| Removed splinters, in a way | 27 |
| Place of interest, briefly? | 27 |
| Nightly visitor of folklore | 27 |
| Market yardstick, for short | 27 |
| Jurist ___ Day O'Connor | 27 |
| "___ of Iwo Jima" | 27 |
| White ___ National Monument | 27 |
| Rids of roughness, in a way | 27 |
| Refines a surface, in a way | 27 |
| He paved the hero's way | 27 |
| Like beachcombers' toes | 27 |
| Capable of thinking clearly | 27 |
| Not ready for a commitment? | 27 |
| Displaying more discernment | 27 |
| Told all to an interrogator | 27 |
| First capital of California | 27 |
| Early brand of decaf coffee | 27 |
| Finally registered mentally | 27 |
| City south of San Francisco | 27 |
| Post-W.W. I conference site | 27 |
| ___ souci (free from worry) | 27 |
| One with a small work force | 27 |
| He's very elf-conscious | 27 |
| Thanksgiving Day parade VIP | 27 |
| Man in a red-and-white suit | 27 |
| Frequent December addressee | 27 |
| Famous package-delivery man | 27 |
| Famous package delivery man | 27 |
| "Ho ho ho" fellow | 27 |
| Noted California race track | 27 |
| 19th-century trail terminus | 27 |
| Guitarist-singer Carlos ___ | 27 |
| Black Magic Woman singer | 27 |
| "Smooth" musician | 27 |
| December temps in red suits | 27 |
| Staples of holiday displays | 27 |
| ___ Tomé and PrÃncipe | 27 |
| ___ Gabriel, city in Brazil | 27 |
| It joins the Rhone at Lyons | 27 |
| It flows SSW into the Rhone | 27 |
| Island near PrÃÂncipe | 27 |
| Sticky stuff in tree trunks | 27 |
| It runs slowly in the woods | 27 |
| Slow-moving Vermont harvest | 27 |
| Quality that produces taste | 27 |
| Defensive tackle Warren ___ | 27 |
| They're easily taken in | 27 |
| Drains, as one's energy | 27 |
| Detective novelist Paretsky | 27 |
| Warshawski creator Paretsky | 27 |
| Tegan's musical partner | 27 |
| Title sister of a 1970 film | 27 |
| Eleanor's mother-in-law | 27 |
| Lee of bakery products fame | 27 |
| Cheese-bomb Starship ballad | 27 |
| Allgood of stage and screen | 27 |
| ___ Lee (big name in cakes) | 27 |
| Singer/songwriter McLachlan | 27 |
| "Angel" McLachlan | 27 |
| Nobody doesn't like her | 27 |
| Parent of Playtex and Hanes | 27 |
| Mrs. Smith's competitor | 27 |
| Copolymer used in packaging | 27 |
| Singers Bareilles and Evans | 27 |
| Florida city on its own bay | 27 |
| Ringling Museum of Art site | 27 |
| Jean Harlow's last film | 27 |
| Famed New York restaurateur | 27 |
| Noted New York restaurateur | 27 |
| Variety of hide-and-go-seek | 27 |
| They're crammed in cans | 27 |
| "Noises Off" prop | 27 |
| Father of American puppetry | 27 |
| America's Puppet Master | 27 |
| Sea of the Bermuda Triangle | 27 |
| Sea in the Bermuda Triangle | 27 |
| O'Rourke of F Troop | 27 |
| Bilko's rank, for short | 27 |
| Beetle Bailey's nemesis | 27 |
| Zsa Zsa's name at birth | 27 |
| Indira Gandhi's garment | 27 |
| Hindu's wrap-up garment | 27 |
| Dress worn over a petticoat | 27 |
| Garments worn by the Ganges | 27 |
| Name on some Scotch bottles | 27 |
| Cutty ___, Scottish garment | 27 |
| Canadian city on Lake Huron | 27 |
| Lamour's road-show garb | 27 |
| "Road" movie wear | 27 |
| "Nausea" novelist | 27 |
| "Les Mots" author | 27 |
| Copenhagen carrier, briefly | 27 |
| Co-founder of Air Greenland | 27 |
| Airline with an Oslo museum | 27 |
| Manuscript enclosure: Abbr. | 27 |
| Response facilitator: Abbr. | 27 |
| Ready-to-mail item, briefly | 27 |
| A MS. might come back in it | 27 |
| Some contest entries: Abbr. | 27 |
| Freelancer's enc.'s | 27 |