6. Allied (with)

11. "Erie Canal" mule

14. Dickens's ___ Heep

15. "Farewell, mon ami"

16. It takes this to tango

17. Cheap equities

19. Frequently, to a bard

20. Panache

21. Dead, as a German car

23. Batter's stickum

27. Male escort?

28. ___ dictum

29. Swerve wildly

31. Academy Award

32. Philanthropist

33. Lawyers' gp.

36. Albanian money, (Pl.)

37. Securing shoe laces

38. Romantic interlude

39. 67.5 degs. on a compass

40. Sports venue

41. Overused

42. Hermits

44. Tenant

45. Snobbish

47. Heartfelt

48. "Grease" singer Frankie

49. "Tootsie" Oscar winner Jessica

51. Victorian, for one

52. Music symbol that looks like a golf club

58. Perform in a play

59. Reddish brown

60. None of the above

61. "Steady as __ goes"

62. English exam finale, often

63. Footwear

1. Dine

2. Prior to

3. "Delta of Venus" author

4. Quarterback Marino

5. Con man

6. Nymph chaser

7. Screen ___, (Beloved actor)

8. You roll them in craps

9. "A rat!"

10. Darker, as evening

11. Quit moving instantly

12. Really bad

13. Redneck retirement plan, for short?

18. Our sun, for one

22. Grow older

23. First Pulitzer Prize novelist

24. "A Doll's House" playwright

25. Silver coat, in a way

26. Greek vowels

27. Pirate's quaff

29. This puzzle's theme

30. Palindromic woman's name

32. Textile worker

34. Memory units

35. Vigilant

37. Deuce topper

38. Its periodic symbol is Fe

40. Vintage

41. Bullfighters

43. Black gold

44. Anger

45. Pigmented eye parts

46. Cause to wither

47. Admittance

49. Test sites

50. Bailiwick

53. Sounds of hesitation

54. Highest power

55. Discovery phrase

56. Golf ball prop

57. Triage ctrs.