| 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. |
| Fiddler on the Roof" setting that answers the question "Where else could Sabbath be so sweet? |
| 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 |
| Iowa city where Grant Wood's "American Gothic" house is located |
| J'accuse" author's first name |
| Broadway's first Willy Loman |
| Actor's first course? |
| Where to keep tunes? |
| Actress who was the first female host of "Saturday Night Live": 2 wds. |
| Banished to sleep on a couch, say ... or where to find the starred answers' hidden items |
| Animated film where the main character journeys to the excavation site of a Roman emperor's corpse and learns a little something along the way? |
| 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 |
| Place where unimportant people live? |
| Where Fluffy might get fixed |
| First thing Iowa State cheerleaders ask for? |
| City where Meat Loaf was born |
| First pitcher to have defeated all 30 major-league teams |
| Ohio town where "there's a happiness" in an old Glenn Miller song |
| Area where conservatives generally do well |
| French-speaking country where illegal activity runs rampant? |
| 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) |
| Where electrons orbit |
| Alma ___ (where someone went to college) |
| Hitchcock's first Technicolor film |