| The start of something | 22 |
| The start of something big? | 27 |
| The start of something? | 23 |
| The start of the four theme entries, collectively | 49 |
| The start of time | 17 |
| The start of understanding? | 27 |
| The starters, in sports | 23 |
| The starting players | 20 |
| The starts of answers to asterisked clues are the most popular adult Halloween ones | 83 |
| The starts of this puzzle's six longest answers are types of them | 69 |
| The starts of this puzzle's three longest answers are shades of it | 70 |
| The State Department | 20 |
| The State Department on a nice day? | 35 |
| The State Department, informally | 32 |
| The state of being bread (!) | 28 |
| The state of falling into disuse | 32 |
| The state of France? | 20 |
| The state of having children | 28 |
| The state of New York might make you get one after you were on a plane back from Hong Kong with this guy who couldn't stop coughing | 135 |
| The state or quality of being former New York governor Spitzer? | 63 |
| The States | 10 |
| The States' abbr. | 21 |
| The States, briefly | 19 |
| The States, casually | 20 |
| The States, for short | 21 |
| The States, in Baja | 19 |
| The States, in Monterrey | 24 |
| The States, informally | 22 |
| The States, slangily | 20 |
| The States, to Mexicans | 23 |
| The statue "David" on open-air display in Florence, e.g. | 66 |
| The statue of David in Florence, e.g. | 37 |
| The Statue of Liberty's garb | 32 |
| The Statue of Liberty, for one | 30 |
| The statue's other name | 27 |
| The Steel City, for short | 25 |
| The Steelers won its title in 2011 (abbr.) | 42 |
| The Steelers, to the Ravens | 27 |
| The Step Brothers' dance genre | 34 |
| The steppes don't have one | 30 |
| The Steppes, e.g. | 17 |
| The Stern School of Business is part of it: Abbr. | 49 |
| The Steve Miller Band "Wide ___" | 42 |
| The sticks | 10 |
| The sticky icky | 15 |
| The still-hungry baby sitter ___ | 32 |
| The still-hungry clumsy fellow ___ | 34 |
| The still-hungry eager beaver ___ | 33 |
| The still-hungry launderer ___ | 30 |
| The still-hungry sailor ___ | 27 |
| The still-hungry sucker ___ the bait | 36 |
| The Stilt | 9 |
| The stock in some card games | 28 |
| The Stone Roses singer Brown | 28 |
| The Stones and Green Day | 24 |
| The Stones' "Sticky Fingers" and "Tattoo You," e.g. | 75 |
| The Stones' Charlie | 23 |
| The Stones, for one | 19 |
| The Stonewall, famously | 23 |
| The Stooges Asheton | 19 |
| The Stooges were one | 20 |
| The Stooges, by census | 22 |
| The Stooges, e.g. | 17 |
| The Stooges, et al. | 19 |
| The Stooges, for instance | 25 |
| The Stooges, for one | 20 |
| The stores on Main Street? | 26 |
| The stories of our lives | 24 |
| The Storting meets here | 23 |
| The Storting nat. | 17 |
| The Storting's city | 23 |
| The story of "Sleepy Hollow" set in outer space (or wherever else comes to mind)? | 91 |
| The story of Astorre Viola | 26 |
| The story of Icarus, e.g. | 25 |
| The story of Moby Dick | 22 |
| The story of my life? | 21 |
| The story of snakes, updated? | 29 |
| The story of the aftermath of Oceanic Flight 815 | 48 |
| The story of the one that got away, e.g. | 40 |
| The Stout who became a saint | 28 |
| The Strait of Messina separates it from Italy | 45 |
| The Strait of Otranto connects to it | 36 |
| The Street of the Lifted ___ (Dr. Seuss story setting) | 54 |
| The Street Singer's theme song | 34 |
| The street where vous live | 26 |
| The strength of Samson | 22 |
| The stressed-out photographer __ | 32 |
| The String Cheese Incident, e.g. | 32 |
| The Strokes "Barely ___" | 34 |
| The Strokes's debut album | 29 |
| The Stroll, e.g. | 16 |
| The Student Travel Guide | 24 |
| The study of erotic literature? | 31 |
| The study of great plays at the plate? | 38 |
| The study of insects | 20 |
| The study of magic markets? | 27 |
| The study of man | 16 |
| The study of Muppet news flashes? | 33 |
| The study of musical sound | 26 |
| The study of pronunciation | 26 |