| Darth Vader and his allies |
| A crossword editor has to be very careful when changing one--unlike this puzzle's editor, who was careless four times herein |
| Pianist known for her transcription of Bach's "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring |
| Get some downtime |
| A Prairie Home Companion" director; "it" game; performer Marilyn; PC key; ear part; mama's boy; grown boy; "Notes On 'Camp'" essayist; blue shade |
| Talladega" singer who goes by his middle name, not first name (Kenneth): 2 wds. |
| Phase of history. |
| Ancient Greek author famous for his fables |
| English cathedral town |
| Town of St. Francis |
| Iowa town |
| 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 |
| Downcast |
| Mid-Atlantic border town portmanteau |
| Downsize |
| Grown-up filly |
| Downbeat |
| Conversation is ___ in which a man has all mankind for his competitors": Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| Belgian town |
| Touchdown abbr. |
| Type of melon |
| Father Brown's creator |
| Down-under soldier |
| Downy duck |
| Region near the Arctic Circle known for its reindeer |
| California town |
| Crowning glories of some animals |
| Abbr. also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease |
| Extremely cold |
| Andy and Aunt Bee's town |