| 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. |
| Talladega" singer who goes by his middle name, not first name (Kenneth): 2 wds. |
| Hero's beloved |
| '60s film character wearing one black glove |
| 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 |
| Rowena's lover |
| J'accuse" author's first name |
| Ivanhoe's love |
| Alt.country singer Case whose "The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You" comes out tomorrow |
| Broadway's first Willy Loman |
| Actor's first course? |
| Beloved TV and film star |
| #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) |
| Computer pioneer Lovelace (woo-hoo, women in tech!) |
| Actress who was the first female host of "Saturday Night Live": 2 wds. |
| Adam and Eve's first residence |
| First name that's feminine in English and masculine in Italian |
| Aida's love |
| First word of a Beatles' album title |
| A first name in whodunits |
| Galatea's lover |
| Co-creator of the Reitwagen, the first internal-combustion motorcycle |
| Alicia Keys "Teenage Love Affair" album |
| First thing Iowa State cheerleaders ask for? |
| Beloved film character with a tail |
| Shine a Little Love" grp. |
| First pitcher to have defeated all 30 major-league teams |
| Author Locke of the Harlem Renaissance, the first African-American Rhodes scholar (1907) |
| Surprises unpleasantly, and a hint to each starred answer's first two + last two letters |
| Showing love |