| 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. |
| 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.' |
| African capital formerly called Salisbury |
| J'accuse" author's first name |
| Roman statesman called "the Censor |
| Broadway's first Willy Loman |
| Actor's first course? |
| Actress who was the first female host of "Saturday Night Live": 2 wds. |
| First name that's feminine in English and masculine in Italian |
| Adam and Eve's first residence |
| A first name in whodunits |
| First word of a Beatles' album title |
| Co-creator of the Reitwagen, the first internal-combustion motorcycle |
| First thing Iowa State cheerleaders ask for? |
| First pitcher to have defeated all 30 major-league teams |
| Author Locke of the Harlem Renaissance, the first African-American Rhodes scholar (1907) |
| Musician's device also called a sordino |
| Surprises unpleasantly, and a hint to each starred answer's first two + last two letters |
| American Idol" star whose fans are called "Claymates |
| A first name in folk music |
| Hitchcock's first Technicolor film |
| Actor Jannings, winner of the first Best Actor Oscar |
| He interviewed Miles Davis in the first Playboy interview |
| First half of an Iowa city |
| Muhammad who refereed the first WrestleMania |
| A century after the Wright brothers' first flight |
| Rhyme scheme in a so-called "Rubáiyát stanza |
| Tycoon who was reputedly the first person in New York City to own an automobile |