A crossword editor has to be very careful when changing one--unlike this puzzle's editor, who was careless four times herein |
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 |
Actor Sandler who was once a regular on "Saturday Night Live |
Retired outfielder Barry, who was conspicuously denied entry to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2013 |
Budgetary waste |
Accepted principles of right and wrong |
Actress who was the first female host of "Saturday Night Live": 2 wds. |
Was inventive |
#1 song between Phil Collins's "Groovy Kind of Love" and The Escape Club's "Wild Wild West" (1988 wasn't good for music, apparently) |
___ around (wasted time) |
Wash |
Above the crossbar and between the uprights |
Coulter whose jaw was wired shut in November, according to the New York Post |
A.E.S. was one |
Brightly colored rock |
City where Meat Loaf was born |
Exactly 10 seconds, for the 100-yard dash |
Brightly embarrassed |
Actor ___ Scott who was in HBO's "Big Little Lies |
British wastelands |
Wasteful bother |
It was blamed for reduced pasta sales in 2003 |
Commands a horse to turn right |
Actress Richards who was once married to Charlie Sheen, a role for which I believe she deserves an Oscar |
Old comics girl whose boyfriend was Wingey |
Adjacent-over-opposite in right triangles |
Duane who was #2 on Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time |
Cookout waste |
Was unrestrained |
''The Balcony'' playwright |