| 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. |
| Fiddler on the Roof" setting that answers the question "Where else could Sabbath be so sweet? |
| A crossword editor has to be very careful when changing one--unlike this puzzle's editor, who was careless four times herein |
| Pianist known for her transcription of Bach's "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring |
| Bone that Napoleon Dynamite's grandma broke after falling off her dune buggy |
| Talladega" singer who goes by his middle name, not first name (Kenneth): 2 wds. |
| Margaret Thatcher's middle name |
| Northern diving seabird |
| Actress Fisher who voices Agnes in "Despicable Me |
| Math teacher's dessert? |
| Hero's beloved |
| The Godfather" mobster Greene |
| Lamb's mother |
| Gather (crops) |
| Soft sheepskin leather |
| Ornamental herb |
| Fair" heroine |
| 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 |
| Actor Sandler who was once a regular on "Saturday Night Live |
| 1997 World Series MVP Hernandez |
| Netherlands nosebag contents? |
| Sherman Hemsley sitcom |
| River in Northern California |
| 2005 Black Eyed Peas hit that Pitchfork called "so monumentally vacuous, slapped together and tossed-off that it truly tests the definition of 'song.' |
| Herb |
| Panic-button pusher |
| Iowa city where Grant Wood's "American Gothic" house is located |
| Creatively-censored 4/28/10 New York Post headline about the foul-mouthed Senate/Wall Street hearings |
| Actor William of "The Greatest American Hero |
| Retired outfielder Barry, who was conspicuously denied entry to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2013 |