Puzzle

 ACROSS

  1 Livestock hazard

  9 Lure into crime

 15 Snake that can weigh more than 550 pounds

 16 Shrinks in fear

 17 One with a growth mindset?

 18 Total stud

 19 Chicago airport code

 20 Comes in

 22 Parlor pic

 23 "My Gal ___" (Rita Hayworth musical)

 24 Word before "Kapital" or "Boot"

 25 Irritable sort

 27 "Holy smokes!"

 29 Wave crest

 33 A student's blemish

 34 "Scat, cat!"

 35 ___ assembly required

 36 Reason to roll out a tarp

 37 Control a bumper car

 38 Annoying person

 39 Visibly excited

 40 Look after

 41 Volkswagen model

 42 Long workday, say

 44 You may adjust its tuners for tunes

 45 A single time

 46 Clump of gum, e.g.

 47 Mom-and-___

 49 Score 100% on

 52 Frowny faces

 54 Gaza grp.

 55 Black sheep's cry, in rhyme

 57 Call with a programmed number

 60 Matriculate

 61 Completely absorbed by, as a good book

 62 Structural support over an opening

 63 Devices that draw or inject

DOWN

  1 Nigeria's largest city

  2 Raging violently

  3 *He sought courage in Oz

  4 Repetitive condition, briefly

  5 "___ is me!"

  6 Group of nine

  7 Perfect places

  8 It might hit the bull's-eye

  9 *Hands-on environmental activist

 10 Acknowledges silently

 11 Only number that can be typed with a keyboard's top row

 12 $35, for Park Place

 13 Diva's chance to shine

 14 (Over here!)

 21 Came back through a tunnel, perhaps

 24 Afro and dreads

 26 Outdid

 28 Rarin' to go

 29 "___ a good time for you?"

 30 Largely apocryphal rural pastime demonstrated in each starred answer?

 31 "Did they leave without me?"

 32 Org. that helped publicize "Consider the Lobster"

 33 Spoiled sort

 34 Boom box, e.g.

 37 *Textured home surface

 41 Quick punch

 43 At a reduced cost

 44 Team list

 46 Viscous and sticky

 48 Certain shirts

 49 Cain's brother

 50 "Pretty please?"

 51 Work hard for

 53 Clumps of gum

 56 CAPTCHA failer (hopefully)

 58 Maker of Orange You a Rock Star? nail polish

 59 Uproar

Solution