| 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. |
| Talladega" singer who goes by his middle name, not first name (Kenneth): 2 wds. |
| 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 |
| Four-time baseball All-Star Jose |
| Retired outfielder Barry, who was conspicuously denied entry to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2013 |
| Baseball's Fielder |
| J'accuse" author's first name |
| Home run, in baseball slang |
| Broadway's first Willy Loman |
| Actor's first course? |
| Baghdad-based Broadway musical |
| Am I off-base here? |
| Actress who was the first female host of "Saturday Night Live": 2 wds. |
| Adam and Eve's first residence |
| Hideo, Major League Baseball's winningest Japanese pitcher |
| First name that's feminine in English and masculine in Italian |
| First word of a Beatles' album title |
| A first name in whodunits |
| Co-creator of the Reitwagen, the first internal-combustion motorcycle |
| First thing Iowa State cheerleaders ask for? |
| Baseball's ''Walking Man'' Eddie |
| Acid-base indicator |
| First pitcher to have defeated all 30 major-league teams |
| Baseball's Manny |
| Author Locke of the Harlem Renaissance, the first African-American Rhodes scholar (1907) |
| Base qualities |
| Perfumes or their bases |
| Qatar-based network whose American channel is ending in April: 2 wds. |
| Surprises unpleasantly, and a hint to each starred answer's first two + last two letters |
| Baseball/football Hall-of-Famer Hubbard |