THE SUNDAY NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

LET’S CHANGE THE SUBJECT, 0819, BY JACOB STULBERG

ACROSS

1 Autumn bloom

6 Ticked off

11 Cast

16 “Madam Secretary” airer 19 Really stood out 20 Bluesman Willie

21 Where the owl and the pussycat went, in poetry 22 ____ provençale 23 Classic film narrated by Spencer Tracy 26 Position

27 “Thanks in old age thanks ____ I go”: Whitman

28 Lead-in to bad news 29 Searched without sight 30 Show what’s inside 32 Underscore

34 Early morning setting? 35 The Bears of the Big 12 Conference 36 Remark commonly attributed to Queen Victoria

41 Digs

43 Shaggy grazer

44 Actor O’Shea 45 Third-person form of “être”

46 “Birds in an Aquarium” artist

47 Like some details 49 Handful

52 Fresh 54 Statement at the end of some trailers

61 C neighbors

62 Tool that it takes two to

operate

63 Old nuclear agcy. 64 Brewery sight

65 Obeys a sentry, say 66 Skating embarrassment 67 CDs, LPs, etc. 69 Mexican marinade 71 Musician/singer whose name might be shouted in mock horror? 72 Prefix with -pod 74 Frederick III, for one 76 Newspaper section 77 Toy manufacturer’s disclaimer 81 Kurosawa who directed “Ran” 82 Hankering

83 Mouse lookalike 84 Tikkanen who won five Stanley Cups

85 Measure of econ. health 87 Top hat go-with

89 Fail to hold

90 Clock setting east of Eastern: Abbr. 91 Non-apology associated with several U.S. presidents 98 Impoverished

99 The Temptations ’“Since ____ My Baby” 100 Drake or Future

104 City known for its cheese 105 Up-to-the-minute

107 It’s often brown or blue 109 Great ____

110 Zip

111 Protest tactic ... as suggested by 23-, 36-, 54-, 77- and 91-Across? 115 Continuing education subj., often 116 Operatic baritone Pasquale ____

117 Give up

118 Panegyrize

119 Obituary word

120 Wyoming’s ____ Range 121 Corporate department 122 Takes a breather

DOWN

1 Remains in the ground, often 2 Not having quite enough cash 3 Jenga construction 4 Tolkien creature 5 Debate again [sigh] 6 Soviet author Ehrenburg 7 Kerfuffles 8 “Te ____” (Rihanna gold single) 9 Snarl 10 Crowdona set 11 Carol Brady, to three of her kids 12 Founder of a major appliance chain 13 Kind of bookstore 14 Bygone game console, in brief 15 Bistro dessert 16 Wheedles 17 Cover from view 18 Old-fashioned weaponry 24 “Let It Go” singer, in film 25 “Game over” signal 31 What might follow me? 33 Ticket info, briefly 34 Peachy 35 Cinephile’s guilty pleasure, perhaps 37 Model Banks 38 Place to treat yourself 39 Colorist’s concern 40 Hilo his 41 Like “@#$!” 42 Ill-fated NASA mission of 1967 46 “You said it!” 47 Catch something 48 Surprised exclamations 49 One singing at the end? 50 Vulcans or Jawas, in brief 51 Becomes grating to 53 The one that got away? 55 Turner who led a slave rebellion 56 “Sonnets to Orpheus” poet 57 Uncool sort

58 Some keys, informally 59 Doctor’s order

60 Peak NW of Athens 66 When middle watch ends 68 Fancy neckwear 70 Cannes’s Palme ____ 73 Like some bologna and golf shots

75 Like Vivaldi’s “Spring” 76 Where the Blues play: Abbr.

78 Was out for a bit 79 Fox News commentator Perino

80 “I, Claudius” attire

85 Like Columbus

86 Word hitting two Triple Word Scores in Scrabble 88 First Folio, e.g. 89 Cross-Atlantic flier, once, in brief

90 Egyptian symbol of royalty 91 “Peanuts” character 92 Pursue eagerly 93 Climber’s concern: Abbr. 94 Goes at a leisurely pace 95 Peninsula shared by Croatia and Slovenia 96 Humphries of the N.B.A. 97 Egg time

101 Article of apparel never worn by Winnie-the-Pooh 102 Attraction that dropped the word “Center” from its name in 1994 103 Scottish dances

105 Trial for a future atty. 106 Regarding 107 Scotland’s Fair ____ 108 Empties (of)

112 Black church inits. 113 Jellied British delicacy 114 Hack

Answers will appear next week