| 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. |
| Carefully thought-out strategy |
| 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 |
| Hanged unlawfully |
| Animated character who graduated from CalTech (Calcutta Technical Institute) and Springfield Heights Institute of Technology (SHIT) |
| J'accuse" author's first name |
| Japanese peak, respectfully |
| Broadway's first Willy Loman |
| Recoiled fearfully |
| Actor's first course? |
| Joplin who led the Full Tilt Boogie Band |
| 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 |
| Powerfully alluring |
| Fully sufficient |
| Co-creator of the Reitwagen, the first internal-combustion motorcycle |
| Deceitfully incriminate |
| First thing Iowa State cheerleaders ask for? |
| A designer of full-skirted dresses |
| Gracefully delicate |
| Springsteen's sobriquet |
| First pitcher to have defeated all 30 major-league teams |
| Baby boomers' offspring, e.g. |
| A ___ full of cigars ... |
| Author Locke of the Harlem Renaissance, the first African-American Rhodes scholar (1907) |
| Springsteen's Seeger cover "___ Canal |