| South Carolina | 14 |
| System of rules used at official ceremonies | 43 |
| Side from which the breeze blows | 32 |
| Stick firmly [to] | 17 |
| Step one of an invention | 24 |
| symbolic gift of money to a bride's family | 42 |
| stop something before it is complete | 36 |
| spongy tissue lining the rind of oranges or lemons | 50 |
| search engine, email provider and shout of joy | 46 |
| Soaks up rays | 13 |
| Swiatek who defeated Coco Gauff at the 2024 French Open | 55 |
| Science education advocate Bill | 31 |
| Slugger Mel with 511 home runs | 30 |
| School grp. that may host a shoe drive | 38 |
| Svedka rival, informally | 24 |
| Shaq in the NBA Hall of Fame | 28 |
| State home to the world's largest cuckoo clock | 46 |
| Store that closes on Black Friday for its #OptOutside campaign | 62 |
| Something to honk | 17 |
| Super thirsty | 13 |
| Super enthusiastic | 18 |
| Sty | 3 |
| Stand for a painting | 20 |
| Sleep stage letters | 19 |
| Speak without enunciating | 25 |
| Something people have been saying | 33 |
| Second-smallest continent | 25 |
| Same old routine | 16 |
| shamelessly bold | 16 |
| showing veneration | 18 |
| s american mountains | 20 |
| speech sound | 12 |
| Situated in a city | 18 |
| Summon to return | 16 |
| So a ring changes a girl's status in Italy | 42 |
| speak like an orator | 20 |
| sirius, in the night sky | 24 |
| sgt. or cpl., e.g. | 18 |
| spill a keg ale that's lively | 29 |
| someone getting married who needs a lift? | 41 |
| strain admitting husband's variable and untrustworthy | 53 |
| suffer a terrible decline | 25 |
| slows up wily development of tree | 33 |
| supplication from one who coughs up is about right | 50 |
| she positions america between the poles | 39 |
| signs of imminent visit to doctor? | 34 |
| serious listener at home | 24 |
| stupid when one joins a larger number | 37 |
| something especially good for christmas? | 40 |
| shocking act? | 13 |
| shot merely for show | 20 |
| study opening into nunnery | 26 |
| sediment as a basis of justification | 36 |
| student having to work for money to get knowledge | 49 |
| study hole in cliff that curves inwards | 39 |
| some made money for an evil spirit | 34 |
| sick person without legal force | 31 |
| strange oriental lake | 21 |
| she's among the candidates | 26 |
| Stay one off the front in steeplechase? | 39 |
| Start off football downcast, dropping left winger | 49 |
| Straight after rejection, tense setter's volcanic | 49 |
| Substitute, initially left out, controversially undertaking marathon | 68 |
| Said in the letter the bird, a tit, had flown in | 48 |
| Sea fruit? | 10 |
| Shot back, mad | 14 |
| Shudder at having to compete with the awful child in it | 55 |
| stephen —, canadian golfer; 2004 western open tournament winner | 65 |
| short talk | 10 |
| shakespeare character | 21 |
| surprise attack | 15 |
| strike or hit hard | 18 |
| social media user who works with a woofer speaker? | 50 |
| slicker, if inert in the attempt | 32 |
| stay away from statutory teacher | 32 |
| snow melting with the temperature in urban centres | 50 |
| self-obsessed people | 20 |
| structure for eggs | 18 |
| supersede | 9 |
| surprising or inconvenient | 26 |
| senior figures in a congregation, tribe or other group | 54 |
| stop relative getting cask | 26 |
| see grants etc. formulated for those working in espionage? | 58 |
| special effects | 15 |
| surrey town | 11 |
| shirley hughes children's book | 30 |
| Sharp surface | 13 |
| Sinister look | 13 |
| Star Trek bridge officer | 24 |
| Simile's patient person | 23 |
| Source of green energy | 22 |
| Sibilant speech | 15 |
| Speculative sitcom episode | 26 |
| Strong acid, symbolically | 25 |
| Small snare drum | 16 |
| Seized sedan | 12 |
| Subtle summons | 14 |
| Sent a telegram | 15 |
| Soviet co-op | 12 |
| Slushy mud | 10 |
| Specs for perusing [7,7) | 24 |
| Skin opening | 12 |
| Savannah's co-anchor | 20 |
| Start to affect | 15 |
| Start of seven California county names | 38 |
| Subway line selection | 21 |
| Simple elegance, in Japanese art | 32 |
| Safety zones | 12 |
| Sleeping spot | 13 |
| Squeaky but remediable | 22 |
| Supernatural signs | 18 |
| Stops from squeaking | 20 |
| Surface that cuts | 17 |
| Sound-related | 13 |
| Spanish "So long!" | 18 |
| Soother in skin cream | 21 |
| Spy missions, for short | 23 |
| Strike, as with snowballs | 25 |
| Scratch up | 10 |
| Sheet of a book | 15 |
| Show-.. [flamboyant ones) | 25 |
| Showery, as weather | 19 |
| Showed on television | 20 |
| Standing up straight | 20 |
| Six-pt. football plays | 22 |
| Stitched up | 11 |
| Stay home for dinner | 20 |
| Sodium and oxygen | 17 |
| Sports stadium | 14 |
| scribble [down) | 15 |
| sizzling strips of meat | 23 |
| sources of relationship drama? | 30 |
| seismograph readings | 20 |
| stand ...... [show courage) | 27 |
| speaker's strength | 18 |
| sporting apparel | 16 |
| soulful james | 13 |
| single inning, compared to all innings of a typical baseball game | 65 |
| shortsighted people | 19 |
| share an apartment, say | 23 |
| some ratings | 12 |
| shampoo that debuted in 1947 | 28 |
| small measure | 13 |
| sculpts anew | 12 |
| speed info | 10 |
| slangy attempt | 14 |
| sot | 3 |
| sparta rival | 12 |
| sincerity doubter | 17 |
| sample, in a way | 16 |
| singer laine | 12 |
| sailing hazard | 14 |
| string section | 14 |
| sundae garnish | 14 |
| scottish body | 13 |
| slowly becomes more appealing to | 32 |
| spot for a soak | 15 |
| shipping route | 14 |
| segments of sonnets | 19 |
| super soaker maker | 18 |
| some elders | 11 |
| stonewall city, briefly | 23 |
| supreme leader? | 15 |
| scratches [out) | 15 |
| seven sisters member | 20 |
| squalid | 7 |
| sheepish reply to "who ate the last four cookies?!" | 51 |
| shock jock's monologue, maybe | 29 |
| strangers with candy co-creator and star | 40 |
| science-fiction setting where either han or greedo shot first | 61 |
| stretching to make work | 23 |
| siamang, e.g. | 13 |
| speed diagnostic | 16 |
| shared a viewpoint | 18 |
| Sympathetic sounds | 18 |
| Slow-witted sort | 16 |
| Story with many dimensions? | 27 |
| Semimonthly tide | 16 |
| Summer treat | 12 |
| Stationery stacks | 17 |
| Singer with #1 hits in the '60s, '70s, '80s and '90s | 52 |
| Sled dog command | 16 |
| Shrank [from) | 13 |
| Sport with the rank yokozuna ["grand champion") | 47 |
| skirt feature | 13 |
| spade | 5 |
| sloppy type | 11 |
| snow white's pal | 16 |
| sea creatures | 13 |
| Solidify, in a way | 18 |
| Sound booster, for short | 24 |
| Shape of a flat-bottomed laboratory flask | 41 |
| Slang for pizza | 15 |
| Secondary accounts, like on social media or games | 49 |
| Swedish car manufacturer, Seinfeld drove one | 44 |
| State of being a mother | 23 |
| Someone very famous and admired | 31 |
| Something that is mysterious | 28 |
| Ship used for carrying coal | 27 |
| Sweet final course | 18 |