| 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. |
| NFL team |
| Talladega" singer who goes by his middle name, not first name (Kenneth): 2 wds. |
| NBA team |
| NHL team |
| Military assault team member |
| 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 |
| Team's symbol |
| J'accuse" author's first name |
| Broadway's first Willy Loman |
| Comet teammate |
| Part of a team's schedule |
| Amway Arena team |
| Actor's first course? |
| Actress who was the first female host of "Saturday Night Live": 2 wds. |
| Adam and Eve's first residence |
| First name that's feminine in English and masculine in Italian |
| Co-creator of the Reitwagen, the first internal-combustion motorcycle |
| A first name in whodunits |
| First word of a Beatles' album title |
| Midwest university with 23 team wrestling championships |
| American Airlines Arena team |
| First thing Iowa State cheerleaders ask for? |
| Court paper showing one team's points |
| First pitcher to have defeated all 30 major-league teams |
| Chicago N.F.L. team |
| Surprises unpleasantly, and a hint to each starred answer's first two + last two letters |
| Author Locke of the Harlem Renaissance, the first African-American Rhodes scholar (1907) |
| Five-time teammate of Bryant, Duncan, and Nowitzki at the NBA All-Star Game |
| Hitchcock's first Technicolor film |