ACROSS

  1 Closest bud

  4 Hardware chain

  7 Impulsive

 11 Hatcher of "Desperate Housewives"

 12 Rotten

 13 Justice Sotomayor

 14 Flock sounds

 15 Barely get (by)

 16 Gentle strokes in golf

 17 Backpacker's accommodation (Hint: Look down at letter 5)

 19 Number in a dating profile

 20 Insect not found in Antarctica ... or is it?

 21 That dude's

 22 Keeps back (... at letter 4)

 26 Auto remote

 28 Energy

 29 Whacks weeds

 30 Dawson of Hollywood

 32 Lead-in to "sesame" or "secret"

 33 "Star ___: Discovery"

 35 Head to Vegas?

 36 Took legal action

 37 Like a wafer cookie

 38 Classic sayings

 40 Bench, in Paris (hidden in "urban center")

 41 Free ad

 42 Click ___ (noisy insect)

 46 Snooty attitude (... at letter 4)

 48 Chicken-king connector

 49 Salmon eggs

 50 Not just "a"

 51 Cascade, and a feature of 17-, 22- and 46-Across?

 54 Garment that may say "Life is what you bake it"

 56 Pen tip

 57 Flowerpot filler

 58 Woo

 59 Thurman of "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues"

 60 Compost holders

 61 Future twentysomething

 62 "Gangnam Style" singer

 63 Desired answer to a proposal


DOWN

  1 Skin-deep attribute

  2 College party site

  3 Marlins' catcher

  4 Assists in crime

  5 Angel food or devil's food dessert

  6 "The Sound of Music" song named for a white flower

  7 Get rowdy

  8 "Home on the Range" critter

  9 Plop down

 10 Suffers from

 11 Steakchoice

 13 Fight about the dishwasher, say

 17 Cow's shaggy relative

 18 Twins, e.g., briefly

 23 Nasdaq debut

 24 Monopoly card

 25 Sensitive ID

 27 Coiled brass instrument

 28 The devil wore it on the big screen

 31 Like an assured victory

 33 Tom yum's cuisine

 34 Sound about right

 36 Believes strongly in

 37 "Truthfully," in textspeak

 38 Special ones are covert

 39 Willing partner?

 43 Some have many cars

 44 Takes it easy

 45 Fish that may be electric

 47 Storage unit expense

 48 Unable to retreat

 52 Objectives

 53 ___ gras

 54 Pretense

 55 Writer who inspired the Baltimore Ravens' name