1: 'That was close!'

5: Borrrring

9: Upsilon follower

12: Not on schedule

13: ___ Deployment Force (one Marine division and four Army divisions)

15: Any day now

16: Seller of lots

18: Long tooth

19: Utmost

20: Wheedle

21: Glass marbles

23: Dress design

24: Old-time telephone feature

25: Pitches

28: Handkerchief relatives

32: Winter drink

33: Meter reading

34: 'Zounds!'

35: Was in the red

36: Gave a hoot

37: Little bit

38: Ground corn

39: Colored

40: Worn out

41: Weaponry caches

43: Provides provender

44: Put into piles

45: Wellington's title

46: Accompany

49: Shower affection (on)

50: Place for a rubber duckie

53: Sufficient space

54: Holmes mantra, and a hint to this puzzle's theme

57: Demolish

58: Gets to

59: Stage direction

60: The limit, for some

61: Gold medal-winning

62: Pleasant French resort?

1: Course of action

2: ___ monde (society)

3: Inscribe with acid

4: Moisten

5: Sulks

6: Island near Molokai

7: High point

8: Get going

9: Surly look

10: Gardener's coil

11: Printing liquids

14: Like a pallid face

15: Cave deposit

17: Without warmth

22: Wander (about)

23: Intrusive

24: Drew a line in the sand, maybe

25: Small aperture

26: Word with cord or chord

27: Think tank output

28: Exposes

29: Bête ___

30: Fall bloom

31: Loses one's coat

33: Quake locale

36: Lease transportation

40: Captivated by

42: Easter preceder?

43: The pick of the litter

45: Rotundas

46: Slips

47: Bask in a bath

48: Tea maker's item

49: Proofreader's mark

50: Stand on the corner?

51: Kind of acid

52: Memory morsel

55: Freedom, briefly

56: Half a score