| 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 |
| Snag — trap |
| Chief river of British Columbia |
| Parody — show with striptease? |
| J'accuse" author's first name |
| Aid Hal (anag) — flower with showy heads |
| British wheels |
| Broadway's first Willy Loman |
| Actor's first course? |
| Actress who was the first female host of "Saturday Night Live": 2 wds. |
| First name that's feminine in English and masculine in Italian |
| Adam and Eve's first residence |
| Aromatic herb — Timcan't (anag) |
| A first name in whodunits |
| First word of a Beatles' album title |
| Co-creator of the Reitwagen, the first internal-combustion motorcycle |
| Seabird — glutton |
| First thing Iowa State cheerleaders ask for? |
| Infantry — unit of linear measure |
| Act — exploit |
| Confused — on the briny |
| First pitcher to have defeated all 30 major-league teams |
| Snob failed (anag) — extremely difficult situation |
| Author Locke of the Harlem Renaissance, the first African-American Rhodes scholar (1907) |
| British fellow |
| Ali had (anag) — showy flower |
| British author who gave Harvard's 2008 commencement speech: 2 wds. |
| Surprises unpleasantly, and a hint to each starred answer's first two + last two letters |