10: snowy!

US IDs that often appear in crosswords by virtue of their desirable letter makeup (though, interestingly, this entry appears at the top of the crossword rather than the bottom or right-hand side)

post-grunge band that would make a good double-billing with minimalist pianist Philip?

escorted group

name associated with hanging chads

comparatively compact

entry in Maslow's hierarchy

like the land i and most other US residents live on :/

Bolivian blood

fourth month of the French Republican Calendar, whose name derives from the Latin for "snowy", or a song on the self-titled debut album of bedroom-screamo project The Civil War in France, named after said month. (interestingly, there is a song called "snowy!" on the self-titled debut album of another bedroom-screamo project, Your Arms are My Cocoon, and both artists' names consist of 5 words, 19 letters, and 3 iambs.)

had a nocturnal emission?

Fitzgerald's forte

the Birch and Swinnerton-___ Conjecture (Millennium Prize problem)