East Bay Times

The New York Times

- By Billy Bratton and Clay Haddock Edited by Will Shortz No. 0414

ACROSS 1 5

Fool Dungeons & Dragons, e.g., in brief

8 Abigail who wrote “remember the ladies” to her husband in 1776

13 Sighed aside

14 Grammy category won twice each by Taylor Swift, Beyoncé and Johnny Cash

16 Walk on water?

17 When things are

going well

18 Hold one’s hand?

20 Cop show costarring LL Cool J, informally

21 The “Y” of the

code JPY

22 Not closeted

23 Little annoyance

24 Pricey

26 Rep

27 “I’ve heard

enough,” in brief

30 Supply at a

nursery

31 “Go for it”

33 Name spelled by the first letters of consecutiv­e calendar months

34 American ___

35 Ottomans, e.g.

36 Addict’s plaint

1 2 13 16 18 21 33 38 Heckelphon­e

relative

39 Otherworld­ly

40 Water line

41 Perfection­ists

take great ones

42 Treads lightly

43 Bro hugger,

perhaps

44 Medium talent

46 Old Jewish

enclave

49 Snack item with

green filling

51 Get off on criticizin­g, perhaps

53 Fowl call

54 Once-trendy

green cocktails

55 Water line

56 Go-getter

57 13x platinum Pearl Jam album that actually has 11 tracks

58 WhatsApped, say

DOWN

1 Feline friend of Tom on “Tom and Jerry”

2 Blank part of a

page

3 “Let me

rephrase”

4 Fork-tailed bird

5 Charge

6 Its top score is

1520 7 ___ economy

8 Stereotypi­cal millennial breakfast item

9 “Ta-da!”

10 Goes on to say

11 Fast-food option for a reduced price

12 Kind of bean

14 Finish the dirty

work

15 Took for a ride

19 “Either is fine,

honestly”

23 One with cross

words

25 Rugby competitor

26 Texted eyes,

maybe

27 Lavatory,

informally

28 Tracks, so to

speak 29 “_ _ _ time!”

31 Some branded

coolers

32 Free alternativ­e

to Netflix

33 Alternativ­e to

Skippy

37 They’re awfully

sorry

41 Maine attraction­s

42 Key collaborat­or

43 Demonstrat­ion that’s not going anywhere

45 Gave the finger?

46 Blind piece

47 People of Arizona

48 Suitable for most

audiences

49 Head locks?

50 “Huh, didn’t expect to see you here”

52 Give a card to

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