| Syllables before "Di" or "Da" in a Beatles title | 68 |
| Syllables following "Strike the harp and join the chorus" | 67 |
| Syllables sometimes said with one's fingers in one's ears | 65 |
| Sylph in Pope's "The Rape of the Lock" | 52 |
| Sylvia who played the Queen Mother in "The Queen" | 59 |
| Sylvia's mom in the comic strip "Pickles" | 55 |
| Symbol in computing that indicates moving one unit to the left | 62 |
| Symbol of absence to whom "Waiting for Guffman" refers | 64 |
| Symbol of rejoicing for someone's long-awaited return | 57 |
| Symbol of Scotland on the United Kingdom Royal Coat of Arms | 59 |
| Symbol of St. Barnabas, whose saint day comes at hay harvesting time | 68 |
| Symbol on the Broadway poster of "Beauty and the Beast" | 65 |
| Symbols marking spurious passages in old manuscripts | 52 |
| Symphonic '70s rockers named after Camelot lady? | 52 |
| Symphony on Norman Bates's phonograph in "Psycho" | 63 |
| Symptom of one's waxing starting to grow out, maybe | 55 |
| Syndicated show offering "life strategies" | 52 |
| Syndrome that some parents experience when children leave home | 62 |
| Synonym for "Pavarottis," in British money slang | 58 |
| Synonym for the first words of this puzzle's four longest answers | 69 |
| Synonym for this puzzle's title hiding in four places | 57 |
| Synthetic fiber used in bicycle tires and bulletproof vests | 59 |
| System of a Down song off "Steal This Album!" | 55 |
| System that helps you determine if someone's your type | 58 |
| System where "187" means "homicide" | 55 |
| System wherein "Gentlemen" looks like a "U" | 63 |
| T h r e es t r i k e s ... or a description of the theme clues | 62 |
| T. B. Aldrich's "The Story of ___ Boy" | 52 |
| T. H. Benton's "Self-Portrait With ___" | 53 |
| T.S. Eliot's editor on "The Waste Land" | 53 |
| T: How about we just split the difference? A: __ (Hall & Oates) | 67 |
| T: I couldn't find all my receipts. A: __ (Fats Domino) | 59 |
| Tabloid near "OK!" and "The Enquirer" | 57 |
| Tacky Mexican "eatertainment" chain Casa ___ | 54 |
| Tactic to make something less desirable, in financial slang | 59 |
| Tactical position that literally means "bridgehead" | 61 |
| Taft became its president after his term as U.S. president | 58 |
| Tag team partner of Hulk Hogan at the first WrestleMania | 56 |
| Tagline for the biopic "Dudley" starring bandleader Brown? | 68 |
| Tagline from a Montel Williams "Money Mutual" ad | 58 |
| Tahiti 80's Avenger-inspired "John ___" | 53 |
| Tailless cat that don't got no place to call home? | 54 |
| Take a leisurely stroll through the Great White North? | 54 |
| Take a pink balloon, twist it in the middle, then twist at both ends | 68 |
| Take apart (a device) in order to improve on or copy | 52 |
| Take Fox News's Alan ashore and dump him on the sand? | 57 |
| Take really short catnaps during a Henny Youngman routine? | 58 |
| Take, and be taken by, someone with whom you're taken | 57 |
| Taken into account in terms of a container's weight | 55 |
| Talese's ''Thy Neighbor's ___'' | 55 |
| Talismanic Pennsylvania Dutch folk art found on barns | 53 |
| Talk radio host Curtis who founded the Guardian Angels | 54 |
| Talk show host who died on his 81st birthday, 8/11/2006 | 55 |
| Talk show host who wrote "My Saber Is Bent" | 53 |
| Talk show host with a self-named show on "The Simpsons" | 65 |
| Talk show rebroadcast on the cable station Fine Living | 54 |
| Talking about one's sex swing in the office, e.g. | 53 |
| Talks like this in "Star Wars" films he does | 54 |
| Tamblyn of "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" | 54 |
| Tamiroff of ''The Corsican Brothers'' | 54 |
| Tammy who won a Tony as "The Unsinkable Molly Brown" | 62 |
| Tampa Bay team playing in this puzzle's longest answers? | 60 |
| Tank in the Hoth scene of "The Empire Strikes Back" | 61 |
| Tara's foreman, in "Gone With the Wind" | 53 |
| Tarantino called him "the future of horror" | 53 |
| Target of Durocher's "Nice guys finish last" sentiment | 68 |
| Target of Stiller and Murphy in "Tower Heist" | 55 |
| Target of WWII's Operation Detachment, familiarly | 53 |
| Tarnishing "Tom Jones" author's reputation? | 57 |
| Tarzan's response when asked if the noodles are cooked? | 59 |
| Taste whose name means "savoriness" in Japanese | 57 |
| Taunt to a basketball player who hasn't made a shot all day? | 64 |
| Tautology meaning "I don't care what they say" | 60 |
| Tavern whose owner's office is in the female toilet | 55 |
| Taylor portrayer in the 2012 TV movie "Liz & Dick" | 64 |
| Taylor Swift received its 2009 Entertainer of the Yr. award | 59 |
| Taylor Swift's debut single (named after another country singer) | 68 |
| Tchaikovsky's "Souvenir de Florence," e.g. | 56 |
| Tchaikovsky's "The Queen of Spades," e.g. | 55 |
| Tea party attendee in "Alice in Wonderland" | 53 |
| Teacher accused of violating Tennessee's Butler Act | 55 |
| Teacher's question at the start of show-and-tell | 52 |
| Team coached by one of two "Grumpy Old Men" | 53 |
| Team for which 1970 N.B.A. M.V.P. Willis Reed played | 52 |
| Team for which Darrell Griffith was Rookie of the Year | 54 |
| Team originally owned by the Labatt's Brewing Company, familiarly | 69 |
| Team scheduled to move to Queens's Citi Field in 2009 | 57 |
| Team seen in the "Ocean's Eleven" remake | 54 |
| Team tennis competition whose current champs are the Czech Republic | 67 |
| Team that has a tankful of rays in the back of its ballpark | 59 |
| Team that lost to the Ducks in the 2007 NHL playoffs | 52 |
| Team that retired Sparky Anderson's No. 11 in 2011 | 54 |
| Team that temporarily changed its name during the McCarthy era | 62 |
| Team that the only Cy Young-winning knuckleballer pitched for | 61 |
| Team that won a world championship in its eighth yr. | 52 |
| Team that's played in the same home park since 1912 | 55 |
| Team who lost to the Detroit Red Wings by a record 15-0 in 1944 | 63 |
| Team whose worst shutout was a 22-0 loss to the Indians in 2004 | 63 |
| Team with an inapt name since moving from New Orleans | 53 |
| Team with which Nolan Ryan made his major-league debut | 54 |