| A crossword editor has to be very careful when changing one--unlike this puzzle's editor, who was careless four times herein |
| Biblical patriarch |
| 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 |
| Muppet roommates on "Sesame Street": 3 wds. |
| Conversation is ___ in which a man has all mankind for his competitors": Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| Actress who wore contact lenses she couldn't see through to play a blind woman in "All I See Is You": 2 wds. |
| A cottage in ___ . . . ": Godley |
| Actor who cross-dressed for his role in "Mrs. Doubtfire": 2 wds. |
| A ___ lose youth for": Browning |
| An instructor of great sagacity": Emerson |
| A plague o' ___ your houses!": Mercutio |
| Actress who was the first female host of "Saturday Night Live": 2 wds. |
| And fly, __ evil intercept thy flight": Milton |
| Actor who played Superman on TV's "Lois & Clark": 2 wds. |
| Actress who played an assistant district attorney in 1996's "Primal Fear": 2 wds. |
| Always, to Milton |
| Activity suggested by this puzzle's theme entries |
| All, e.g., for this answer's last six letters? |
| Partially obscured (and a hint to this puzzle's theme) |
| Alternative title of this puzzle, in view of what can be placed in front of the answers to the 10 asterisked clues |
| Band best known for 1985's "Take on Me": Hyph. |
| Annual cause of losing an hr.'s sleep hidden in this puzzle's 10 longest answers |
| Actor who played an exotic dancer in 2012's "Magic Mike": 2 wds. |
| Almost anything can be improved with the addition of __": Jasper Fforde |
| An' they talks ___ lovin' . . . ": Kipling |
| Alternate title for this crossword? |
| Man delights ___": Hamlet |
| Actor who served under the real-life US colonel he portrays in "12 Strong": 2 wds. |
| And in the ___ silence of the tomb": Keats |
| Fox News host who promotes his show as a "No-Spin Zone": 2 wds. |