ACROSS

  1 Dance with destiny

 10 Carried on, as a campaign

 15 Music genre whose performers have big 'dos

 16 Without a plus-one

 17 Workers with many "STAT" requests

 18 Arduous efforts

 19 ___-Air (ritzy L.A. neighborhood)

 20 One who calls strikes at home

 21 Draw aimlessly

 22 CO and NO, chemically

 25 Top of an Office window?

 26 Less in harm's way

 27 Seaside structure in Santa Monica

 29 Something to pitch at camp

 30 Below-the-belt campaign stratagem

 33 NFL six-pointers

 34 Skip a grade, e.g.

 36 Like some meds at CVS

 39 Common purchase before popping the question

 43 "Animal" in one's throat

 45 Looped in via email

 46 Bit of gossip

 47 Came up short

 49 Invalidate

 50 Frozen Italian desserts

 51 A couple

 53 Not straight, perhaps

 54 "All kidding ___ ..."

 55 Get lunch, say

 58 Type of ray in the ocean

 59 Holiday wreath decorations

 60 ___ salts

 61 Way to check if milk is spoiled

DOWN

  1 Subject of staff chatter

  2 Drum inspection?

  3 Stage for an age-related crisis

  4 Paid athlete

  5 SHO subsidiary for cinephiles

  6 What a womb contains

  7 Tiniest amount of titanium

  8 Infield cover during a rain delay

  9 Above-ground railways, briefly

 10 Hadn't been switched off

 11 At full throttle

 12 Solid gamble

 13 Neighbor of Scotland

 14 Abandons

 21 Reply to "Merci"

 23 "I accept your offer!"

 24 Flubbed

 25 Word after "scientific" or "Socratic"

 27 Vatican tenure

 28 Meaning of the first word in "veni, vidi, vici"

 31 Martial art also known as shadowboxing

 32 Group of military officers

 35 Controlled substance

 36 Bad showing for an athlete

 37 Raw material for maple syrup

 38 Tom ___ (gin cocktail)

 40 "Just think of the possibilities!"

 41 Writes, as music

 42 Most overcast, in London

 44 "Happily!"

 48 Type of engine on an old locomotive

 49 ___ Peace Prize

 51 Cut a little

 52 Opposite of wax

 55 Nav. device

 56 Knee part, briefly

 57 Search engine spider, e.g.