Here are my answers. Let me know if you don't agree with any of them.

  1 – RENT
  2 – 24
  3 – WRING
  4 – BALLET
  5 – INVESTIGATOR
  6 – MEERKAT
  7 – L
  8 – BIOGRAPHICAL
  9 – HIERARCHY
10 – STRAP
11 – HAMMOCK
12 – DOILY
13 – DANGLE
14 – 1973
15 – GLOW
16 – SUNDAY SATURDAY (Thanks for picking that up, Koala. I actually circled "Sa" in the puzzle, but wrote "SUNDAY" on my answer sheet.)
17 – VIBRATION
18 – KING PENGUIN
19 – WRITING
20 – ELEGANT
21 – COUNTRY
22 – FIXTURE
23 – SCISSORS
24 – SLACKS
25 – TWINS
26 – SOCKS
27 – TWEEZERS
28 – BINOCULARS
29 – 8
30 – LARYNX
31 – FLAKE
32 – PERCEPTIVE
33 – BANKER
34 – CANDLESTICK
35 – FAWN
36 – LEAFY
37 – CATERPILLAR
38 – HIKING
39 – RACHEL GRIFFITHS
40 – I
41 – MUG
42 – TIMBRE
43 – MIRTH
44 – RECOLLECT
45 – PINOCCHIO
46 – D
47 – U
48 – 3
49 – BLEND
50 – SEA
51 – RARE
52 – A DOG’S PURPOSE
53 – MIDDLE
54 – CHEDDAR
55 – GRASSHOPPER
56 – AHEAD