Letter D
Duration restriction
Devices preventing off-hour openings of vaults
Devices that prevent unscheduled openings
Done at an appropriate time
done or happening at the appropriate or proper time
DeLorean, in "Back to the Future"
Device in an H.G. Wells tale
Doc Brown's DeLorean, for one
Debt with a due date
" . . . ___ Danaos . . . ": Virgil
"___ Danaos . . . "
Dime-novel era?
Distant past
Device for measuring elapsed intervals
Device for cooks.
Device that might be egg-shaped
Ding maker
Dinger in the kitchen
Dingy kitchen item?
device for measuring time
Drug delivery mode
Devices that count down
Dinging gadgets
Dylan's were "A-Changin"'
Dishwashers and microwaves, e.g.
Definite period
Durations covering significant periods
Doomscrolling, e.g.
"Doctor Who" subject
Do some future-tripping?
Dance done in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show"
Dance in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show"
Dealer in second-hand items?
Durable ticker?
Durable watches
Describing Milquetoast
Disney meerkat
Disney meerkat who sings "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"
Disputed Asian island
Divided Asian island
Divided Southeast Asian island
Divided island north of Australia
Divided island of Southeast Asia
Dutch and Portuguese island.
Dutch-Portuguese Island.
Dalton who played 007
Dumbo's mouse pal
Drum prominently heard in "2001: A Space Odyssey"
Drums in concerts
Director Burton and actor Allen
Director Burton and football player Tebow
Derby winner, 1958
Dad of Brad, Randy, and Mark
"Does exactly what it says on the ___"
Do soldering
Dog, Part 2 or 3
Durable roofing choice
"Diary of a Mad Housewife" housewife
Daughter on Fox's "Bob's Burgers"
Daughter on the animated "Bob's Burgers"
Definitely not a supporter
Diminutive of Christina.
Diminutive on girls' names.
Destroyer at sea
Destroyer, in Navy slang
Destroyer, in U.S. Navy slang
Destroyer, in fleet slang.
Destroyer, in naval slang
Destroyer, in slang
Destroyer, informally
Destroyer, slangily
Destroyer, to a gob
Destroyer: Slang.
Destroyers, in Navy lingo
Destroyers, in Navy parlance
Destroyers, in naval slang
Destroyers, slangily
Destroyers, so to speak
Device for an on-line conversation?
DRY inflammable matter
Dating app that pioneered swiping left and right
Dating app with a fiery logo
Dating app with a flame logo
Dry material
Dry twigs for a fire
Dry twigs, e.g.
dry easily-burning material used to start a fire
Danger spots, figuratively.
Dangerous states of affairs
Dorothy's friend in a sword fight?
Diner sticker
Destructive moth.
Difficulty picking up subtleties
Dinner fork quartet
Diagnostic introducer of antigens
Dye a little
Dictatorial sort
Dictatorial type
Dictator who has our support?
Dorothy's woodsman wore one
Doughboy's headgear
Doughboy's helmet
Doughboy's topper
Doughboys' helmets
derogatory term for travelling mender of pots and pans
Did makeshift mending.
Dabbled at the ivories
Drivable lady?
Dorothy's friend
Dorothy's pal in "The Wizard of Oz."
Dealers in metal goods
Dreyfuss/DeVito film
Did soldering
Dickens character with a metallic voice?
Do a whitesmith's job
Describing an "Oz" character.
Delusional, as a dictator
Does soldering
Decorative threads
Decorates a tree
Decorates the Christmas tree, in a way
Decorates the tree
Decorates the tree, in a way
Decorating durability concern?
Dealer in metal.
Dark window feature
Darken somewhat
Darken, as a window
Darken, as a windshield
Darken, as one's windows
Darken, perhaps
Decorator's subtlety
Do some frosting
Dye ties
Degree of coloring.
Describing sun glasses.
Dye specialist
Dyers.
Deep red Spanish wine
Darkens a windshield
Darkens, as a windshield
Darkens, e.g.
Darkens, like car windows
Delicate color variations
"___ Dancer" (Elton John song)
Don Ho theme song ____ Bubbles
Don Ho's "__ Bubbles"
Don Ho classic
Don Ho hit
Don Ho hit (and what the O's in this grid represent)
Don Ho signature tune
Don Ho song
Don Ho standard
Don Ho tune
Don Ho's signature song ... and a hint to this puzzle's circled letters
Don Ho's theme song
Dickens character (and title of this puzzle)
Dickens lad who says "God bless us every one!"
Dickensian moppet
Dad's "hermano"
Duke of Soria, vis-à-vis King Felipe VI
Dudes, in Spanish slang
Delivery gratuity
Diner bill add-on
Diner's prerogative
Dinner charge-slip line
Disturb, as the balance
Dope on a horse
Dough in a jar, perhaps
Dough put into a jar
Dumping-ground.
Diner's cell app
Different little house on the prairie?
Deflected basket
Deflected basketball score
Deflected field goal, in basketball
Deflected goal
Deflected two-pointer
Deflected hockey goals
Dakota dwellings (Var.)
Donation drop-off site
Do a respectful gesture
Distribute cash at the end of a shift, in restaurant lingo
Didn't stiff
Doffed, say
Dumper truck
Drink a bit
drink alcohol habitually, esp in small quantities
drink moderately but regularly
Drank moderately but regularly
Detective's leads
Diner jarful
Doesn't stiff
Drunkenly
Deflects through a basketball rim
Doesn't just list
Dope sheet holder
Drunk-ish
Doctor for barflies?
DUDLEY town (Eng.)
Describing theater seats.
Demagogue's outburst
Demagogue's specialty
Denunciatory outburst
Drawn-out speeches.
Dessert containing mascarpone cheese
Dessert made with coffee
Dessert made with espresso
Dessert made with mascarpone
Dessert made with mascarpone cheese
Dessert name that's Italian for "pick me up"
Dessert of ladyfingers, mascarpone, chocolate, and espresso
Dessert that's Italian for "pick me up"
Dessert whose name is Italian for "pick me up"
Dish with mascarpone
Doughnut on the road
Dunlop or Goodyear
Dunlop product
Done with, perhaps
Dealers in wheelwear.
Don't want to do anymore
Dragster's slicks
Dunlop offerings
Dunlop products
Dreadfully dull
Dull housework appliance?
Divided Austrian state
"Deck the Halls" contraction
"___ destiny unshunnable, like death": "Othello"
Diatonic notes
" ____ dainty thing to command": Cervantes
Decoction of herbs
Decoctions of herbs.
"Diner Desserts" author Boyle
Denier's reply
Disposable hankie
Disposable hanky
Disposable hankies
Describing Christmas time.
DIONE
Dreiser subject
Dreiser's "The ___"
DiCaprio vehicle?
DiCaprio/ Winslet movie
Doomed liner
Doomed ship
Dickens tad
Divine predecessors of the Olympians
Defiant way to respond to insults
Dime-on-the-dollar donation
12 +1