| 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. |
| 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. |
| Former gold coin |
| Former Belgian camera brand |
| Former Turkish ruler |
| 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 |
| African capital formerly called Salisbury |
| Myanmar's former name |
| Former Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Dawson |
| J'accuse" author's first name |
| Former French coin |
| Broadway's first Willy Loman |
| Actor's first course? |
| American __" (performer's TV showcase) |
| Former Egypt-Syria alliance (Abbr.) |
| First name that's feminine in English and masculine in Italian |
| Equine performer |
| Actress Fox of the "Transformers" movies |
| Actress who was the first female host of "Saturday Night Live": 2 wds. |
| Checkup performers |
| Adam and Eve's first residence |
| First word of a Beatles' album title |
| A performer may keep one |
| A first name in whodunits |
| Dallas Mavericks point guard (formerly with the Timberwolves) born June 26, 1984: 3 wds. |
| Former Soviet space station |
| Co-creator of the Reitwagen, the first internal-combustion motorcycle |
| First thing Iowa State cheerleaders ask for? |
| Amendment granting citizenship to former slaves |