| 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. |
| Mystical glow |
| Banded quartz |
| A crossword editor has to be very careful when changing one--unlike this puzzle's editor, who was careless four times herein |
| Band of Gold singer Payne |
| Christmas songs |
| Band names |
| Hindu mystic |
| The "me" in "nothing can stop me now," in a 1962 #1 hit |
| Alphabetical Jackson 5 hit |
| Organization whose 2008 endorsement John McCain did not reciprocate |
| Body part whose name is pronounced like a vowel |
| 1966 Grammy winner for "If He Walked Into My Life |
| 1929 Ethel Waters hit whose title is a question |
| TV band |
| 1973 Rolling Stones #1 hit |
| 1984 top ten Duran Duran hit |
| Australian state whose capital is Sydney: Abbr. |
| Emmy winner as Gotti |
| 1964 Beatles song |
| Soft, silvery-white element |
| Actor Sandler who was once a regular on "Saturday Night Live |
| Myanmar's former name |
| Actor whose middle name is Tiffany |
| 2005 Black Eyed Peas hit that Pitchfork called "so monumentally vacuous, slapped together and tossed-off that it truly tests the definition of 'song.' |
| Like a subtitled black-and-white movie in which everyone smokes and wears sunglasses |
| Nagging (husband) |
| Grammy winner Blige |
| 1950's White House nickname |
| Creamy soup |