Related Clues:
- Primary support person
- Marathon man
- Couric or Williams
- Hall floor cover
- Sailor's tattoo, perhaps
- 400-meter participant
- Katie Couric, for one
- Object intentionally dropped
- News coordinator
- 'Homestar ___' (popular Internet toon)
- "Homestar ___" (popular Internet toon)
- Ball carrier, and clue for 20-, 40- and 59-Across
- Do a news job
- Brian Williams, e.g.
- Linchpin