| Informal refusal |
| Prefix for fiction |
| 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. |
| Useful skill |
| A crossword editor has to be very careful when changing one--unlike this puzzle's editor, who was careless four times herein |
| Kind of reflex |
| Pull with effort |
| Environmentally friendly prefix |
| Defeat resoundingly |
| Carefully thought-out strategy |
| Relief name |
| Forceful in expression |
| Give shelter or refuge to |
| 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 |
| Careful scrutiny |
| 2005 Black Eyed Peas hit that Pitchfork called "so monumentally vacuous, slapped together and tossed-off that it truly tests the definition of 'song.' |
| Former Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Dawson |
| Prefix with distant or lateral |
| Expression of relief |
| Ring-shaped coral reef |
| Chief river of British Columbia |
| Woeful |
| Definition that explains walking, Part 1 |
| Defeat decisively |
| Upon: Prefix. |
| Berber chieftain |
| Archaic "before |
| Sloping typeface |
| Wind (prefix) |
| Acquire by effort |