| A crossword editor has to be very careful when changing one--unlike this puzzle's editor, who was careless four times herein |
| The "me" in "nothing can stop me now," in a 1962 #1 hit |
| Long narrow hilltop |
| Puzzled comments |
| 1984 top ten Duran Duran hit |
| 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 |
| Wayside stop |
| Angelic toppers |
| Emulate Topsy |
| Art supplies brand with the colors Mango Tango and Jazzberry Jam |
| Jazz legend Fitzgerald |
| Actress stops further action |
| Activity suggested by this puzzle's theme entries |
| Auto stopovers |
| Specialty ___ (topics one is an expert in) |
| Cryptography topics |
| Target of Bill Maher's "New Rule: stop wearing plastic shoes |
| When asked how many slices his pizza should be cut into: "Better make it six. I ___" (Yogi Berra quote): 3 wds. |
| All That Jazz" choreographer |
| ___ America (channel that airs "Top Gear" in the US) |
| Moody's top rating |
| 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) |
| Dazzling |
| Top of a long narrow hill |
| Annual cause of losing an hr.'s sleep hidden in this puzzle's 10 longest answers |
| Rounded tops |
| Complain nonstop |
| All-stops train |
| Stops on a line |