In the Race by Fred Piscop

Across 1. Cruise accommodation 6. Beast's abode 10. "Cheers" bartender 13. Single-handedly 14. Captain Nemo's creator 15. New Haven collegian 16. Cocktail sauce ingredient 18. Suffix with beat or refuse 19. In an array 20. Those with clout 21. Bridge player's combo 23. Hourly wage 25. Doggoned 26. Read carefully 29. Twist and squirm 30. Geological span 31. Services partner 32. Sock sound 35. Place in the House 36. Metric weight 37. Hemingway moniker 38. Rock's Nugent 39. __ du jour 40. Walkie-talkie acknowledgment 41. Feeds, as a fire 43. Report card signer 44. In fetters 46. Transvaal trekker 47. "Johnny Eager" Oscar winner Van __ 48. Costa del __ 49. "Picnic" playwright 53. Grand __ Opry 54. Low-ranking mafioso 57. Poker payoff 58. One of the Coen brothers 59. Lecherous looker 60. Sloppy digs 61. __ Martin (cognac brand) 62. Sneaks a look

Down 1. "All the Way" lyricist Sammy 2. Burn soother 3. Afghanistan's Tora __ region 4. Give a lesson to 5. Alumna bio word 6. Watch readouts, for short 7. Jackie O's second 8. Way to take things 9. Cooks, as leftovers 10. Hill gofer 11. Mad Hatter's guest 12. Amplified, in a way 14. It may sport the letters NEWS 17. Baptism, e.g. 22. To the __ degree 24. Baseball bat wood 25. Hive denizen 26. Irksome sort 27. Olympics blade 28. Driver ed topic 29. Habitual ways 31. Wounded at Pamplona 33. Ready for business 34. Toad feature 36. "Pay attention" 37. Meal for Goldilocks 39. Pine or spruce, e.g. 40. Actress __ Dawn Chong 42. "Shop __ you drop" 43. Sport you can't play left-handed 44. Pork servings 45. Ancient serf 46. Petty officer, for short 48. Hang out 50. Aswan Dam's river 51. Social goofball 52. Goes astray 55. Resistance unit 56. Hack off