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