| 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. |
| 1973 Rolling Stones ballad |
| Talladega" singer who goes by his middle name, not first name (Kenneth): 2 wds. |
| Footballer's wear |
| Ballet luminary |
| Football receiver |
| 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 |
| Abbey Road" ballad |
| Annual coll. basketball competition |
| Four-time baseball All-Star Jose |
| Retired outfielder Barry, who was conspicuously denied entry to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2013 |
| Baseball's Fielder |
| J'accuse" author's first name |
| Broadway's first Willy Loman |
| Ballpoint pen brand |
| Home run, in baseball slang |
| Oddball |
| Attack physically or verbally |
| Actor's first course? |
| Football great Dawson |
| Actress who was the first female host of "Saturday Night Live": 2 wds. |
| Alternative to man-to-man defense, in basketball |
| Football player Jackson drinks water before a game? |
| Hideo, Major League Baseball's winningest Japanese pitcher |
| Adam and Eve's first residence |
| First name that's feminine in English and masculine in Italian |
| Co-creator of the Reitwagen, the first internal-combustion motorcycle |
| Striped equid |
| 0, on a football pitch |
| A first name in whodunits |