Answer:

widow

Answer	Crossword Clue
WIDOW	Black ... spider
WIDOW	"Black .." (Debra Winger film)
WIDOW	Certain survivor

WIDOW	Typographical runover
WIDOW	Orphan's kin, in typesetting
WIDOW	WWII telegram recipient, maybe
WIDOW	Heiress, often
WIDOW	Golfer's nonplaying wife, facetiously
WIDOW	Word with golf
WIDOW	Black .. spider
WIDOW	"Merry ... Waltz"

WIDOW	Word after golf or football
WIDOW	Golfer's wife?
WIDOW	Black ...
WIDOW	Follower of black or merry
WIDOW	Frequent heir
WIDOW	Heiress, at times
WIDOW	Golf or black follower
WIDOW	Golf ...

WIDOW	Black or golf follower
WIDOW	Merry ... (strapless corset)
WIDOW	Relict.
WIDOW	Black ....
WIDOW	Extra cards, as in the game of skat.
WIDOW	Golf ....
WIDOW	Bereaved one.
WIDOW	Grass or Merry.

WIDOW	In cards, an extra hand
WIDOW	Lehar's was merry
WIDOW	Relict
WIDOW	Golfer's wife, perhaps
WIDOW	Incomplete line, to a printer
WIDOW	Dowager, sometimes
WIDOW	Status of 16 Across's mother at his birth
WIDOW	Word with golf or grass

WIDOW	To whom a husband leaves an estate
WIDOW	Typesetting no-no
WIDOW	Certain heiress
WIDOW	Typographical no-no
WIDOW	She may remarry