Letter D 38250–38500

Dangle limply draped "Don't beat a dead horse!" DEAD stop DEGREE, fall in DESCEND abruptly DEW OPPOSITE Deliver by air Deliver by chute Deliver via airlift Delivery, in crime novels Dew ___ Inn Dew or lemon follower Dew or rain follower Disenroll from Dismiss, as charges Don't catch Downslide Decline sharply decline fall Deliver unexpected terrible news to Down tabs Descent, as of an airplane "Don't argue anymore" Disarming cry? Disarming words? Discussion ender Drizzle bit Demand from one being abducted? "Don't be a stranger!" ... or what you have to do three times in this puzzle "Don't forget to write!" Detroit Tigers' first baseman. Declines in quality *Disappear from public view Discontinue one's education Disappear from the radar, so to speak Do a vanishing act Disconnected conversation, perhaps Didn't finish, as school Did or didn't perform a New Year's ceremony? Didn't follow through Device for measuring liquids. Dishing out assists, in basketball lingo Descents Dew, rain and cough Dilating application Doesn't hold onto Doesn't keep from slipping Dose delivery media Downswings Dribs and drips dropsied dropsical Disconnects from society completely Disappears Dramatically ends a performance, and what the answer to each starred clue does? Decides not to pursue a topic. Disease of fishes Dr. Johnson ailment Demand to a DJ, and what you must do when entering the starred answers Dramatically end a speech, in a way Dramatically punctuate a speech DEW measuring instrument DRAFFY DESERT conditions DRY spell Dry period Dust Bowl phenomenon Dust Bowl problem. drouth Dry spells DROUGHT (adj.) DROUGHT (poet.) Dry spell: Var. DRIER of land Did a chauffeur's job Didn't just bug Didn't pull over Dealer in cattle. Dealers in cattle. Drench with dressing Drench, as with dressing Drink away, as sorrows die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating DEATH by water Drink to forget Dominates acoustically Daydream, perhaps Don't go all out? Doze intermittently Drifts into sleep Dropping off, perhaps Diminutive advice-giver, familiarly Diminutive celeb sexologist "Doogie Howser" roles, briefly D.O.s and M.D.s Dolittle and Kildare Dre and Demento Dre and Demento: abbr. Dre and Hook Devotee of anapestic tetrameter DANES, CLAIRE FILM DELANY, DANA FILM Dr. Seuss title character with "5,000 fingers" Defeat handily Defeat thoroughly Defeats badly Defeats soundly Defeats thoroughly DRAY horse Do hard menial work dogsbody Donkey-work Daily grind sufferers doing arduous or unpleasant work DEA DEA word Disease attacker Disease fighter Dope, say Disease fighters Dispensary fill Dispensary inventory D&D race with nature-themed magic Dungeons & Dragons class wielding nature-themed magic DRUID (fem.) DILUVIAL formations, oval mound of (geol.) DIN into person DRIFT, oval mound of Device for jungle communications. Devise, with "up" Dismiss, with "out" Djembe or bongo Djembe or conga, e.g. Djembe or timpani Dundunba or conga diluvial formation Dismissed ignominiously Dismissed in disgrace "Diff'rent Strokes" surname 'Diff'rent Strokes' family name Dramatic intro Dramatic percussion intros Djembes and dholkis Dismisses in disgrace DRUM requisite Dark meat source Drained (a glassful) Dutch courage Dipsomaniacs DRUPEL Doyle character Dalek fighter Dehumidify Describing some wines Desperately needing rainfall Dishwasher cycle Do a carwash job Dock or cell Done toweling off Drink request Dully factual __ dust (uninteresting) ___ dust (so-o-o boring) ___ dust: arid Ditches where creeks once were Disappointing snack for Bugs Bunny? Delicate-fabric warning Doesn't just include in a load, say Device with a tumbler Domestic sock eater? Devices for spinning tops? Devices with drums Drink such as Tanqueray Draper's offerings Desert climate feature Deadpan comedy Dangerous household improvised explosive device that goes off when its contents sublimate Desert phenomenon Drink for 007 Drink for James Bond Drink that may be shaken Dust remover Dusty floor cleaner Delivery quality for comic Tig Notaro Desert characteristic Desert's notable quality Deprive a plant of water Decay in a forest Decay of seasoned timber Deck destroyer Deck ruiner Deterioration caused by fungi Dress rehearsal Drive throughs Dress rehearsals Dealer in kippered herring, etc.: Eng. Don who won the 1962 Cy Young award Deadpan wit Dove product Deadpan mathematician? Disappear, as a puddle Disappointing digs for pigs? Desert condition (Carolyn Keene) Deadpan humor DEMOCRATIC Party DECORATION MILITARY 1980S INITS. DISTINGUISHED Service Cross Decoration: Abbr. Dial-up PC alternative Dial-up alternative, briefly Dial-up alternative, for short Dial-up alternative: Abbr. Dial-up successor Discontinued handheld Nintendo console Devices used for internet hookups DISTINGUISHED Service Medal Decoration, for short Decorations: Abbr. DISTINGUISHED Service Order Decoration for an R.A.F. pilot decoration shoe Decorated British servicemen. DEMOCRATIC Party of Serbia Deg. in community studies Divinity degree: Abbr. D.C. summer hrs. DAYLIGHT Saving Time Daylight saving arrangement, abbr. Delayer of settings?: Abbr. Dover sch. data transmission Decahedron-shaped die, to a gamer Degree in theology. Divinity sch. deg. Divinity-school deg. DEPARTMENT of Trade and Industry DESKTOP Publishing DIPHTHERIA tetanus and pertussis triple antigen Danger while drying out Detox traumas for short Detoxing hurdle, for short Detoxing woe Dipso's affliction Disorder caused by alc. Drinker's disease Drinker's problem, briefly Drinker's problem, for short Drinker's problem: Abbr. Drinker's woe