| 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 |
| Talladega" singer who goes by his middle name, not first name (Kenneth): 2 wds. |
| Irish spirits |
| Linear printing units |
| ___ Pet (kitschy plant) |
| 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 |
| Character changed by spirits at Yuletide |
| Actor Sandler who was once a regular on "Saturday Night Live |
| Tropical fruits |
| Retired outfielder Barry, who was conspicuously denied entry to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2013 |
| Org. with a key-holding eagle in its logo |
| Budgetary waste |
| J'accuse" author's first name |
| Broadway's first Willy Loman |
| Region near the Arctic Circle known for its reindeer |
| Archer of whodunits |
| Actor's first course? |
| Ambulance inits. |
| Actress who was the first female host of "Saturday Night Live": 2 wds. |
| Was inventive |
| Duck prized for its down |
| Wash |
| #1 song between Phil Collins's "Groovy Kind of Love" and The Escape Club's "Wild Wild West" (1988 wasn't good for music, apparently) |
| ___ around (wasted time) |
| Adam and Eve's first residence |
| Co-creator of the Reitwagen, the first internal-combustion motorcycle |
| Coulter whose jaw was wired shut in November, according to the New York Post |
| First name that's feminine in English and masculine in Italian |
| A first name in whodunits |