| A sudden numbing dread | 22 |
| A sudden rise or fall of seawater level is an unmistakable sign that one is coming | 82 |
| A sudden, short breath | 22 |
| A sufficient amount, in slang | 29 |
| A sugar source | 14 |
| A sugar, for short | 18 |
| A suitable amount | 17 |
| A suitor in "The Rivals" | 34 |
| A suitor may pitch it | 21 |
| A sultanate | 11 |
| A sum of 20 | 11 |
| A summer baby | 13 |
| A summer house it's not | 27 |
| A summer place | 14 |
| A summer place? | 15 |
| A summer time: abbr. | 20 |
| A summing up | 12 |
| A sun problem | 13 |
| A Sunday crossword usually has one | 34 |
| A super's may be supersized | 31 |
| A superbly-pitched game | 23 |
| A Superman portrayer | 20 |
| A supermarket might have its own | 32 |
| A superstar might have a big one | 32 |
| A superstar's may need massaging | 36 |
| A supporter of: Suffix | 22 |
| A Supreme Court justice | 23 |
| A Supreme, once | 15 |
| A Supremes classic — as sung by a famous swinger? | 56 |
| A sure thing | 12 |
| A surface measure | 17 |
| A surfboard rides it | 20 |
| A surgeon was the ___ | 21 |
| A suspect might appear in one | 29 |
| A suspect might give it to a cop | 32 |
| A suspect might take one | 24 |
| A suspect's might be suspect | 32 |
| A swan was her swain | 20 |
| A swarm of _____ | 16 |
| A sweater may use it | 20 |
| A sweater uses it | 17 |
| A sweater utilizes it | 21 |
| A sweatshirt may have one | 25 |
| A sweet age for Calpurnia | 25 |
| A sweet drink | 13 |
| A sweet finish | 14 |
| A sweet white wine | 18 |
| A sweet, when doubled | 21 |
| A swell in Swansea | 18 |
| A swell occurrence? | 19 |
| A swelling in plants | 20 |
| A swill place | 13 |
| A swimmer might rightly be scared to see one | 44 |
| A swimming companion of Alice | 29 |
| A swish misses it | 17 |
| A Swiss Army knife has lots of them | 35 |
| A Swiss Army knife has many of them | 35 |
| A sworded affair | 16 |
| A symbol of comfort | 19 |
| A symbol of distinction | 23 |
| A symbol of Eire | 16 |
| A symbol of immortality | 23 |
| A symbol of Ireland | 19 |
| A symbol of liberty | 19 |
| A symbol of Louisiana | 21 |
| A symbol of purity | 18 |
| A symbol of thinness | 20 |
| A symphonic string | 18 |
| A synonym for it can be found inside this puzzle's four longest entries | 75 |
| A synthetic | 11 |
| A synthetic rubber | 18 |
| A Syrian or Egyptian | 20 |
| A Syrian, e.g. | 14 |
| A syrup source | 14 |
| A sysadmin might maintain one | 29 |
| A T-shirt covers it | 19 |
| A T.V.A. dam | 12 |
| A table wine | 12 |
| A tablet maker | 14 |
| A tabloid keeps tabs on one | 27 |
| A tabloid reporter must have a nose for __ | 42 |
| A tad cracked | 13 |
| A tad drunk | 11 |
| A tad open | 10 |
| A tad too interested | 20 |
| A Tai language | 14 |
| A tailor ___ | 12 |
| A taking away | 13 |
| A tale of Troy | 14 |
| A Tale ____ Cities | 18 |
| A tall Roman column is named after him | 38 |
| A talon | 7 |
| A tapestry | 10 |
| A Tara O'Hara | 17 |
| A target for Reynard | 20 |
| A target in Marcia Clark's "Without a Doubt" | 58 |
| A target of E. Ness | 19 |
| A target of Sen. Sherman: 1890 | 30 |
| A Tarzan | 8 |
| A Tarzan playmate | 17 |