| Text | Length |
| Hat adornment | 13 |
| Fountain pen feather | 20 |
| Fluffy feather | 14 |
| Smokestack column | 17 |
| Smoke column | 12 |
| Shape of chimney smoke | 22 |
| Shaker atop a shako | 19 |
| Pheasant's display | 22 |
| Ostrich feather | 15 |
| Nom de __: pen name | 19 |
| Nice pen | 8 |
| Might be smoke or feathers | 26 |
| Ma tante's writing implement | 32 |
| Long feather | 12 |
| Knight sight? | 13 |
| Item waved by a fan dancer | 26 |
| Helmet adornment | 16 |
| François's feather | 25 |
| Fluffy fancy feather | 20 |
| Egret's pride | 17 |
| Egret feature | 13 |
| Bird of paradise feature | 24 |
| Big feather | 11 |
| Aigrette | 8 |
| Declined precipitously | 22 |
| Expand, as hot dogs | 19 |
| Pleasingly zaftig | 17 |
| Like cooked hot dogs | 20 |
| Well-rounded? | 13 |
| Slightly pudgy | 14 |
| Not quite obese | 15 |
| London's ___ DJs | 20 |
| Like some cooked hot dogs | 25 |
| Like a Thanksgiving turkey | 26 |
| Like a juicy turkey | 19 |
| Expand, as franks | 17 |
| Come down abruptly | 18 |
| Beefsteak vis-Ã -vis cherry? | 30 |
| Traditional Christmas dessert | 29 |
| Christmas fare | 14 |
| Boiled holiday treat | 20 |
| Yuletide dessert | 16 |
| Rewarding dessert? | 18 |
| Holiday treat | 13 |
| Purple fruits | 13 |
| Superior things | 15 |
| Prunes, once | 12 |
| Desirable positions | 19 |
| Damsons and greengages | 22 |
| Damson and bullace | 18 |
| Choice assignments | 18 |
| Pudding fruits | 14 |
| Prunes, originally | 18 |
| Jack Horner's fruit | 23 |
| Horner's pie-filling | 24 |
| Future prunes, perhaps | 22 |
| Fruits for politicians? | 23 |
| Fruit for a Horner? | 19 |
| Damsons | 7 |
| Damson and Santa Rosa | 21 |
| Cushy jobs | 10 |
| Like a boa | 10 |
| Adorned with feathers | 21 |
| Sudden fall | 11 |
| What some necklines do | 22 |
| Take the ___ | 12 |
| Steep, rapid fall | 17 |
| Some necklines do this | 22 |
| Sudden dip | 10 |
| Splurge at the track | 20 |
| Enter impetuously | 17 |
| Drop dramatically | 17 |
| Dramatic dive | 13 |
| Daredevil's drop | 20 |
| Bit of roller coaster drama | 27 |
| 800-point drop in the Dow, for instance | 39 |
| Them or us: Abbr. | 17 |
| Opp. of sing. | 13 |
| Of mice and men?: Abbr. | 23 |
| Having more than one: Abbr. | 27 |
| Like mice and geese | 19 |
| Pertaining to more than one | 27 |
| Men or women, e.g. | 18 |
| Like mice or men | 16 |
| Like mice and men | 17 |
| Like mice and geese? | 20 |
| Like apples and oranges | 23 |
| Like "mice" or "men" | 40 |
| Deer or elk, sometimes | 22 |
| Word form made with the big letter depicted in this puzzle's diagram (this letter is entirely absent from the solution) | 123 |
| Word ending in "s," usually | 37 |
| We or us, e.g. | 14 |
| Sheep or deer, at times | 23 |
| S-word, often | 13 |
| S formation? | 12 |
| Mice or men | 11 |
| Like men, women and children? | 29 |
| Like gangbusters | 16 |
| Denoting more than one | 22 |
| Crises is one; also criteria | 28 |
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