I don't know, something tricky that would really make the weird clues make sense. I could not make any sense of this theme for the longest time, partly because of an error (more below) but mainly because the gimmick is so basic. Sadly, they would not make sense to me for a while. Both long Acrosses headed out of that section were themers, which at that point made no sense to me. And as soon as I tried to exit the NW, my suspiciousness was validated. I got ADBIZ right off the bat, and that whole NW corner was filled in in about 10 seconds. She is an enemy of Firestorm and both an enemy and love interest of Captain Atom.
Plastique is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Word of the Day: PLASTIQUE ( 11D: DC Comics supervillain). CHECK A CUT (=> cut a check) (31D: "Nurse is wanted to.
PLANE A BOARD (=> board a plane) (46A: "Carpenter is wanted to.DEAL A STRIKE (=> strike a deal) (23A: "Baseball pitcher is wanted to.MOVE A BUST (=> bust a move) (12D: "Museum curator is wanted to.TRAIN A RIDE (=> ride a train)(17A: "Equestrian is wanted to.THEME: SWITCH JOBS (56A: Change careers, or a hint to this puzzle's theme) - "_ A _" phrases, where you have to switch the two words in the "blanks" if you want to make sense of the second half of the clue-all clues are written as want ads, with the first half indicating one kind of "job" and the second half indicating another:
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