The New York Times Crossword Puzzle
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 27-Down 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.