| VERNAL | With 26-Down, it occurs today at 10:26 AM PST |
| ANAN | A covenant signer: Neh. 10:26 |
| ALMODAD | First-named son of Joktan (Gen. 10:26) (7) |
| JOKTAN | Almodad's father (Gen. 10:26) (6) |
| CERVANTES | "Fortune turns round like a mill-wheel, he was yesterday at the top, lies today at the bottom." He wrote about someone who tilted at windmills, in Don Quixote. Who is this? |
| ROADTEST | Trial for a car [NOTE: My online solve-at-home crossword contest is TODAY AT 3 P.M. ET (Sunday, 9/30/12). First prize is $2,500. For details, visit www.alzfdn.org.] |
| STUPIDITY | Foolishness as Archer caught out blocking a it's spinning today at both ends (9) |
| CROISSANT | "Today at the bookstore I bought a ___..." |
| RICHARDBLANCO | Poet who read "One Today" at President Obama's 2013 inauguration: 2 wds. |
| POST | Collectively, the leading types today at The Gate (4) |
| TIDY | Today at odd times one goes in to clear up (4) |
| EXCERPT | A bit cold in river: rather parky today at first |
| NICETY | Subtle detail in French city today at the margins (6) |
| WITTY | Humorous Caribbean trio leaving carnival site today at the margins (5) |
| COINCIDENCE | Strange it should happen with company showing how often it occurs (11) |
| GMT | It's eight hrs. later than PST |
| DEATHBYA | Painful and prolonged fate, but cash due today at NHS is gone astray! (5,2,1,8,4) |
| SPRINGTIDE | It occurs at new and full moon (6,4) |
| INCIDENCE | How often it occurs with nine dice making a hundred (9) |
| SOLSTICE | It's close anyhow - it occurs biannually |
