| Presto and others | 17 |
| Playing speeds | 14 |
| Metronome measures | 18 |
| Largo and lento, for example | 28 |
| Certain Fords | 13 |
| Beats for this puzzle's theme | 33 |
| Adagio and allegro, e.g. | 24 |
| Office helpers | 14 |
| Office aides | 12 |
| Office subs | 11 |
| Fill-in workers | 15 |
| Office fill-ins | 15 |
| Holiday employees, often | 24 |
| Summer staffing solutions | 25 |
| Here-today employees | 20 |
| Fill-in workers or this puzzle's theme | 42 |
| Workers just for the day | 24 |
| Workers for a while | 19 |
| Time, in France | 15 |
| Those who fill in | 17 |
| Stats on some maps | 18 |
| Some agcy. employees | 20 |
| Sidewalk Santas, e.g. | 21 |
| Short-term workers | 18 |
| Seasonal workers (and a short hint to this puzzle's theme) | 62 |
| Proust's "À la Recherche du ___ Perdu" | 56 |
| Part-time workers | 17 |
| Old Paris newspaper, with "Le" | 40 |
| Office helps | 12 |
| Nine-to-five fill-ins, briefly | 30 |
| Nine-to-five fill-ins | 21 |
| Holiday part-timers | 19 |
| Holiday hires | 13 |
| Help without benefits | 21 |
| F or C readings | 15 |
| Does sub work | 13 |
| Degrees of heat: Abbr. | 22 |
| Crunch-time hirees | 18 |
| Contract office workers | 23 |
| "A la Recherche du ___ Perdu": Proust | 47 |
| Hopping step, in ballet | 23 |
| Series of connected ballet movements | 36 |
| Emulate Eden's serpent | 26 |
| Wiggle a carrot in front of | 27 |
| Offer chocolates to, as a dieter | 32 |
| Offer a bad choice to | 21 |
| Cause cravings | 14 |
| What some sirens do | 19 |
| Test one's moral fiber | 26 |
| Proffer bait | 12 |
| Play the vamp | 13 |
| Offer bait | 10 |
| Offer an apple in Eden | 22 |
| Offer a doughnut to a dieter, say | 33 |
| Mimic a Siren | 13 |
| Make very appealing to | 22 |
| Make like Mephistopheles | 24 |
| Emulate the Lorelei | 19 |
| Emulate Old Scratch | 19 |
| Emulate Lorelei | 15 |
| Emulate Eden's snake | 24 |
| Do the devil's work? | 24 |
| Do Circe's job | 18 |
| Court disaster? | 15 |
| Behave like Eve's snake | 27 |
| Be appealing | 12 |
| Attract one's fancy | 23 |
| Act the serpent | 15 |
| ___ fate | 8 |
| "I can resist everything except ___": Oscar Wilde | 59 |
| Freed-Brown song: 1933 | 22 |
| Offer some sugar lumps to a Triple Crown winner? | 48 |
| Exotic dancers' expo? | 25 |
| Squeeze smash | 13 |
| Dangled a carrot in front of | 28 |
| Dangled a carrot | 16 |
| Was foolhardy | 13 |
| The serpent, to Eve | 19 |
| The Great ___ (Satan) | 21 |
| Cake server, to dieters | 23 |
| "... the siren was ___..." | 36 |
| Warship with sirens? | 20 |
| With allure | 11 |
| Be overly confident, say | 24 |
| Delilah, e.g. | 13 |
| Appeals strongly to | 19 |
| Offers dessert to a dieter | 26 |
| Almost persuades | 16 |
| Acts like Lorelei | 17 |
| Whets the appetite | 18 |
| Sweetens the deal | 17 |
| Really appeals to | 17 |
| Plays a siren | 13 |
| Offers donuts to dieters, for example | 37 |
| Offers dessert, as to a dieter | 30 |
| Makes an offer that's hard to refuse | 40 |
| Is seductive to | 15 |
| Is attractive to | 16 |
| Acts the siren | 14 |
| Skates on thin ice, say | 23 |