L.A TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Org. that awards the Spingarn Medal

6 Bochco series

11 Peter, Paul and Mary: Abbr. 14 Counterpart of “a” 15 Bacteria in undercooked meat

16 Not just “a”

17 Led

19 Bonanza contents

20 Many a Bon Appétit subscriber

21 Tablet download

23 Flips, in a way

26 Ball beauties

27 Hardened

28 Decline to recline?

30 Bursts

31 Barbecue favorite

34 Suffix with glob

35 Held closely (to)

37 “O wad some Pow'r the giftie __ us”: Burns 38 Reduces, as spending 40 Manage (for oneself) 41 Melonlike tropical fruit 42 Slapstick trio member 44 Loosey-__

46 Fishing lure

47 Less experienced

48 Plump 50 Mike and __: fruity candy 51 Cooked fruit dessert ... and a cryptic hint to the start of 17-,

31- and 38-Across

56 Part of mpg

57 Quilt filler

58 Latin stars

59 “Star Trek” rank: Abbr. 60 Tea go-with

61 Bikini blast

DOWN

1 Hip-hop artist who narrates Netflix's “The Get Down”

2 Hurdle for Hannibal

3 Act like

4 Plant-eating scarab beetles

5 Sentence shortener

6 City on the Aire 7 Antioxidant berry in smoothies

8 Valuable deposit

9 Tap output 10 Innocent-looking

11 Informer

12 Pang

13 Goes after

18 You might hear music on it 22 Cloud

23 Make confetti of

24 Name on a 1945 bomber

25 Dominant states 26 Spartan

28 Expels

29 Mountain lake

31 Larry McMurtry's “The Last Picture __” 32 __-watch

33 Feast where the Haggadah is read 35 Bad-mouths

36 “Saving Private Ryan” event

39 Let up

40 Most affectionate

42 5'7” Webb, shortest to win the NBA Slam Dunk Contest

43 __ Alley

44 Beef

45 Like Cognac casks 46 About 1.3 cubic yards 48 Give a makeover 49 “A Prayer for __ Meany”: John Irving novel 52 Personal quirk

53 Downed a sub?

54 Syst. of cars on tracks 55 Convened