| Place for a smile | 17 |
| Place for a smart squirrel | 26 |
| Place for a small table | 23 |
| Place for a small house | 23 |
| Place for a small hammer | 24 |
| Place for a small flag | 22 |
| Place for a small drum? | 23 |
| Place for a small dog | 21 |
| Place for a slogan | 18 |
| Place for a slicker? | 20 |
| Place for a sleepover | 21 |
| Place for a sleeper | 19 |
| Place for a Slavic slipknot? | 28 |
| Place for a slap | 16 |
| Place for a skeleton | 20 |
| Place for a skating edge | 24 |
| Place for a skateboarder's pad | 34 |
| Place for a sink | 16 |
| Place for a sine curve | 22 |
| Place for a signature | 21 |
| Place for a shot | 16 |
| Place for a short-order cook | 28 |
| Place for a shore dinner, maybe | 31 |
| Place for a shore dinner | 24 |
| Place for a shoot | 17 |
| Place for a shoe tap | 20 |
| Place for a shoe | 16 |
| Place for a ship to come in | 27 |
| Place for a shepherd | 20 |
| Place for a sheik's wives | 29 |
| Place for a sheet | 17 |
| Place for a shanty | 18 |
| Place for a serial no. | 22 |
| Place for a senator's car? | 30 |
| Place for a select group | 24 |
| Place for a señorita's rose | 34 |
| Place for a seaweed wrap | 24 |
| Place for a seat of honor | 25 |
| Place for a sconce | 18 |
| Place for a school dance, perhaps | 33 |
| Place for a school dance, often | 31 |
| Place for a school dance | 24 |
| Place for a scene | 17 |
| Place for a Scarlett letter? | 28 |
| Place for a sash | 16 |
| Place for a sand wedge | 22 |
| Place for a salty meal? | 23 |
| Place for a sale | 16 |
| Place for a sala | 16 |
| Place for a saint's image, maybe | 36 |
| Place for a sail | 16 |
| Place for a sadhu | 17 |
| Place for a sacred cow? | 23 |
| Place for a sacred cow | 22 |
| Place for a Saab or a sale | 26 |
| Place for a runner's high | 29 |
| Place for a run | 15 |
| Place for a ruler | 17 |
| Place for a rubber duckie | 25 |
| Place for a rowel | 17 |
| Place for a row of potted plants | 32 |
| Place for a round of darts | 26 |
| Place for a rototiller | 22 |
| Place for a rooter | 18 |
| Place for a rooster | 19 |
| Place for a roll | 16 |
| Place for a rock group? | 23 |
| Place for a roast | 17 |
| Place for a road sign | 21 |
| Place for a rivulet | 19 |
| Place for a riser | 17 |
| Place for a rip | 15 |
| Place for a rink | 16 |
| Place for a ringlet | 19 |
| Place for a ring, perhaps | 25 |
| Place for a ring or a stud | 26 |
| Place for a ring | 16 |
| Place for a rim shot | 20 |
| Place for a ride | 16 |
| Place for a ribbon | 18 |
| Place for a revolving ball, maybe | 33 |
| Place for a revival, perhaps | 28 |
| Place for a revival | 19 |
| Place for a retreat | 19 |
| Place for a rest cure | 21 |
| Place for a reredos | 19 |
| Place for a renter's signature | 34 |
| Place for a reminder | 20 |
| Place for a regular column | 26 |
| Place for a red tag? | 20 |
| Place for a record, briefly | 27 |
| Place for a reader | 18 |
| Place for a rat race | 20 |
| Place for a rapper | 18 |
| Place for a range fire | 22 |
| Place for a railroading | 23 |
| Place for a racquet game | 24 |
| Place for a racket | 18 |
| Place for a rack | 16 |
| Place for a race | 16 |