| Indonesian island |
BALI |
| It can be shocking |
EEL |
| Kind of ray |
GAMMA |
| Leaves unceremoniously |
DUMPS |
| Less transparent |
OPAQUER |
| Librarian's request |
QUIET |
| Light, custard-filled cake |
GATEAU |
| Meteorologist's or motorist's concern |
AIRPRESSURE |
| Missile "house" |
SILO |
| Monetary unit of Nigeria |
NAIRA |
| More ironically humorous |
WRYER |
| Moscow's place |
RUSSIA |
| Musical ability |
EAR |
| Old Spanish coins |
REALS |
| Old-fashioned contraction |
TIS |
| Petty quarrel |
SPAT |
| Photoshop job |
AIRBRUSHING |
| Plastic pipe material |
PVC |
| Poetic time of day |
EEN |
| Polite word with "pretty" |
PLEASE |
| Prez's underling |
VEEP |
| Prickly highland plant |
GORSE |
| Pulsating disco light |
STROBE |
| Put on the payroll |
HIRE |
| Relative on the mother's side |
ENATE |
| Santa's follower |
ANA |
| Show disdain for |
SCORN |
| Spoiled youngster |
BRAT |
| Still-life subject |
URN |
| Sway unsteadily |
TOTTER |
| They're adorable |
CUTIES |
| Thing that's more than a job |
CAREER |
| Vine fruit |
BERRY |
| Wafts |
FLOATSONAIR |
| Weather phenomenon, or this puzzle's theme |
AIRMASS |
| Word before "I told you so!" |
SEE |
| Word used to approximate dates |
CIRCA |
| ___ de Janeiro |
RIO |
