| 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. |
| Fiddler on the Roof" setting that answers the question "Where else could Sabbath be so sweet? |
| A crossword editor has to be very careful when changing one--unlike this puzzle's editor, who was careless four times herein |
| Skilled showoff |
| Bone that Napoleon Dynamite's grandma broke after falling off her dune buggy |
| Punk-rock offshoot |
| Indonesian island |
| Havana's island |
| Swindle |
| You might draw them when answering questions |
| Cavalry sword |
| SWORD |
| 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 |
| Switch |
| Not give in to a timepiece that swings at you? |
| Medieval sword |
| 2005 Black Eyed Peas hit that Pitchfork called "so monumentally vacuous, slapped together and tossed-off that it truly tests the definition of 'song.' |
| Turkish officer |
| Coffee shop worker |
| Blunted swords |
| Abbr. in some office titles |
| A Caroline island |
| A swelling in plants |
| A New Hebrides island |
| Break off a relationship |
| Applies with a cotton swab, e.g. |
| Sail off-course |
| Biter in a swamp |
| Swords for fencing |
| Action needed to spot the four fliers in the theme answers |