| Basic protection from the elements | 34 |
| Items in a Londoner's pantry | 32 |
| Containers for food, in Canberra | 32 |
| Decorates the Christmas tree, in a way | 38 |
| Community with its Christmas decorations up? | 44 |
| "The Day of the Locust" setting | 41 |
| Like Jack Haley in "The Wizard of Oz"? | 48 |
| Sheriff's badge in the Old West | 35 |
| Henry Fonda film (with "The") | 39 |
| 1957 Henry Fonda film, with "The" | 43 |
| What rockers' car windows have | 34 |
| Turn glasses into sunglasses, maybe | 35 |
| Wordsworth's "___ Abbey" | 38 |
| Wordsworth's " . . . ___ Abbey" | 45 |
| Artist's complaint re a drama | 33 |
| Cartoon reporter with a fox terrier named Snowy | 47 |
| Rio ___, multinational coal-mining giant | 40 |
| Painter whose name means "little dyer" | 48 |
| His self-portrait is in the Louvre | 34 |
| Famed Venetian painter: 16th century | 36 |
| Shot from the Civil War, perhaps | 32 |
| Shots from the Civil War, perhaps | 33 |
| Not the fanciest eating utensils | 32 |
| Character to whom the question was directed | 43 |
| Nickname for Archibald of the Celtics | 37 |
| Like Tim, in a story or on stage | 32 |
| Facetious nickname for a big guy | 32 |
| "___ Dancer" (Elton John song) | 40 |
| "___ Alice" (Edward Albee play) | 41 |
| "___ Alice," Albee play | 33 |
| Elton John "Almost Famous" song | 41 |
| Dickens character (and title of this puzzle) | 44 |
| Ukulele player with a falsetto voice | 36 |
| Singer who "tiptoed through the tulips" | 49 |
| Scrooge became his second father | 32 |
| Novelty singer born Herbert Khaury | 34 |
| Late singer named for a Dickens character | 41 |
| "Tip-Toe Thru' the Tulips" singer | 47 |
| "God bless us every one!" speaker | 43 |
| Potato products on the playground? | 34 |
| Lasswell's "___ Pepe" | 35 |
| Reunión de la familia attendee | 33 |
| Mother's "hermano" | 32 |
| "Muchacho"'s uncle | 32 |
| "___ Pepe," Lasswell novel | 36 |
| ___ Rico (Spanish name for Scrooge McDuck) | 42 |
| Gene Autry's Texas birthplace | 33 |
| River in New York and Pennsylvania | 34 |
| New York town on the Susquehanna | 32 |
| New York county whose seat is Owego | 35 |
| New York county near Pennsylvania | 33 |
| New York county bordering Pennsylvania | 38 |
| Suffix used to form abstract nouns | 34 |
| Suffix meaning "the act of" | 37 |
| Suffix for "orchestra" | 32 |
| They have sobrinos and/or sobrinas | 34 |
| Good thing that comes to those who wait? | 40 |
| You leave it behind in a restaurant | 35 |
| Part of an iceberg that's visible | 37 |
| Leave something for the waitress | 32 |
| It's usually left on the table | 34 |
| Fifteen percent of a bill, perhaps | 34 |
| Advice on one's grip, for instance | 38 |
| Thing that comes to those who wait | 34 |
| Subject of an anonymous call, maybe | 35 |
| “Psst! Smarty Jones in the fifth!” | 42 |
| Kind of jar in front of a bar band | 34 |
| It's left in good restaurants | 33 |
| It's left behind in good restaurants | 40 |
| Good thing that comes to those who wait | 39 |
| Fall, with ''over'' | 35 |
| Caution beforehand, with "off" | 40 |
| Broker : commission :: waitress : ___ | 37 |
| "The dapple in the eighth," e.g. | 42 |
| "Take the filly in the fifth," e.g. | 45 |
| "Ooooooohhh ... On the TLC ___" | 41 |
| "Lucky Lady in the fifth," for one | 44 |
| ''Lucky Lady in the fifth,'' e.g. | 49 |
| "___-Tin," Spanish song | 33 |
| Second effort success, in basketball | 36 |
| Deflected field goal, in basketball | 35 |
| Container next to a cash register, at times | 43 |
| Where singles congregate in a bar? | 34 |
| Place for extra notes on a piano? | 33 |
| One might be found in a piano bar | 33 |
| It might have "karma" written on it | 45 |
| Container found on a Starbucks counter | 38 |
| They're next to cash registers in coffeeshops | 49 |
| A call here may lead to an arrest | 33 |
| With a ___ the hat to (acknowledging, on blogs) | 47 |
| "That's just the ___ the iceberg" | 47 |
| "It's on the __ my tongue" | 40 |
| "The ___ My Fingers," Arnold hit | 42 |
| Visible part, belying ominous immensity | 39 |
| Symbol of much greater hidden trouble | 37 |
| Speaker of the House from 1977 to 1987 | 38 |
| "Man of the House" autobiographer | 43 |
| William Henry Harrison's nickname | 37 |
| Sobriquet for William Henry Harrison | 36 |
| Sir Michael ___, modern composer | 32 |