| A check inside? (Abbr.) | 
                        
                | Aid Hal (anag) — flower with showy heads | 
                        
                | Food additive (abbr.) | 
                        
                | ___ the world (asleep) | 
                        
                | Former Egypt-Syria alliance (Abbr.) | 
                        
                | Hoosier State (Abbr.) | 
                        
                | Aromatic herb — Timcan't (anag) | 
                        
                | Partially obscured (and a hint to this puzzle's theme) | 
                        
                | Mr. Mojo ___ (anagrammatic nickname for Jim Morrison) | 
                        
                | Pacific Ocean discoverer | 
                        
                | An 1898 discovery. | 
                        
                | Ali had (anag) — showy flower | 
                        
                | Snob failed (anag) — extremely difficult situation | 
                        
                | And Then There Were ___" (Agatha Christie book) | 
                        
                | Southern African plant of the lily family — haunts a gap (anag) | 
                        
                | Ambulance riders (abbr.) | 
                        
                | Ancient Egyptian symbol of life — khan (anag) | 
                        
                | Yearn (after) | 
                        
                | Tummy sound — discover (an illicit activity) | 
                        
                | ___. Reg. Mgr. (abbreviated title for Dwight Schrute) | 
                        
                | Archaeologist's discovery | 
                        
                | Alerts that might contain makes and models (abbr.) | 
                        
                | Grades K-6 (Abbr.) | 
                        
                | A-list screenwriter (and crossword fan) who won an Oscar for "Schindler's List," Steven ___ | 
                        
                | Iris adapts (anag) — indoor plant | 
                        
                | All of ___ (abruptly) | 
                        
                | Anglo-Saxon magistrate — female bird — pass (a rope) through a hole | 
                        
                | Civic group (abbr.) | 
                        
                | Family member who stereotypically builds the IKEA furniture (at least in my family) | 
                        
                | Watertight (deal) or unbreakable (agreement) |