| A crossword editor has to be very careful when changing one--unlike this puzzle's editor, who was careless four times herein |
| Actor Sandler who was once a regular on "Saturday Night Live |
| Retired outfielder Barry, who was conspicuously denied entry to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2013 |
| Over there, to a poet |
| Budgetary waste |
| #1 song between Phil Collins's "Groovy Kind of Love" and The Escape Club's "Wild Wild West" (1988 wasn't good for music, apparently) |
| Airborne lava |
| Was inventive |
| Actress who was the first female host of "Saturday Night Live": 2 wds. |
| Coulter whose jaw was wired shut in November, according to the New York Post |
| Wash |
| ___ around (wasted time) |
| Ala.-born actress Louise ___ |
| Ethereal: Poet. |
| Dallas Mavericks point guard (formerly with the Timberwolves) born June 26, 1984: 3 wds. |
| City where Meat Loaf was born |
| A.E.S. was one |
| Airborne defenses, for short |
| Strasbourg-born dadaist |
| Ohio town where "there's a happiness" in an old Glenn Miller song |
| Wasteful bother |
| Ethereal |
| And Then There Were ___" (Agatha Christie book) |
| Actor ___ Scott who was in HBO's "Big Little Lies |
| Actress Richards who was once married to Charlie Sheen, a role for which I believe she deserves an Oscar |
| Worshipped crossword constructor, e.g. (okay, I know, there aren't any, but a man can dream) |
| It was blamed for reduced pasta sales in 2003 |
| Old comics girl whose boyfriend was Wingey |
| Airborne distress signal |
| British wastelands |