| DEATHVALLEY | This California area hit 130 degrees on Aug. 16, the third-hottest temp ever recorded; it's also where the hottest-ever temp, 134 degrees, was recorded in 1913 |
| BDAY | Aug. 16 for Madonna, e.g. |
| KELVIN | This absolute temperature scale has as its zero point absolute zero (a273.15 degrees on the Celsius temperature scale and a459.67 degrees on the Fahrenheit temperature scale), which equals the |
| KATYPERRY | Also on board for the April 14 Launch will be this "California Gurls" singer, even though the flight will take off from Texas |
| SAINTHELENS | Volcanic peak in the Cascade Range, southwestern Washington, U.S. Its eruption on May 18, 1980, was one of the greatest volcanic explosions ever recorded in North America. (5,6) |
| JULIE | "Modern Family" star who helped rescue an unconscious hiker who had hit her head on a rock in a Utah national park on Aug. 2; as she came to, the hiker recognized her voice from the show |
| JULY | This month became the hottest ever recorded (4) |
| KRAKATOA | The 1883 volcanic eruption of which island was one of the greatest ever recorded? (8) |
| TUTTIFRUTTI | Little Richard hit with "the most inspired rock lyric ever recorded," per Rolling Stone |
| LIT | In 1937 broadcaster Lt-Commander Thomas Woodroofe didn't mean to impugn the sobriety of the Navy whe |
| HORSES | And 16. "The ---", novel by Joyce Cary featuring the character Gulley Jimson (6,5) |
| AMERICA | Home to the World 500cc Champion for 13 years out of 16, the last one nearly 30 years ago. (7) |
| PALOALTO | This California city's name means "high tree"; its income per household is high, too |
| WILLIAMSPORT | The Little League World Series (LLWS) begins on Aug. 19; it's hosted by this Pennsylvania city, whose last five letters are coincidentally relevant to the event |
| MARALAGO | Property of former President Trump raided by the FBI on Aug. 8; its name is Spanish for "sea-to-lake," so called because it borders both the Atlantic and Lake Worth Lagoon |
| HAWKSBILL | A small tropical turtle with a hooked, beak-like mouth; the first biofluorescent reptile ever recorded (9) |
| HAILSTONE | One of these that fell in a town in Argentina in 2018 reportedly measured 9.3 inches across, the largest ever recorded |
| PROTRACTOR | Instrument for measuring or drawing angles on paper, typically a flat semicircle marked with degrees on the curved edge (10) |
| GREENBELT | Bowling area hit in area given protection? (5,4) |
| KEIR | And 16 The first parliamentary leader of the Labour Party (4,6) |
