dropouts? state of being unmarried or not involved in a long-term relationship state of being single Small hotel room specification *Selling point for a used car Seat for one, often in a theater Subway ticket specification Some bar patrons Some tennis play Social hangout Social hangout, for some Social event for the romantically unattached (... letters 5-11) Sort of social gathering sleeveless vest Source of narrowly focused thinking Solitary ivory-painted finger part? Say for all to hear Speak to be heard Speaking with rhythmic rise and fall Shouts: Colloq. Soothes, in a way ___ same old song. Set crossword hints to music? strangeness by virtue of being remarkable or unusual "Snake Eyes" actor Gary Steppenwolf Theatre Company cofounder Gary Suggestive of evil Scuttle at sea Settle gradually Site for soap Spot for dirty dishes Spot for scrubbing Succumb to quicksand Swim alternative Swim's alternative Swim's opposite Swim's partner? Score one point, in basketball Slider alternative Small lead weights Surface depression due to a mine collapse "S" term meaning "to take a dip"? Succeed on one's own, or fail Succeed-vs.-fail choice Success / failure phrase Success-versus-failure metaphor Success-versus-failure metaphor, and what can be found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues Success-vs.-failure choice Success-vs.-failure dichotomy Success-vs.-failure phrase Success/failure choice Success/failure choices Success/failure metaphor Success/failure options Success/failure phrase Survivor's choice Salt lakes. Sends to the bottom Slopes downward. Some islands have them Submerges Song about a WWII naval hunt ___-Spezialuhren watches Saint's opposite Sermon fodder Sermon target Subject for pulpit eloquence. "Sing, You ___" Saints and ___ Sloths and gluttons, e.g. Status of Bret Harte's Outcasts of Poker Flat. -- -Soviet relations ___-Soviet Split (alliterative 20th century schism) ___-Soviet bloc. SINOLOGIST, subject of the SINOLOGUE, subject of the STUDY of Chinese Study of China study of Chinese culture, etc "Scarlet" items. "Science without humanity" and "politics without principle," according to Gandhi "Sometimes __ a pleasure": Byron Sacrilegious septet Septet in Dante's "Purgatorio" Serious lapses Serious missteps Serious violations Sermon subjects Sermon topics Sermonizers' subjects Seven "deadly" things Seven are deadly Seven deadly items Sloth and anger, for two Sloth and avarice Sloth and envy Sloth and envy, e.g. Sloth and greed, for two Sloth and others Sloth and the like Sloth, envy, etc. Sloth, greed, etc. Some are deadly Some confessions Spiritual lapses Stain producers Strays from the straight and narrow Subject of some confessions Subject of the seven-letter mnemonic PALE GAS Subjects for forgiveness Subjects of repentance Subjects of sermons Sunday school topics Scots word meaning since *Scarlet letter? Scratch-off scratch SUBSTANCE produced by sintering St. Nick, to Belgians sinuosity SINUOSITAS STREAM, bend in SINUEUX Site of seasonal inflammation (ugh, right now) :-( Skull cavity Sometimes-congested body part Space near some bones Stuffy site? Sites of congestion Small blood cavity in organ tissue STRATEGIC Information Operations Center Site of Jerusalem. Suffix with "scan" Swiss town on the Rhone. Sitting Bull or Crazy Horse, e.g. Sitting Bull was one Sitting Bull's tribe Standing Rock tribe Supporters of the British during the American Revolution Site of a Lewis and Clark stop, 1804 Site of an 1804 Lewis & Clark stop Sue's city Seat of Minnehaha County Seat of South Dakota's Minnehaha County South Dakota's largest city Some Lakota winter supplies? SLIGHT drink Sambuca sample Sample a Snapple, say Sample a drink Sample a soda, say Sample cautiously Sample from a snifter Sample gingerly Sample of a beverage Sample of sherry Sample of soda Sample of soup Sample slowly Sample some soup Sample soup Sample tea Sample the sherry Sample with a straw Sample, as hot tea Sample, as soup Sample, as wine Sample, at a winetasting party Sample, in a way Sangria sample Sarsaparilla sample Savor slightly, perhaps Savor, as a Singapore sling Savor, as a cocktail Savor, as a fine wine Savor, as cognac Savor, as fine wine Savor, as wine Savor, in a way Scotch sampling Screwdriver bit? Several drops Slowly enjoy a drink Slowly nurse Small beverage quantity Small draft Small intake Small sample of soup Small sample size? Small soup sample Small taste of a drink Small taste of a liquid Small taste of cocoa Small taste of coffee Small taste of soup Small taste of soup, say Small taste of tea Small taste, as of soup Smoothie sample Snifter sample Snifter sampling Soda sample Soft drink sample Sort of slight swallow Sort of small swallow Soup sample Soup taste Soupçon of soup Start on a draft, say Swill opposite Swill's opposite slowly Drink *Shower alternative? (... first 3 letters) Seep: Scot. Secretly pass gas? Soda dispenser. Steal gas, in a way Steal gasoline, maybe Suck up, in a way Suck up, maybe Suction device siphuncle Skimmed Stole gas, perhaps Stole, as gasoline Sucked from a Hummer, say Stealing, as gasoline Suckers in the auto world? Sucks up, in a way Swipes fuel, in a way Simply not insipid. Savor, as a drink Slow drinker Straw user