Today’s crossword

ACROSS 1 Franchise spawned in the ’60s 9 Away for the summer, maybe 15 White Sox nickname, with “the” 16 Longtime Ottoman Empire territory 17 Donkey in “Shrek” et al. 19 Dedicate 20 Lug 21 Worked (up) 22 They’re just looking 23 Cries for attention 24 NFLer Ronnie for whom a defensive award is named 25 Remote power source 27 Land overseas 28 Univ. staff 31 Prevent from going to seed 32 Organization level 34 Sam Samudio’s spoken opening in “Wooly Bully” 36 Sea-dwelling Greek god 37 Most populous OPEC nation 39 Ask to be excused, with “off” 40 It merged with Sprint in 1983 41 Command before a click 42 Treated for traction, in a way 45 Cocktail party fare 46 Securely 47 Overseas denials 51 Taxonomic suffix 52 “The Secret of __”: 1982 animated movie 53 “Working Class Hero” songwriter 54 “Been there, done that” 57 “Brighton Rock” author 58 Doing a lawn job 59 Lamb treats 60 Hoodwinks DOWN 1 Garden aid 2 Second-longestserving Chief Justice 3 Not out of the game 4 Suckerfish 5 Song featured in “Moonstruck” 6 Break for a certain wannabe 7 Mariner cap insignia 8 “Reservoir Dogs” actor 9 Disables the alarm, say 10 Tip in Vegas 11 TV franchise since 2000 12 Relay part 13 2014 A.L. MVP 14 Acceptable form of back talk? 18 His epitaph includes “knight” and “man of letters” 23 Fell 24 Creepy look 26 Mozart title starter 27 1927 Buster Keaton film 28 Wet blanket, in modern lingo 29 Some film artists 30 Ponders 33 “For a life gone digital” news source 35 Editor’s mark 38 “Same here” 39 Deli order 43 Hindu community 44 Represent 46 High winds 48 Bhopal locale 49 Continuously 50 Makes out, across the Pond 52 Part of a Fifth Ave. address 53 A and P, e.g.: Abbr. 55 Apology opener 56 Dante’s half-dozen