SUNDAY CROSSWORD:
SHIFTING SOUNDS
ACROSS
1 Smashing 6 Wide-eyed in wonder
10 Woofer output 14 Casual vodka order 19 Bubbling
20 Pricey
21 Alma mater of Grant and Lee: Abbr.
22 Board-game piece 23 Dog’s order at a malt shop?
25 The “day” in “seize the day”
26 “Arrival” visitor
27 You can see right through it
28 Part of H.M.S. 29 “Game of Thrones” patriarch has difficulties?
32 Zora Neale Hurston’s “____ Eyes Were Watching God” 34 Stand-up comic Kondabolu
35 Drum heard in raga music
36 Creator of Christopher Robin 38 Beat out by a hair 40 Big name in ratings 44 Male sailors
45 Words of affirmation 47 Upscale
48 Android alternative 49 ____ Mahal
51 Kind of diet
53 Chest muscle, informally
54 The “S” of 48-Across
58 Advised a chess player to attack the king?
65 Spanish unit of time with a tilde 66 Yoda, to Luke 67 Shows as an encore presentation 68 A fingerprint can leave one
70 Cell no., say
71 Strips of weapons 72 Coming from two speakers
73 Frequent choice for maid of honor
75 Deg. for an aspiring attorney abroad
76 Part of Disney’s advertising budget?
78 How some pranks might go 82 Constellation with a palindromic name
83 Scat syllable for Sinatra
84 Hula loop
86 Academy Award winner for “Moonlight” and “Green Book”
87 Dr. Seuss character who becomes “King of the Mud” 91 Sushi condiment 95 Birds that can recognize themselves in mirrors
99 Beyond sad, or beyond happy
101 Some piercing
spots
102 Categorically stated
103 Indubitably 105 Bellybutton fluff 106 Bordeaux wine region
107 Decisively defeat a cabinet department? 111 Musical knack 112 Share on social media
115 Like a zealous fan base
116 School attended by 20 prime ministers 117 Feeling one gets under anesthesia at the dentist?
120 Rat in “Ratatouille” 121 Word before or after run
122 Memo heading 123 Prize for a doc, maybe
124 Stick a fork in 125 Weapon with a bell guard
126 Loathsome person 127 Indira Gandhi’s father
DOWN
1 Comedian Mort 2 Instrument from the French for “high wood”
3 Bad shot by Dracula?
4 Affinity
5 Lacking originality
6 Follower
7 Prepare, with “up” 8 Symbol of sturdiness
9 ____ launcher 10 Close pals
11 “Yeah, right!” 12 Process, as ore 13 Language with only 14 native letters
14 He made his final cameo in “Avengers: Endgame”
15 Spilled one’s soul 16 ’30s migrant 17 Unwelcome look 18 Places to exchange dollars for quarters
24 Stand out from the crowd
30 Little bits of energy 31 Competitor of eBay
33 Tree that lines the Central Park Mall
34 Debut single for both Jimi Hendrix and Patti Smith 36 Flaws and all
37 Shout for 44-Across 39 Put off for another day
41 Building caretakers 42 Higher-ups in a hierarchy
43 Part of a guitar
46 One on the road in “On the Road” 50 Maker of Instant Feathers and Hi-Speed Tonic 52 Laura of “Marriage Story”
55 Does some broncobusting, e.g.
56 Accustom (to) 57 Broadband device 59 Loosen, in a way 60 Banned display of firepower, informally 61 Conductor Georg with 31 Grammys 62 Passed out in Vegas
63 Gambino crime family patriarch 64 Attractive but vacuous guy, in slang
68 Mary, Queen of Scots, e.g.
69 Prod
71 Prod
72 Philosopher Kierkegaard 73 “Salud!” cousin 74 Heed an army poster
76 “Will you allow me to demonstrate?” 77 Plane-ticket info 79 Comfy seating at a carnival? 80 Downwind, at sea
81 New England art inst.
85 “Mind. Blown.” 88 Shot served with salt and lime
89 Clean 90 Lexicographer Partridge
92 Singer Knowles with a 2016 No. 1 album
93 Ever so slightly 94 Perk from work
96 Tex who animated Bugs Bunny 97 Diploma equivalent, in brief 98 Make an engaging offer?
100 British spy Christopher in 2016 news
104 Legally prohibit 107 Parisian equivalent to “molto” or “muy”
108 Increase, with “up” 109 Stage prize since 1956 110 It distinguishes meaning in many East Asian languages
111 Fitch of Abercrombie & Fitch
113 Red carpet interviewee 114 Traffic-sign word 118 Card-game call 119 Sun follower?