| 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 |
| Brain-scan letters |
| J'accuse" author's first name |
| Broadway's first Willy Loman |
| Letter before gee |
| Actor's first course? |
| All, e.g., for this answer's last six letters? |
| 7th letter, Greek alphabet |
| Abbr. at the bottom of a business letter |
| James Bond film, to a letter writer? |
| Actress who was the first female host of "Saturday Night Live": 2 wds. |
| Archaeologist's letters |
| 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 |
| Organizations with Greek letters |
| Co-creator of the Reitwagen, the first internal-combustion motorcycle |
| Letter before theta |
| Confusing statements ... and a hint to the circled letters |
| First thing Iowa State cheerleaders ask for? |
| Four-letter-word concealer |
| First pitcher to have defeated all 30 major-league teams |
| Four-letter fruit pronounced in three syllables |
| Author Locke of the Harlem Renaissance, the first African-American Rhodes scholar (1907) |
| Surprises unpleasantly, and a hint to each starred answer's first two + last two letters |
| Accompaniers of cover letters: Abbr. |
| Attend a party uninvited ... and a literal hint to five sets of circled letters |