The New York Times Crossword

No. 0323

ACROSS

1 They’re seen around diners

5 “Ambassador” cut

15 Worrisome word from a barber

16 Response akin to “Says who?!”

17 Sizzling

18 Speaking volumes?

19 Extra security

21 Lead-in to male or female

22 Limerick group

23 2022 romcom with a predominantly L.G.B.T.Q. cast

25 Easily crushable

26 Troy setting, for short

28 Standards of purity

30 [Smacks forehead]

31 “My goodness!”

33 ___ cat, holiday creature in Icelandic folklore

34 Grant or Benjamin

36 Slack

37 Prefix in some health product names

38 Print source

41 “End of discussion!”

43 Way up in the mountains

45 Resort that prohibits snowboarding

46 Bench cover?

48 Rubs the wrong

way

49 Li Mu ___,

Chow Yunfat’s role in “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”

50 Veteran N.F.L. quarterback whose name anagrams to SOMETHING

52 Modern money kiosk

56 “Off the Court” memoirist, 1981

57 Venezuela landmark that’s the tallest of its kind in the world (3,212 feet)

58 Lastin’ line?

59 Looked quickly

60 Baby raccoons

DOWN

1 Taking off the table

2 “Yep, totally feel that”

3 Species named for its squarish shape

4 Like Beth among the March sisters

5 Bring around

6 Activist “born at 375 p.p.m.,” per her social media bio

7 Big name in trucks

8 “Would you mind ...?”

9 Bowlful often served with bean sprouts

10 Blue belt?

11 Yours, in Torino

12 Declaim

13 Trace of music

14 Lovey-dovey, in a way

20 Egg-shaped brain

structures

24 Get hitched

25 Gloomy atmosphere

27 Lassitude

29 They may come with opinions

32 Cleveland, e.g.: Abbr.

34 Turkey bacon?

35 “Easy now!”

36 Advice to move on

38 Hill-adjacent field, in brief

39 Legit

40 Plates for nuts

41 Grievance

42 Take, as a pointer

44 Fabric named for a Mideast capital

45 Fathers, in Hebrew

47 ___ Street Music Festival (annual May event)

51 City of 1+ million near the Russia/ Kazakhstan border

53 Picture of Pluto, perhaps

54 Cry of encouragement

55 “___ Girl Isn’t Pretty” (“Funny Girl” song)