“Humorist who describes his stint working as a Macy's Christmas elf in "Santaland Diaries"”

Auto on the autobahn

Sign of justice

Middling grade

Acknowledgment of applause, maybe

Lead-up to a ski jump

Spots for solar panels

Really spectacular drill component?

Midwest city known as the "Rubber Capital of the World"

___ Root, U.S. secretary of war who received a Nobel Peace Prize