| Directive in the chapter "Down the Rabbit-Hole" | 57 |
| Dr. Larch's drug in "The Cider House Rules" | 57 |
| Delivery people whose jobs were obviated by refrigeration | 57 |
| Declaration that may be followed by "So sue me" | 57 |
| Director Elia who controversially "named names" | 57 |
| Dollfaced guy who dated Skipper's sister for 43 years | 57 |
| Duettist with Sheryl Crow in the song "Picture" | 57 |
| Diane that played a singer in "Streets of Fire" | 57 |
| Dinosaur Jr. "See me, 'cause I lost my ___" | 57 |
| Discus great Al who won gold in four consecutive Olympics | 57 |
| Derivative with respect to "x" in f(x) = x + 10 | 57 |
| Disappearing sound, and a hint to this puzzle's theme | 57 |
| Director of "Stand by Me" and "North" | 57 |
| Dinosaur voiced by Wallace Shawn in "Toy Story" | 57 |
| Dr. Shepherd portrayer, on "Grey's Anatomy" | 57 |
| December 21, and the occasion for this puzzle's theme | 57 |
| Dwarves' representative in the Fellowship of the Ring | 57 |
| David Lee Roth "Just a Gigolo (___ Got Nobody)" | 57 |
| Director of "Meatballs" and "Stripes" | 57 |
| Deadly snake with venom 16 times more potent than a cobra | 57 |
| Demand from one who wants to board the merry-go-round (3) | 57 |
| Diana with a record-setting swim around Manhattan in 1975 | 57 |
| Diana who recently attempted to swim from Florida to Cuba | 57 |
| Daughter of King Pastoria in Frank Baum's book series | 57 |
| Dish named for the queen consort of Italy's Umberto I | 57 |
| Dictionary source for each asterisked clue in this puzzle | 57 |
| Direct answer to "why can't you get it up?" | 57 |
| Drink made of ''the best stuff on earth'' | 57 |
| Dava ___, author of the best seller "Longitude" | 57 |
| Dreadful Shadows song about earth (with "The")? | 57 |
| Daylight source found in the seven longest Across answers | 57 |
| Duo with the 2003 hit "All the Things She Said" | 57 |
| Drifters "I climb way up to the ___ the stairs" | 57 |
| Dog who reveals he can speak in "Tik-Tok of Oz" | 57 |
| Director Boll of 2005's "Alone in the Dark" | 57 |
| Dancer Chmerkovskiy of "Dancing With the Stars" | 57 |
| Doctor's comment about famous-brand meds vs. generic? | 57 |
| Dramatist Peter who won a Tony for "Marat/Sade" | 57 |
| Don who pretended to be a don in "Things Change" | 58 |
| Dartmouth's ___ Tuck School of Business Administration | 58 |
| Deceased leader whose Nobel Peace Prize was stolen in 2007 | 58 |
| David George Gordon's "The ___-Bug Cookbook" | 58 |
| Dairy spokes-cow who has an honorary Doctorate of Bovinity | 58 |
| Debussy's "Prelude to the Afternoon of a __" | 58 |
| Deep-sea creature that can be more than 40 feet long (MLB) | 58 |
| Don who played Robbie Douglas on "My Three Sons" | 58 |
| Dr. Seuss' 'The 500 -- of Bartholomew Cubbins' | 58 |
| Devendra Banhart "___ About Tellin' a Story" | 58 |
| Drama in which male actors play both male and female parts | 58 |
| Doris Day film with the song "Ten Cents a Dance" | 58 |
| Defunct science-fiction magazine cofounded by Bob Guccione | 58 |
| Defensive lineman Sistrunk of the '70s Oakland Raiders | 58 |
| Dinner that may be tough to swallow for the guest of honor | 58 |
| Donna Summers' 'Love's -- Change My Heart' | 58 |
| Daughter of Pelias whose story was dramatized by Euripides | 58 |
| Director/choreographer of "Gold Diggers of 1935" | 58 |
| Doctor who doesn't provide a keg for Pap smear visits? | 58 |
| Dessert fed to runners at a strategic point in a marathon? | 58 |
| Debut Peter Tosh album, and a rallying cry for pot smokers | 58 |
| Diamond, commonly, set in a ring and presented on one knee | 58 |
| Dispute over Sajak's performance of a twilight melody? | 58 |
| Ditzy Minnesotan character on "The Golden Girls" | 58 |
| Drag entertainer once voted "Queen of Manhattan" | 58 |
| Descriptive of a Shakespearean theater marketer's job? | 58 |
| Daughter once nicknamed "TomKitten" by the media | 58 |
| Diagnostic that entails sticking the forearm with a needle | 58 |
| Dinosaur often seen battling the T. Rex in kids' books | 58 |
| Defunct sports org. with the Denver Gold and Chicago Blitz | 58 |
| Dermatologic treatment that can be achieved with duct tape | 58 |
| Data request from a good ol' furnace repairman? [1953] | 58 |
| Daughter of President Bartlet on "The West Wing" | 58 |
| Daddy Warbucks' henchman (with ''The'') | 59 |
| Dog breed whose name literally means "rather low" | 59 |
| Del ___ Vista (Florida resort only on "Seinfeld") | 59 |
| Da ___ (rapper who attempted to escape from prison in 2008) | 59 |
| Duke Frederick's daughter in "As You Like It" | 59 |
| Dr. Hahn's first name on "Grey's Anatomy" | 59 |
| Designer of the centerpiece of the Chicago World's Fair | 59 |
| Director of "Chicago" and "Dancin'" | 59 |
| Dance partner for Gene Kelly in "Thousands Cheer" | 59 |
| Drexell's first name on "Drexell's Class" | 59 |
| Distance runner Nurmi nicknamed "The Flying Finn" | 59 |
| Denny Doherty or John Phillips, in a '60s singing group | 59 |
| Daniel ___ (S.W.A.T. officer in the "Saw" series) | 59 |
| DevilDriver "Head on to Heartache (Let Them ___)" | 59 |
| Drinking game involving cups and a table tennis ball (1972) | 59 |
| Dept. of the Interior org. that employs forest firefighters | 59 |
| Device Professor X wears over his head in "X-Men" | 59 |
| DISNEY CHANNEL rebranded to cover Beijing banking in Japan? | 59 |
| Dutch philosopher who wrote "The Praise of Folly" | 59 |
| Dr. Watson player in 2009's "Sherlock Holmes" | 59 |
| Dennis in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail," e.g. | 59 |
| Donna Summer's "___ Works Hard for the Money" | 59 |
| Dirk DeJong's nickname in a 1924 Pulitzer-winning novel | 59 |
| Danish man's name with a line through the second letter | 59 |
| Documentary about Chicago's relationship with its team? | 59 |
| Director of 2011's "The Adventures of Tintin" | 59 |
| Driver's request, and a hint to this puzzle's theme | 59 |
| Danny Ocean's ex-wife in "Ocean's Eleven" | 59 |
| Deity whose favorite song is "If I Had a Hammer"? | 59 |