| Stretch of highway surrounding a city | 37 |
| Stretch of the southern coast of Italy | 38 |
| Stretch out in the recliner, say | 32 |
| Stretch the truth or stretch out | 32 |
| Stretch your neck for a better view | 35 |
| Stretched just short of the breaking point | 42 |
| Stretched much too far, as language | 35 |
| Stretched the truth, so to speak | 32 |
| Stretches the budget, with "out" | 42 |
| Stretchy part of Pirelli's logo | 35 |
| Stribling's "The ___" | 35 |
| Strict conformity to the letter of the law | 42 |
| Strict French general: 17th century | 35 |
| Strict grammarian's bugaboo? | 32 |
| Strict grammarians, pejoratively | 32 |
| Strict observance of formalities | 32 |
| Strict parents' disciplinary measures | 41 |
| Strict Sabbath observer of antiquity | 36 |
| Strict, restaurant-owning Seinfeld character | 44 |
| Strictly against regulations, in the Navy? | 42 |
| Strictly observant one, in biblical times | 41 |
| Strike on the outside corner, e.g. | 34 |
| Strike the ground behind the ball, in golf lingo | 48 |
| Strike the ground in a golf swing | 33 |
| Strike turf before the ball, in golf | 36 |
| Strike with a sword for knighthood | 34 |
| Strike zone's lower boundary | 32 |
| Strike ___ (freeze for the photog) | 34 |
| Strike's counterpart, in bowling | 36 |
| Striker's org. founded in Akron, Ohio | 41 |
| Strikes down, as an angry god would | 35 |
| Striking feature of some women's footwear | 45 |
| Strindberg's "Miss ___" | 37 |
| Strindberg's "___ Julie" | 38 |
| Strindberg's "_____ Julie" | 40 |
| String accompaniments to "Aloha Oe" | 45 |
| String instruments made in the U.S.A.? | 38 |
| String of letters that might close a love letter | 48 |
| String sought by those going phishing?: Abbr. | 45 |
| Stringed instrument constellation | 33 |
| Stringed instrument for a madrigal | 34 |
| Stringed instrument named after a Greek god | 43 |
| Stringed instrument of ancient Israel | 37 |
| Stringed instrument pluckers (Var.) | 35 |
| Stringed instrument that's joined the Army | 46 |
| Stringed instrument with seven pedals | 37 |
| Stringed Renaissance instruments | 32 |
| Stringed-instrument constellation | 33 |
| Strings often shown as black dots | 33 |
| Strings, perhaps, in a romance film | 35 |
| Stringy white mushroom with a small cap | 39 |
| Strip in the middle of a highway | 32 |
| Strip next to the Mediterranean Sea | 35 |
| Strip of material used for identification | 41 |
| Strip of paper around a Japanese book | 37 |
| Strip on the Mediterranean shore | 32 |
| Strip poker player in the buff, e.g. | 36 |
| Strip searcher's destination? | 33 |
| Strip that gained self-rule in 1994 | 35 |
| Strip with a lot of people around? | 34 |
| Strip's creator, born 11/26/22 | 34 |
| Stripe through the target on a curling rink | 43 |
| Stripe-legged relative of a giraffe | 35 |
| Striped hyenas that feed chiefly on insects | 43 |
| Striped man on a basketball court | 33 |
| Strips of land where beach resorts may be found | 47 |
| Strive mightily, with "out" | 37 |
| Striving for goodness, but faulty | 33 |
| Stroke doc's field, casually | 32 |
| Stroke from the tee made while wearing a tee? | 45 |
| Stroke lacking in many modern fonts | 35 |
| Stroke lovingly, or the object of a loving stroke | 49 |
| Strokes "Is This It" song | 35 |
| Strokes "The Modern ___" | 34 |
| Strokes ... or ones getting stroked | 35 |
| Stroll through a bunch of banshees? | 35 |
| Stroller's rest spot, perhaps | 33 |
| Strom Thurmond supporters in 1948 | 33 |
| Strong ''emozione'' | 35 |
| Strong desire for glittery couture? | 35 |
| Strong desire, with 'the' | 33 |
| Strong desire, with "the" | 35 |
| Strong family connections, idiomatically | 40 |
| Strong feelings toward the Milky Way? | 37 |
| Strong liquor made from fermented sap | 37 |
| Strong locks provided access to her | 35 |
| Strong member of an acrobatic team | 34 |
| Strong weed has a lot of it: Abbr. | 34 |
| Strong, seasoned stock, in cookery | 34 |
| Strong-smelling cleaning ingredient | 35 |
| Strong-willed athletic type, supposedly | 39 |
| Strong-willed type, according to the stars | 42 |
| Stronghold reinforced against enemy fire | 40 |
| Strongly desires (with ''for'') | 47 |
| Strongly idealistic, humane sort, supposedly | 44 |
| Strongly opposed (with ''to'') | 46 |
| Strongly opposed (with "to") | 38 |
| Stroud who hosts "Survivorman" | 40 |
| Structural as opposed to functional | 35 |
| Structural change in a corporation, briefly | 43 |