Crossword Clues — S

422 clues starting with S

Clue	Answer	Letters
Sights in the sky?	SAUCERS	7
Standing still/norm golfer?	PARKING	7
Scared or short?	RUNAHEAD	8
Shocking wedding vow?	IDONT	5
Something to gain from flying?	ALTITUDE	8
Suckers in the auto world?	SIPHONS	7
Stayed out without a cap on?	WENTFLAT	8
Steps before battle?	WARDANCE	8
Settles a debt in a zoo?	PONIESUP	8
Seeks an opening?	KNOCKS	6
Something that may be charmed?	NECKLACE	8
Sticks in the snow?	SKIPOLES	8
Sticks on a slope?	SKIPOLES	8
Something to take before you take off?	DIETPILL	8
Something to fall back on?	HEINIE	6
Spinning out of control?	TORNADIC	8
Showing signs of recession?	BALDISH	7
Systems of rotating wheels?	CARPOOLS	8
Shed some light on?	SOLARIZE	8
Swing set players?	BIGBANDS	8
Shots after shots?	BARBRAWL	8
Something not to be missed?	PAYMENT	7
Sitting areas, slangily?	GLUTES	6
Shows near the front?	USOTOUR	7
Stands above the crowd?	PODIUMS	7
Shooters on the boards?	NAILGUNS	8
Screws up totally?	MISADDS	7
Something stuck in a freezer?	POPSICLE	8
Something passed on the way to court?	BAREXAM	7
Something media executives keep an eye on?	CBSTV	5
Seekers of drug stores?	NARCOS	6
Sticks in a purse?	LIPBALMS	8
Showed some puppy love?	WAGGED	6
Something to pay through?	THENOSE	7
Something to keep track of?	TRAINSET	8
Something you reach out and take?	SELFIE	6
Sass from Elsie?	COWSLIP	7
Simmered dish in California?	WESTSTEW	8
Syncopated piano piece for Seattle residents?	WASHRAG	7
Speaks to Shakespeare?	SAITH	5
Star who draws a crowd?	MASSEY	6
Spree in the ether?	SKYLARK	7
Singer waiting for the restaurant check?	ANIRYANT	8
Sign up talk-show host at town dump?	LANDPHIL	8
Severe scull sessions?	OARDEALS	8
Scrap for an inmate?	CONSORT	7
Similar to a common cornichon?	TYPICKLE	8
Swimming spot for Minnesota Fats?	POOLROOM	8
Ship officer (with orders for this puzzle?)	SKIPPER	7
Singular club performer?	GODANCER	8
Servant of the future?	DROID	5
Saver of soles?	COBBLER	7
Sign of good reception?	OPENARMS	8
Summon the elected?	CALLINS	7
Snug snack item?	PRINGLE	7
Short medical procedures?	AMNIOS	6
Six in a million?	ZEROES	6
Spot on a dress?	POLKADOT	8
Star in the sky?	AIRACE	6
Spanish letter addenda?	TILDES	6
Sent on an impulse?	EMAILED	7
Science fiction piece?	PHASER	6
Site in development?	PHOTOLAB	8
Start to go?	HARDG	5
Short court session?	ONESET	6
Send a jet over?	AIRCOOL	7
Start to write?	SILENTW	7
Suffer from deli ichthyophobia?	DREADLOX	8
Standard operating procedure?	SCRUBUP	7
Sign for a recovering alcoholic?	KEEPDRY	7
Small in the biggest way?	PETTIEST	8
*Site of much horsing around?	CAROUSEL	8
Subject to an assessment?	TESTABLE	8
Souvenir from a bad trip?	ABRASION	8
School concerned with classes?	MARXISM	7
Saw in the dark?	DREAMTOF	8
Select a sweater?	KNITPICK	8
Spin out on wheels?	TESTRIDE	8
Shown up at a restaurant?	OUTEATEN	8
Sew up a hole?	PUTTOUT	7
*Social gathering for auction participants?	BUYERBEE	8
Support for cold feet?	BEBRAVE	7
Start of a big 1975 sports event?	THRILLA	7
So-so formal dance?	FAIRBALL	8
Start without permission?	HOTWIRE	7
Start of every hour?	SILENTH	7
Still life feature?	TRIPLEL	7
Source of some inside info?	CTSCAN	6
Shot of adrenaline?	EPIPEN	6
Security for smoked salmon?	LOXLOCKS	8
School at which students are collared?	SEMINARY	8
School desk drawer?	DOODLER	7
Second of six?	SHORTI	6
Solution for storing contacts?	ROLODEX	7
Stick in a purse?	LIPBALM	7
Start of a weird infraction?	IBEFOREE	8
Some military settings?	MESSKITS	8
Start of something big?	ZYGOTE	6
Some righties, for short?	NEOCONS	7
Schedule for take-off?	DIETPLAN	8
Slowly took its toll?	KNELLED	7
Slice of ham?	MUGGING	7
Sound part of business?	SILENTI	7
Spent a season in the sun?	WINTERED	8
Sandy and Snoopy?	PARAPETS	8
Song for late Oct. 1929?	ILLGETBY	8
Stolen Halloween vehicle?	HOTBROOM	8
Song of Norway?	OSLOSOLO	8
Score in a French game?	VINGT	5
Steal from singer Nick?	ROBLOWE	7
Sun Valley lift?	SKIBOOST	8
Shroud of Torino?	CARCOVER	8
Social gathering with the Rockettes?	LEGPARTY	8
Scent coming from a Netflix envelope?	DVDAROMA	8
Start for Friday?	IMACOP	6
Study for a Masters?	SEXOLOGY	8
Something often loose	SCREW	5
Spartacus, for one	SLAVE	5
Shelters or hostels	RESTS	5
Spikes the punch	LACES	5
Shelving for ornaments	ETAGERE	7
Sheets of stamps	PANES	5
Spirited, old style	ANIMOSE	7
Sometimes tall item	STORY	5
Starred at a deb party	CAMEOUT	7
Settled a debt	PAIDUP	6
Switched to low beam	DIMMED	6
Sets a goal	AIMSAT	6
Something to rally to	CAUSE	5
Saved, as a painting	RESTORED	8
Slaves of yore	ESNES	5
Series of snares	TRAPLINE	8
Seeds for rolls	SESAMES	7
Sprays for muggers	MACES	5
Something often mixed	METAPHOR	8
Suffixes for threads	NEMES	5
Shed a suitor	SPURN	5
Seas or wonders	SEVEN	5
Structures above altars	RETABLES	8
Something children make	BELIEVE	7
Statues used as columns	ATLANTES	8
Smoked, as meat	CURED	5
Something read between	LINES	5
Spoils or solar	SYSTEM	6
Stabilizers, for short	GYROS	5
Stopped at a gas station	REFUELED	8
Ships or clams	STEAMERS	8
Suffixes for doers	STERS	5
Silas and family	DEANES	6
Sprouts or lace	BRUSSELS	8
Scenes of farces	BEDROOMS	8
Scenes of action	ARENAS	6
Suffixes for killers	CIDES	5
Seamstresses, at times	PINNERS	7
Says boo to	SCARES	6
Starts a new crop	REPLANTS	8
Sounds of exhaustion	PANTS	5
Supposes, old style	WEENS	5
Situated, as a golf ball	LYING	5
Something often read	RIOTACT	7
States of pique	UMBRAGES	8
Scabs and lesions	SORES	5
Strips the shrimp	DEVEINS	7
Swiss religious reformer	ZWINGLI	7
Sees the sights	TOURS	5
Shaving or ice	CREAM	5
Slats used in drafting	SPLINES	7
Speared, as a fish	GIGGED	6
Shaped like a football	OBLATE	6
Songs of praise	ANTHEMS	7
Sets of twins	PAIRS	5
Separates, as metals	UNMIXES	7
Sacred religious writings	AVESTA	6
Scubaed to the bottom	SWAMDOWN	8
Something to make	AMENDS	6
Serving of whipped cream	DOLLOP	6
Seals a bottle	ENCAPS	6
Statements of faith	CREDOS	6
Stands for cameras	TRIPODS	7
Shrubs with yellow flowers	DYEWEEDS	8
Swinging in the breeze	ASWAY	5
Slats for fences	PICKETS	7
Staring, in a way	OGLING	6
Something to laugh up	SLEEVE	6
Scenes of many strikes	LANES	5
Sights seen ahead in a traffic jam	REARENDS	8
Squeezed a wet rag	WRUNG	5
Stocks, bonds and other property	HOLDINGS	8
Stars that blaze and soon fade	NOVAE	5
Surrendered by deed	REMISED	7
States without proof	ALLEGES	7
Substitutes for gelatins	AGARS	5
Substances used by etchers	ACIDS	5
Sets up a patsy	FRAMES	6
Spiked the punch	LACED	5
Steals, as in a store	LIFTS	5
Squanders the moola	BLOWS	5
Something not to be out of	SORTS	5
Stars that lose their sudden shine	NOVAS	5
Says once more	ITERATES	8
Sounds of sails in gales	FLAPS	5
Sets of type	FONTS	5
Stages, as fights	PROMOTES	8
Started the day	AWOKE	5
Species of lily	CALLA	5
Smells like an old stogie	REEKS	5
Softens the sound	MUTES	5
Species of fir	BALSAM	6
Sheathed, as a leafstalk	OCREATE	7
Sources of wisdom	ORACLES	7
Spoofs, in a way	ROASTS	6
Swiss site of a 1431–1449 council	BASEL	5
Setting for betting	TRACK	5
Slipped out of course	SLUED	5
Species of wheat	SPELT	5
Sites for pickup games	SANDLOTS	8
Scrambled, in a way	CODED	5
Sounds of effort	GRUNTS	6
Settled, harmonious group	DOVECOTE	8
Settled down comfortably	NESTLED	7
Sitting, as a statue	SEDENT	6
Sources of light or heat	LAMPS	5
Searching for food	FORAGING	8
Situated in the front	ANTERIOR	8
Sprinkled the lawn	HOSED	5
Signaled by gesturing	MOTIONED	8
Seats of taste	PALATES	7
Savors or flavors	TASTES	6
Strips of shoe leather	WELTS	5
Sounds of surprise	GASPS	5
Seasoned liquid used in cooking	MARINADE	8
Setting for some idols	MATINEE	7
Stayed to the end	SATOUT	6
Showed an old film	RERAN	5
Stated a judgment	OPINED	6
Streaks in marble	VEINS	5
Steed for battle	CHARGER	7
Shaped like a tepee	CONIC	5
Starters in rummy	UPCARDS	7
Searched high and low	RUMMAGED	8
Stress, in music or poetry	ACCENT	6
Striped textile design	STRIE	5
Summoned to court	HALED	5
Suffixes with refer and defer	ENCES	5
Strips of wood	LATHS	5
Spurners of pearls	SWINE	5
Shrubs with small white flowers	ITEAS	5
Seaweeds that furnish iodine	KELPS	5
Shelters for cattle	COWSHEDS	8
Settled up beforehand	PREPAID	7
Strips for a barrel	STAVES	6
Serves the purpose	AVAILS	6
Sealed vials for hypodermics	AMPULES	7
Stoned, but not squiffed	PELTED	6
Salted in brine	CORNED	6
Smudges, in a way	SOOTS	5
Signs of winter	ICICLES	7
Sealed glass bulb	AMPUL	5
Sheets, towels, etc.	LINENS	6
Showing greatest discernment	SAGEST	6
Suffixes for attend and convey	ANCES	5
Serves as a mixologist	TENDSBAR	8
Soldiers standing guard	SENTRIES	8
Shades of blue	AZURES	6
Seals of official approval	CACHETS	7
Sounded a bell	TINGED	6
Showing good manners and taste	DECOROUS	8
Seaweed cast ashore	WRACK	5
Skinks and geckos	REPTILES	8
Setting for a display	SHOWCASE	8
Stars that blaze and fade	NOVAS	5
Shrimps, crabs, etc.	DECAPODA	8
Surplus or vestige	LEFTOVER	8
Shaped like a funnel	CONIC	5
Studies at the last minute	CRAMS	5
Spectacles are his specialty	OPTICIAN	8
Sacs that may get attacks	BURSAE	6
Stuffed, as oysters	FARCI	5
Spring or source	FOUNT	5
Sews up the sides again	RESEAMS	7
Spouting PAp or oil	AGUSH	5
Styles the hair	COIFS	5
Subjects of discourses	THEMATA	7
Series of contests	TOURNEY	7
Slices of bacon	RASHERS	7
Specialties of tonsorial artists	HAIRCUTS	8
Scrambles a message	ENCODES	7
Slides off, as a blow	GLANCES	7
Submerged marine plant	EELGRASS	8
Shoots dice anew	REROLLS	7
Stimulating anger or action	ADRENAL	7
Supplying with fuel	FIRING	6
Sometimes this counts	NEATNESS	8
Sounds of owls and unhappy audiences	HOOTS	5
Supports for ruffs	REBATOS	7
Sprinkled, in a way	DUSTED	6
Stretches of land	TRACTS	6
Solves a cryptogram	DECODES	7
Sensors of a sort	ANTENNAE	8
Sounds from claques	CLAPS	5
Sheepskins used for bookbinding	ROANS	5
Swinging to and fro	ASWAY	5
Situated at the summit	APICAL	6
Symbols of hardness	NAILS	5
Spaces left by lumberjacks	SLASHES	7
Scaups and scoters	SEADUCKS	8
Systems of signals	CODES	5
Shouts accompanying curtain calls	ENCORES	7
Supplies a computer with data	INPUTS	6
Sides of a rink	BOARDS	6
Something done in a hurry	QUICKIE	7
Spawning grounds for trout or salmon	REDDS	5
Stages of a chess match	ENDGAMES	8
Sights in suburbia	POOLS	5
Sorted or rated	CLASSED	7
Shavers of the ring	EARNIE	6
Seats for judges	BANCS	5
Something to pledge	TROTH	5
Surmounted a mount	SCALED	6
Starts back, as in fear	RECOILS	7
Stripes from strokes	WEALS	5
Sources of mother-of-pearl	ABALONES	8
Ships, in poesy	KEELS	5
Slacks or shirt material	FLANNEL	7
Sows again, insect style	REPLANTS	8
Sealed, as a pipe joint	LUTED	5
Stools or drums	TABORETS	8
Signals to stop	FLAGS	5
States of chaos	BEDLAMS	7
Something literally wonderful	MIRACLE	7
Scandinavians of yore	GEATS	5
Scallops, clams, etc.	SEAFOOD	7
Suspends the sentence	LETSOFF	7
Spurts of energy	SPASMS	6
Subjected to humiliation in an initiation	HAZED	5
Starts, as a horse	SHIES	5
Shepherdess of poetry	CHLOE	5
Sweetened the soil	LIMED	5
Spared no effort	STROVE	6
Sports of sorts	SPENDERS	8
Sans a set goal	PLANLESS	8
Straightens out a hose	UNCOILS	7
Sounds from a red-coated visitor	HOHOS	5
Sounds of derision	SNORTS	6
Sockets in heads of golf clubs	HOSELS	6
Sends par avion	AIRMAILS	8
Softens the mood of	SWEETENS	8
Swiss theologian: 1886–1968	BARTH	5
Silenced, in a way	GAGGED	6
Separates into filaments	SLEAVES	7
Scored between birdie and bogey	PARRED	6
Sounds in a sylvan setting	CHIRRUPS	8
Scopes trial prosecutor	BRYAN	5
Signals guiding pilots	BEAMS	5
Salted, as a noix	SALEE	5
Sets of open shelves	WHATNOTS	8
Sources of excitement	STIMULI	7
Symbols of authority	SCEPTERS	8
Soothed, in a way	CARESSED	8
Skinners or whippers	FLAYERS	7
Shoots from stems of plants	TILLERS	7
Submerged coral reefs	BOILERS	7
Substitutes for natural products	ERSATZES	8
Supplied a swinger	GATED	5
Shades of green	LIMES	5
Subjects of 10 amendments	RIGHTS	6
Socrates, at times	IRONIST	7
Something to eat	VIAND	5
States of nonexistence	NADAS	5
Stalks, to a botanist	STIPES	6
Stretches tight, as sails	TAUTENS	7
Suppliers of wool	MERINOS	7
Sails nearer the wind	LUFFS	5
Spaces between veins of leaves	AREOLAE	7
Surrounds with an aura	ENHALOES	8
Strived to equal	EMULATED	8
Stories over stores	LOFTS	5
Steals a glance	PEEKS	5
Sounds of steeds on streets	CLOPS	5
Something to strike	ATTITUDE	8
Sights on peaks	ICECAPS	7
Soiled, in a way	SOOTY	5
Showed more endurance in negotiations	OUTSAT	6
Seizes, as a throne	USURPS	6
Scopes trial figure	DARROW	6
Swapped angry words	HASSLED	7
Stores, as fodder	ENSILES	7
Seeming intersection of earth and sky	HORIZON	7
States of health, prosperity, etc.	WELFARES	8
Sends out again	RESHIPS	7
Shifts policy abruptly	TACKS	5
Soarers on brooms	WITCHES	7
Seemed familiar, to a campanologist?	RANGABELL	9
Sturgeons supply it	CAVIAR	6
Spotted like certain cats	CALICO	6
Something to throw overboard	JETSAM	6
Strikes and spares	MARKS	5
Sights that are blights	EYESORES	8
Spilled the beans	TALKED	6
Sheds for fowl	COTES	5
Stepped on the gas	SPEDUP	6
Signs a memo	INITIALS	8
Soldiers on guard	SENTRIES	8
Served with gravy	AUJUS	5
Searched a yegg	FRISKED	7
Strips of honors	DEPLUMES	8
Stories or storeys	FLOORS	6
Swiss poet: 1821–81	AMIEL	5
Stretched out at the poles	PROLATE	7
Scopes trial attorney	DARROW	6
Something left out	OMISSION	8
Something to keep	FAITH	5
Smeared, in a way	TARRED	6
Stimulus or goal	MOTIVE	6
String for racquets	CATGUT	6
Shoemakers, at times	SOLERS	6
Stays a spell	TARRIES	7
Serving as a model	TYPAL	5
Spiced dish of wild fowl	SALMI	5
Salted a road	DEICED	6
Scraps from k.p. work	PARINGS	7
Sites of some sales	GARAGES	7