SUMMER'S HERE
It's a festive Fourth of July in South Carolina, where consumer-grade these are legal to use if you're over 16
Fireworks
Concern, or a sum charged for the use of money
Interest
From 1914 to 1935 pitchers walked him 2,062 times, with good reason
Babe Ruth
About 25 species of this arachnid with a segmented & curved tail have venom that can kill humans
Scorpion
This marsupial kind of looks like a bear, has a jaw as strong as a hyena's & like its cartoon counterpart, can have a bad temper
Tasmanian Devil
A Maine festival celebrating this creature has lasted 75 summers after a money-losing start with an "all you can eat for $1" deal
Lobster
A ship's rigging, or to subdue a foe at the 40-yard line
Tackle
After 8 seasons in the Majors, hotheaded Babe Pinelli became one of these, with which he had frequently argued as a player
Umpire
A decoration utilizing small, colored inlaid glass & stone pieces
Cocoa powder in place of melted chocolate is one difference between this & a regular chocolate cake
Devil's Food Cake
Summer analyst is this type of learning position at companies like Goldman Sachs or Morgan Stanley & can pay $40 an hour
Very strict & hard-nosed, or a boat's rear end
Stern
In 1909 Pittsburgh's Babe Adams became the only rookie ever to pitch & win 3 games in one of these
World Series
A shade of red, or to leave someone stuck on an island
Hall of Famers Martin Brodeur & Scott Stevens led this team to its first Stanley Cup in 1995
The New Jersey Devils
2021 put the summer in Summer Olympics as this sport made its games debut from Tsurigasaki Beach
Surfing
A narrow sea between 2 pieces of land, or to interpret for a spirit as a medium
Channel
In 1928 the Brooklyn Daily Eagle said this team's Babe Herman is "a great outfielder except for his inability to catch flyballs"
A shade of red associated with embarrassment
Crimson
This insect is also called the devil's arrow or the devil's darning needle
Dragonfly
FAF is this "Fund", what the Rev. Willard Parsons wanted to let NYC kids breathe when he took them to rural Pennsylvania in 1877
Fresh Air
To authorize, or a coercive penalty enforced by multiple nations
Sanction
When this man's 2,130 consecutive-game streak ended in 1939, Babe Dahlgren took his place & went 2 for 5 with a homer
Lou Gehrig
Specially made 2-word area in a house to retreat to in times of great fear
A Panic Room
A debate provoker, this 2-word phrase dates to a 1616 work where one "pleadeth for nothing but for the kingdome of Sathan"
The Devil's Advocate