Answer: CARDS
CARDS is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 90 times.
    - Jokesters
 
    - See 36-Across
 
    - Deck of 52
 
    - Deck units
 
    - '06 Series winner
 
    - Pokémon collectibles
 
    - Witty ones
 
    - Busch Stadium team, for short
 
    - Funny fellows
 
    - Checks IDs
 
    - Deck contents
 
    - St. Louis team, familiarly
 
    - House-building material?
 
    - House makeup, maybe
 
    - Shaky house-building materials?
 
    - Bridge player's need, and hint to this puzzle's theme
 
    - Types of these begin 17- and 62-Across and 10- and 30-Down
 
    - Dealer's deck
 
    - Birthday mailings
 
    - Dealers' decks
 
    - Asks for ID
 
    - Sports collectibles
 
    - Deck components
 
    - They bring greetings
 
    - They come for your birthday
 
    - Bingo needs
 
    - Features of 8-Down
 
    - Kings and queens
 
    - Birthday mail
 
    - Contents of some decks
 
    - Wags
 
    - Hand makeup
 
    - Poker need
 
    - Deck makeup
 
    - Some Christmas mail
 
    - Casino supply
 
    - Texas Hold 'Em need
 
    - Jokers and jokesters
 
    - Need for war games
 
    - Playing decks
 
    - You get them in a deal
 
    - Dealer's shoe fillers
 
    - Some runners
 
    - Some bear greetings
 
    - Jacks and queens
 
    - Tarots, e.g.
 
    - Poker deck
 
    - Greeting or playing items
 
    - Playing and greeting things
 
    - Birthday greetings
 
    - Team in 40-Across
 
    - Jacks and kings
 
    - 2011 World Series champs, informally
 
    - Sharp's handful
 
    - Deck's 52
 
    - Bingo buys
 
    - Bingo players' buys
 
    - Business convention handouts
 
    - Word that can follow the last parts of 17- and 52-Across and 11- and 25-Down
 
    - Much Mother's Day mail
 
    - Hallmark buys
 
    - What hands are composed of
 
    - See 41-Across
 
    - Aces and jacks
 
    - Bridge requirement
 
    - Pinochle need
 
    - Parts of deals
 
    - King and queen
 
    - What fills some shoes
 
    - Bridge need
 
    - *Blackjack players
 
    - What hands are made of
 
    - Chance pile, in Monopoly
 
    - Clownish sorts
 
    - Department store section
 
    - Kings, queens and jacks
 
    - They're needed to play the starred answers' ends
 
    - A hand might have five
 
    - Jacks and jokers, e.g.
 
    - Queens, kings and aces
 
    - What's the big deal?
 
    - See 62-Across
 
    - Makeup of a tarot deck
 
    - Requests identification
 
    - What casino workers are always dealing with
 
    - Swiped items
 
    - "Magic: The Gathering" need
 
    - Parts of decks
 
    - Pokémon enthusiast's collection
 
    - Kings and queens, for example