| 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 |
| Alt.country singer Case whose "The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You" comes out tomorrow |
| Bad things to give away |
| Things that may be laughed off? |
| Musician who created the Windows 95 start-up sound |
| Things of interest? |
| General's way of managing things? |
| Transparent sheet used in hand-drawn animations |
| Brian who wrote the Windows 95 startup sound |
| All Things Considered" broadcaster |
| ... about idiots who go to a magical place with living playthings? |
| Cost of leaving things behind? |
| Precious Things" singer Tori |
| Ambient music pioneer who composed the "Microsoft Sound" for Windows 95: 2 wds. |
| Ability to pick things up, briefly |
| Things surrounding ultimate fighting rings |
| Against (which appears amidst the five long Across answers) |
| Be open to learning new things |
| Additional unspecified things |
| Controlling things once more |
| Greatly detested things |
| A single one of those things you see floating in the pool when you don't clean it |
| Across-the-pond speech patterns studied by British actors |
| Abbreviation meaning "plus additional things |
| A charming way to look at things? |
| Filed things |
| All the Things You ___" (Kern tune) |
| Alphabetically first "American Idol" judge across all 16 seasons |
| Ability to pick things up |
| Turndowns across the Atlantic |