| Asset-freezing org. (CONTEST ALERT! My new all-skill, solve-at-home crossword contest benefiting the Alzheimer's Foundation of America is Sept. 30. First prize, $2,500. For details visit www.alzfdn. |
| A crossword editor has to be very careful when changing one--unlike this puzzle's editor, who was careless four times herein |
| A Prairie Home Companion" director; "it" game; performer Marilyn; PC key; ear part; mama's boy; grown boy; "Notes On 'Camp'" essayist; blue shade |
| First word across in the first-ever crossword (1913) and the first of a dozen appearances of the word in this puzzle's grid, written word search-style (left, right, down, and diagonally) ... Can you f |
| Paramount rival |
| Cross |
| Blue state majority, for short |
| Pie or cross follower |
| Blues group?: Abbr. |
| Actor who cross-dressed for his role in "Mrs. Doubtfire": 2 wds. |
| Crossword framework |
| Black, blue or straw |
| Arrivals after the fall |
| Blueprint spec ... or, allowable hours for hound sounds? |
| Above the crossbar and between the uprights |
| Sleepy John ___ (blues guitarist) |
| Printer's blue hue |
| Feeling cross |
| Adjective forbidden in crosswords because it's gross and bodily |
| Criss-cross framework |
| Alternate title for this crossword? |
| 'Blue Sky' Oscar winner Jessica |
| Double-crosser |
| Subj. for recent arrivals, maybe |
| Worshipped crossword constructor, e.g. (okay, I know, there aren't any, but a man can dream) |
| A.L. East rival of the D-Rays, O's, Sox, and Yanks |
| ''Any Woman's Blues'' author Jong |
| Slogan on a '50s red-white-and-blue button |
| Viking rival |
| Hippie's cross |