Crossword Clue Game

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1563
  1. ‘60s icon Wavy
  2. With “good,” quaint expression of exasperation
1564
  1. Ramsay’s “real” campaign in Lancashire
  2. Thanksgiving necessity
  3. Roast participant?
1565
  1. Goes with biscuits or mashed potatoes
  2. nice-to-have extra
  3. modifies boat or train
1566

I’m not quite old enough to recognize this reference. I had to Google him. What a character! You’re up, @Wheelz!

1567

If you eat Ben & Jerry’s ice cream, you’d recognize him as an ice cream flavor name. I know him mainly from that.

1568

Thanks, Rebo!
I’m not quite that old either, but he was the first thing that popped into my head for some reason.

Let’s see what we can do with

SEASON

1569
  1. Spice up
  2. Caribbean prince?
  3. Monsoon, e.g.
1570
  1. Fall, for example
  2. Add salt and/or pepper
  3. TV show period
1571

I guess it’s been long enough. The winner is

I love a good alternative parsing. Very clever!

1572

Thanks, Wheelz. The only thing I didn’t like about that answer was spending four hours with a Billy Ocean earworm in my head.

Sorry for the delay, folks, things around here have been a little tense… so we’re going with

TENSE.

1573
  1. Past, present, or future
  2. Nervous, at times
  3. Cold War relations?
1574
  1. Stretched taut
1575

When I first read this, I thought “allies”.

I like the misdirection, so Spoons has it.

1576

Thank you! This time around, let’s go with …

COVER.

1577
  1. Spy’s story
  2. Beat the spread
  3. Ike and Tina Turner’s “Proud Mary,” for example
1578

Looks like it’s you, @Wheelz . I particularly liked “Spy’s story.”

Anyway, take it away!

1579

Thanks, Spoons! I was hoping we’d get a little more play on that one. Oh well.

Let’s go with

BAND

1580

I was wanting to participate but ended up a little late on the trigger. “Spy’s story” is a good one, nice and alliterative.

  1. What a crasher says he’s with
  2. Type of saw
  3. Follows rubber or rock
1581
  1. One might be marching
  2. Eagles, Turtles, or Stray Cats?
  3. If NE was forbidden, they would be _____
1582
  1. Runners in a 1973 McCartney album
  2. Big, Boy, or Brass
  3. One who handles many tasks