| 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. |
| 2008/2012 campaign portmanteau |
| Japanese dance-drama |
| Actor who won comedy and drama Emmys for the same role |
| Critically acclaimed crime drama since 2008: 2 wds. |
| A bit of fatalism after a fender bender |
| Mystical comic book superhero played by Benedict Cumberbatch in an upcoming movie |
| Affleck who stars in the upcoming movie "Gone Girl |
| Actress Vikander who married her costar Michael Fassbender on October 14 |
| Bend |
| Dramatic opening? |
| Norwegian dramatist |
| Bent outward, as arms |
| Dramatic interlude |
| Bend respectfully |
| Begged for Bengay |
| Actor who played an exotic dancer in 2012's "Magic Mike": 2 wds. |
| Ben Adhem's peaceful experience |
| Heat forward who won the NBA Most Valuable Player award in 2009, 2010, 2012, and 2013: 2 wds. |
| Cutter with a bent blade |
| Dramatist Behan |
| Resorts to bended knees |
| Bent outward |
| Bend one's ear |
| A descendant of Benjamin |
| Benedictine fare? |
| Singer whose second album, "Unorthodox Jukebox," came out in December 2012: 2 wds. |
| Ben & Jerry's ingredient |
| Bend, as muscles |
| Melodramatic lament |