Jeffrey Wechsler

 

Across:

1. Adopted gradually, with "in": PHASED.

7. Sandpiper family birds: SNIPES.

13. One of two sound recommendations for a light sleeper?: EARPLUG.

15. Shunned one: PARIAH.

16. African Queen, for one: STEAMER.

17. "Don't doubt my abilities!": ICANSO.

18. January temps, often: TEENS.

19. Do lunch?: CATER.

21. London's __ Gardens: KEW.

22. Longtime senator Thurmond: STROM.

23. Battery parts: ANODES.

25. History: PAST.

26. Short on manners: RUDE.

27. Fraternal order: ELKS.

31. Coil in a garden: HOSE.

32. Prepares for takeoff: TAXIES.

34. Extravagant: BAROQUE.

38. Lot: FORTUNE.

39. Buttonhole: ACCOST.

40. Function: WORK.

41. Campus figure: DEAN.

42. Storytelling singer Guthrie: ARLO.

43. Declared: SAID.

47. Like some ornate doorways: ARCHED.

50. Fixes tears: DARNS.

51. Firepit residue: ASH.

54. Speak publicly: ORATE.

55. Advice from colleagues, say: INPUT.

56. With 58-Across, savory base for a canapé ... and the function of a black square in four puzzle rows?: CHEESE.

58. See 56-Across: CRACKER.

60. Afternoon service: TEASET.

61. One held for ransom: HOSTAGE.

62. Force (upon): IMPOSE.

63. Allowed paid use of: LEASED.

Down:
1. Pre-euro coin: PESETA.

2. Critics who can't be pleased: HATERS.

3. Childish denial: ARENOT.

4. Jerk, e.g.: SPASM.

5. West __: upscale store: ELM.

6. Sufficient grounds for action, in law: DUECAUSE.

7. Used bugs, perhaps: SPIED.

8. Shell material: NACRE.

9. Rollover acronym: IRA.

10. __ lady: gin and grenadine cocktail: PINK.

11. Fluency: EASE.

12. Make an appearance: SHOW.

14. Starbucks size: GRANDE.

18. Baking powder amt.: TSP.

20. Sock part: TOE.

24. Hot message: SEXT.

26. Beat decisively: ROUT.

28. Lucy of "Kill Bill": LIU.

29. Tennis great Rosewall: KEN.

30. Orlando-to-Miami dir.: SSE.

31. Main bases: Abbr.: HQS.

32. Deere rival: TORO.

33. Ararat craft: ARK.

34. Shoddy: BAD.

35. Top player: ACE.

36. TV pioneer: RCA.

37. Actress Chaplin: OONA.

38. Utter nonsense: FOLDEROL.

40. Deplorable sort: WRETCH.

42. "Eureka!": AHA.

43. Some decafs: SANKAS.

44. Lanvin scent since 1927: ARPEGE.

45. Accustomed (to): INURED.

46. Summer hrs.: DST.

48. Blush wines: ROSES.

49. Minos' kingdom: CRETE.

50. Formal decrees: DICTA.

51. When Lear disowns Cordelia: ACTI.

52. Young passenger on the 33-Down: SHEM.

53. Rattletrap: HEAP.

57. Spanish "that": ESO.

59. Enzyme suffix: ASE.