| READTHERIOTACT | Give vehement warning and retaliate to tackle insanely hot tirade (4,3,4,3) |
| FORETHOUGHT | Insanely hot ref ! Had better show circumspection (11) |
| TAKEREVENGE | Opinion on priest, English, beginning to emerge and retaliate? (4,7) |
| HITBACK | Thump spine and retaliate? (3,4) |
| CHEEKS | Sides of faces individuals are said to turn when refusing to retaliate to metaphorical slaps (6) |
| FIGHTBACK | Retaliate to get campaign returned (5,4) |
| COUNTERSUE | Legally retaliate to little Suzanne under the table (10) |
| PLASTEROFPARIS | Cast's material could make opera stars flip insanely (7,2,5) |
| OUTOFTHISWORLD | Insanely good |
| MAYCONTAINNUTS | Allergy warning, and a description of 16-, 22-, 35-, and 43-Across? |
| BEWAREOFDOG | Junkyard warning, and a hint to the starred answers' hidden category members |
| AWACS | Acronym for a radar warning and control system used to detect enemy planes |
| CAREFUL | Each program of Hill Street Blues started with a station briefing and the warning: "And hey, let's be ... out there" |
| FORESAW | Anticipated the warning and was turning (7) |
| NOAH | He received flood warning and went in for shipbuilding (4) |
| ATTHEDROPOFAHAT | Without warning, and where the starred answers get tricky |
| BILLYGRAHAM | US evangelist who died in 2018 whose volumes include Storm Warning and Where I Am |
| FORESTALL | Anticipate word of warning and play for time (9) |
| ADMONISHMENT | Warning, and his moment is lost (12) |
| THESKYISFALLING | Chicken Little's warning, and an apt title for this puzzle? |
