| 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. |
| Fiddler on the Roof" setting that answers the question "Where else could Sabbath be so sweet? |
| Useful skill |
| A crossword editor has to be very careful when changing one--unlike this puzzle's editor, who was careless four times herein |
| Bone that Napoleon Dynamite's grandma broke after falling off her dune buggy |
| Item deemed by a hi-tech company president in 1977 to be unreasonable for home use |
| Channel that shows Congressional votes: Hyph. |
| Margaret Thatcher's middle name |
| Jason Ritter sci-fi series that lasted for one season, with "The |
| Girls" actress who's the daughter of actress Lindsay Crouse: 2 wds. |
| Courtroom excuse |
| Meuse feeder |
| Cavalry sword |
| Gas brand that's also an Italian pronoun |
| SWORD |
| Group that assigns film ratings: Abbr. |
| Person who rouses game birds to be shot |
| Comedy show that once featured "Spy vs. Spy" cartoons |
| Legume used in the Indian dish dal |
| 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 |
| Maiden name word |
| Give one's word |
| Medieval sword |
| Not give in to a timepiece that swings at you? |
| Org. that gives NC-17s |
| Group that determines a film's rating: Abbr. |
| It could prove that I'm alive? |
| 2005 Black Eyed Peas hit that Pitchfork called "so monumentally vacuous, slapped together and tossed-off that it truly tests the definition of 'song.' |
| Miss Piggy's favorite word |
| Household appliance |