| Sought a seat, perhaps | 22 |
| Sought a Senate seat, say | 25 |
| Sought acceptance from | 22 |
| Sought attention, as a feline | 29 |
| Sought by bibliomaniacs | 23 |
| Sought elective office | 22 |
| Sought entrance, in a way | 25 |
| Sought in an emergency | 22 |
| Sought money via Wapner | 23 |
| Sought out, as an office | 24 |
| Sought political office | 23 |
| Sought redress in court | 23 |
| Sought reparations from | 23 |
| Sought sanctuary, old-style | 27 |
| Sought the affection of | 23 |
| Sought the America's Cup | 28 |
| Sought the bull's-eye | 25 |
| Sought transport digitally | 26 |
| Sought, as the House, say | 25 |
| Sought-after clownfish | 22 |
| Sought-after election bloc | 26 |
| Sought-after football player? | 29 |
| Sought-after movie fish | 23 |
| Sought-after party guest | 24 |
| Sought-after rock group? | 24 |
| Sought-after statuette | 22 |
| Sought-after voting bloc | 24 |
| Soul and disco singer Payne | 27 |
| Soul searcher's need | 24 |
| Soul singer Corinne Bailey -- | 29 |
| Soul singer Corinne Bailey __ | 29 |
| Soul singer Des'-- | 22 |
| Soul singer from California? | 28 |
| Soul singer Thomas et al. | 25 |
| Soul singers often rocked it | 28 |
| Soul ___ (facial hair) | 22 |
| Soul's 1970s TV co-star | 27 |
| Soul's ___ Brothers | 23 |
| Soul-searching delivery | 23 |
| Soul-searching effort? | 22 |
| Soul-searching events? | 22 |
| Soul-searching sessions? | 24 |
| Soul/pop singer Bryson | 22 |
| Soulé's 1868 invention | 29 |
| Soulful singer Redding | 22 |
| Sound a banjo can make | 22 |
| Sound a child might imitate | 27 |
| Sound a hot dog makes? | 22 |
| Sound a stethoscope detects | 27 |
| Sound above a cornfield | 23 |
| Sound advice for deck hands | 27 |
| Sound advice for fishermen | 26 |
| Sound advice for rowing crews | 29 |
| Sound after a breakup, maybe | 28 |
| Sound after a pinprick | 22 |
| Sound after a puncture | 22 |
| Sound after a stomach punch | 27 |
| Sound after a tear is shed | 26 |
| Sound after a touchdown | 23 |
| Sound after call waiting? | 25 |
| Sound after coming up for air | 29 |
| Sound after drinking, perhaps | 29 |
| Sound after dropping off? | 25 |
| Sound and practical judgment | 28 |
| Sound around a gridiron | 23 |
| Sound around a saucer of milk | 29 |
| Sound asking for silence | 24 |
| Sound associated with ripples | 29 |
| Sound at a fireworks display | 28 |
| Sound at a horror film | 22 |
| Sound at a soda fountain | 24 |
| Sound at an opened floodgate | 28 |
| Sound at Old MacDonald's | 28 |
| Sound at sports stadium | 23 |
| Sound at the barbershop | 23 |
| Sound barrier breaker Chuck | 27 |
| Sound barrier breaker: Abbr. | 28 |
| Sound before a blessing | 23 |
| Sound before a blessing? | 24 |
| Sound before a crash, maybe | 27 |
| Sound before an MGM movie | 25 |
| Sound betraying boredom | 23 |
| Sound booster at a concert | 26 |
| Sound booster, briefly | 22 |
| Sound boxes at a concert | 24 |
| Sound covering an expletive | 27 |
| Sound during a dull speech | 26 |
| Sound during a massage | 22 |
| Sound during hay fever season | 29 |
| Sound effect in a cave | 22 |
| Sound effect in a valley | 24 |
| Sound effect in a western | 25 |
| Sound effects, in film lingo | 28 |
| Sound elicited by a body blow | 29 |
| Sound eliciting a blessing | 26 |
| Sound engineer's control | 28 |
| Sound engineer's knob | 25 |
| Sound engineer's word | 25 |
| Sound familiar to a shepherd | 28 |
| Sound following a shot? | 23 |