The New York Times crossword puzzle
Across
1 Travel requirement, at times
5 Where the
10 countries with the lowest median age are all located
11 Sounds of surprise
14 Book before Romans
15 “King James”
16 Word before nail or after steel
17 Cluster, as of grass
18 Product of volcanic activity
19 Certain grueling race, informally
20 Factory ___
22 Moccasins, but not oxfords
24 Voice of doom
27 It’s a me problem
28 End up OK
29 Boring bit
31 Not forbidden
32 “A Doll’s House” playwright
33 Quattro preceder
36 “Joking!”
37 Secret traders
38 Father on “Modern Family”
39 Prof’s helpers
40 Mary, Queen of ___
41 Roman fountain name
42 Digital money
43 Van Gogh masterpiece
44 One daying for a cause
47 Leave a mark on?
49 Put up
51 Japanese exporter of diesel engines
52 Coastal inlet
53 “___ Fideles” 55 Letters that go in both blanks of ___ ___tofferson
58 Jug unit: Abbr.
59 Comfy shoe
60 Bank note made of pure cotton fiber
61 Bow-making timber
62 “Enthusiasm is the mother of ___”: Ralph Waldo Emerson
63 One may ask for a dinner preference
Down
1 Acid container, maybe
2 Hosp. area
3 Friar known for his patronage of animals
4 What had a major impact on this puzzle’s theme?
5 Notwithstanding
6 Guinness records, typically
7 Some handoff recipients in football, for short
8 Some investments, in brief
9 Boston, Amherst and others
10 Immune response trigger
11 “Great” 10th-century emperor
12 Features of many ceratopsians
13 Something possibly triggered during a mass extinction event
21 Blue material
23 “___ favor”
24 Accelerated H.S. English course
25 First dog on an orbital spaceflight
26 Novelist King who wrote “Caretakers” and “One on One”
30 Applications
32 Some W.S.J. topics
33 Writer’s reference … or what each row of shaded letters is missing?
34 It helps keep a tight ship tight
35 Beethoven’s “Für ___”
37 Spooked by
38 Annual architecture award
40 Ancient method of encipherment with a message wrapped around a cylinder
41 Pants, but half off?
42 List follower
43 Newspaper supplement
44 Come together
45 Common typeface
46 Ruler’s dimensions?
48 Crystalline mineral deposits in some caves
50 Like Beethoven, by his mid-40s
54 West Coast airport code
56 Music producer Gotti who worked with Ja Rule and J.Lo
57 Soak (up)