| Sunburn color | 13 |
| Suggestion by a sommelier, perhaps | 34 |
| Suggestion by a sommelier | 25 |
| Strawberry color | 16 |
| Stop tone | 9 |
| Stop light | 10 |
| Stop hue | 8 |
| St. Valentine's favourite color | 35 |
| Sportswriter Smith | 18 |
| Spectrum start | 14 |
| Spectrum segment | 16 |
| Spectral extreme | 16 |
| Soviet, so to speak | 19 |
| Sore, say | 9 |
| Sommelier's recommendation with beef | 40 |
| Something you might turn on | 27 |
| Some election map shading | 25 |
| Snow White's sister Rose ___ | 32 |
| Smith or Barber | 15 |
| Skelton or Holzman | 18 |
| Skelton or Grange | 17 |
| Skelton or Buttons | 18 |
| Sinclair Lewis's nickname | 29 |
| Sinclair Lewis nickname | 23 |
| Signature color of Valentine's Day | 38 |
| Sign of a deficit | 17 |
| Sharp left? | 11 |
| Shade of embarrassment | 22 |
| See it and seethe | 17 |
| Seabiscuit jockey ___ Pollard | 29 |
| Sea or ant | 10 |
| Sea off Arabia | 14 |
| Sea of note | 11 |
| Sea crossed in Exodus | 21 |
| Scarlet or ruby | 15 |
| Scarlet or crimson, e.g. | 24 |
| Santa's favorite color | 26 |
| Santa-suit color | 16 |
| San Fernando ___ (Skelton character) | 36 |
| Ruffing of baseball fame | 24 |
| Ruby hue | 8 |
| Rubbed raw, say | 15 |
| Roulette space | 14 |
| Roselike | 8 |
| Rose's hue | 14 |
| River through Fargo or Hanoi | 28 |
| River known for its valley | 26 |
| Ripe loganberry's hue | 25 |
| Republican states, on Election Day maps | 39 |
| Republican color | 16 |
| Rare sign? | 10 |
| Rare meat color | 15 |
| Rare indicator? | 15 |
| Rare color | 10 |
| Prince Edward Island soil color | 31 |
| Port, usually | 13 |
| Pinot noir, for one | 19 |
| Person on the left | 18 |
| One-seventh of a rainbow | 24 |
| One way to turn? | 16 |
| One of a flag trio | 18 |
| One end of a spectrum | 21 |
| One color in the French flag | 28 |
| Old revolutionist | 17 |
| Old ideological rival | 21 |
| Obviously chafed | 16 |
| Not the color of money? | 23 |
| Non-white, in a cellar? | 23 |
| Netflix mail identifier | 23 |
| Neck color | 10 |
| Mrs. Skelton's favorite color? | 34 |
| Mr. Buttons | 11 |
| Moscow square | 13 |
| Morning-after eyes | 18 |
| Morgan's nickname in "The Shawshank Redemption" | 61 |
| Morgan in "The Shawshank Redemption" | 46 |
| Minnesota river | 15 |
| Merlot, for example | 19 |
| Menshevik's foe | 19 |
| Memorable sportswriter Smith | 28 |
| Meat or pepper | 14 |
| McCarthy's least favorite color? | 36 |
| McCarthy target | 15 |
| Matador's cape color | 24 |
| Massawa port sea | 16 |
| Marxist, e.g. | 13 |
| Marxist | 7 |
| Maroon, for one | 15 |
| Mao, e.g. | 9 |
| Manitoba's _____ River | 26 |
| Main color of a Santa suit | 26 |
| Magritte's "The ___ Model" | 40 |
| Magenta | 7 |
| M&M color | 13 |
| Lobster color | 13 |
| Little wagon's color | 24 |
| Like winterberries | 18 |
| Like Twizzlers, usually | 23 |
| Like Time's border | 22 |
| Like Tickle Me Elmo | 19 |