| Informal refusal | 
                        
                | Cowboy's suffix for buck | 
                        
                | Prefix for fiction | 
                        
                | 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 city named for Queen Victoria | 
                        
                | Conform to masculine stereotypes by repressing one's feelings, which, as we all know, works out well for everyone | 
                        
                | 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 | 
                        
                | Pianist known for her transcription of Bach's "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring | 
                        
                | Lawyer, for short | 
                        
                | Bone that Napoleon Dynamite's grandma broke after falling off her dune buggy | 
                        
                | With one's identity hidden | 
                        
                | A Prairie Home Companion" director; "it" game; performer Marilyn; PC key; ear part; mama's boy; grown boy; "Notes On 'Camp'" essayist; blue shade | 
                        
                | 1973 Rolling Stones ballad | 
                        
                | One of Santa's reindeer | 
                        
                | Persuasive one | 
                        
                | Item deemed by a hi-tech company president in 1977 to be unreasonable for home use | 
                        
                | Jason Ritter sci-fi series that lasted for one season, with "The | 
                        
                | Pull with effort | 
                        
                | Makes uniform | 
                        
                | Ancient Greek author famous for his fables | 
                        
                | Indonesian island | 
                        
                | Form of Cecilia | 
                        
                | Raised platform | 
                        
                | Former gold coin | 
                        
                | Tee forerunner | 
                        
                | ___ Bones | 
                        
                | Partner of one? | 
                        
                | Abacus component |