French river that share four letters with another French river
23A
*H.G. Wells novel dramatized by Orson Welles
26A
Locs. for a peak experience
27A
Spinning
28A
___ Relays (oldest and largest track meet in America)
31A
Coward
33A
Dolphins QB Tagovailoa
34A
*Bob Seger mega-hit (and album of the same name)
38A
Some members of the O-line
39A
___ Champions League (pan-European tournament for top-division soccer clubs)
40A
Distasteful (slang)
41A
Consent
43A
Only ten players in baseball history have a career ___ greater than 1.000 (too many sports clues? OK: Black or special follower)
45A
*Best Picture drama starring Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep as an estranged couple in a custody battle
51A
Wyatt, Virgil, and Morgan
52A
_____phile (wine lover)
53A
Had
54A
Alt. to an index fund
55A
Championship bout, or a description of the starred entries
58A
Leaves read by a 36 Down
59A
"Sue" at Chicago's Field Museum
60A
College QB, e.g.
61A
Common ID
62A
Fit like a matryoshka
63A
Long-running sitcom whose theme song was "Suicide Is Painless"
Verticales
1D
The Royal Air Force, in a famous speech by Winston Churchill about the Battle of Britain
2D
Wombat relative
3D
Modern-day Smyrna
4D
Charlottetown's Prov.
5D
Burial chambers
6D
Bygone liquor measure (replaced by the 750 ml bottle)
7D
Like 42 percent of Americans
8D
"Haven't got a ___" (Britishism for "I"m broke," ironically referencing an old French coin)
9D
Unwise
10D
One who's toxic when intoxicated
11D
Worker in the perfume department of Macy's in the 1950s, e.g.
16D
Roof-adjacent room
17D
Nod off
22D
Form of addr. for some royals
24D
It's all before
25D
It's measured in loads
28D
Budgerigars, e.g.
29D
Cell-like structures you can use to dampen sound in a recording studio, to direct light in a photo studio, or, oh yeah, transport ingredients for a fritatta
30D
One who enjoys attending loud, smelly, dirty races, not that there's anything wrong with that.
31D
!*$%$&???
32D
Legendary actress Hagen
35D
Most revealing
36D
See 58 Across
37D
"I WISH there were a way to send signals to speakers without cables." "There is." "Oh, that's WISE." "Actually, it's ___."
42D
The "E" in HRE (abbr.)
43D
Disheartening cry at an audition
44D
Hoped-for title for some TAs
46D
À ___ santé
47D
Winner of eight women's singles titles before age 20