| 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 |
| Cues from a stage coach |
| 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 |
| Dog-tag wearers, briefly |
| A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius" author Dave |
| A cottage in ___ . . . ": Godley |
| ___ stage (Freudian notion) |
| Raised stage |
| Common campus transportation |
| Actor who played Hamlet in a 1964 production deliberately staged to look like a rehearsal |
| Crossword framework |
| Acute food shortage |
| Common barn roof |
| Evergreen tree has critical condition that's contagious (7) |
| Common bridal flower |
| Deep-seated antagonism |
| Adjective forbidden in crosswords because it's gross and bodily |
| Lost" protagonist |
| Alternate title for this crossword? |
| Commonwealth in Boston, e.g.: Abbr. |
| Common woman? |
| Unsavory protagonist |
| A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius" memoirist Dave |
| Worshipped crossword constructor, e.g. (okay, I know, there aren't any, but a man can dream) |
| Commonwealth Day month |
| Eagerly took advantage of, as an opportunity |
| Common sites for Christmas lights |
| A-list screenwriter (and crossword fan) who won an Oscar for "Schindler's List," Steven ___ |
| Most common of the noble gases |