The New York Times Crossword

No. 0611

ACROSS

1 “___ pass” 5 Turn over 9 Wound application 13 Spring’s counterpart 14 Harsh 16 One with special quarters: Abbr. 17 Standard work shifts 18 *Kind of bass 20 Last: Abbr. 21 Man-eater 22 “Bewitched” husband 23 One of 13 popes 24 *Model of the Blues Brothers’ Bluesmobile 26 ___ City, Long Island 28 Ones catching some waves 29 Ties 30 Series starter 32 “Harrumph!” 35 Southwest hikers’ destination 36 Cartoonist Bushmiller who created “Nancy” 37 “The Burning Giraffe,” e.g. 38 Maximum ending? 39 Comment starting “By the way …” 40 Sphere 41 Myrmecophobe’s fear 42 Sullied 43 *Opportunity for revenge 48 “___ been had!” 49 Consignment shop deal 50 Dips 51 Ungodliness 52 *Publicist, e.g. 54 Out of date? 55 One getting the message? 56 Old Testament kingdom 57 Celebrate 58 Union busters? 59 Without interruption, after “in” 60 U.S. city that’s an anagram of a world capital

DOWN

1 *“If I may …” 2 Reading material for the future? 3 Bury 4 Audiophile’s collection 5 Brand of bath beads 6 Gift with a GIF, maybe 7 Libertarian’s aim, for short 8 Physics unit 9 Squirrel’s cache 10 Classic 1944 Otto Preminger film noir 11 Vision-related 12 Prefix with biology 15 Spouse or lover 19 Official New Zealand language besides English 21 They may have kings as subjects 25 Unsettling, say 27 Cold case solver, maybe 30 Light splitter 31 Plus 32 Wig wearer 33 Ease 34 Well-kept secret … or a hint to the answer to each starred clue 36 Treasures 37 Palme ___ (top prize at Cannes) 39 Take 40 Muted trumpet sounds 41 Bits of wisdom 42 Hill’s partner in publishing 43 Beef 44 Big name in real estate 45 Consumption 46 Poser 47 Exercise with a portmanteau name 53 Sudden understanding 54 Calif. air hub