NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD

LET’S CHANGE THE SUBJECT

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 Crowd on a 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