The correct answers to the Indiana Challenge puzzle contest are:

1. Central street through town:
m a I N  D r a g

2. Person who swims underwater:
s k I N  D i v e r

3. What some Native Americans perform to try to end a drought:
r a I N  D i v e r

4. Noncola soft drink made by Pepsi:
m o u n t a I N  D e w

5. Political pro who tries to influence how people view events:
s p I N  D o c t o r

6. Charles Dickens novel "The Mystery of ..." :
e d w I N  D r o o d

7. Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio, with "The" :
p l a I N  D e a l e r

8. 10¢ coin from the standpoint of its thickness:
t h I N  D i m e

9. What a severe blow to the head might cause:
b r a I N  D a m a g e

10. Jenna and Barbara, to President and Mrs. Bush:
t w I N  D a u g h t e r s

11. Given names of President Roosevelt:
f r a n k l I N  D e l a n o

12. 19th-century British prime minister who founded the modern Conservative Party:
b e n j a m I N  D i s r a e l i

13. French actor who starred in "Is Paris Burning?":
a l a I N  D e l o n

14. Seedy area of San Francisco, which shares its name with a cut of meat:
t e n d e r l o I N  D i s t r i c t

15. Periods when clearance sales are held:
b a r g a I N  D a y s