| 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. |
| R&B's -- Hill |
| Critic's write-up |
| Finnish maestro ___-Pekka Salonen |
| A crossword editor has to be very careful when changing one--unlike this puzzle's editor, who was careless four times herein |
| Get some downtime |
| Cub-scout leader |
| Punk-rock offshoot |
| Crystal-filled rock |
| Item deemed by a hi-tech company president in 1977 to be unreasonable for home use |
| Conversation starters |
| Jason Ritter sci-fi series that lasted for one season, with "The |
| Oft-quoted Chairman |
| Maiden name lead-in |
| Low-pitched woodwind |
| Good-luck animal |
| Leafy vegetable |
| Japanese dance-drama |
| Two-dimensional extent. |
| Carefully thought-out strategy |
| Good-for-nothing |
| Computer-telephone link |
| Start of a riddle |
| Rock-garden plant |
| Dadaism co-founder Jean |
| 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 |
| Garlic-flavored dressing |
| Honey-eating bird |
| Man-made fibre |
| Soft, silvery-white element |