| Lightbulb moment cry |
AHA |
| Like the comedy in 'Airplane' |
ZANY |
| Like the Hydra, eventually, during the battle with Hercules |
SLAIN |
| Ludwigshafen's river |
RHINE |
| Managed |
FARED |
| Marketing firm executive J.D.'s daughters, when they were kids? (exhale) |
THEPOWERGIRLS |
| Maximally low |
SADDEST |
| Moved like a cat burglar, perhaps |
CREPT |
| MRI scan reviewer |
DOC |
| Needing a sick day |
ILL |
| Neo-___ (genre for the film 'Memento') |
NOIR |
| Of the mouth |
ORAL |
| One whose happiness stems from suffering |
SADIST |
| Open mic night performer's seat, maybe |
STOOL |
| Over and over, in odes |
OFT |
| Parapsychology subj |
ESP |
| Part of a foot |
ARCH |
| Philosophical rule that allows you to eliminate unlikely explanations |
RAZOR |
| Plum discard |
PIT |
| Pondering outcomes |
IDEAS |
| Portable stove fuel |
BUTANE |
| Potato ___ (kitchen tool) |
PEELER |
| Praises enthusiastically |
ACCLAIMS |
| Prepared to play, as a track |
CUEDUP |
| Prepares for surgery |
SEDATES |
| Punk rock subgenre |
EMO |
| Quaint shop adjective |
OLDE |
| Quick horn blast |
TOOT |
| Rectangular bakery containers, frequently |
BREADPANS |
| Reduce in duration |
CURTAIL |
| Relaxation exercise instruction, and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
BREATHEINBREATHEOUT |
| Result of a bedbug bite |
ITCH |
| Rijeka Carnival nation |
CROATIA |
| Romance writer Pollock |
IDA |
| Royal title for a big cat? (inhale) |
PANTHERHIGHNESS |
| Rule |
DOMINANCE |
| Score after each team scores a goal |
ONEALL |
| Shaped like this answer's second letter |
ROUND |
| She was given a tribble aboard Deep Space Station K-7 |
UHURA |
| Ship's escape craft |
LIFEBOAT |
| Significant period |
ERA |
| Simon of 'The World's End' |
PEGG |
| Simplicity |
EASE |
| Slide from hydroplaning |
SKID |
| Some e-signed files |
PDFS |
| Speed with which a BuzzFeed-owned news company publishes articles? (inhale) |
HUFFPOSTHASTE |
| Star shortstop Francisco |
LINDOR |
| Star shortstop Jeter |
DEREK |
| Style for the Onion |
SATIRE |
| Summits' agreements |
PACTS |
| Sunken ship site |
SEA |
| Surprise a film director, in a way |
ADLIB |
| Table tennis barriers |
NETS |
| Takes away somebody's Soul, say? |
TOWS |
| Tears, as fabric |
RIPS |
| Tennis star Arthur who wrote 'Days of Grace' |
ASHE |
| The E of the flex fuel E85 |
ETHANOL |
| The only characters to appear in 'Glengarry Glen Ross' |
MEN |
| Those on the take? |
PUNDITS |
| Tote bag feature |
STRAP |
| Twitch, for one |
SPASM |
| Video call program for iOS users |
FACETIME |
| What a rose stems from |
SEED |
| What you may shout when you find a burning copy of a 1997 Jim Carrey comedy? (exhale) |
LIARLIARSONFIRE |
| Whittle (down) |
PARE |
| Widen with eyedrops |
DILATE |
| Xperi recording device |
TIVO |
| Zodiac sign associated with the Nemean lion |
LEO |
| ___ Hashanah (Jewish New Year) |
ROSH |
| ___ Lamont Hill, host of 'UpFront' on Al Jazeera English |
MARC |