NEW YORK TIMES SUNDAY CROSSWORD
GAME CHANGERS BY ANGELA OLSON HALSTED AND DOUG PETERSON
Across
1 Chow down on 6 “Exactly like this” 12 Word with mild or well 20 Character often found
in children's books 21 Emotionally process,
in modern lingo 22 Repeated cry in 1931's
“Frankenstein” 23 *Perfect curveball? 25 Ivy League city
26 Jam
27 Crucial
28 White coat? 30 Course standards 31 Emergency-room concern
33 *Batting coach's instruction to a lackadaisical hitter? 37 Habitual drinkers 39 Opposed (to) 40 *Apprentice groundskeepers? 46 Singer/songwriter Parks with the 2021 album “Collapsed in Sunbeams”
47 It might get pulled in both directions
50 New York's Mount ____ Hospital
51 Dark wine grape
52 Part of a heartbeat 54 Diplomatic official: Abbr.
55 Corn core
57 Cancels
60 Alacrity
61 Afternoon socials 63 Where dreams are made 65 *Overenthusiastic description of a routine base hit? 68 Stand-in for Middle America
71 Pair of socks? 72 *Umpire's aid in judging foul balls? 78 GPS approximation 79 Sgt. and cpl., e.g. 83 Airer of “Nancy Drew” 84 Old salt
86 Fury
88 State where M.L.K. marched: Abbr.
89 Some fins
92 King James on a court 94 Do as Henry VI did 96 Letters on some foundations
97 Jumpy sorts, in brief 99 *Long hours of fielding practice?
101 ____ only
103 Tilting
104 *Imperceptible
fastball movement? 109 All over the place
113 Jimmy ____ (luxury
shoe brand)
114 Scientist buried in Westminster Abbey 115 Pop artist who sings “Satisfied”on“the Hamilton Mixtape” 116 New ____ (cap brand) 117 Trouble, metaphorically
120 Ballgame extenders
... and what can literally be found in the answers to the asterisked clues
124 Beekeeper
125 ____ to go
126 RUN-D.M.C. and the Jonas Brothers, for example 127 Bands'performance sheets
128 Unruffled
129 ____ Domingo
Down
1 Bird that can spend up to 10 months in the air without landing 2 Absolute bottom 3 Digital assistant
4 Food packaging abbr., once
5 What's heard at many a coffeehouse
6 Group sometimes said to be “out” 7 French article 8 Pampering place 9 In use
10 Candle choice
11 Gumbo pods
12 Goddess with a sacred owl
13 Designers' studios
14 Its capital is Sydney: Abbr.
15 “Uh-uh”
16 Go by
17 Compete with
18 Part of EGBDF
19 Places to play cards, often
24 The Daily ____ (online news site)
29 ____ culpa
32 It plays a role in armtwisting 33 “Venerable”saint 34 Manual readers
35 Air France hub 36 It brought Hope to the world
38 When doubled, a Nabokov protagonist 40 Pre-bar challenge, briefly
41 “Je t'____”
42 Org. with Fire and Sparks
43 It was first won by the N.Y. Mets in 1969 44 Snowblower brand 45 Word on some Oreo packages
47 Nothing special
48 Tina Turner, voicewise 49 Goldenrod, e.g. 53 Append
56 Instrument with a flared end
58 Chinese steamed bun 59 Ratio of an angle's opposite side to the hypotenuse
62 Blueprint details
64 Runs out of juice
66 Eye cream ingredient 67 Symbol on Captain America's shield 69 Villainous English king in“braveheart” 70 Outstanding pitcher 72 Former Ford models 73 Seller of Belgian waffles and French toast (fittingly, considering the“i”in its name)
74 Super Soaker Soakzooka brand 75 Like some orders 76 Ancient halls
77 Eldest Stark son on “Game of Thrones” 80 G.I.'S garb, at times 81 Speedskater
Johann ____ Koss, winner of four Olympic golds
82 One-named
Nigerian Grammy winner
85 Pained sound
87 In the Renaissance, they were known as “mala insana” (“mad apples”)
90 Baseball's Gehrig and Piniella
91 Most reliable
93 Russian city on the Ural River
95 Butterlike spread
98 French West Indies resort island, familiarly
100 Keep from flying,
maybe
101 Profession
102 Camerainits.
104 “With any luck ... ” 105 Tag line?
106 Fancy pourers
107 Paper route hour,
maybe
108 Headliner's
cue
110 Land between Togo and Nigeria
111 Insider's vocabulary 112 Catch with a throw 113 Alternative to Chuck 115 Wistful sound
118 Man's name that's 123-Down reversed 119 Stanza contraction 121 Home of the world's
largest carnival
122 Wordwithredorarmy 123 Man's name that's
118-Down reversed