NEW YORK TIMES SUNDAY CROSSWORD: GAME CHANGERS
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? 25Ivy League city
26 Jam
27 Crucial
28 White coat? 30Course standards 31 Emergency-room concern 33*Batting coach's instruction
to a lackadaisical hitter? 37 Habitual drinkers 39Opposed (to) 40 *Apprentice
groundskeepers? 46 Singer/songwriter Parks with the 2021 album “Collapsed in Sunbeams” 47 It might get pulled in both
directions
50New York's Mount ____
Hospital
51Dark wine grape
52 Part of a heartbeat 54Diplomatic 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? 68Stand-in for Middle
America
71Pair of socks? 72*Umpire's aid in judging
foul balls?
78GPS approximation
79 Sgt. and cpl., e.g.
83 Airer of “Nancy Drew” 84Old salt
86 Fury
88State where M.L.K.
marched: Abbr.
89 Some fins
92 King James
on a court
94 Do as Henry VI did 96Letters on some
foundations 97Jumpy sorts, in brief 99*Long hours of fielding
practice?
101 ____ only
103 Tilting
104 *Imperceptible fastball
movement?
109All over the place 113Jimmy ____ (luxury shoe
brand)
114 Scientist buried in
Westminster Abbey 115Pop artist who sings “Satisfied” on “The Hamilton Mixtape” 116New ____ (cap brand) 117 Trouble, metaphorically 120Ballgame extenders ... and what can literally be found in the answers to the asterisked clues
124 Beekeeper 125____ to go 126Run-D.M.C. and the Jonas
Brothers, for example 127 Bands' performance
sheets
128 Unruffled
129 ____ Domingo
DOWN
1Bird that can spend up to 10 months in the air without landing 2Absolute bottom
3 Digital assistant 4Food packaging abbr.,
once
5 What's heard at many a
coffeehouse 6Group sometimes said to
be “out”
7 French article 8Pampering place
9In use
10Candle choice
11 Gumbo pods
12 Goddess with a sacred owl 13 Designers' studios 14Its capital is Sydney: Abbr. 15 “Uh-uh”
16 Go by 17Compete with 18Part of EGBDF 19Places 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 35Air France hub
36 It brought Hope to the
world
38When doubled, a
Nabokov protagonist 40Pre-bar challenge, briefly 41“Je t'____”
42Org. 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 48Tina Turner, voicewise 49Goldenrod, e.g.
53 Append
56 Instrument with a flared
end
58Chinese steamed bun 59 Ratio of an angle's opposite side to the hypotenuse
62 Blueprint details
64 Runs out of juice 66Eye cream ingredient 67Symbol on Captain
America's shield 69 Villainous English king in
“Braveheart” 70 Outstanding pitcher 72Former Ford models 73Seller of Belgian waffles and French toast (fittingly, considering the “I” in its name) 74Super Soaker
Soakzooka brand 75Like some orders 76Ancient halls 77Eldest Stark son on
“Game of Thrones” 80 G.I.'s garb, at times 81Speedskater Johann ____ Koss, winner of four Olympic golds 82 One-named Nigerian
Grammy winner 85Pained sound 87 In the Renaissance, they were known as “mala insana” (“mad apples”) 90Baseball's Gehrig and
Piniella
91Most reliable
93 Russian city on the Ural
River
95 Butterlike spread 98French West Indies resort
island, familiarly
100 Keep from flying, maybe 101 Profession
102 Camera inits.
104 “With any luck ... ” 105 Tag line?
106 Fancy pourers 107Paper route hour,
maybe
108 Headliner's cue 110Land between Togo and
Nigeria
111 Insider's vocabulary 112 Catch with a throw 113Alternative 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 Word with
red or army
123 Man's name that's
118-Down reversed