1. "The Sound of Music" backdrop
2. "Frasier" actress Gilpin
3. Auspices
4. Elmer, to Bugs
5. Title role for Susan Sarandon
6. Suggest
7. Meadows (var.)
8. In the past
9. Large cooking vessel
10. Devotion
11. Dutch delicacy
12. Andean land
13. Back talk
18. Sailor's forte
19. Ahorse
23. Tree treats
24. Type of kitchen
25. Block house?
26. Lobster state
27. Scotsman, maybe
28. Japanese potables
29. Oar pin
30. Beau
31. Poet Nash
33. Acclamation
36. Garam ___ (Indian spice mixture)
37. Kind of soup
38. "I ___ at the office"
44. Heavily treed
45. Doing nothing
46. Musical groups
47. Like composition paper
48. Allergic reaction
49. Stubborn beast
50. Teen event
51. Cheer starter
52. An American founding father
53. Small purse
54. Not pre
56. Resident of a land-locked Asian nation
57. Not me