| Metallic element |
| 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 |
| Soft, silvery-white element |
| Retired outfielder Barry, who was conspicuously denied entry to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2013 |
| 2013 animated film in which Steven Tyler voiced a glowworm |
| Almost any element whose name ends in -ium |
| Abundant element in Earth's core |
| Heat forward who won the NBA Most Valuable Player award in 2009, 2010, 2012, and 2013: 2 wds. |
| A gaseous element |
| Actor who supposedly "destroyed the periodic table, because he only recognizes the element of surprise |
| Airport screen no. |
| Start of an elementary lesson |
| Elementary gases |
| Actress Remini of ABC's "Family Tools," which premiered in May 2013 |
| Elements of stunning black-and-white photographs? |
| Key of Haydn's Symphony No. 98 |
| Agenda element |
| Hallmark Channel talk show, 2012-13 |
| Cabinet department since 1913 |
| Aristotelian element |
| Controlling element |
| Battery element |
| Elementary fellow? |
| Dreaded element |
| 131 Iowa senator Joni |
| Element in many semiconductors |
| Bumps an R down to a PG-13, perhaps |
| Crossword element |
| Penultimate element, alphabetically |
| All the "noble" elements |