1: Measure off a distance, perhaps

5: Softens, as lights

9: Get-out-of-jail money

13: Declare openly

14: Mudslinger's material

16: What the fourth little piggy had

17: D.C. team, for short

18: ___ for tat

19: Cocktail hour assortment

20: Hilltops

21: Flies in the face of

23: Heels

25: Watermelon beginning

26: Automobile engine part

30: Group of eight

32: Freebie

33: Polynesian paste

34: Tickled pink

35: Some afternoon TV shows

36: The death of the party?

37: Campaigned for office

38: Flower sites

39: Points on a diamond?

40: Existing things

43: Frankenstein monster feature

44: Tear apart

45: Foils' cousins

47: Motion defeaters

50: Clamors

51: Coat of many colors?

53: Preparing to affix, as a stamp

56: Church recess

57: Major events

58: On-line discussion

59: Table scraps

60: Rowing team, e.g.

61: They get into sushi

1: Puff like a pooped pup

2: Duck

3: Herb Stempel, notably

4: She may get sheared

5: Hints of rain

6: Charged particles

7: EPA computation

8: Coping device

9: Send away

10: 'No ifs, ___, or buts!'

11: ___ fixe

12: Shavers

14: Practiced

15: Strengthens

19: South Beach, e.g.

22: Supply grub to

23: Sleeps under the stars

24: Band boxes?

26: Articles on a rack

27: Certain punctuation mark

28: Bad driver's shout

29: Makes a sheepshank

30: Shrek, e.g.

31: Extended family

32: Talked fondly

35: Gyrate

36: Hayloft block

39: Quick curtsies

41: Rainbows

42: Lab jobs

43: Hunting sounds

45: Muscle

46: Rugmaking fiber

47: BB's and bullets

48: Film follower

49: Lean

50: Patronize a fine restaurant

52: 'Shall we?' response

54: List abbr.

55: Easter preceder?

56: Star pitcher