| Special favorite | 16 |
| Special favor providers | 23 |
| Special fast-food ingredient | 28 |
| Special extra | 13 |
| Special events | 14 |
| Special event rental | 20 |
| Special event at a fetish club? | 31 |
| Special event | 13 |
| Special entrées | 18 |
| Special ending? | 15 |
| Special ending | 14 |
| Special elevator? | 17 |
| Special election | 16 |
| Special effort | 14 |
| Special effects-heavy genre | 27 |
| Special effects used in "Avatar," e.g. | 48 |
| Special effects technique, briefly | 34 |
| Special effects scene in a summer blockbuster, say | 50 |
| Special effects graphics, briefly | 33 |
| Special effects devices | 23 |
| Special educator | 16 |
| Special editions | 16 |
| Special edition of a newspaper | 30 |
| Special edition | 15 |
| Special ed course | 17 |
| Special dress | 13 |
| Special domain | 14 |
| Special disposal | 16 |
| Special dinner | 14 |
| Special delivery?: Abbr. | 24 |
| Special delivery? | 17 |
| Special delivery on Sun. | 24 |
| Special delivery of a sort | 26 |
| Special delivery from a dating service? | 39 |
| Special delivery | 16 |
| Special deliveries | 18 |
| Special days in the spring | 26 |
| Special cutting tool | 20 |
| Special cult | 12 |
| Special creator? | 16 |
| Special correspondent | 21 |
| Special connections | 19 |
| Special concern of a tailor | 27 |
| Special communicative skill, briefly | 36 |
| Special communication syst. | 27 |
| Special communication | 21 |
| Special committee | 17 |
| Special collars | 15 |
| Special clothes | 15 |
| Special closer? | 15 |
| Special china | 13 |
| Special CD release, perhaps | 27 |
| Special CD release ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme | 59 |
| Special case? | 13 |
| Special case | 12 |
| Special business offerings | 26 |
| Special business offering | 25 |
| Special burden | 14 |
| Special boys | 12 |
| Special boy | 11 |
| Special bolt hardware | 21 |
| Special bolt fasteners | 22 |
| Special benefits | 16 |
| Special benefit | 15 |
| Special baseball game in July | 29 |
| Special ball game | 17 |
| Special attention, for short | 28 |
| Special attention, briefly | 26 |
| Special attention for a patient, in brief | 41 |
| Special attention | 17 |
| Special atmosphere | 18 |
| Special at most restaurants and diners | 38 |
| Special article | 15 |
| Special area of demand | 22 |
| Special area at an outdoor concert | 34 |
| Special aptitude | 16 |
| Special approach | 16 |
| Special appearances | 19 |
| Special appearance | 18 |
| Special appeal | 14 |
| Special announcer | 17 |
| Special agents | 14 |
| Special Agent ___ (Disney channel panda) | 40 |
| Special Agent on Playhouse Disney | 33 |
| Special agent at D.C. | 21 |
| Special agent | 13 |
| Special advocate | 16 |
| Special advantage | 17 |
| Special addition? | 17 |
| Special ability | 15 |
| Special -- | 10 |
| Special "Jeopardy!" square | 36 |
| Special | 7 |
| Spec on an architect's blueprint? | 37 |
| Spec on a shirt tag | 19 |
| Spec of pasta | 13 |
| Spec for some specs | 19 |
| Spec for a roomy flat? | 22 |
| Spec | 4 |
| Spears, for short | 17 |