| A crossword editor has to be very careful when changing one--unlike this puzzle's editor, who was careless four times herein |
| Puzzled comments |
| 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 |
| Activity suggested by this puzzle's theme entries |
| Spotted playing cube |
| Partially obscured (and a hint to this puzzle's theme) |
| Alternative title of this puzzle, in view of what can be placed in front of the answers to the 10 asterisked clues |
| Annual cause of losing an hr.'s sleep hidden in this puzzle's 10 longest answers |
| Inventory, for short |
| Numbered cube |
| Inventory item |
| Video game that comes out today (9/9/09), whose songs/levels are referenced in this puzzle, with "The |
| Cuts into cubes |
| Inventory |
| Contract extras, and read differently, a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| Asleep ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| Inventor's spark |
| Alternative words used as alternatives for each other in this puzzle's theme answers |
| Actress and inventor Lamarr |
| A cube has 12 |
| Behave!" ... and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| Anti-gravity suit" inventor Dr Wilbur _____ |
| German inventor, designer of the first rigid motorised airship, d. 1917 |
| New father's task, maybe ... and what the three other longest puzzle answers have in common? |
| Common birds, in puzzles |
| Cryptographers' successes (and what can be found in the circles in this puzzle's long answers) |
| Alternate title for this puzzle |
| Gambler's cube |
| Cubed |
| A different one is hidden in each of this puzzle's seven longest answers |