| A crossword editor has to be very careful when changing one--unlike this puzzle's editor, who was careless four times herein |
| Mississippi explorer |
| 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 |
| Miss Piggy's favorite word |
| A miss's equivalent |
| ___-air missile |
| Certain missiles, for short |
| Alcove near the chancel |
| Activity suggested by this puzzle's theme entries |
| All, e.g., for this answer's last six letters? |
| Agatha's Miss Jane |
| Calculators that don't need batteries |
| A missing pencil may be behind one |
| Actress Mendes who comforts Will Ferrell in "The Other Guys" by singing "Pimps Don't Cry |
| Partially obscured (and a hint to this puzzle's theme) |
| Alternative title of this puzzle, in view of what can be placed in front of the answers to the 10 asterisked clues |
| Admissions |
| Pub missile |
| Adenauer's successor as German chancellor |
| Annual cause of losing an hr.'s sleep hidden in this puzzle's 10 longest answers |
| Miss Marple finds them |
| Me?," to Miss Piggy |
| Alternate title for this crossword? |
| Cy Young's missiles |
| Activating, as a missile |
| Don't get just one form of transportation? |
| Early missile launcher |
| Pointed missile |
| Weird Al" Yankovic single about a nuclear holocaust during the holidays, which contains the line "...underneath the missile-toe |
| Video game that comes out today (9/9/09), whose songs/levels are referenced in this puzzle, with "The |