ESSS-CAPADES I
Credit: Will Shortz in The Puzzlemaster Presents

Answer each clue with a word, name, or phrase that contains three consecutive S's.
Example: certain cut of meat........................Swiss steak

1. Man's clothing item
2. What Cinderella left behind at the ball
3. Popular musical set in southeast Asia
4. Presidential spokesperson
5. Kids get them on their jeans
6. Type of needlework
7. It has kings, queens, and bishops
8. What a savvy entrepeneur has
9. Rags to riches account
10. SOS

11. Classic surfing movie of 1966

12. Courtroom necessity

13. Nickname for Kentucky

14. Hula dancer attire

15. Cut-away view that shows internal structure

Answers:

1. Dress shirt
2. Glass slipper
3. Miss Saigon
4. Press secretary
5. Grass stains
6. Cross-stitch
7. Chess set

8. Business sense/school 

9. Success story  

10. Distress signal  

11. Endless Summer  

12. Witness stand 

13. Bluegrass State    

14. Grass skirt 

15. Cross section

16. Brass section

17. Business suit