| 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 |
| Christmas songs |
| 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 |
| 1964 Beatles song |
| 2005 Black Eyed Peas hit that Pitchfork called "so monumentally vacuous, slapped together and tossed-off that it truly tests the definition of 'song.' |
| Cross |
| Pie or cross follower |
| 2000 Best Song Oscar winner |
| Crossword framework |
| Actor who cross-dressed for his role in "Mrs. Doubtfire": 2 wds. |
| Above the crossbar and between the uprights |
| #1 song between Phil Collins's "Groovy Kind of Love" and The Escape Club's "Wild Wild West" (1988 wasn't good for music, apparently) |
| A good band pic on the CD, songs that will appeal to music producers, etc.? |
| Almost dozen Grateful Dead song "The ___ |
| Actor in Broadway's "Glengarry Glen Ross |
| A WWI song urged us to keep them burning |
| Referee's song to losers |
| Songbirds |
| Feeling cross |
| Dallas Mavericks point guard (formerly with the Timberwolves) born June 26, 1984: 3 wds. |
| Alpine song (5) |
| 1973 Rolling Stones #1 song |
| Criss-cross framework |
| Church song |
| Ohio town where "there's a happiness" in an old Glenn Miller song |
| All Songs Considered" airer |
| Adjective forbidden in crosswords because it's gross and bodily |
| ___ al-Fayed, friend of Princess Diana |