| 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. |
| Web portal with a butterfly logo |
| Band of Gold singer Payne |
| Talladega" singer who goes by his middle name, not first name (Kenneth): 2 wds. |
| The "me" in "nothing can stop me now," in a 1962 #1 hit |
| Girls" actress who's the daughter of actress Lindsay Crouse: 2 wds. |
| Ballet luminary |
| Former gold coin |
| Good-luck animal |
| Ruling government |
| Time's 2007 "Invention of the Year |
| Organization whose 2008 endorsement John McCain did not reciprocate |
| The Godfather" mobster Greene |
| Narrow inlet of a river |
| 2008/2012 campaign portmanteau |
| 1929 Ethel Waters hit whose title is a question |
| Good-for-nothing |
| HE BUGS GORE? |
| School supplies brand with a cow logo |
| Character changed by spirits at Yuletide |
| Emmy winner as Gotti |
| 2002 space western TV series created by Joss Whedon |
| 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 |
| Racer's goal |
| Muppet roommates on "Sesame Street": 3 wds. |
| Discarded cargo |
| 2005 Black Eyed Peas hit that Pitchfork called "so monumentally vacuous, slapped together and tossed-off that it truly tests the definition of 'song.' |
| Peter who wrote "Puff the Magic Dragon |
| Extreme; rigorous |
| Agile athlete |