| Cake-with-candles time | 22 |
| What a skinny-dipper wears | 26 |
| Modern-day political skeptic | 28 |
| Good locale for adoptions? | 26 |
| Bing Crosby film of 1941 | 24 |
| It's high in West Africa | 28 |
| Figure that concerned Malthus | 29 |
| Inheritance of the firstborn | 28 |
| Rice with chutney, perhaps | 26 |
| Spain's Bay of _____ | 24 |
| Europe's Bay of ___ | 23 |
| Bay near Brest and Bordeaux | 27 |
| Cut in two equal parts | 22 |
| Certain flexible attraction | 27 |
| Seat of a Catholic official | 27 |
| The Catholic Hour host | 25 |
| Peace Garden State capital | 26 |
| "Pepto" go-with | 25 |
| Guinea-___ (tiny country) | 25 |
| Like some port authorities | 26 |
| Slowly and incrementally | 24 |
| Put someone in their place | 26 |
| Vampire victim's souvenir | 29 |
| Evidence of vampire activity | 28 |
| Taste the Treasure State? | 25 |
| Rats and fleas, among others | 28 |
| Pets feared by postmen | 22 |
| Nail-___ (tense situations) | 27 |
| Nail-__ (tense situations) | 26 |
| Faces up to expected hardship | 29 |
| Loses a showdown, e.g. | 22 |
| Harsh, as winter winds | 22 |
| Acerbic rock/folk singer? | 25 |
| URL shortening website | 22 |
| GIF or JPEG alternative | 23 |
| Computer graphics option | 24 |
| Computer graphic format | 23 |
| Certain computer image format | 29 |
| Computer image formats | 22 |
| Removed with the teeth | 22 |
| Attempted, in a phrase | 22 |
| Using two musical keys | 22 |
| One step up from extra | 22 |
| Attacked by mosquitoes | 22 |
| Like a vampire's victims | 28 |
| Attacked, as by the love bug | 28 |
| Attacked by Dracula, say | 24 |
| Japan, to the U.S., once | 24 |
| Feuding families, e.g. | 22 |
| It's a small heron | 22 |
| Wading birds' acrimony? | 27 |
| Bedding with an aftertaste? | 27 |
| State flower of Montana | 23 |
| Montana's state flower | 26 |
| Mont.'s state flower | 24 |
| Mont.'s state flowers | 25 |
| Like grapefruit on the tongue | 29 |
| Posts on a ship's deck | 26 |
| Towlines are tied around them | 29 |
| They secure ship ropes | 22 |
| Holders for ship's cables | 29 |
| Roy G __: rainbow mnemonic | 26 |
| R&B's Bell ___ DeVoe | 28 |
| Last name in color schemes? | 27 |
| Surname in a rainbow mnemonic | 29 |
| Roy G. ___ (rainbow mnemonic) | 29 |
| Pop group Bell --- DeVoe | 24 |
| Japan's largest lake | 24 |
| Jazz cornetist Beiderbecke | 26 |
| Jazz legend Beiderbecke | 23 |
| Where everything is a bit off | 29 |
| Cold Alpine wind: Var. | 22 |
| It flies but has no tail | 24 |
| Most populous N.Y.C. boro | 25 |
| CPA subordinate, perhaps | 24 |
| Silly chatterings: Var. | 23 |
| Not the secretive sort | 22 |
| B2B opportunity for a gossip? | 29 |
| It's half ale, half stout | 29 |
| Orange-flavored stout drink? | 28 |
| Angler's freshwater catch | 29 |
| Scourge of the West Indies | 26 |
| Notorious English pirate | 24 |
| Nickname for Edward Teach | 25 |
| Goals for karate students | 25 |
| Smartphone signal problem? | 26 |
| Breakfast bread spread | 22 |
| Late-spring cold spells | 23 |
| Dick Turpin's fleet mare | 28 |
| Common North American bird | 26 |
| Nursery-rhyme pie filler | 24 |
| They may be found in wreckage | 29 |
| Unadorned performance space | 27 |
| Pet of the wicked witch? | 24 |
| Object of superstition | 22 |
| Ominous crossers ahead | 22 |
| Unlucky British folksinger? | 27 |
| 1974 movie remade in 2006 | 25 |
| Indian fuel-company ad | 22 |
| Morning choice, for some | 24 |