- Scratch the surface of say: MAR
- 1983 hit that won a Grammy for Record of the Year: BEATIT
- Indication of an operation: SCAR
- Bit of samurai attire: OBI
- Refer (to): ALLUDE
- Play part: ROLE
- Lose crispness as cereal: SOG
- What x might mean: TIMBERLINES
- Suppress: QUASH
- See 54-Across: SASSE
- Oda ___ Brown Whoopi Goldbergs role in Ghost: MAE
- Lets loose: UNTIES
- A little after the hour: TENPAST
- Loved one: IDOL
- Go back and forth in a way: WAG
- Some farmers market setups: TENTS
- Glare reducer: TINT
- Flexible: ELASTIC
- Demon in Japanese folklore: ONI
- With 31-Down proceeds from the sale of an asset … or a hint to understanding six answers in this puzzle: CAPITAL
- Compadre: PAL
- Hollywood vis-à-vis the film industry e.g.: METONYM
- ___ Alto: PALO
- You might calmly tell someone not to do this: WORRY
- Holy ___: SEE
- Newspaper section: ARTS
- Like many invitations nowadays: EMAILED
- Kind of identity: RACIAL
- With 22-Across former senator whose name can be spelled using only the letters in NEBRASKA (his home state): BEN
- Horace was one notably: ODIST
- Mag that began endorsing political candidates in 2014: COSMO
- Sweetheart: BAKINGSTONE
- Lead-in to goblin: HOB
- Name that can be heard phonetically somewhere in this clue: ERIN
- More discerning: ACUTER
- Brian of ambient music: ENO
- Dungeonlike: DANK
- Metal workers?: ROBOTS
- GPS display Abbr.: STS
- Criminal patterns in brief: MOSQUITO
- Overflow with: ABOUNDIN
- Writer Morrison: RIGATONI
- Get in hot water say: BATHE
- N.F.L. cornerback Apple: ELI
- Charitable relief: ALMS
- Helicon e.g. musically speaking: TUBA
- Oft-abbreviated Latin phrase: IDEST
- Short: TERSE
- Colombos country in Olympics shorthand: SRI
- Scammer: CONMAN
- What the Rays and Jays are in for short: ALEAST
- Fresh starts: RESETS
- Kind of soup: LENTIL
- Material thats bad for the mouth?: SILT
- Drops in the gym?: SWEAT
- Bench press target: PEC
- Pedigree competitor: ALPO
- See 38-Across: GAINS
- Ailment treated with a warming compress: STYE
- Not as fierce: TAMER
- Former name of Colombos country: CEYLON
- Fellows: PARISHES
- California concert site featured in the documentary Gimme Shelter: ALTAMONT
- Some corp. takeovers: LOSLOBOS
- Hospital diagnostic for short: MRI
- Fashion designer Rabanne: PACO
- Like an otters feet: WEBBED
- Mark in the World Golf Hall of Fame: OMEARA
- Jeannette who was the first woman elected to Congress (1916): RANKIN
- King Lear son: EDGAR
- Summer music: DISCO
- Some laptops: ACERS
- Toe-jam?: STUB
- In ___ (completely): TOTO
- Sign: INK
- Final number say: NET
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