| DDS alternative (they essentially mean the same thing) | 54 |
| Dead Milkmen lyric "In the bottom of the bottomless ___" | 66 |
| Deadly snake with venom 16 times more potent than a cobra | 57 |
| Dealer's disqualifying words at the roulette table | 54 |
| Dealt with too lightly (with ''over'') | 54 |
| Dean Martin's ''That's ___'' | 52 |
| Dean's "Rebel Without a Cause" co-star | 52 |
| Dean's companion in Kerouac's "On the Road" | 61 |
| Dean's costar in "Rebel Without a Cause" | 54 |
| Dean's pal in Kerouac's "On the Road" | 55 |
| Deanna of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" | 52 |
| Deanna Troi's asset, on "Star Trek: TNG" | 54 |
| Dear old dad the cosmetic surgeon always told me to ___ | 55 |
| Dear old dad the sharpshooter always taught me to ___ | 53 |
| Death Cab's "Why ___ Want to Live Here" | 53 |
| Debate team's consensus about rules for counterarguments? | 61 |
| Debbie who won three swimming gold medals at the 1968 Olympics | 62 |
| Deborah's "From Here to Eternity" co-star | 55 |
| Debussy's "Prelude to the Afternoon of a __" | 58 |
| Debut Peter Tosh album, and a rallying cry for pot smokers | 58 |
| Deceased leader whose Nobel Peace Prize was stolen in 2007 | 58 |
| Deceased writer whose work was the basis for a hit 2005 film | 60 |
| December 21, and the occasion for this puzzle's theme | 57 |
| Deceptive "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids" star? | 52 |
| Deceptive "The Dick Van Dyke Show" actress? | 53 |
| Deck divided into the major arcana and the minor arcana | 55 |
| Declaration by a news agency exec in the face of a business slump? | 66 |
| Declaration from the "tag-ee" in a game of tag | 56 |
| Declaration of August 14, 1941, regarding peace aims after W.W. II | 66 |
| Declaration of Independence signer Richard Henry ___ | 52 |
| Declaration of what makes the likes of us stick together? (13) | 62 |
| Declaration sometimes made with crossed fingers behind the back | 63 |
| Declaration that may be followed by "So sue me" | 57 |
| Declare "good" or "excellent," say | 54 |
| Deconstructed "iCarly" in a risqué fashion (6) | 59 |
| Decorate an infant's bed with images of celestial bodies? | 61 |
| Decoration for Gertrude's room in "Hamlet" | 56 |
| Decoration for outstanding service in certain realms | 52 |
| Decorative melody added above a simple musical theme | 52 |
| Decorative physical changes, and a hint to this puzzle's theme | 66 |
| Dedicatee of a 1962 pop hit – in the San Francisco Bay? | 62 |
| Dedicatee of Beethoven's "Bagatelle in A Minor" | 61 |
| Deep-sea creature that can be more than 40 feet long (MLB) | 58 |
| Deer Tick "___ Isn't Real (City of Sin)" | 54 |
| Defeater of Holyfield, 1999, for the world heavyweight title | 60 |
| Defense contractor whose stock symbol is the same as its name | 61 |
| Defense strategy that's not an option in some states | 56 |
| Defenseman who ended his career with the Chicago Black Hawks | 60 |
| Defensive lineman Sistrunk of the '70s Oakland Raiders | 58 |
| Defensive team's goal line to 20 yard line, in football lingo | 65 |
| Defiant question sometimes followed by "Would you still..." | 69 |
| Definite no-no for a French Orthodox Jewish vegetarian | 54 |
| Definite tip-off that Tarzan is your new baseball coach? | 56 |
| Definitely not "whenever's convenient" | 52 |
| Definition you won't hear in English class (Part 1) | 55 |
| Defrocked villain on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" | 57 |
| Defunct boy band whose manager was recently indicted for fraud | 62 |
| Defunct science-fiction magazine cofounded by Bob Guccione | 58 |
| Defunct sports league that used a red, white and blue ball: Abbr. | 65 |
| Defunct sports org. that replaced the opening coin toss with a scrum | 68 |
| Defunct sports org. with the Denver Gold and Chicago Blitz | 58 |
| Defunct TV network whose only sports package was the defunct XFL | 64 |
| Degas's "Miss ___ at the Cirque Fernando" | 55 |
| Degree earned (in astrophysics) by Queen guitarist Brian May | 60 |
| Degree for a leprechaun who's an expert at finding imperfections? | 69 |
| Degrees of separation from actor Kevin, in a parlor game | 56 |
| Degs. held by George Washington and Benjamin Franklin | 53 |
| Deighton who wrote the "Hook, Line and Sinker" trilogy | 64 |
| Deity whose favorite song is "If I Had a Hammer"? | 59 |
| Del ___ Vista (Florida resort only on "Seinfeld") | 59 |
| Delaware Indian whose name is French for "a friend" | 61 |
| Deliverer of the "Ain't I a Woman?" speech | 56 |
| Deliverer of the 1992 "Murphy Brown speech" | 53 |
| Delivers a romantic Valentine's Day surprise, maybe | 55 |
| Delivery people whose jobs were obviated by refrigeration | 57 |
| Della sells hers in "The Gift of the Magi" | 52 |
| Della's gift in "The Gift of the Magi" | 52 |
| Demand from one who wants to board the merry-go-round (3) | 57 |
| Demand from the House Un-American Activities Committee | 54 |
| Demented blacksmith in "Son of Frankenstein" | 54 |
| Democratic contest to replace an Andy Griffith character? (Georgia) | 67 |
| Democratic way to decide which rocking device is best? | 54 |
| Demographic for characters in "Reality Bites" | 55 |
| Demonstratin' how to shoot an apple off someone's head? | 63 |
| Demonstration of how to celebrate the start of the weekend? (image) | 67 |
| Denis who voiced smilodon Diego in the "Ice Age" series | 65 |
| Denizen of the Endor world in "Return of the Jedi" | 60 |
| Dennings of "Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist" | 62 |
| Dennings who's one of the girls on "2 Broke Girls" | 64 |
| Dennis in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail," e.g. | 59 |
| Dennis the Menace's neighbors, with "the" | 55 |
| Dennis ___ and the Classics IV (1960s-'70s group) | 53 |
| Dennis's "Yours, Mine & Ours" costar | 54 |
| Dennis's sister on "It's Always Sunny" | 56 |
| Denny Doherty or John Phillips, in a '60s singing group | 59 |
| Denzel Washington's "Man on Fire" costar | 54 |
| Department in a store where you might buy this puzzle's theme | 65 |
| Department store founder who pioneered credit unions | 52 |
| Department that is home to the Parc Astérix amusement park | 61 |
| Depeche Mode "All I ___ needed is here in my arms" | 60 |