Letter S
Swimming gold medalist Ian
Some cosplayers with hammers
___ Stone (signature on the Declaration of Independence)
Song with the lyric "Mister, we could use a man like Herbert Hoover again"
Start of a "grook" (an aphoristic poem) by Danish scientist Piet Hein
Start of a very literal warning
Start of a watery pun
S.C. Signer (with Junr.)
Slang acronym that can be reclaimed or derogatory, depending on the speaker
"- Swell" Rodgers and Hart song
"Shalt" preceder
"__ shalt not ..."
"__ shalt not steal"
"___ Swell" (Rodgers & Hart song)
"___ Swell" (Rodgers-Hart standard with a smattering of Old English lyrics)
"___ Swell," 1927 tune
"___ Swell," Rodgers-Hart song
"___ shalt not covet . . . "
"___ shalt not kill"
Shakespearean "you"
SECOND person pronoun
Scriptural "you"
Scriptural pronoun
Second person appearing in the Bible
Second person of old
Shakespearean "you"
Shalt-not word
Small bundle of Bennies
Sonnet pronoun
Start of a commandment
Start of most Commandments
Subject of the Ten Commandments?
Start of a quip about security?
START OF A COMMENT ON THIS PUZZLE'S TITLE
Something going through one's head
Something seen in a bubble above a cartoon head
Speech bubbles, in comics
Second guessed
Said to oneself, "As if!"?
Sarcastic comment to lazy baserunner? (Taming of the Shrew, iv, 1, 15)
Strauss's "___ and One Nights" waltz
Salad-dressing source
Source of a salad dressing
Summer resort area famous for recreational boating
Supporting, à la McGovern
*Start of many a commandment
Spartacus, for example.
Serf of the Vikings
Someone held in bondage
State of subjugation
state of being in the power of another person
Slaves or bondmen.
Spanker's scolding?
SERIES of related messages or postings on a given topic
Screw's ridge
Seam holder
Seamstress' need
Sequence of online posts
Series of comments on social media
Series of newsgroup messages
Series of online comments
Series of online posts
Series of posts on Usenet
Series of related emails
Series of related posts
Sewer's staple
Sewing fiber
Sewing material
Sewing-kit need
Spiral part of a screw.
Spiraling part
Spool contents
Spool stuff
Strand of cotton
Strand of, eg, cotton
Strand on a spool
String beads
String of online posts
String of social media posts
Stuff on a spool
Supply on a spool
Strung, as beads.
Sewing kit device
spiny-finned tropical marine fish
Something darn useful?
Stuffed animal feature?
Screw parts
Silvery hair of song
Spool fillers
Strands of fabric
Some do this with one eye open
Successfully navigate a narrow passage
Successfully strike a delicate balance
Statement ending "or else!"
Statement ending in "or else!"
spoken intention of harming someone
Said "or else."
Shook a fist at, e.g.
Status on a conservationist's "Red List"
Saber-rattling
Saber-rattling statements
"So give ___ cheers . . . "
Scores in sixty
Second prime
Semicircular canal count per ear
Shot from behind the arc
Shout at 11:59:57 P.M. on 12/31
Simpson children count
Six halved
Skat quorum
Skat-playing quorum
Small crowd
Small diamond, say
Small number that still makes a crowd
Sometimes a crowd.
Square root of nine
Start of a quick countdown
Start of all Florida ZIP codes
Starter's last number
Stein's "___ Lives"
Stooge count
Stooges count
Storied bear contingent
Strike allotment
Strike limit, at times
Substitute for "E" on a license plate, maybe
Superscript number for a cube
___-second violation
Strong poker hand just short of four of a kind
Serious fire situation requiring significant response
Six bells on the midwatch
"___, see how they run!"
Senseless victims in the crime bled horribly
Song disliked by umpires
Stooges' theme song
Sleight-of-hand sidewalk swindle
Suburban motor homes
Salvador Dali's midair companions, in a famous photo
Supermarket group taking a coffee break, perhaps?
Start of a rallying cry
Sold in triples
Sign for a factory with tripled capacity?
Solid, for short
Short sea trips
Short vacation period
Symbol of phoniness
Statement #2
Savory brunch orders
Spy drama of the 1920's.
Special offer at a supermarket
Scenic area along the Yangtze River
Subjects for Canova and Botticelli
Start of joke #5
Stiletto specification
Seasonal trio
Something not found in this puzzle's answer
*Sty for youngsters
Storied homebuilders
Storybook group residing in this puzzle?
Storybook home-builders
Start of a maxim published in 1735
Start of a quote by Benjamin Franklin
Situation for a really small brass trio?
Site of 1979 nuclear-plant accident
Site of a 1979 nuclear accident
Site of a 1979 nuke accident
Site of a 1979 partial nuclear meltdown
Some breakfast orders
Some quick breakfast orders
Swashbuckling trio
state or quality of being three
Straight line, part 3
Smoker's superstition
Superstitious trio sharing a single source of fire
"Snowman" on a par five in golf, e.g.
Sports coup of a sort
Some suits in court?
Suit type
Suit with a vest
SP AD ES
Some executive purchases
Sci-fi role for which Mel Blanc originally auditioned, informally
Subject of the film quote "I didn't have many friends when I was a kid, so I built one", informally
School day's end, maybe
School day's end, often
Six bells, nautically
Six bells, perhaps
Shot from beyond the arc
Stage presentation with a trio of takeaways?
Struggled on a green, say
*School supply item that might come with dividers
Schoolbag item, often
Spectacle featuring simultaneous acts under the big top
Scene of dazzling goings-on
Scene under the big top
Something spectacular or confusing
Symbol of confusion and profusion
School fundamentals
Schoolboy's fundamentals.
Schoolmarm's impartation
Strikeout Numbers
Sitcom that debuted in 1977
Suzanne Somers sitcom
SIXTY
Sixty, once
Seven ages in toto.
Start of the analysis
Still undecided, plus one?
Slapstick comedy trio featuring Moe, Larry, and Curly
Slapstick group, with "The"
Stars of old slapstick, with 'The'
"Sonata for 39 Cards"?
Song that bumped the Stones' "Miss You" out of the #1 slot
Song title line after "once, twice"
Slow-moving creatures
S&L;'s medium-term offering
Start of a quip by hockey commentator Don Cherry about his autobiography
Separate grain
Separate grain from
Separate grain from chaff
Separate grains from hulls
Separate grains from wheat, e.g.
Separate seed
Separate seed from
Separate the grain from the chaff
Separate the grain from the husk.
Separate the grain from, as wheat
Separate the seeds from
Separate the wheat from the chaff
Separate wheat from chaff
Separated seed from
Shark species
Shark with a whiplike tail
Starting point for a new experience
Starting point for something new
Slyly sniped, in slang
Spoke cattily, as it were
Sentenced severely: Slang.
Side with two extra helpings?
"___ Shop" (#1 hit for Macklemore and Ryan Lewis)
S & L, e.g.
Savings bank, informally
Savings bank, to Wall Streeters
Squanderer's lack
___ store (discount shop)
Savings banks, to Wall Streeters
Shops at Goodwill, say
*Second-hand seat?
Sensation, à la Hollywood.
Skydiving or a ride on a roller coaster
9 +1