| Intense outrage |
IRE |
| It's dynamite stuff |
TNT |
| Land mass connectors (Var.) |
ISTHMI |
| Leans on the horn |
BLARES |
| Legendary soul singer Cooke |
SAM |
| Like Mardi Gras' Tuesday |
FAT |
| Like Miss Congeniality |
NICEST |
| Like pickle juice |
BRINY |
| Links rental |
CART |
| Long depression in the land |
VALE |
| Loose, as a gem |
UNSET |
| Made a sub go down? |
ATE |
| Major airline |
DELTA |
| Make an appearance |
SHOWUP |
| Mustard, in a game |
COLONEL |
| Night, to the Bard |
EEN |
| One of the Rocky films |
III |
| Pharmaceutical mogul Lilly |
ELI |
| Pig's home |
STY |
| Place to win a ribbon |
SCIENCEFAIR |
| Plight flights? |
FIREESCAPES |
| Raymond Chandler sleuth |
MARLOWE |
| Retrovirus component |
RNA |
| Run-down urban areas |
SLUMS |
| Santa ___, Calif |
ANA |
| Scams |
CONS |
| Shoe blemish |
SCUFF |
| Show many flashes of light |
SCINTILLATE |
| Solicit support, in a way |
CANVASS |
| Statement made in church, often |
IDO |
| Steppe child? |
WOLFCUB |
| Straighten, as a hose |
UNSNARL |
| Target of pain relief |
ACHE |
| Theater backdrop |
SCRIM |
| This puzzle's theme |
SCIFI |
| Tire inflation abbr |
PSI |
| Use one's nose |
SMELL |
| Yawn-inducing |
BANAL |
| ___ up (invigorates) |
PEPS |
