Crossword puzzle clue "it's used to treat burns both literal and metaphoric"

It's used to treat burns, both literal and metaphoric

Subject of an annual March 14 celebration and of this puzzle, celebrated in both a literal and a numerical way in the first square of the starred answers, reading left to right

What "burns, burns, burns" in a hit country song

Swing both ways, and a literal hint to how four puzzle answers were created

Metaphoric source of support

Metaphoric word for a close call

Metaphoric golf slang for a buried lie in a bunker

Metaphoric acknowledgment