| Provided backup, in a way | 25 |
| Played Rock Band, perhaps | 25 |
| Performed ballads, e.g. | 23 |
| Performed at a karaoke bar | 26 |
| Performed at a cabaret | 22 |
| Participated in a choir | 23 |
| Froid's predecessor | 23 |
| Emulated Tatiana Troyanos | 25 |
| Emulated Tammy Wynette | 22 |
| Emulated Roberta Flack | 22 |
| Emulated Patti LaBelle | 22 |
| Emulated Kathleen Battle | 24 |
| Did Donizetti, perhaps | 22 |
| Confessed under pressure | 24 |
| Family-planning pioneer | 23 |
| Fruit-filled wine beverage | 26 |
| Wine and fruit juice drink | 26 |
| Tapas restaurant beverage | 25 |
| Spanish wine concoction | 23 |
| Punch-bowl contents, maybe | 26 |
| Punch served with paella | 24 |
| Potable served with paella | 26 |
| Performed lullabies for | 23 |
| Loss of the certifiable | 23 |
| First capital of California | 27 |
| Home of the NHL's Sharks | 28 |
| Costa Rica's capital | 24 |
| City in a Dionne Warwick hit | 28 |
| Puerto Rico's capital | 25 |
| Fell prey to quicksand | 22 |
| Went down like a stone | 22 |
| Went down like a cement block | 29 |
| Dropped like an anchor | 22 |
| Behaved like a lead balloon? | 28 |
| What the Lusitania did | 22 |
| Took on too much water | 22 |
| Succumbed to quicksand | 22 |
| Sent to the ocean floor | 23 |
| Pocketed, as a pool ball | 24 |
| Hit the bottom of the barrel | 28 |
| Did well at Battleship | 22 |
| Defeated, in Battleships | 24 |
| "My heart ___ ..." | 28 |
| Nescafé alternative | 22 |
| U.S. beverage since 1923 | 24 |
| Early brand of decaf coffee | 27 |
| Decaffeinated coffee brand | 26 |
| Brand of instant coffee | 23 |
| Finally registered mentally | 27 |
| Redwood City's county | 25 |
| Daly City's county | 22 |
| City south of San Francisco | 27 |
| Los Angeles harbor site | 23 |
| Italian Riviera resort | 22 |
| Resort on the Italian Riviera | 29 |
| Resort on the Ligurian Sea | 26 |
| Post-W.W. I conference site | 27 |
| 1920 peace conference site | 26 |
| ___-serif (type style) | 22 |
| ___ serif (font choice) | 23 |
| Word in many font names | 23 |
| ___ serif (type style) | 22 |
| Word with souci or serif | 24 |
| Opposite of "avec" | 28 |
| Word preceding souci or serif | 29 |
| Serif or souci preceder | 23 |
| Lacking, along the Loire | 24 |
| ___ serif (plain type style) | 28 |
| Souci or serif lead-in | 22 |
| Ohne, across the Rhine | 22 |
| French "without" | 26 |
| ___ souci (free from worry) | 27 |
| ___ fil (wireless, in Paris) | 28 |
| ___ doute (certainly): Fr. | 26 |
| American of Japanese ancestry | 29 |
| "Ho ho ho" crier | 26 |
| One with a small work force | 27 |
| Thanksgiving parade VIP | 23 |
| He's very elf-conscious | 27 |
| He has a small work force | 25 |
| He gets the sack in December | 28 |
| Dancer's director? | 22 |
| Christmas letter recipient | 26 |
| Year-end stocking stuffer | 25 |
| Year-end list examiner | 22 |
| Workshop owner of note | 22 |
| Worker always seen in a suit | 28 |
| Visitor from the North | 22 |
| Thanksgiving parade star | 24 |
| Thanksgiving Day parade VIP | 27 |
| Seasonal temp position | 22 |
| Seasonal sleigh driver | 22 |
| Rudolph's reinsman | 22 |
| Rosa or Paula preceder | 22 |
| Recipient of many wish lists | 28 |
| Producer of a famous laugh | 26 |
| Present-day personality? | 24 |
| Overnight delivery expert | 25 |
| One with a small work force? | 28 |
| Nick who comes at night | 23 |