| Holds, as a party | 17 |
| Has, as a party | 15 |
| Guest greeters | 14 |
| Gives a party | 13 |
| Daytime Emmy contenders | 23 |
| Communion wafers | 16 |
| Bonifaces | 9 |
| Animals, to bacteria | 20 |
| Leno monologues? | 16 |
| Stolen | 6 |
| Sizzling | 8 |
| On a roll | 9 |
| Sweltering | 10 |
| In great demand | 15 |
| Peppery | 7 |
| Scorching | 9 |
| Fresh from the oven | 19 |
| Flying off the shelves | 22 |
| Controversial | 13 |
| On a winning streak | 19 |
| How some like it | 16 |
| On a streak | 11 |
| Commercially popular | 20 |
| Word on a faucet handle | 23 |
| Tap word | 8 |
| Summer forecast | 15 |
| Picante | 7 |
| Much in demand | 14 |
| Like dog days | 13 |
| Blistering | 10 |
| August forecast | 15 |
| Wildly popular | 14 |
| Smokin' | 11 |
| Selling very well | 17 |
| Scalding | 8 |
| Piping | 6 |
| Very much in demand | 19 |
| Stolen, slangily | 16 |
| On everyone's A-list | 24 |
| Much sought after | 17 |
| Like the tropics | 16 |
| Like a jalapeno | 15 |
| Kind of cakes | 13 |
| How some like it, on screen | 27 |
| Extremely spicy | 15 |
| Currently popular | 17 |
| "Some Like It ___" | 28 |
| "Pease porridge ___ ..." | 34 |
| _____ time | 10 |
| Word on some faucet handles | 27 |
| Very sexy | 9 |
| Trending | 8 |
| Supertrendy | 11 |
| Selling fast | 12 |
| Right off the stove | 19 |
| Right next to the sought-after object | 37 |
| Recently stolen | 15 |
| Really selling | 14 |
| Radioactive | 11 |
| Popular and then some | 21 |
| Now in | 6 |
| Like stolen goods | 17 |
| Like some peppers | 17 |
| Like most salsa | 15 |
| Like a live wire? | 17 |
| Like a gangster's ice | 25 |
| Key to the puzzle's theme | 29 |
| In, for now | 11 |
| Illegally obtained | 18 |
| Heavy partner | 13 |
| Fresh off the grill | 19 |
| Babealicious | 12 |
| Appreciative of the fans? | 25 |
| ___ off the press | 17 |
| Word with water or dog | 22 |
| Word with pot or potato | 23 |
| Word with pepper or potato | 26 |
| Word with pepper or pot | 23 |
| Word with dog or line | 21 |
| Word with dog and rod | 21 |
| Word with corner and Pockets | 28 |
| Word with air or water | 22 |
| Word with air or dog | 20 |
| Word with "potato" and "pepper" | 51 |
| Word overused by Paris Hilton | 29 |
| Word hidden in this puzzle's theme entries | 46 |
| Word before pink or after red | 29 |
| What Buster Poindexter felt | 27 |
| Wanting to be near one's fans? | 34 |
| Type of chocolate | 17 |
| Trending now | 12 |
| This puzzle's hidden theme | 30 |
| The ___ corner (third base) | 27 |
| Tamale or dog | 13 |
| Stones "I'm so ___ for her, and she's so cold" | 64 |
| Spicy-tasting | 13 |
| Sought-after | 12 |
| Some Like It ____ | 17 |
| She said Harrison ____Springs, British Columbia | 47 |
| Sexy, slangily | 14 |