| A crossword editor has to be very careful when changing one--unlike this puzzle's editor, who was careless four times herein |
| Time's 2007 "Invention of the Year |
| 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 |
| #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) |
| Airborne lava |
| Was inventive |
| Actress who was the first female host of "Saturday Night Live": 2 wds. |
| Coulter whose jaw was wired shut in November, according to the New York Post |
| Wash |
| ___ around (wasted time) |
| A billion years |
| Ala.-born actress Louise ___ |
| Dallas Mavericks point guard (formerly with the Timberwolves) born June 26, 1984: 3 wds. |
| City where Meat Loaf was born |
| A.E.S. was one |
| Airborne defenses, for short |
| Nights before Christmas and New Year's Day |
| Story of a Ping-Pong champ's retirement years? |
| Wasteful bother |
| Allen Dulles headed it for eight years under D.D.E. |
| Celebrating the New Year in different time zones, for example |
| Strasbourg-born dadaist |
| Actor ___ Scott who was in HBO's "Big Little Lies |
| It was blamed for reduced pasta sales in 2003 |
| Actress Richards who was once married to Charlie Sheen, a role for which I believe she deserves an Oscar |
| Yearn (after) |
| Dish dubbed "the greatest recipe to originate from the Americas in 50 years" by the International Society of Epicures in 1953 |
| Old comics girl whose boyfriend was Wingey |