Crossword clues for Letter before 49-Down 3 lettersAnswerCluePSILetter before 49-DownPSIFourth letter after 49-DownDESArticle one letter off from 49-AcrossIBM49-Down, with each letter shifted one place later in the alphabet (coincidence?)BOSLogan Airport luggage letters ... and a hint to 17-, 27-, 49- and 64-AcrossDDSCavity filler's letters, or, said another way, a hint to 17-, 29-, 49- and 65-AcrossORCAMammal made from the first four letters of 49-DownASCIILetters used to 49 AcrossSHORTVOWELSThe A's in "fat cat," e.g. ... or three letters in 17-, 24-, 49- or 57-Across?PLAYINGWITHFIRERisky activity, and what certain four-letter sequences in 17-, 24-, 49- and 61-Across are doing?CHANGECOURSEVeer, and a hint to the indicated letters in 20-, 28- and 49-AcrossSPINCYCLEWasher action ... or a hint to four consecutive letters inside 18-, 23-, 38- and 49-AcrossWHEREWASILost-one's-place words often preceded by the two-letter start of 17-, 29- and 49-AcrossBASEBALLWith 49-Across, a hint to the circled lettersUNHEARDCircle the letter that is ___ in 20, 25, 27, 36, 49, and 54 Across to produce a description of this puzzle's titleITALIANWith 49-Down, its form follows the pattern of the circled lettersBROKENWith 49-Across, it keeps repeating itself ... and, based on the first and last letters, an apt description of each answer to a starred clueNEVERWith 39-Across and 49-Across, rule broken by the three theme entries' first and last two letters
