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ACROSS 1 Mural base 6 -- pie 11 Like some raps 14 Something else 15 Pull -- -- one 16 Sooner than 17 Valuable viol. 18 Ancient navigational aid (2 wds.) 20 "Bali --" 21 Diner sign 23 -- -- costs 24 Is and was 26 Polish 28 Meshes, basically 30 Snake juice 31 Steered a raft 32 Galahad's quest 33 Apply a patch 36 Floors 37 Raise, as voltage 38 Blue Triangle org. 39 Modicum 40 Artificial person 41 Ice skating event 42 Polite address 43 Arrive (2 wds.) 44 Rummaged for food 47 Monster 48 On -- -- (riding high) 49 Desert dweller 50 Pasture 53 Mug (3 wds.) 56 Looks like a lecher 58 Riviera summer 59 When pigs fly 60 Talk-show host 61 "-- Rosenkavalier" 62 Garbo or Bergman 63 Smart-mouthed
DOWN 1 Mild oath 2 Sundance Kid's girl 3 Like a mummy, perhaps 4 Mermaid's domain 5 Bought by mail 6 Tilts 7 ETs' craft 8 Roofer's gunk 9 Hobby ender 10 Rubbing alcohol 11 Alpha followers 12 Where Asia begins 13 Mr. Haggard 19 Pipe part 22 Sit-up targets 25 Festive nights 26 Abundant meal 27 No future -- -- 28 Gaiter 29 Plains state 30 Indy 500 sound 32 Mold (2 wds.) 33 Crooks 34 Linen color 35 Hornet kin 37 Be an omen of 38 Tall tale 40 Roomy sleeves 41 Sand-painting people 42 -- bonding 43 Aunt, in Madrid 44 Well-known 45 Spout rhetoric 46 Weatherman Al -- 47 Jacques, in song 49 Made top honors 51 Geologic time divisions 52 Like a hearth 54 Small number 55 Gladiator's hello 57 Clean water org.