2-Letter Words Starting with S

Sextuple

One sharing birthday with five others

One with very little womb room

One of six at birth

Did a hair salon job

Hairdresser finds spectacles in small basket

SHAPE to fashion into a form

Baggy, badly fitting

Lacking in form

Criminal lapses, he's without form

Heels, pair becoming more elegant

Evoking more "hubba-hubbas"

More likely to be watched

Work as a tenant farmer

Work land for a portion of the harvest

Work another's farm

Made a point of (wordplay)

End with phrase specially honed

Brushed up

Device for making a point (wordplay)

Gadget on the cutting edge (wordplay)

It makes a point or edge

What a Bramall Lane player may have!

What batsmen need for cuts (wordplay)

Acuity; Severn port

Sounds like a woolly jacket for 17 across for the night

Enclosure for farm animals or duck, almost Dickensian inside

Sheepcot

Rex and Fly, in "Babe"

Wool protection of a sort

Border collies, notably

Hope's fled for the pound

Pen for lambs, ewes, etc

Pound worth every penny to Bo Peep (wordplay)

Goats and antelopes (wordplay)

College paper (wordplay)

Ram's relatives (wordplay)

Mince pie men (wordplay)

A part of every Xmas pageant.

& 28 Weed in countryman's bag

Type of romance (on an ocean liner)

Like some short-lived romances

Transported by ship.

Shipload

Set with mishap at sea? They hope not!

Ishmael and Starbuck, for two

Crew rescued from damaged steamship

Seat under E. C. A

Things in transit

Hemp isn't assembled on small payloads

Onassis, perhaps, captive in the sun (wordplay)

Transport magnate's shown ripe bananas

At sea, person with less time to find big fish in the main (wordplay)

A. A vessel of considerable size for deep-water navigation.

Shipping

Proper wicked hash pipes!

Very trim - and proud of it, we hear!

Ready to sail; also, neat and clean

Shipside

Marine clams, destructive to wharves and boats

Rowed-to ruin (wordplay)

It may mean junk ends up as junk!

Event in "The Tempest."

Where to set sails (wordplay)

Where some subs are fixed

Liner builders

Shlepp

Shlump

Shoepack

Sales ladies.

Shophar

Gets a five-finger discount

Pockets at the mall

Helps oneself, in a way.

Shopping

Shoptalk

Ozzie Smith, for one

T-shirt (wordplay)

Brief pause (wordplay)

Prove knight maybe is a fine specimen

Exhibit western epic shot in Oxford, say

Example of excellence

Hearst Castle, for one

Beautifully furnished home

Lavishly furnished home

Some Gulf trawling vessels

Shrimpy

Gulf industry

Shunpike

SHUNPIKE to travel on sideroads to avoid expressways

Shunpike

Shwanpan

Mistress, in slang

Disrespected mistress, in slang

The other woman, in somewhat objectifying slang

Skids laterally

Rotary motions

Ducks, out of the water (wordplay)

What the jinking wing does

Avoids backing favourites in teams

Dating app for adulterers (wordplay)

Facelift after cut and blow (wordplay)

Passing critical remark

Standing directives for road-users

They may help one along the way

Aids during 2 initial jobs

Likeable, easy to get on with

On the same page

Of like mind

They wear fatuous smiles

Smiling in an affected and silly way

Smugly smiling

I am through in song with such a silly smile

Idiot! It's easy to point!

Incorrectly spelt? I'm no dope!

Effortless weight (wordplay)

Simplex

Simplex

Simplex

Simplism

Simplist

Sinapism

Foreheads

Sinciput

An 18th-century German musical comedy featuring songs and ensembles interspersed with dialogue.

Stealing, as gasoline

Drawing: Seurat's and Ingres's first calling

Forty of them made a pound

Former coins

Skepsis

Having one's doubts

American's dubious arrangement of kilt with capes

Doubtful

Non-slip surface of skateboard's child-resistant

Providing the least coverage

Shortest dance embracing maiden that's missing date

Certain fish... or sailboats

Certain fish ... or sailboats

Cold weather Transportation

Crafts that can land in the snow

Vehicles in cold conditions avoid roads

""A leaping or jumping movement, especially a gait in which hops and steps alternate.""

Led on the bowling green (wordplay)

Led the team on the green

Was the captain of a ship

Beanies and yarmulkes

Brimless headwear

Religious wear

Whack a dwarf (wordplay)

Insult Mrs. Rockefeller?

Insult Mrs. Rockefeller (wordplay)

Slapjack

Staff going on strike? It's Ludicrous!

Sennett proceedings (wordplay)

Humour based on clumsiness

Most ready for a nap

Most soporific

Most drowsy

Sleeping

Stuck up (wordplay)

Kind of state in Seattle (wordplay)

Involving a lot of tossing, perhaps

Resembling hypnosis

Teen party, maybe

Stay with a friend, say

Preteens' party, maybe

Go out when you've gone out (wordplay)

One way to travel at night (wordplay)

Travel at night, perhaps

Here are Le Pew's pajamas

Retirement attire

Slimpsy

Like some fine books

Book holders

False alibi (wordplay)

Chair upholstery item

False alibi?

Slipform

Relatives of half hitches

Ties related to half hitches

Boatswain's concern.

V-necks, for example

Some sweaters

Tops minimum amount of money invested in crafty solvers

Slippage

Beaten with indoor shoe

Like Cinderella

Slippy

Slipslop

Small flatfishes

Slipware

Most abhorrent to Felix Unger

Like a perfect sandwich of a sort (wordplay)

Most messy

Slopwork

Ones going 50 in the fast lane, say

Laggards in a line

Dawdlers

Smokepot

Snapback

Making inept pass, gets most irascible

Most like Dorothy Parker's comebacks

Like the one speaking most irritably

Get pictures at a bar (wordplay)

Cellphone creations, sometimes

Photo album collection

Snapweed

Rude and terse to the max

Most curt

Most meddlesome

Wood anemones.

White flowers

An obvious statement about precipitation needed for plants

Arctic masses

Goes slow on the slopes

Winter street cleaners

Blizzard battlers

Winter view

Christmas scene? Sons wrapping present, piece of clothing

Soapbark

""Tree Any tree of the genus Sapindus, esp. Sapindus saponaria, the fleshy part of whose fruit is used instead of soap in washing linen; also called soap tree. Sapindus, esp. Sapindus saponaria, the fleshy part of whose fruit is used instead of soap in washing linen; also called soap tree.""

Political platforms (wordplay)

Orators stand on them

Park podia

Quality of "Smash" or "Empire"

Quality of 'Smash' or 'Empire'

Unctuous quality

Marker for style of TV serial (wordplay)

Teaspoons made of steatite (wordplay)

Soft form of rock

Soapwort

One without a conscience

A Scot, I hop about as one with psychological disorder

Bottom of a flatiron

Iron's base

Egocentric's problem

'Only the self exists' theory

Selfishness

One who knows his own mind (wordplay)

First person singular (wordplay)

One egoistically self-absorbed

Here or there

At an unspecified location

In an unspecified location

""A crisp, puffy, deep-fried pastry often served with honey or syrup.""

SOPHIST one who use sophisms

Intentionally deceptive reasoning.

Subtle but misleading reasoning

Subtly fallacious reasoning.

Nineteen-year-old, perhaps

Second-class citizen (wordplay)

Second-year student in USA

Poor sci-fi rerun sending one to sleep

Inducing drowsiness or sleep

That's enough to make one drop off

""Soppier , soppiest Soaked; sopping.""

High-sounding instrument

Instrument with the highest possible pitch

Instrument son on air plays with restrained piano (wordplay)

Sorption

It's set on the far right

Minestrone eater's utensil

Use this to consume consomme or chowder

Ford and Guidry

Messrs. Koslo, Lopat, Roe.

Spahn and Koufax, for two

""(Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) Printing a device on a linecaster for evening up the spaces between words""

Unbounded

Mos Eisley, for one

Opening scene of many sci-fi flicks

Sci-fi traveler's stop

Enterprise, for one

Locale of much modern fiction

Step on board trendy futuristic craft

Stroll around the station (wordplay)

An out-of-this-world stroll (wordplay)

Modern outdoor sport.

""; adj. Toward, to, or in outer space.""

Tiler's job

Job for some wall fixers

""An American market fish (Ch\'91todipterus faber) common on the southern coasts; called also angel fish, moonfish, and porgy. Ch\'91todipterus faber) common on the southern coasts; called also angel fish, moonfish, and porgy.""

Spadeful

Preparatory labour (in the garden?)

Preparation for excavation (wordplay)

Preliminary data gathering, perhaps

Spadille

SPAETZLE tiny dumplings

Would one wind up eating this (wordplay)

Consumers may well be twisters!

Food that might get at hips, perhaps

Spagyric

SPALLE the shoulder

Good-for-nothings: Irish.

Good-for-nothings Irish.

Rascals taking naps sleep badly

Spancel

Spandex

Narrow mats for pictures

Architectural features above arches

Spandril

Spangly

Spangle

Spanking

Spanworm

Sparable

Like surplus resources

Lack of fat

Bowler's favorite menu item (wordplay)

Leftovers from a TV roast (wordplay)

Potential harem for Adam (wordplay)

Very little cutting, calculating nicks

Mean to be doing it this way

In a frugal manner.

Sparky

Gems you can safely handle

July 4 evening sight

Fourth of July purchases

Sparkly

Shining with brilliant points of light

Pitch outside rec is not flat

Not still - like diamonds

13 across to start and stop (wordplay)

Auto tune-up item

Barney Google's mount

Sparling

Sparry

""A narcotic alkaloid extracted from the tops of the common broom (Cytisus scoparius, formerly Spartium scoparium), as a colorless oily liquid of anilinelike odor and very bitter taste. Cytisus scoparius, formerly Spartium scoparium), as a colorless oily liquid of anilinelike odor and very bitter taste.""

Done in short bursts

Done in brief irregular bursts

Faulty compass I'd disconnected

How orbits are arranged

Spotted by a mudslinger (wordplay)

Trap steed (anagram)

Small talk on journalist's spread

Spoon-shaped

Was spitting at you of late? That's a bit thick

Expectorated before you get dead and thickened

Capable of being spoken; fit to be spoken.

Illicit drinking club (US)

Talk with a low-key bartender (wordplay)

Password requirer, maybe

Speaking

South Dakota town

Use a harpoon

Do submarine work

Some fishermen's weapons

Lead (a military attack)

Lead (an attack)

Lead (an attack or movement)

Arms factory (wordplay)

Chewing-gum flavor

Man with priest relaxed chewing gum

A name given to several species of crowfoot (Ranunculus) which have spearshaped leaves. Ranunculus) which have spearshaped leaves.

Special

For a particular purpose

In particular

Particularly small diamonds quietly picked up by friend

Special subject of study

Pediatrics, for example

Strong suit

Speciate

Speciate

Details, not generalities

Details

Named in detail

Stated in detail

Gave details

One setting down requirements

Puts a finger on

Names provided in taxonomic group

One has to be particular if it's in kind

Samples of Pisces men

Typical examples of Pisces men

Pisces men make prime examples

Marking with bits of color

Pat Eccles recovers sight

Select cap randomly from display

Visually striking performance

Spectate

Sits on the sidelines

Watches from the stands

Views the game

A model inspector at cricket, say ...

Playing to the crowd (wordplay)

One to watch!