| 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. |
| The "me" in "nothing can stop me now," in a 1962 #1 hit |
| Alphabetical Jackson 5 hit |
| 1929 Ethel Waters hit whose title is a question |
| 1973 Rolling Stones #1 hit |
| 1984 top ten Duran Duran hit |
| Soft, silvery-white element |
| 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 |
| 2005 Black Eyed Peas hit that Pitchfork called "so monumentally vacuous, slapped together and tossed-off that it truly tests the definition of 'song.' |
| Like a subtitled black-and-white movie in which everyone smokes and wears sunglasses |
| Amphitheatre's central space |
| 1950's White House nickname |
| Animated character who graduated from CalTech (Calcutta Technical Institute) and Springfield Heights Institute of Technology (SHIT) |
| J'accuse" author's first name |
| Fighter craft shooter marketed to white people? |
| Architectural pilaster |
| Broadway's first Willy Loman |
| 1962 hit with the lyric "Like the samba sound, my heart begins to pound |
| 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? |
| #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) |
| A knockout punch might hit it |
| First name that's feminine in English and masculine in Italian |
| Andy Williams hit |
| Actress who was the first female host of "Saturday Night Live": 2 wds. |
| White-plumed heron |
| Adam and Eve's first residence |
| First word of a Beatles' album title |
| A first name in whodunits |