| Christmas warmer |
| Ice Bucket Challenge cause: Abbr. |
| Actor Jared who fronts the band 30 Seconds to Mars |
| Causes of Bikini blasts |
| Annual cause of losing an hr.'s sleep hidden in this puzzle's 10 longest answers |
| Alternative title of this puzzle, in view of what can be placed in front of the answers to the 10 asterisked clues |
| Adjective forbidden in crosswords because it's gross and bodily |
| Causes of rain in London? |
| Cause confusion while conducting? |
| Cause a disturbance |
| Cause of stomach problems, sometimes |
| Cause of some floating, briefly |
| At-risk front-line troops |
| Because Freedom Can't Protect Itself" sloganeer, briefly |
| A cause of absenteeism |
| Cause of nasality |
| Cause to arch slightly |
| Actor who supposedly "destroyed the periodic table, because he only recognizes the element of surprise |
| Swarming stingers |
| Clever warm-up acts? |
| Catastrophic event that can be caused by a gigantic earthquake |
| Cause of a tennis replay |
| After-school warmer-upper |
| Affront, slangily |
| Alternative rock band that was fronted by Michael Stipe |
| Swords that don't cause injuries |
| Causes of in-flight "bumps |
| Cause to be unpleasantly surprised |
| Causes fear mixed with reverence |
| Academy Award winner Jared who's playing another Joker soon, because lord knows there haven't been enough of those |