| Roman's dozen |
| 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. |
| Part of a colon |
| North Carolina river |
| Iowa setting for the League of Sofa Manufacturers convention? |
| Finnish maestro ___-Pekka Salonen |
| A crossword editor has to be very careful when changing one--unlike this puzzle's editor, who was careless four times herein |
| Cues from a stage coach |
| Web portal with a butterfly logo |
| Bone that Napoleon Dynamite's grandma broke after falling off her dune buggy |
| Nation with three dots in a row |
| A Prairie Home Companion" director; "it" game; performer Marilyn; PC key; ear part; mama's boy; grown boy; "Notes On 'Camp'" essayist; blue shade |
| A founder of aerodynamics |
| Item deemed by a hi-tech company president in 1977 to be unreasonable for home use |
| NBA team |
| Initials on a bounced check |
| The "me" in "nothing can stop me now," in a 1962 #1 hit |
| Path of a story |
| Honda model |
| Prince William’s alma mater |
| Body part whose name is pronounced like a vowel |
| Gives a hand to |
| Narrow inlet of a river |
| Foundation for many a dessert |
| Behave in a certain manner |
| 1929 Ethel Waters hit whose title is a question |
| Start of a riddle |
| A German river |
| Former Belgian camera brand |
| Iowa town |