A1. Whitman, e.g. ~ POET

A5. Pop's Paula ~ ABDUL

A10. "Ole Miss" rival ~ BAMA

A14. Asia's Trans _____ mountain range ~ ALAI

A15. Ford's catcher ~ BERRA

A16. Draft selections ~ ALES

A17. Fork-tailed shore bird ~ TERN

A18. Visit again and again ~ HAUNT

A19. Dropped, as spirits ~ SANK

A20. It reverted to Chinese sovereignty in 1997 ~ HONGKONG

A22. Uses critical editing ~ EMENDS

A24. Chemistry Nobelist Onsager ~ LARS

A25. Commotions ~ ADOS

A26. Hood and Goodfellow ~ ROBINS

A29. Empty language ~ CLAPTRAP

A33. Catkin ~ AMENT

A34. Upper management, loosely ~ SUITS

A35. "Bird _____ Wire" ~ ONA

A36. Curses! ~ DANG

A37. Memorable ship ~ MAINE

A38. Wind like a snake ~ COIL

A39. Folk singer DiFranco ~ ANI

A40. Michael of "Mr. Destiny" ~ CAINE

A41. "All That Jazz" man ~ FOSSE

A42. Famous showman ~ RINGLING

A44. Paid, as a bill ~ FOOTED

A45. Em or Bee ~ AUNT

A46. Port plug ~ CORK

A47. Tabloid subject ~ JETSET

A50. Like a loyal employee ~ TRUEBLUE

A54. Deseret now ~ UTAH

A55. Hearing-related ~ AURAL

A57. Defeat in a tournament ~ OUST

A58. Heche or Murray ~ ANNE

A59. "_____ ear and out ..." ~ INONE

A60. "Biscuit" treat introduced in 1912 ~ OREO

A61. Things to bet on ~ NAGS

A62. Legendary ~ NOTED

A63. "Show Boat" composer ~ KERN

D1. Word attached to foot or war ~ PATH

D2. Pat on the buns? ~ OLEO

D3. Homonym of 8 Down ~ EARN

D4. Feeling about the spine? ~ TINGLING

D5. Shudders at ~ ABHORS

D6. Navy and green ~ BEANS

D7. Word with miracle or wonder ~ DRUG

D8. Large coffee dispenser ~ URN

D9. Midnight tryst? ~ LATEDATE

D10. Most indecent ~ BASEST

D11. Freed or Cranston ~ ALAN

D12. Convalesce ~ MEND

D13. Seeks a favor ~ ASKS

D21. "Critique of Pure Reason" author ~ KANT

D23. Thick, tangled Beatle cuts ~ MOPS

D25. Roomy dress cut ~ ALINE

D26. Doppler device ~ RADAR

D27. Man of Muscat ~ OMANI

D28. African republic, formerly Dahomey ~ BENIN

D29. Prompting the anchorperson ~ CUING

D30. Perch ~ ROOST

D31. Biscotto flavoring ~ ANISE

D32. _____ in comparison ~ PALED

D34. Peter or Patrick ~ SAINT

D37. Preserve ~ MAINTAIN

D38. Child's specialty ~ COOKBOOK

D40. What you're reading now ~ CLUE

D41. Hacker's word ~ FORE

D43. Deep cuts ~ GASHES

D44. Roughed up in the lane ~ FOULED

D46. Try to get a better look ~ CRANE

D47. Place name after "San" ~ JUAN

D48. Pindar's "Pillar of Heaven" ~ ETNA

D49. Space ade? ~ TANG

D50. One way to move around the bases ~ TROT

D51. Fly on a hook, perhaps ~ LURE

D52. Manipulative sort ~ USER

D53. Harrow rival ~ ETON

D56. Leading figure in Italy? ~ UNO