| Not passive |
| A crossword editor has to be very careful when changing one--unlike this puzzle's editor, who was careless four times herein |
| Like many files nowadays |
| A Prairie Home Companion" director; "it" game; performer Marilyn; PC key; ear part; mama's boy; grown boy; "Notes On 'Camp'" essayist; blue shade |
| Talladega" singer who goes by his middle name, not first name (Kenneth): 2 wds. |
| The "me" in "nothing can stop me now," in a 1962 #1 hit |
| Lifelike lures |
| Noted potters |
| Longtime Notre Dame coach Parseghian |
| Irksome response to "You're avoiding the question |
| Body part whose name is pronounced like a vowel |
| Organization whose 2008 endorsement John McCain did not reciprocate |
| Would you like to see ___?" (waiter's question) |
| Good-for-nothing |
| Be unlike |
| Not too often |
| Not quite tight |
| Unknot |
| 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 |
| Classic 1977 album pronounced like a continent |
| Not give in to a timepiece that swings at you? |
| Like a subtitled black-and-white movie in which everyone smokes and wears sunglasses |
| Like some yams |
| Not act subtly |
| Actress Taylor of "The Notorious Bettie Page |
| Like some SoHo shops |
| Like some U.F.O. sightings |
| 1962 hit with the lyric "Like the samba sound, my heart begins to pound |
| Like St. Nick's "little mouth," in "The Night Before Christmas |
| Like a lion or horse |