| Not passive |
| Web portal with a butterfly logo |
| Band of Gold singer Payne |
| A Prairie Home Companion" director; "it" game; performer Marilyn; PC key; ear part; mama's boy; grown boy; "Notes On 'Camp'" essayist; blue shade |
| 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 |
| Ballet luminary |
| Former gold coin |
| Noted potters |
| Longtime Notre Dame coach Parseghian |
| Good-luck animal |
| Ruling government |
| The Godfather" mobster Greene |
| Organization whose 2008 endorsement John McCain did not reciprocate |
| Narrow inlet of a river |
| Good-for-nothing |
| HE BUGS GORE? |
| Not too often |
| School supplies brand with a cow logo |
| Not quite tight |
| Character changed by spirits at Yuletide |
| Unknot |
| 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 |
| Emmy winner as Gotti |
| Racer's goal |
| Not give in to a timepiece that swings at you? |
| Extreme; rigorous |
| Peter who wrote "Puff the Magic Dragon |
| Discarded cargo |
| Iowa city where Grant Wood's "American Gothic" house is located |