| ''Uncle Vanya'' character | 41 |
| ''Mefistofele'' soprano | 39 |
| ''Maria ___'' (Dorsey tune) | 43 |
| ''Maria ___'' (Dorsey hit) | 42 |
| ___ Kagan, Obama nominee to the Supreme Court | 45 |
| Kate Nelligan title role of 1985 | 32 |
| 1985 film memoir of journalist Nicholas Gage | 44 |
| Girls name that means "torch" | 39 |
| 1985 film co-starring John Malkovich | 36 |
| Horton in Horton Hatches the Egg | 36 |
| Letters on a "Welcome to" sign | 40 |
| Abbr. on signs at mountain lookouts | 35 |
| Mt. McKinley's is 20,320 ft. | 32 |
| It's measured rel. to the sea | 33 |
| Figure usu. in hundreds or thousands of feet | 44 |
| 12,388 ft., at Mt. Fuji's top | 33 |
| "Welcome to" sign abbr. | 33 |
| Improved, as one's skill level | 34 |
| Aerosmith "Love in an ___" | 36 |
| One way to the top at the office | 32 |
| "Miss Otis Regrets," maybe? | 37 |
| Where a car goes only up or down | 32 |
| Gift from Xavier Roberts to Too Tall Jones? | 43 |
| Cricket, soccer or field hockey team | 36 |
| Chapter in many airlines' history | 37 |
| "Ocean's ___," Sinatra film | 41 |
| What the circled squares go to, literally | 41 |
| Number of Triple Crown winners through 2003 | 43 |
| Number in a "Spinal Tap" scene | 40 |
| L.A. band that was almost a dozen? | 34 |
| How many colleges are in the Big Ten? | 37 |
| Like Polk, among U.S. presidents | 32 |
| Amendment construing judicial powers | 36 |
| Ones in an instituteur's care | 33 |
| They're rarely below zero: Abbr. | 36 |
| Shoemaker's helper, in a fairy tale | 39 |
| Character in a Christmas special, often | 39 |
| Mischief-maker with pointy shoes | 32 |
| Shoemaker's helper in a Grimm tale | 38 |
| Shoemaker helper, in a fairy tale | 33 |
| Job in "The Santaland Diaries" | 40 |
| "The Santaland Diaries" occupation | 44 |
| Will Ferrell's shortest movie title | 39 |
| Will Ferrell holiday movie of 2003 | 34 |
| Toymaker in Santa's workshop | 32 |
| Tolkien's Galadriel, for one | 32 |
| One of the four players in "Gauntlet" | 47 |
| One in Santa's support group | 32 |
| Movie where Will Ferrell played Buddy | 37 |
| Many a "Lord of the Rings" character | 46 |
| Dobby, in "Harry Potter" | 34 |
| "The Santa Clause" extra | 34 |
| "A Midsummer Night's Dream" extra | 47 |
| ''The Polar Express'' extra | 43 |
| Will Ferrell movie made into a Broadway musical | 47 |
| Tolkien's CÃrdan, for one | 32 |
| Species of Tolkien's Arwen Evenstar | 39 |
| Small guy with a big role at the North Pole | 43 |
| Shoemaker's storybook helper | 32 |
| Shoemaker's helper, in story | 32 |
| Ronnie James Dio's first band | 33 |
| Rice Krispies' Snap, Crackle or Pop | 39 |
| Questor in the video game Gauntlet | 34 |
| One with a regular pole position? | 33 |
| One of Santa's little helpers | 33 |
| Longbow shooter of fantasy fiction | 34 |
| Keebler's Ernie, for example | 32 |
| Film in which Ed Asner plays Santa | 34 |
| Extra in animated Christmas specials | 36 |
| Extra in "The Polar Express" | 38 |
| Dungeons & Dragons player option | 36 |
| Dobby, e.g., in the Harry Potter books | 38 |
| Character in the Harry Potter books | 35 |
| Brownie ___ (mascot of the Cleveland Browns) | 44 |
| Bernard, in "The Santa Clause" | 40 |
| 2003 Will Ferrell holiday comedy | 32 |
| 2003 film directed by Jon Favreau | 33 |
| "The Silmarillion" being | 34 |
| "A right jolly old ___" | 33 |
| " . . . a right jolly old ___" | 40 |
| Like Keebler cookie makers or Santa's helpers | 49 |
| Like Keebler's cookie makers | 32 |
| Enchanting, but not in a big way? | 33 |
| Composer of the "Beetlejuice" score | 45 |
| ''Dharma & Greg'' star | 42 |
| Jenna of TV's "Dharma and Greg" | 45 |
| Jenna of "Dharma & Greg" | 38 |
| Danny who wrote the "Simpsons" theme | 46 |
| Co-star of TV's "Dharma & Greg" | 49 |
| Actress Jenna of "Dharma & Greg" | 46 |
| "The Simpsons Theme" composer Danny | 45 |
| "Spider-Man" soundtrack composer | 42 |
| 'Dharma & Greg co-star Jenna' | 41 |
| Rembrandt's "Leprechaun"? | 39 |
| Narrator of "The Fantasticks" | 39 |
| Jerry Orbach role in "The Fantasticks" | 48 |
| "The Fantasticks" narrator | 36 |
| "Pomp and Circumstance" composer | 42 |
| "Enigma Variations" composer | 38 |
| Composer often heard at graduations | 35 |