ACROSS

 1 Wharf pest

 4 Condescending

10 A Raisin in the Sun star Ruby

13 Worldwide labor org.

14 Singing pigeon

15 Ash stash

16 Marksmanship contest

18 Hardly a girl's dream date

19 Decision maker at home

20 Alaskan boat

22 A battery pole

23 Barracks locale

25 Wild Blue Yonder mil. group

28 Scandinavian man's name

29 Bad thing to yell in a crowded theater

30 Belly to the ground

31 Blowout result

32 Humdingers

33 Parts of some clowns' attire

37 Fuel mining site

38 TV friend of Jerry and George

39 Breathe like a dog

40 Page who played Juno

41 Where to hear a lot of grunts

42 Actress Spelling

46 H.H. Munro's alias

47 Kind of mother or child

48 Like granola, largely

49 Beginning stages

51 Put the kibosh on

52 Prepare to burn rubber

54 No sweat job

57 Anger

58 Many garden plantings

59 Diminutive

60 ___ capita

61 Liturgical hymn

62 Word near the bottom of a dipstick

DOWN

 1 Ceremonial act

 2 Female graduate

 3 Extreme sluggishness

 4 Affliction of the eyelid

 5 Refusals

 6 "How impressive!"

 7 Woman's garment

 8 Community of plant and animal life

 9 Tibetan snowman

10 Simple task

11 Timeline period

12 Place to burn a candle

14 All dried up

17 Goats' progeny

21 Hearing-related

23 Hindrance to fair judgment

24 Stuff left hanging

26 ___-lock brakes

27 Ending for "slug" or "gab"

29 Beat a hasty retreat

30 ___ moss

31 Huck of fiction

32 Very skinny

33 Quilters' gatherings

34 Crock

35 Easy win

36 Advertising connection

37 Counselor's employer

39 ___-K (before kindergarten)

41 Avoid being a no-show

42 After bath soother

43 Canada's capital

44 Made a big stink

45 "A friend in need is a friend ___"

47 River through Paris

48 Bungling sorts

50 Brief brouhaha

51 Celeste of stage and screen

52 ___ cord (parachutist's pull)

53 Earlier, in a poem

55 Billiard stick

56 ___ de toilette

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