| Strike ___ (hit a sore spot) | 28 |
| Singers Bryant and O'Day | 28 |
| She writes about true crimes | 28 |
| Surrealist playwright Artaud | 28 |
| Substance that makes you hot | 28 |
| Sacred bull of Egyptian myth | 28 |
| Sacred bull of ancient Egypt | 28 |
| Swimming, surfboarding, etc. | 28 |
| Swift steeds with silky hair | 28 |
| Shem's son and namesakes | 28 |
| Study that Edith Bunker digs | 28 |
| Silver tincture, in heraldry | 28 |
| Sen. Specter's namesakes | 28 |
| Skill with a paintbrush, say | 28 |
| Semitic goddess of fertility | 28 |
| Son of Hector and Andromache | 28 |
| Suffix with alter or perturb | 28 |
| Sets __ for (tries to catch) | 28 |
| Set ___ (prepare to ensnare) | 28 |
| Synonym and anagram for tuna | 28 |
| Speed skating medalist Susan | 28 |
| Stables (venue for Hercules) | 28 |
| Summit meeting, for instance | 28 |
| Sports history-maker of 1983 | 28 |
| Spare tire location, perhaps | 28 |
| Singles bar pickup strategy? | 28 |
| Sparkly leatherworking tool? | 28 |
| Saddam Hussein adviser Tariq | 28 |
| Side dish often oven-roasted | 28 |
| Social event for a mom-to-be | 28 |
| Spy's break-in, in slang | 28 |
| Sour cream's base, often | 28 |
| Start of an intentional walk | 28 |
| Snowballing financial crisis | 28 |
| Somewhat needy quip (Part 3) | 28 |
| She'll lead you to drink | 28 |
| Slings Singapore slings, say | 28 |
| Stableboy in a Smetana opus? | 28 |
| Standard amount, as interest | 28 |
| Seaport now known as Jakarta | 28 |
| Scary sound from a war zone? | 28 |
| Secret attachment, for short | 28 |
| Shoulder full responsibility | 28 |
| Short stories akin to fables | 28 |
| Step before setting the date | 28 |
| Sculpture by Claes Oldenburg | 28 |
| Suffix with harde- or wilde- | 28 |
| Seek compassionate treatment | 28 |
| Sentiment of many a Tibetan? | 28 |
| Small antelope of Somaliland | 28 |
| Superior to boxer Holyfield? | 28 |
| Saloon habitués, slangily | 28 |
| Stretches between Ryder Cups | 28 |
| Sensitivity training targets | 28 |
| Showman went up in the world | 28 |
| Secretly ban from employment | 28 |
| Sport played on a dirt court | 28 |
| Stereo on one's shoulder | 28 |
| Small upswing on Wall Street | 28 |
| Screwballs from the word go? | 28 |
| Six-pack contents, sometimes | 28 |
| Stereotypical cowboy feature | 28 |
| Saint Bernard's largesse | 28 |
| Smashing line from Tennyson? | 28 |
| Start a friendship, in a way | 28 |
| Stephen of the Supreme Court | 28 |
| Show requiring a wide stage? | 28 |
| Strapped investment adviser? | 28 |
| Stock character description? | 28 |
| Sitting Bull was in his show | 28 |
| Sources of chronic annoyance | 28 |
| Sire of five top race horses | 28 |
| Some ferrets and some sharks | 28 |
| Storeroom for foods or wines | 28 |
| Scottish poles used in sport | 28 |
| Suspension bridge suspenders | 28 |
| Swift's name for himself | 28 |
| Some Egyptian practitioners? | 28 |
| Some New Orleans-style tunes | 28 |
| Some branches of mathematics | 28 |
| Subject to payment on demand | 28 |
| Stranded motorists' aids | 28 |
| Say "Shotgun," say | 28 |
| Splotchy apparel, familiarly | 28 |
| Site north of Frederick, Md. | 28 |
| Scene of old Roman war games | 28 |
| Start of an Ogden Nash rhyme | 28 |
| Sardine-packing plants, e.g. | 28 |
| Swallows' March 19 mecca | 28 |
| Shut down a gushing oil well | 28 |
| Steve Rogers's alter ego | 28 |
| Student's gift from home | 28 |
| Splashy West Indies neighbor | 28 |
| Site of a noted cave complex | 28 |
| Sister chain of Hardee's | 28 |
| Source of a pseudo-chocolate | 28 |
| Small house of the Southwest | 28 |
| Subtle, misleading reasoners | 28 |
| Santa ___, California resort | 28 |
| Source of spy movie suspense | 28 |