| 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. |
| A crossword editor has to be very careful when changing one--unlike this puzzle's editor, who was careless four times herein |
| 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 |
| Cereal fungus |
| Basic breakfast cereal |
| Cross |
| Otto's realm: Abbr. |
| Pie or cross follower |
| Reality show about folk-dancing homemakers (with "The") |
| Cereal grain |
| Actor who cross-dressed for his role in "Mrs. Doubtfire": 2 wds. |
| Crossword framework |
| Belgian surrealist |
| Above the crossbar and between the uprights |
| Ethereal: Poet. |
| Feeling cross |
| Adjective forbidden in crosswords because it's gross and bodily |
| Ethereal |
| Criss-cross framework |
| Alternate title for this crossword? |
| Double-crosser |
| Realm that dissolved during the Napoleonic Wars: Abbr. |
| High-fiber cereal |
| Boxer who won 1980's Brawl in Montreal |
| Dessert that, if you can't both "have" and "eat," I don't really understand the meaning of "have |
| Worshipped crossword constructor, e.g. (okay, I know, there aren't any, but a man can dream) |
| Dawdler's panicked realization |
| Actor who served under the real-life US colonel he portrays in "12 Strong": 2 wds. |
| Arboreal symbol of Apollo |
| Hippie's cross |