Poof!
by Kegler

Twenty-three answers must be modified before entry, a la 27 Across; the results will not usually be words.   4 Down is "directly" related to 27 Across.

Across 1 Petty officer with me and Nana devoured fruit 6 Starts to put other ingredients in taro paste 9 Hurl tuft wildly, honest 12 Contrarily resided with wicked person 14 Sing with “Black Dog” 15 Commuters initially detest lanes around island chains 17 Switch position of female 18 Notoriety of popular family losing one trial, ultimately 19 Long name for an ounce of marijuana 20 Serve tea and help ourselves, somewhat 21 One boy consumed by grass, doped out 22 Dostoevsky character he'd written about, one getting around to it? Just the opposite! (2 wds) 24 Reveals every other kind of sushi 25 Attempt capturing rare fowl 27 See instructions 28 More aged tree 29 Unfairly treat second team 31 In France, very regressive Spanish muralist 32 Laugh about Ernie's unending painful affliction 36 Possess most of refuge 38 Group of doctors raced in cool guys' boats 40 Cop any gin, bananas or Tang? 41 Foolish sheep starting to amble back for flower 42 Company internally embarrassed for belief 43 Buddhist scripture illustration our group brought back 44 New York college town contributing to interfaith academies 45 Seabird nearly overturned iceberg 46 Exotic dancers finished without the vote 49 Hero left after wedding vow 52 Reportedly, the woman's outfit is covered with fur 54 Quietly leaves tables for undersized workers? 55 Concern of dieter eating large donut: tooth decay 56 Complained loudly, angry about ambassador's introduction 57 Tightly wraps family in leather 58 Dana, in a gown, dances occasionally (3 wds)

Down 1 Ten nuts going after support wing's driving force 2 Hiking around Utah, delay proved to be a mistake 3 Getting tied up late in the day 4 See instructions 5 Whitney is angelical at heart 6 Stake friends having one drink 7 Get in boat, rocking 8 One using blades swirls cake tiers (2 wds) 9 Vincent's brother in “The Ring”` 10 Lacking resolution for sofa in the art educator's section 11 One speaking for dabbler passing out 13 Manly individual at first enthralled by chopped liver 14 Unsuccessful ideas sell badly in Mobile (2 wds) 16 Avoid housecats, e.g., Ed is returning 23 Serious nature of each Republican home on cape 25 Grouch reprised a part in gondolier's song 26 Desperate urgency of sender is peculiar 27 Certain boxes of underwear holding a couple of camisoles (2 wds) 30 Tadpoles in western end of pond slowly go crazy 32 Hit everyone in passageway 33 Heartily participate in tossing tinsel 34 Rodents backing up in small enclosure, for example 35 On radio, I jeer wacko in Brazilian city (3 wds) 36 Sixty minutes essentially northeast of us 37 Bent over awkwardly, it’s against the rules 39 Northbound group from Amsterdam harbors high-ranking Indian 47 Vacation spot passage discussed 48 Pull edge of dusty cloth 50 At a stand, you might buy this French newspaper containing article 51 Genuine frames recalled minor complaint involving part of the eye 53 Rings put an end to immorality, primarily

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