Answer:

gay

Answer	Crossword Clue
GAY	Author Talese
GAY	Enola ...
GAY	Like the 1890s

GAY	Nineties descriptor
GAY	Writer Talese
GAY	1890s description
GAY	Lively
GAY	Frolicsome
GAY	Like Christmas apparel
GAY	"The Beggar's Opera" author
GAY	Author of "The Beggar's Opera"

GAY	"Glitter and Be ..." (aria from Leonard Bernstein's "Candide")
GAY	Not straight, in a way
GAY	Cheerful
GAY	Happy
GAY	In high spirits
GAY	Like Paree, in song
GAY	Coming-out party?
GAY	Merry

GAY	"Honor Thy Father" author Talese
GAY	Carefree
GAY	Cheery
GAY	... Head (Martha's Vineyard town)
GAY	Like some holiday apparel
GAY	In a lighthearted mood
GAY	Like the 1890s, supposedly
GAY	Full of merriment

GAY	Brightly colored
GAY	... Nineties
GAY	Like "Deck the Halls" apparel
GAY	Kind of marriage
GAY	Festive
GAY	Part of LGBT
GAY	The ... Nineties
GAY	One word in LGBT

GAY	.. Nineties
GAY	The G in LGBT
GAY	Blithe
GAY	In a merry mood
GAY	"The Beggar's Opera" composer