Across

1.  Horse doctor, for short
4.  Moslem chief
7.   Females, informally
11. Vocalist's solo
14. Ounce or inch
15. Even
16. Cherry's sundae spot
17. Submissive
18. Difficulty
20. Lent payoff
22. Cotton fabric
24. "Golden Touch" guy
27. Eastern
32. Type of loser
33. Feasted
34. Sci-fi classic, with "The"
35. Whenever
37. Concentrate
38. Mollusk
40. Minutemen
44. Farewells
48. Mrs. haunted by Capt. Daniel Gregg
49. "Big Blue" on the Big Board
51. Animal adoption agcy
52. Lui's opposite
53. Knob
54. Justice Thomas's accuser
55. Cape
56. Youth gp.
57. Tom or Bob follower

Down

1.  Vintner's containers
2.  Actor Portman
3.  Seating section
4.  Behaved
5.  Baby word
6.  Pacify
7.  Gumption
8.  Medical subj.
9.  Key _ pie
10. Ending for song or trick
12. Resolut
19. Fathers, informally
21. "_ was going to St. Ives"
23. Ranks
24. Deg.from Wharton
25. Electrified particle
26. Wine description
28. Do away with
29. fond treatment: abbr.
30. Chit
31. Rather's employer
33. Entertaining
36. "The _ of the Perverse" (Poe)
37. Provided sustenance
39. "One Note _" (Getz hit)
40. Agts of Uncle Sam
41. Reign
42. Certain paintings
43. Raw metals
45. De Mille specialty
46. Bruins inits.
47. Corning need
50. "the Boys on the _"