| Debt-heavy corp. takeover | 25 |
| Debt disregarders, slangily | 27 |
| Debt avoider's maxim | 24 |
| Debs's exhortation | 22 |
| Debs's advice to workers | 28 |
| Debs' former reading | 24 |
| Debs request to workers | 23 |
| Debris touched by Midas? | 24 |
| Debris inside a toaster | 23 |
| Debris in the hayloft? | 22 |
| Debris in a swell place? | 24 |
| Debris from an avalanche? | 25 |
| Debris around the world? | 24 |
| Debra Barone's husband | 26 |
| Deborah, Jean or Walter | 23 |
| Deborah, Graham and Jean | 24 |
| Deborah Harkness novel | 22 |
| Debilitating winter ailment | 27 |
| Debilitating disease, abbr. | 27 |
| Debi Thomas's milieu | 24 |
| Debby Boone song for egotists | 29 |
| Debbie Reynolds vehicle | 23 |
| Debbie Reynolds classic | 23 |
| Debbie of "Fame" | 26 |
| Debauched tectonic layer? | 25 |
| Debauched Pet Shop Boys song? | 29 |
| Debating-team contender | 23 |
| Debating two options, say | 25 |
| Debating society activity | 25 |
| Debaters' positions | 23 |
| Debater's second round | 26 |
| Debater's position | 22 |
| Debater's entitlement | 25 |
| Debater's activity | 22 |
| Debater who uses comparisons | 28 |
| Debated wedding-vow word | 24 |
| Debate-limiting method | 22 |
| Debate the pros and cons | 24 |
| Debate counterargument | 22 |
| Debatable, but academic | 23 |
| Debatable power, for short | 26 |
| Debatable mental ability | 24 |
| Debatable "skill" | 27 |
| Debatable "gift" | 26 |
| Debatable "ability" | 29 |
| Debarkation points: Abbr. | 25 |
| Death-feigning critter | 22 |
| Death-defying apparatus | 23 |
| Death, to Dylan Thomas | 22 |
| Death, Temperance, etc. | 23 |
| Death ___ (poisonous plant) | 27 |
| Death ___ (certainties) | 23 |
| Death Valley, for example | 25 |
| Death Valley's county | 25 |
| Death Valley is below it | 24 |
| Death Valley descriptor | 23 |
| Death tax is repealed? | 22 |
| Death row inmate's hope | 27 |
| Death on the Nile cause? | 24 |
| Death of the Roman Empire? | 26 |
| Death of June 22, 2008 | 22 |
| Death notices, informally | 25 |
| Death notices, briefly | 22 |
| Death notice, for short | 23 |
| Death Cab for Cutie, e.g. | 25 |
| Death and San Fernando | 22 |
| Dearest's companion | 23 |
| Dearborn debut of 1958 | 22 |
| Dear, on the Via Condotti | 25 |
| Dear, in a billet-doux | 22 |
| Dear _____ (letter start) | 25 |
| Dear ___, advice column | 23 |
| Dear people of letters | 22 |
| Dear one, Italian-style | 23 |
| Dear me!, French style | 22 |
| Dear followers, sometimes | 25 |
| Dear business offerings? | 24 |
| Dear Abby's sister | 22 |
| Deane of Continental Congress | 29 |
| Dean's surf-music partner | 29 |
| Dean's singing partner | 26 |
| Dean's reality TV partner | 29 |
| Dean's purview: Abbr. | 25 |
| Dean's partner in Ween | 26 |
| Dean's longtime partner | 27 |
| Dean's list factor: Abbr. | 29 |
| Dean's email suffix | 23 |
| Dean's domain: Abbr. | 24 |
| Dean's 1955 co-star | 23 |
| Dean of the Truman cabinet | 26 |
| Dean of Stone Temple Pilots | 27 |
| Dean of St. Paul's | 22 |
| Dean Martin, frequently | 23 |
| Dean Martin's nickname | 26 |
| Dean Martin song topic | 22 |
| Dean Martin song subject | 24 |
| Dean Martin signature tune | 26 |
| Dean Martin program on TV | 25 |
| Dean Martin hosted many | 23 |
| Dean Martin film: 1968 | 22 |