Answer: tim

AnswerCrossword Clue
TIMConway or Curry
TIMStyle guru Gunn
TIMDunkin' Duncan
TIM"Tiny" uke player
TIMMcGraw of country
TIMDaggett or Curry
TIM"Meet the Press" host Russert
TIM"Tiny" child of literature
TIMSouth Dakota senator Johnson
TIMShakespearean title character
TIMBob Cratchit's youngest son
TIMSecretary Geithner
TIMFunnyman Conway
TIMTiny Dickens boy
TIMTiny fellow
TIMAllen who played Santa
TIMComic Conway
TIMCountry singer McGraw
TIMDicken's tiny lad
TIMRussert of "Meet the Press"
TIMFashion mogul Gunn
TIMEric's partner in sketch comedy
TIMDickens character Tiny ..
TIMHolt of old westerns
TIMLyricist Rice
TIMTiny ...
TIMBaseball's McCarver
TIMDirector Burton
TIMTiny Dickens character
TIMEric's partner in comedy
TIM"Things ... Howard Could Save" (2014 World Cup meme)
TIMActor Robbins
TIMHorton or Burton
TIMBurton who maybe won't cast Helena Bonham Carter in quite so many movies anymore
TIMCratchit
TIMDickens character
TIMRice or Curry
TIMCratchit tyke
TIMDunking Duncan
TIMRoberts or Russert