East Bay Times

The New York Times

- Edited by Will Shortz No. 0917 By Matthew Stock

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 Twice-hyphenated 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

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