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Taking this one stage further, the clue word can hint at the word or words to be abbreviated rather than giving the word itself. For example: "About" for C or CA (for "circa"), or RE. "Say" for EG, used to mean "for example". More obscure clue words of this variety include: "Model" for T, referring to the Model T.
USPS (1A: Grp. whose peak season is between Black Friday and New Year's) My first thought when I read this was that the answer would be some store, but then I noticed the clue references a group ...
Whether you're familiar with the phrase from basketball, social media, or (like me) not familiar with it at all, BALL ON TOP makes an enjoyable crossword theme. Thank you, Amie, for this great puzzle.
The word DOWN in the title is a clue for solvers that the theme answers will be vertical, as well as an indicator to look at the bottom (DOWN-most) part of the theme answers.
A digital media service (DMS) is an online service provider that sells access to digital library of content such as films, software, games, images, literature, etc. While no transfer of property is made, a nearly perfect duplicate of the data (song movie, etc.) is made on a customer's computer.
An online service provider (OSP) can, for example, be an Internet service provider, an email provider, a news provider (press), an entertainment provider (music, movies), a search engine, an e-commerce site, an online banking site, a health site, an official government site, social media, a wiki, or a Usenet newsgroup. [clarification needed]
TKOS (58D: MMA fight enders) The abbreviation of MMA (for mixed martial arts) in the clue alerts solvers the answer will also be an abbreviation – TKOS for technical knockouts.
FRI (38D: Day after Thurs.) It's a small thing, but it makes me happy that this puzzle is appearing on Friday (FRI.). UTAH (55D: Salt Lake City's state) Salt Lake City is the capital of UTAH.