| 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 |
| News analyst Roberts |
| Actor Cary with the new memoir "As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales From the Making of 'The Princess Bride' |
| Cavalry sword |
| SWORD |
| New Mexico landmark |
| 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 |
| Maiden name word |
| Give one's word |
| Medieval sword |
| Miss Piggy's favorite word |
| Creatively-censored 4/28/10 New York Post headline about the foul-mouthed Senate/Wall Street hearings |
| Blunted swords |
| I.e. words |
| Accounting word |
| A New Hebrides island |
| Universal's 1980 Olivia Newton-John musical |
| Old-fashioned curse word |
| Swords for fencing |
| Al ___, Cairo newspaper |
| Somewhat safe sword |
| Amount of space in a newspaper |
| Crossword framework |
| A language of New Zealand |
| A nice word for dirt? |
| Target of Bill Maher's "New Rule: stop wearing plastic shoes |
| Newton contemporary |
| Rewords (text) |
| Coulter whose jaw was wired shut in November, according to the New York Post |