| 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. |
| Talladega" singer who goes by his middle name, not first name (Kenneth): 2 wds. |
| Oh, and one more thing ..." in a text message |
| 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 |
| J'accuse" author's first name |
| Broadway's first Willy Loman |
| Cartman who said some shit about me and fishsticks even though I never played like that lmao... I stay away from that area all together |
| Actor's first course? |
| Banished to sleep on a couch, say ... or where to find the starred answers' hidden items |
| Deeply saddens ... or delights |
| Actress who was the first female host of "Saturday Night Live": 2 wds. |
| Flavouring sachet, bouquet ... |
| First name that's feminine in English and masculine in Italian |
| Adam and Eve's first residence |
| A long time ___ in a galaxy far, far away ..." ("Star Wars" opening words) |
| A first name in whodunits |
| Blueprint spec ... or, allowable hours for hound sounds? |
| First word of a Beatles' album title |
| Co-creator of the Reitwagen, the first internal-combustion motorcycle |
| Confusing statements ... and a hint to the circled letters |
| First thing Iowa State cheerleaders ask for? |
| Complains and complains and ... |
| First pitcher to have defeated all 30 major-league teams |
| A ___ full of cigars ... |
| Author Locke of the Harlem Renaissance, the first African-American Rhodes scholar (1907) |
| Surprises unpleasantly, and a hint to each starred answer's first two + last two letters |
| ... ___. Need to move your belongings but can't afford to rent a van or a truck? Here's our inexpensive alternative: Birds! |
| ...a Del Monte employee? |
| Attend a party uninvited ... and a literal hint to five sets of circled letters |
| Weird Al" Yankovic single about a nuclear holocaust during the holidays, which contains the line "...underneath the missile-toe |