Puzzle

 Across



  1 Head of the college one attended?

  5 Reputation, slangily

  9 *Cut up, in Bio 101

 13 "Superman" character Lane

 14 Helper on the Hill

 15 In good health

 16 *Taking of land, say

 19 Flower that may be purple

 20 Blender filler

 21 Spotted wildcat

 23 Picnic spoiler

 24 Shape with no straight edges

 25 *Gross

 28 Pheasant hunter's pooch

 32 "The Little Mermaid" princess

 33 Type of type

 34 Egg cells

 35 Told a whopper

 36 Something to grow out of

 38 Article-clipping sound

 39 Fall behind

 40 J.Lo's partner

 41 Do penance

 42 Jim's role in "The Big Bang Theory"

 44 *Found out

 46 Roof overhang

 47 Poetic "before long"

 48 Seed type that often gets stuck in your teeth

 51 Paintings and sculptures

 55 Trim, as a photo

 56 Releasing from class, or a hint to the starred answers?

 58 Water, in Quito

 59 Nonbinary pronoun

 60 Co-star of "SVU"

 61 *Skew

 62 "Auld Lang ___"

 63 ___ Candies (California-based chain)

DOWN

  1 European ski destination

  2 Fruit of the ___

  3 Edible Japanese paste

  4 Like some truffles in boxes

  5 Return one's chips

  6 Getting up

  7 Emmy winner Falco

  8 "Gloria in excelsis ___"

  9 Knight's protection

 10 Noble rank that's also a first name

 11 Muse of history

 12 Teacher's writing assignment?

 17 Online business

 18 Potential nun

 22 Irene of "Fame"

 24 Kimono sashes

 25 Vexes

 26 "David Copperfield" clerk

 27 Military blockade

 29 One may fund a scholarship

 30 Sheepish

 31 Stared in wonder

 33 Word after "sketch" or "stamp"

 36 Demonstrated the validity of

 37 Sharpen

 38 Spinal affliction

 40 Driver of "Marriage Story"

 41 Swears

 43 Accept eagerly

 44 Fictional superthief Sandiego

 45 Unlike many subways, sadly

 48 "Shoo!"

 49 And so

 50 Go bad, as relations

 51 Like skin that needs lotion

 52 Brown or white food

 53 ___-high socks

 54 Cpls.' superiors

 57 Part of TGIF

Solution