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. |
Time's 2007 "Invention of the Year |
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? |
Actress who was the first female host of "Saturday Night Live": 2 wds. |
Was inventive |
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) |
A billion years |
___ around (wasted time) |
Adam and Eve's first residence |
Coulter whose jaw was wired shut in November, according to the New York Post |
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 |
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 |
Story of a Ping-Pong champ's retirement years? |
Celebrating the New Year in different time zones, for example |
Surprises unpleasantly, and a hint to each starred answer's first two + last two letters |