The New York Times crossword puzzle

Across

1 Group whose name means “the people of the waters that are never still” 9 To boot 13 2014 animated film whose protagonist, aptly, is a construction worker, with “The”

14 It sticks out in a dance studio 15 Jam-packed 16 Imperial title derived from “caesar” 17 Quinceañeras,

e.g.

18 Social protest

lecture series 20 Possible response to “Who took the last cookie?” 21 Pentagon

bigwig 23 Twicehyphenated ID 24 Musicians are

often on it 25 Instruments for Annapurna Devi and Anoushka Shankar 28 Comedian

Notaro 29 Criticize, with

“on”

30 Brand whose logo includes a schoolboy with a ball for a head

31 Largest U.S.

union 32 Ground

shaking stuff? 34 Composes

(oneself) 36 Ancient

gathering place 37 Locale for

bowed heads 38 Aspirational

hashtag 39 Breaks off 41 S_c_ _d (time

in time) 42 Showers with

sparkles

47 ___ smarts 50 Reciprocally 51 Monkey head mushroom, by another name 53 Mountaintop

home 54 Muscle car

acronym 55 Cheese whose name is a semordnilap 56 One celebrating

Grounation Day, which commemorates a visit by 8-Down

57 Go against 58 All up in another’s business 59 What may be considered worse when done well

Down

1 Mix of many different cultures 2 Stared at 3 Red ___ 4 Succinct “I

think” 5 Animal associated with the Egyptian goddess Hathor 6 Online

image 7 Crane of

“Frasier” 8 Ethiopian emperor revered by 56-Acrosses 9 To boot

10 Its destruction marked a turning point in World War I 11 Actor Sebastian

___

12 Between you

and me 13 Surrounded and attacked, with “to” 15 Typist’s help to avoid repetitive strain injury 19 Team whose song “The Super Bowl Shuffle” earned a Grammy nomination 21 Big game 22 Throw ___ 24 Short-crust

pastry fillings 26 Wind on the

water? 27 Cheek 30 Texter’s

segue 33 Sharper image

co.?

34 Some works by

Petrarch 35 Caution on a silica gel packet

37 Lady, but not

the Tramp 40 Ones who are

sent packing? 41 Confuse wasabi with guacamole, say 43 Perfect vis-àvis good, in an aphorism 44 Portmanteau for a messenger bag 45 Water filter

brand

46 Tiptoe, maybe 47 Took a dive 48 Tucker

49 Part of the

mouth 52 Hurly-burly