| S(t)i(fled, i)n(hibited, sh)u(t, con)s(traine)d(, gated,) o(r) c(hecked, with "up") | 93 |
| Saint-___-du-Mont, church containing the remains of the patron saint of Paris | 77 |
| Salary that the average crossword constructor makes annually, give or take, mostly take | 87 |
| Sales person's forte, and a synonym for the ends of this puzzle's three longest entries | 95 |
| Salinger character who says “I’d be extremely flattered if you’d write a story exclusively for me sometime” | 123 |
| Salinger character who says, "I'm extremely interested in squalor" | 80 |
| Samuel Butler's satirical utopia whose name is an anagram of its location | 77 |
| San Antonio mayor Julián, keynote speaker at the 2012 Democratic convention | 78 |
| San Francisco rock venue associated with psychedelic posters, with "The" | 82 |
| Santayana defines it as "redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim" | 91 |
| Sarah McLachlan song that says "I do believe I've failed you" | 75 |
| Sarcastic remark when your friend pays you back that quarter he borrowed | 72 |
| Satirical program originally hosted by Craig Kilborn, with "The" | 74 |
| Saturn's confession to his wife after eating another of their offspring? | 76 |
| Savvy film/TV character whose name, paradoxically, is Spanish for "idiot" | 83 |
| Saxophonist-composer Jimmy, known for his big-band arrangements for Benny Goodman and Count | 91 |
| Say "I love you" by extending the thumb, index finger, and pinky, e.g. | 80 |
| Say "Yes, officer, that's the singer that was using Auto-Tune"? | 77 |
| Saying "I'm not sure that dress looks perfect on you," e.g. | 73 |
| Says "I tried needlepoint twice, but I was only so-so," for example | 77 |
| Scared the daylights out of Elijah in "The Lord of the Rings"? | 72 |
| Scarlett whose final film words are "I'll never be hungry again" | 78 |
| Scarlett's first daughter in the book "Gone With the Wind" | 72 |
| Scarlett's sister-in-law and best friend in "Gone With the Wind" | 78 |
| Sch. that if it were a country, it would rank 12th all-time in Olympic medals | 77 |
| Sch. whose alumni include Shaquille O'Neal, James Carville and Rex Reed | 75 |
| Sch. whose Board of Visitors once included presidents Madison and Monroe | 72 |
| Sch. whose motto is "Mens et manus" ("Mind and hand") | 73 |
| Sch. whose women's basketball team is currently on a 76-game winning streak | 79 |
| Scholars believe that "A Musical Joke" by Mystery Person was ... | 74 |
| Scholars doubt that he ever said "Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar" | 78 |
| Scholastic mean, briefly, hidden in this puzzle's seven longest answers | 75 |
| School plagued by Andrew Martinez, the "naked guy," in the 1990s | 74 |
| School whose motto is Latin for "Never tickle a sleeping dragon" | 74 |
| School with the U.S.'s oldest continuously operating music conservatory | 75 |
| Schoolhouse Rock cartoon that begins "You sure gotta climb a lot of steps to get to this Capitol Building here in Washington" | 135 |
| Schubert's Symphony No. 8 ___ Minor ("Unfinished Symphony") | 73 |
| Sci-fi acceleration technology (that I think I actually figured out how to make if I just had this one part) | 108 |
| Sci-fi character ranked #20 on Bravo's list of Ultimate Supervillains | 73 |
| Sci-fi character who asks "Aren't you a little short for a stormtrooper?" | 87 |
| Sci-fi character who inspired "Harmonies for the Haunted" band? | 73 |
| Sci-fi character who said "I've just made a deal that'll keep the Empire out of here forever" | 111 |
| Sci-fi character who says "Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid." | 124 |
| Sci-fi character who says "Just what do you think you're doing, Dave?" | 84 |
| Sci-fi character whose first name, Nyota, was first revealed in film in 2009 | 76 |
| Sci-fi character whose last words are "There is ... another ... Sky ... Sky ... walker." | 98 |
| Sci-fi geek who loves a "Deep Space Nine" alien and a Robin Williams sitcom? | 86 |
| Sci-fi stealth shields (that these two scientists at Harvard actually did figure out how to make) | 97 |
| Sci-fi swords (that my older brother actually got to use one time at this place but he had to sign a contract saying he wouldn't tell anyone where they're located) | 171 |
| Sci-fi translation device (that my uncle actually caught one of in his pond and one time he let me use it) | 106 |
| Sci-fi urban transport vehicles (that will be for sale in California probably next year) | 88 |
| Sci-fi villain who says "Just what do you think you're doing, Dave?" | 82 |
| Sci-fi villain with the line "Just what do you think you're doing, Dave?" | 87 |
| Science fiction classic to which the Harry Potter series bears more than a passing resemblance | 94 |
| Scoreboard abbr. for the football team that plays its home games at University of Phoenix Stadium | 97 |
| Scott of "Parks and Recreation" [The AV Club goes subscription only soon! Sign up at avxword.com] | 107 |
| Scottish historian Thomas who called economics "the dismal science" | 77 |
| Scottish sailor Alexander who was supposedly the inspiration for Robinson Crusoe | 80 |
| Screenwriter/actor roomies' mailbox label that sounds like an old announcer? | 80 |
| Screenwriting Oscar winner for "To Kill a Mockingbird" and "Tender Mercies" | 95 |
| Seasoning option for fries at the Japanese fast food restaurant First Kitchen | 77 |
| Seattle suburb known as "the bicycle capital of the Northwest" | 72 |
| Sec. of State who said "I am in control here" after Reagan was shot | 77 |
| Secluded room that makes you flash and become temporarily invincible, a la Super Mario Bros.? | 93 |
| Second of a pair of letters swapped six times in this puzzle's theme entries | 80 |
| Second-greatest player of all time, in a 1997 "Hockey News" vote | 74 |
| Secret (and potentially cataclysmic) substance in Kurt Vonnegut's "Cat's Cradle" | 98 |
| Secret get-together, or what occurs literally in each of this puzzle's circled squares | 90 |
| Secret military mission ... or a hint to the circled letters in this puzzle? | 76 |
| Section of "Carmina Burana" used in "battle to the death" movie trailers | 92 |
| Sedgwick, subject of the Velvet Underground's "Femme Fatale" | 74 |
| See the sound waves from the radiator vibrating in this totally pink and orange way, ya know? | 93 |
| Seed containing moth larva, and what is aptly hidden in each puzzle row whose clues contain asterisks | 101 |
| Seesaw (and the longest common word that uses just the top typewriter row) | 74 |
| Self-described "poor, infirm, weak, and despised old man" of literature | 81 |
| Self-described "short, stocky, slow-witted bald man" of "Seinfeld" | 86 |
| Semifinalists in the National Merit Scholarship Program are determined by this | 78 |
| Senate candidate whose "proof" that she is 1/32nd Cherokee is her high cheekbones | 91 |
| Senate committee that censures its members for screwing interns and such | 72 |
| Senator portrayer in "The West Wing" and "The Aviator" | 74 |
| Senior group's second-in-command permits a party with self-provided alcohol? | 80 |
| Sensible car, perhaps [avxwords.com has premium indie xwords - subscribe today] | 79 |
| September 8, 1974 pard recipient - and what the constructor did throughout this puzzle | 86 |
| Sequel that made The Onion A.V. Club's "Worst Movies of 2007" list, with a rare "F" grade | 113 |
| Sequel to a 2013 3D film in which Manny Pacquiao spars in space? (Happy New Year to adolescent Jesus!) | 102 |
| Sequel to Christopher Paolini's "Eragon" which Entertainment Weekly named "Worst Book of 2005" | 118 |
| Sergeant Foley's first name in "An Officer and a Gentleman" | 73 |
| Serious software glitch that's certain to cause a crash or even the "blue screen of death" | 104 |
| Servant clan in Terry Pratchett's "Discworld" sci-fi novels | 73 |
| Servant's complaint about serving a British queen one course of a meal? | 75 |
| Service run by the band They Might Be Giants that was nothing more than their answering machine | 95 |
| Serving in John Betjeman's poem "How to Get on in Society" | 72 |
| Serving it to children, not putting enough of it into a Black Russian, and so on | 80 |
| Set of which all seven elements are fittingly hidden in the solved puzzle grid | 78 |
| Setting for C. S. Lewis's "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" | 78 |
| Setting for Seurat's "Un dimanche après-midi à l'Île de la Grande Jatte" | 99 |
| Setting for the iconic movie line "As God is my witness, I'll never be hungry again." | 99 |
| Setting in Sherlock Holmes's "The Man with the Twisted Lip" | 73 |
| Setting of a 1978 hit song that's "the hottest spot north of Havana" | 82 |
| Setting of much of the first Sherlock Holmes tale, "A Study in Scarlet" | 81 |