| Lively folk dance |
| Interrogate aggressively |
| Lively French social dance |
| Cleveland Indians legend Al |
| Positively charged particle |
| Excessively energetic |
| Creatively-censored 4/28/10 New York Post headline about the foul-mouthed Senate/Wall Street hearings |
| Pie or cross follower |
| Defeat decisively |
| Flower petals, collectively |
| Command authoritatively |
| Computer pioneer Lovelace (woo-hoo, women in tech!) |
| 1945 meeting place for Churchill, Stalin and Roosevelt |
| People, collectively |
| Matinee idol Novello: 1893–1951 |
| Author of the 1974 novel found in the starts of the starred answers |
| Comparatively mature |
| Relatively inexpensive wrap |
| AB followers |
| Birds, collectively |
| Brit's traveling bag |
| Traveling |
| Assert positively |
| Aggressively attempts |
| Marvel's Captain ___ |
| Video game that comes out today (9/9/09), whose songs/levels are referenced in this puzzle, with "The |
| Suffixes for followers, natives and minerals |
| Gullible's Travels" author |
| Follower of a chat room joke |
| Act excessively expressively |