The New York Times Crossword

No. 0505

ACROSS

1 Little 19-Across

4 Units on Czech checks 11 Student-led LGBTQ+ grp. 14 “Just as I suspected!” 15 Common recipe step

16 What psychotherapy can treat, in brief

17 Someone well versed in this puzzle’s theme

19 Many people do this about their height

20 Opining opening

21 James of “Carpool Karaoke” fame

23 Turn on the stove?

24 “The wait’s almost over” 28 Hammer part

29 Sugar

30 When preceded by [the circled letters], natural shape said to be seen in 61-Across and 27Down

32 First word of Poe’s “The Raven” 34 “Cat”

36 King of ancient Rome

37 Pupil of a cat’s eye, often 38 ___ jacket (formal men’s wear)

39 Duke’s grp.

40 Much-desired

41 Uses psychedelics

42 Terence ___, noted expert on combinatorics and analytic number theory

43 Lid seen in a kitchen? 44 Polynesian performance 45 Foolish person

46 Slip past

47 Prefix with glottis

48 Some convertible choices

49 John of “Monty Python” fame 51 Source of much early immigration to the U.S.: Abbr. 52 When doubled, not-so-subtle nudge

53 Judgment days?

60 They seem to believe otherwise 61 Classic van Gogh subject 62 “What’d I tell you?!”

63 A bygone age

DOWN

1 Starve

2 “You gave me no choice” 3 Brings home

4 Perry who used to have the world’s most-followed Twitter account

5 Written honor

6 Nutritional fig.

7 Where second gentleman

Doug Emhoff got his J.D. 8 “Pass”

9 “Smart” name

10 Razor sharpener

11 Numerical constant associated with [the circled letters] 12 Summer learning opportunity for students

13 Mideast’s Gulf of ___

18 When doubled, sarcastic laugh 22 ___ Speedwagon

24 Dilemma

25 Word with snake or salad 26 Diner cry after a bell is rung 27 Certain cephalopods

30 Some shindigs

31 Parkinson’s treatment

33 Many security guards

34 ___ Colvin, civil rights pioneer who refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus nine months before Rosa Parks 35 Nav. rank

37 When preceded by [the circled letters], progression starting with 0 and 1

40 Warehouse store equipment 41 An alternative?

43 Computer pros

45 Like some horse bedding 48 Queen Mary or Queen Elizabeth

50 Crafts site

51 Fanning of film

54 Regret

55 They might help you get a job

56 Sternward

57 Propper noun?

58 Bygone ___

59 Kazakhstan, e.g., formerly: Abbr.