| 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. |
| 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 |
| Like many files nowadays |
| Lifelike lures |
| Irksome response to "You're avoiding the question |
| Body part whose name is pronounced like a vowel |
| Would you like to see ___?" (waiter's question) |
| Be unlike |
| 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 |
| Classic 1977 album pronounced like a continent |
| Like a subtitled black-and-white movie in which everyone smokes and wears sunglasses |
| Like some yams |
| Big and cumbersome |
| Abbr. in some office titles |
| Additive in some shampoos |
| Like St. Nick's "little mouth," in "The Night Before Christmas |
| Like some U.F.O. sightings |
| Something to check |
| Like some SoHo shops |
| 1962 hit with the lyric "Like the samba sound, my heart begins to pound |
| Lustrous layer in some shells |
| Cartman who said some shit about me and fishsticks even though I never played like that lmao... I stay away from that area all together |
| Crowning glories of some animals |
| Like a lion or horse |
| Like some measurements |
| D sharp sound-alike |
| Somewhat safe sword |
| Some Daytona racers |
| Like a jungle beast |