| A crossword editor has to be very careful when changing one--unlike this puzzle's editor, who was careless four times herein |
| With one's identity hidden |
| 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 |
| Activity suggested by this puzzle's theme entries |
| All, e.g., for this answer's last six letters? |
| Banished to sleep on a couch, say ... or where to find the starred answers' hidden items |
| Hideo, Major League Baseball's winningest Japanese pitcher |
| Airport code hidden in FUEL GAUGE |
| Anathema, to Polonius |
| Alternative title of this puzzle, in view of what can be placed in front of the answers to the 10 asterisked clues |
| Partially obscured (and a hint to this puzzle's theme) |
| A missing pencil may be behind one |
| Annual cause of losing an hr.'s sleep hidden in this puzzle's 10 longest answers |
| Wakes thrown up behind speedboats |
| Alternate title for this crossword? |
| Video game that comes out today (9/9/09), whose songs/levels are referenced in this puzzle, with "The |
| After following the instructions to make a big one, hint that tells you where to look around to find hidden booty |
| Card that might be hidden up a cheater's sleeve |
| Ex-Yankee Hideki |
| Agriculture giant celebrating its 175th anniversary this year |
| Asleep ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| Contract extras, and read differently, a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| Iliad" character with a shield made from seven bulls' hides |
| This (girl), to Brutus |
| Alternative words used as alternatives for each other in this puzzle's theme answers |
| Hidden hoard |
| Give Schweppes Ginger ___ try!" (brilliant soda slogan I just made up) (this clue dedicated to the great Merl Reagle, the master of saving weak entries; RIP, Merl) |
| A genus of shell-less snails was named after this noblewoman |
| Cost of leaving things behind? |
| Behave!" ... and a hint to this puzzle's theme |