| 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. |
| A crossword editor has to be very careful when changing one--unlike this puzzle's editor, who was careless four times herein |
| Talladega" singer who goes by his middle name, not first name (Kenneth): 2 wds. |
| 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 |
| J'accuse" author's first name |
| Broadway's first Willy Loman |
| Actor's first course? |
| Was inventive |
| Actress who was the first female host of "Saturday Night Live": 2 wds. |
| Wash |
| #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) |
| Adam and Eve's first residence |
| Coulter whose jaw was wired shut in November, according to the New York Post |
| Co-creator of the Reitwagen, the first internal-combustion motorcycle |
| First name that's feminine in English and masculine in Italian |
| A first name in whodunits |
| First word of a Beatles' album title |
| A.E.S. was one |
| First thing Iowa State cheerleaders ask for? |
| City where Meat Loaf was born |
| First pitcher to have defeated all 30 major-league teams |
| Surprises unpleasantly, and a hint to each starred answer's first two + last two letters |
| British wastelands |
| Actor ___ Scott who was in HBO's "Big Little Lies |
| Author Locke of the Harlem Renaissance, the first African-American Rhodes scholar (1907) |
| It was blamed for reduced pasta sales in 2003 |