| 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. |
| Canadian singer Paul |
| Baltic country. |
| R&B's -- Hill |
| A crossword editor has to be very careful when changing one--unlike this puzzle's editor, who was careless four times herein |
| 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 |
| Alphabetical Jackson 5 hit |
| Time's 2007 "Invention of the Year |
| Body part whose name is pronounced like a vowel |
| Organization whose 2008 endorsement John McCain did not reciprocate |
| Come Away With Me" singer Jones |
| 1966 Grammy winner for "If He Walked Into My Life |
| 1929 Ethel Waters hit whose title is a question |
| Nick of Time" singer |
| 1973 Rolling Stones #1 hit |
| 1984 top ten Duran Duran hit |
| Australian state whose capital is Sydney: Abbr. |
| 'Believe' singer |
| Canadian singer Morissette |
| 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 |
| Soft, silvery-white element |
| Fuel" Singer DiFranco |
| Actor Sandler who was once a regular on "Saturday Night Live |
| Actor whose middle name is Tiffany |
| 'So Sick' singer |
| Like a subtitled black-and-white movie in which everyone smokes and wears sunglasses |
| 2005 Black Eyed Peas hit that Pitchfork called "so monumentally vacuous, slapped together and tossed-off that it truly tests the definition of 'song.' |