Like in the old days, Jeffrey is back for his every other Friday publication. Another simple but consistent theme; words which end SS are reparsed with the ending ST. Themers 1 and 4 have the first-word change 2 and 3 the last word. As usual, the puzzle is filled with much sparkly fill AIRLINE, ALL HERE, APPLIES, ATTIRED, DIES OUT, ENCHANT, I CAN SAY, MAHALIA, MR. RIGHT, PASSION, PONTOON, SAD TIME, STRAFED, THE RACK, and TREAT AS.
16A. Furniture maker's designated stock of wood?: CHEST PIECES (11).
31A. Accommodate Simba at one's hotel?: TAKE A WILD GUEST (14).
36A. Foggy playground vista?: A SWING AND A MIST (14).
57A. Shipment of nautical parts?: MAST TRANSIT (11).
Across:
1. 911 pro: EMT.
4. Like a certain elevated plane: ASTRAL.
10. Tack on: ADD.
13. "Ain't interested": NAH.
14. Present and accounted for: ALL HERE.
15. Word with honey or mud: PIE.
18. Bench press target: PEC.
19. Silent star of early talkies: HARPO.
20. Like the Grinch: MEAN.
21. "Sing it, Sam" speaker: ILSA.
22. Frightens: ALARMS.
24. Cherished activity: PASSION.
26. "Well-played!": NICE.
27. Notable period: ERA.
30. Indigenous Alaskan: ALEUT.
35. What may float your boat: PONTOON.
43. Be compatible: FIT IN.
44. __ Speedwagon: REO.
45. Rent-__: ACAR.
46. A real keeper, romantically: MR RIGHT.
49. Rant: TIRADE.
51. Bard's "Bummer!": ALAS.
52. Lack of impediments: EASE.
55. 1492 vessel: PINTA.
56. Brand "choosy moms choose," in ads: JIF.
59. Gender-neutral pronoun: ONE.
60. Not naked: ATTIRED.
61. Professional org. since 1847: AMA.
62. Old Glory hue: RED.
63. First word of Dorothy's last line in Oz: THERE'S. No place like home. But is it really two words?
64. "I'm interested": YES.
Down:
1. Fascinate: ENCHANT.
2. 1966 self-titled gospel album: MAHALIA.
3. Emotionally stressed, after "on": THE RACK.
4. Swiss peak: ALP.
5. Poor, as odds: SLIM.
6. What you might be in the Bible?: THEE.
7. Summary: RECAP.
8. Place for games: ARENA.
9. "__ Misérables": LES.
10. Submits one's résumé: APPLIES.
11. Wanes: DIES OUT.
12. Pour into a carafe: DECANT.
14. Quark place: ATOM.
17. Binge: SPREE.
21. Alcatraz, for one: ISLE.
23. Affix, as a shoulder patch: SEW ON.
25. Spa amenity: SAUNA.
28. One may be given at a 29-Down: RING.
29. See 28-Down: ALTAR.
32. Acting like: APING.
33. "Ta-da!": DONE.
34. Title character who is never onstage: GODOT.
36. Delta, for one: AIRLINE.
37. Fired on from above: STRAFED.
38. Units for gamers: WIIS.
39. County including the Muir Woods sequoias: MARIN.
40. "They've authorized me to report ... ": I CAN SAY.
41. Period of mourning, e.g.: SAD TIME.
42. Regard to be: TREAT AS.
43. Key of two Beethoven symphonies: F-MAJOR.
47. Baskerville Hall landscape: HEATH.
48. "Things sweet to __ prove in digestion sour": "Richard II": TASTE.
50. Air 2 or Pro: iPAD.
53. Move a bit: STIR.
54. To be, in Bordeaux: ETRE.
57. Calisthenics aid: MAT.
58. High-__ image: RES.
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