Puzzle

ACROSS

  1 Econ. stat hidden in "signpost"

  4 Rare gender for a calico cat

  8 Baton-passing race

 13 Butter type in moisturizers

 14 Captain of the Pequod

 15 Public relations concern

 16 Eggplant ___ (popular Italian dish, for short)

 17 Part of a Western costume

 19 *Bridge maneuvers (note each starred answer's first word, plus four letters below it)

 21 Lentil dish in Mumbai

 22 Sources of some nut butter

 23 *Apt cocktail for a biker bar?

 27 "___ Miz"

 28 Sweater material

 29 With 35- and 40-Across, like this puzzle's shady payments?

 32 Like chewy pretzels

 33 Be dishonest

 34 Some write limericks

 35 See 29-Across

 36 They might cause a brain freeze

 38 Titter on Twitter

 39 Enemies

 40 See 29-Across

 41 "___ of the Body Snatchers"

 44 L.A.'s ___ Air

 45 Got a new canine, say?

 46 Pieces of commentary

 50 Gondola steerer

 51 *Family-friendly restaurant offering

 52 Subject of "Walk the Line"

 56 Unit of land

 57 Get along well (with)

 58 Cookie with a Golden variety

 59 Its shoulders can support many tons

 60 Relinquishes

 61 Hammer sound

 62 Holiday ___

DOWN



  1 Country west of Togo

  2 Stereotypical trivia whizzes

  3 Printed handout

  4 Colorful talkers?

  5 Sailors' salutations

  6 Bills, when signed by the president

  7 Go out, like the tide

  8 Saudi Arabia's capital

  9 Symbol

 10 Southeast Asian tongue

 11 Back in the day

 12 "Nevertheless ..."

 13 Design detail, briefly

 18 Writer of praiseful verses

 20 Unwanted looks

 23 Vaults for valuables

 24 Subject of a paparazzo's pic

 25 Disney mermaid

 26 Actress Witherspoon

 28 Bravo host Andy

 29 Illuminated from beneath

 30 "Said ___ ever!"

 31 Dig deep (into)

 32 Endured

 36 They're on the agenda

 37 Fried squid rings, e.g.

 39 Blazing

 42 Right away

 43 Hits wrong, in golf

 44 Person who takes covers

 46 Gone up

 47 Drone's mission, briefly

 48 Fashionable Donna

 49 Winter conveyance

 51 Songwriter DioGuardi

 52 Org. closed on Yom Kippur

 53 Futbol cheer

 54 Holed up

 55 Corn throwaway

Solution