Letter S
"Sex and Suffering in the Afternoon," as per a 1976 Time magazine cover
Serialized daytime dramas
Susan Lucci, e.g.
Susan Lucci, for one
Susan Lucci and John Beradino, for two
Scrubber in the kitchen
Scouring items
Serial guilty pleasures for many
Serial melodramas, familiarly
Serialized daytime TV
Shower bars
Shows to do laundry by?
Soft and saddle
Some Bath & Body Works purchases
Some afternoon TV shows
Some afternoon fare
Some afternoon shows
Some aromatic cakes
Some dailies
Some daytime TV
Some daytime TV fare
Some daytime programming
Some fragrant cakes
Some long-running TV shows
Some wet bars
Sources of relationship drama?
Stagy shows
Substances next to sinks
Suds makers
Sudsers
Serial standout
Susan Lucci was one
Susan Lucci, notably
Some Daytime Emmy winners
Slate pencil.
Soft mineral often carved
Soft mineral often used for carving
Steatite
Substance for making griddles.
soft mineral used for making table tops and ornaments
Saponaceous plant
Saponaceous
Slippery and foamy
SAIL upward
Sail aloft.
See 12D
Seek the heights
Skim the clouds
Span the clouds
Stocks can do it
". . . sugar is sweet and __ you"
". . . sweet and __ you"
Sailed aloft
Sailplaned.
Saucers and balloons.
"Same for us!"
Sailplane flying
Sails aloft
Sails over clouds
Seeks the heights
Site for Icarus
Such that one may
Such that one might
Such that you might
Sweetly: Mus. dir.
Say "boo-hoo"
Shed many tears
Show strong emotion with noisy tears
Show distress
Show utter despair, in a way
Sigh or wail.
Sister or story starter
Sniffly sound
Soapy outburst
Sort of sister
Sound after a breakup, maybe
Sound distraught
Sound from someone who's down
Sound made during a tearjerker
Sound of heartbreak
Sound sometimes choked back
Sound with tears
Story or sister preceder
__ story (empathy inducer)
___ story (sad-sounding tale)
sound Sad
sound Sorrowful poem
Somen alternative
Soup noodles
Sad person, perhaps
Sniveling sorts
Swedish car seller?
Stylish Miami neighborhood, in brief
Subjunctive mood phrase
SHOCK to reality
Self-restrained
Serious or solemn
Solemnly serious
Sombre in manner
Staid or subdued
Staid; serious
Staid; subdued
Subdued in color.
Subdued, as in color.
serious minded steady
Stopped joking around
Stopped living the high life?
Sleeps it off, with "up"
Serious person.
Sleeps it off
Sleeps it off, maybe
Sleeps it off, say
Sleep it off
Sleep it off, maybe
Spend a night in the slammer, perhaps
Selina Peake Dejong's story
Supergenerous, informally
Sable or marten.
Sable: Russian.
Subdued, in France
State of total abstinence from alcohol
Sedate condition.
state of being sober
Sheds many tears
Shows disconsolateness
Sounds after a tragedy
Sounds of deep sorrow
Sounds of grief
Sounds of heartbreak
Sounds of melodrama
Sounds of unhappiness
Sounds that might be heard at a tearjerker
Sp-[gasp]-speaks like th-[sniffle]-this
Story and sister
Schmaltzy scribe
Sentimental do-gooder
Sentimental journalist
She has a woeful tale
Sylvester's least favorite sentimentalist?
Some sad excuses
Sympathy seeker's tale
Sympathy-arousing excuse
S.P.C.A.
S.P.C.A. part: Abbr.
SPCA Part of
SPCA part
SPCA pt.
SPCA, for one.
SSN part
SSN pt.
Sci. of behavior
Subj. that might tackle gender stereotypes
__ Studies (HS class)
San Bernardino Co. is part of it
San Bernardino's area, familiarly
San Diego Fwy. setting
San Diego setting, briefly
San Diego setting, familiarly
San Diego setting, informally
San Diego's area, for short
San Diego's locale, for short
San Diego's locale, informally
San Diego's region, for short
San Diego's spot, casually
Santa Barbara's area, casually
Santa Barbara's region, for short
Sch. that has won 21 Rose Bowls
Seal Beach's location, informally
Setting for "The O.C.," for short
Setting of "The O.C."
Self-styled
South American sport
Sport know as football in many countries
Sport known as football in many countries
Sport played by the Puerto Rico Islanders
Sport that requires you to use your head, sometimes
Subject of the Nick Hornby book "Fever Pitch"
Suburban grade-school sport
Suburban kids' sport
Suburban school sport
sport World Cup 1958 sensation
Shootout eyewitnesses, perhaps
She wanted to ___ for suggesting the place!
Suburban chauffeur
Suburban shuttler
Suburban stereotype
Site for sports paintings?
SOME ACTIVITY-MINDED PARENTS
SSA part
Security predecessor
Sunday get-together
Schmoozing snake?
Someone skilled at networking
Scaling the hierarchy
Subtle signal in a conversation
Some European political leaders
Slick's charm school?
System advocated by Eugene Debs
System espoused by Debs
state ownership
supporter or advocate of socialism
social demand
Spend time with people
Sought-after party guest
Snapchat marketing expert, in modern lingo
Some church events
Standing in the community
Stockholders, in France.
Social: Comb. form.
Society: Comb. form.
SOCIOLOGY scientist
STUDY of human society
Study of human behaviour
study of human societies
SHORT stocking not reaching the knee
STOCKING not reaching the knee
Savings bank, for some people.
Shoe/foot go-between
Short item of hosiery
Simple puppet
Something odd about the wash?
Something to stick your foot in
Symbol of comedy.
Symbol of the classic comic actor.
Save, as money
Save, so to speak
Spot for anklets
Smashing success, in old slang (not slang for a knockout punch like I originally thought)
Spot to make a connection
Stick a fork in it! (Just kidding! Absolutely *do not* stick a fork in it!)
Some mechanics' tool collections
Shocking "Laugh-In" request?
Subject of some nature films
Swimmer also called a blueback
School dance, '50s style
Saving for the future
Saving for tomorrow
Saving bucks, big-time
Save something for a rainy day
Savers do this
Saying popularized on TV
Show biz for "smash."
Show-stopping
Showstopping, once
Simply smashing
Smash, in show biz
Successful, in Variety-speak
Successful, in show-biz slang
Successful, in slang
Successful, so to speak
7 +1