Related Clues:

• Fired, informally
• Black, say
• Split, as logs
• Immunization
• It's put at a meet
• Fired up?
• Like some jack-o'-lanterns
• Laid off, as workers
• Like most store-bought soups
• Gave the sack
• Toasted too much
• Cut from the payroll
• Short stories?
• English Dept. subj.
• Made more credible, as a rumor