| FDR | POTUS who said "The nation that destroys its soil destroys itself" |
| SORE | McCain, in releasing his delegates, said the nation doesn't like "___ losers" |
| WESTSIDESTORY | The FT destroys its review of musical (4,4,5) |
| IMPALA | 4 destroys itself with phosphorus instead of nitrogen (6) |
| SELFDESTRUCT | Deflects rust chaotically which will destroy itself (4-8) |
| TERRORISTS | They destroy its terrors (10) |
| AUTODESTRUCT | (Of weapon) destroy itself |
| MALAWI | Rift Valley lake that forms a border between Mozambique, Tanzania and the nation that shares its nam |
| EARTH | The "blue planet"; its soil; its collective human inhabitants; or, any one of its network of foxholes (5) |
| LANKA | The nation that was known as Ceylon in colonial times is now Sri ... |
| THEREDPLANET | Nickname of Mars because of the rusting of iron minerals in its soil (3,3,6) |
| HALITOSIS | Smelly breath? Ah, it's soil being turned over (9) |
| BOLLWEEVIL | The beetle Anthonomus grandis that destroys cotton |
| THIRDDEGREEBURN | Level of damage from fire that destroys all layers of the skin (5,6,4) |
| DDE | POTUS who wrote "Waging Peace" (abbr.) |
| LANE | Nathan who said "The reason I was in most of the movies I've done is that they paid for me to be in the theater" |
| LOMBARDI | Coach who said "The dictionary is the only place that success comes before work" |
| EGADS | ___ button (switch that destroys an errant missile) |
| BOMB | Device that destroys a great deal (4) |
| ROOTWORM | Moth caterpillar that destroys cotton and maize in USA (8) |
