| Some characters in "The X Files," for short | 53 |
| Some bedcovers ... or, literally, what the four unclued answers are | 67 |
| Somali supermodel, or a good name for a robot from Apple? | 57 |
| Solzhenitsyn's ''The ___ Archipelago'' | 58 |
| Solving this puzzle is easy if you just ... do what? | 52 |
| Solution strength, in Southampton (anagram of TRITE) | 52 |
| Solo part in Benjamin Britten's "Lachrymae" | 57 |
| Sole woman to serve as Attorney General of the United States | 60 |
| Software that includes accounting and inventory programs | 56 |
| Soft-Coated ___ Terrier (breed named for its grainlike color) | 61 |
| Soft yet easily breakable "Star Trek" creature? | 57 |
| Soft stuff found in this puzzle's four longest Across entries | 65 |
| Soft ground ball that finds its way between infielders | 54 |
| Soft drink with the classic slogan "Good for life!" | 61 |
| Soft drink that started out as "Brad's Drink" | 59 |
| Sofia's portrayer in "The Color Purple" | 53 |
| Soda that comes in Blueberry, Berry, and Blue Ice Cream flavors | 63 |
| Socialite with a cameo in "The First Wives Club" | 58 |
| Socialite who inspired 1950's "Call Me Madam" | 59 |
| Social reformer Margaret Fuller, to Buckminster Fuller | 54 |
| Social org. with a pool, Torah study classes, yada yada | 55 |
| Social networking site for those who enjoy softly tossing stones? | 65 |
| Social networking site for overly tanned Yiddish-speakers? | 58 |
| Soccer player's explanation for his on-field antics? | 56 |
| Soccer player who holds the record for 91 goals in a calendar year | 66 |
| Soccer player Hope on "Dancing With the Stars" | 56 |
| SoCal force with less than fabulous racial relations | 52 |
| Sobriquet in an Obama ad about tax breaks for oil companies | 59 |
| Sobriquet for the author of "The Old Man and the Sea" | 63 |
| Sobriquet for Johannesburg-born singer Miriam Makeba | 52 |
| Sobriquet for a fan of a certain musical drama on Fox | 53 |
| Soap opera with 7,420 episodes, with "The" | 52 |
| Soap brand whose name is Spanish for "it washes" | 58 |
| So-so record made by a certain Washington radio employee | 56 |
| So-called perpetrator of "the War of Northern Aggression" | 67 |
| So-called autobiographer of "Before You Leap" | 55 |
| So-called "Wheat Capital of the United States" | 56 |
| So-called "tennis elbow" from playing too many video games | 68 |
| So-called "Gateway to the Pacific Rim," informally | 60 |
| So-called "crossroads of the South Pacific" | 53 |
| So-called "Crime Dog" of public service ads | 53 |
| So ___, he decides to become Sid the Stockbroker ... | 52 |
| So Jimmy went to Vegas, hoping to win it all back in a ___ | 58 |
| Snyder who won't change his football team's name | 56 |
| Snow White, Cinderella and Ariel, none of them clergy? | 54 |
| Snow White portrayer in "Snow White and the Huntsman" | 63 |
| Snow Patrol "___ the Fire to the Third Bar" | 53 |
| Snorri Sturluson compliation: ''Prose ___'' | 59 |
| Snorkel's rank in "Beetle Bailey": Abbr. | 54 |
| Snorkel's rank in "Beetle Bailey" (abbr.) | 55 |
| Snoop ___ (stage name recently "lionized") | 52 |
| Sniveling Little Rat-Faced ___ ("Monty Python" character) | 67 |
| Sniggler's version of the end of a Napoleonic palindrome? | 61 |
| Snider who testified before Congress about parental warnings on music | 69 |
| Sneaker company founded by two European immigrants in 1966 | 58 |
| Sneaker brand endorsed by Walt "Clyde" Frazier | 56 |
| Sneak previews of next year's evangelical garments? | 55 |
| Snazzy outfit for the singer of "Regulate"? | 53 |
| Snaking, like the arrangement of circled letters in this puzzle | 63 |
| Snail variety whose name means "small gray" | 53 |
| Snacks snapped up after its manufacturer went bankrupt | 54 |
| Snacks filled with peanut butter (OK) or "cheese" (ick!)) | 67 |
| Snack with Peanut Lover's and Bold Party Blend varieties | 60 |
| Snack that comes in banana and devil's food cake flavors | 60 |
| Snack item named after the inventor's 6-year-old daughter | 61 |
| Snack in nearly every episode of "Wonder Pets" | 56 |
| Snack brand represented by Sterling Cooper on "Mad Men" | 65 |
| Smooth sax player Dave who was in Arsenio's late-night band | 63 |
| Smoky song off Weezer's "Green Album"? | 52 |
| Smiths "A Rush and a Push and the ___ Is Ours" | 56 |
| Smith who wrote “The Theory of Moral Sentiments” | 56 |
| Smell like Pig-Pen [***avxwords.com has good, weekly indie xwords***] | 69 |
| Small-screen performance of "Hamlet," e.g.? | 53 |
| Small, round sponge cake topped with fruit and whipped cream | 60 |
| Small tower or tower-shaped projection on a building | 52 |
| Small taste or, pronounced aloud, a hint to this puzzle's theme | 67 |
| Small spitz dogs named after a region in Germany, for short | 59 |
| Small image displayed in a browser's address bar | 52 |
| Small European warbler or, alternately, a wreath for the rear? | 62 |
| Small denomination of a golden Galleon, in "Harry Potter" | 67 |
| Small crossword answer that has to be clued with a fill in the blank | 68 |
| Small bird of prey, or an early Dungeons & Dragons world | 60 |
| Small appliances used by the Bolshoi costume department? | 56 |
| Small amount of blood serum ... or a title for this puzzle | 58 |
| Sly & the Family Stone's "Everybody Is ___" | 61 |
| Slur that cost Senator George Allen a 2006 re-election | 54 |
| Slugger who has paintings of himself as a centaur above his own bed | 67 |
| Slugger who finished his career with the Boston Braves | 54 |
| Slugger Matsui who hit a home run at his first Major League at-bat | 66 |
| Slugger Jim who won the 2006 AL Comeback Player of the Year | 59 |
| Slogan for a fossil fuel company trying to be different? | 56 |
| Slogan for a burger chain or a complaint department? | 52 |
| Slogan coined by Tug McGraw of the 1973 New York Mets | 53 |
| Slip-on shoes endorsed in "The Official Preppy Handbook" | 66 |
| Slimy mascot of the University of California at Santa Cruz | 58 |
| Slick observation made while washing dishes, part one | 53 |
| Sleuth who "looked rather pleasantly like a blond satan" | 66 |
| Sleeping With Sirens "With ___ to See and Eyes to Hear" | 65 |
| Sleep disorder that means "breathless" in Greek | 57 |
| Sleep and a stiff drink, among others, for new parents | 54 |