By Lucia Dec-Prat and Maccabee Armstrong Across 1. Minecraft villager sound 4. Breath rate measurement 7. Pop Up bread 10. Strait of Hormuz resource 11. Philosophical shaver 13. Song pace 14. “Don’t ___ my yum” 15. Fun-shaped crisps or acrobatics implements 19. Collector’s candy 20. A gentleman’s request at the ball 21. Tolstoy 22. Shirt fastener 23. Star Trek’s Nyota 26. Drawn-out green policy, abbr. 27. God’s role for the first six days 28. Sensitive young man 31. Neutral

By Lucia Dec-Prat and Elika Khosravani Across 1. Counter to decr. 5. Steps up? 11. ___ House, dining hall with a new “World Tour” dinner menu 14. Not false 15. Latin “of the earth” 16. UN agency focused on working conditions 17. German Chancellor Friedrich 18. Birthplace of nickels and dimes 19. Jerome Powell’s ex-employer, for short 20 Not pregnant, just mortified – a feeling this puzzle's spellchecker knows well 22. NY private university, along with Columbia, the New School

"May Midi" By Lucia Dec-Prat