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LET'S CHANGE THE SUBJECT

New York Times, Sunday, August 19, 2018

Author:
Jacob Stulberg
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
7-Down : Kerfuffles
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Jacob Stulberg

This puzzle:

Rows: 21, Columns: 21 Words: 140, Blocks: 71 Missing: {QZ} Spans: 2 This is puzzle # 27 for Mr. Stulberg. Sunday freshness: 21%
Jacob Stulberg notes:
Of all the puzzles I've constructed, this one may have yielded the longest list of rejected theme answers. Among my favorites: SOMEONEHASCASTTHEDIE, ISANYONESERVINGYOU, and PLEASESEDATEME. ... read more
Jeff Chen notes:
Jacob employs PASSIVE RESISTANCE today, changing famous lines from passive to active voice. Writers get told to avoid the passive voice all the time (see what I did there?), because it ... read more
Jim Horne notes:

I liked this crossword way more than Jeff did. Clever idea, and fun puzzle.

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© 2018, The New York Times8/19/18 ( No. 25,121 )
Across
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Autumn bloom : ASTER
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Ticked off : IRATE
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Cast : SLUNG
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"Madam Secretary" airer : CBS
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Really stood out : SHONE
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Bluesman Willie : LOMAX
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Where the owl and the pussycat went, in poetry : TOSEA
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___ provençale : ALA
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Classic film narrated by Spencer Tracy : HOWTHEYWONTHEWEST
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Position : JOB
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"Thanks in old age - thanks ___ I go": Whitman : ERE
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Lead-in to bad news : ALAS
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Searched without sight : GROPED
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Show what's inside : EMOTE
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Underscore : STRESS
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Early morning setting? : ALARM
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The Bears of the Big 12 Conference : BAYLOR
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Remark commonly attributed to Queen Victoria : THATDOESNOTAMUSEUS
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Digs : PAD
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Shaggy grazer : YAK
44
Actor O'Shea : MILO
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Third-person form of "être" : EST
46
"Birds in an Aquarium" artist : ARP
47
Like some details : GORY
49
Handful : FEW
52
Fresh : NOVEL
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Statement at the end of some trailers : NOONEHASRATEDTHISFILM
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C neighbors : DFLATS
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Tool that it takes two to operate : PITSAW
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Old nuclear agcy. : AEC
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Brewery sight : VAT
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Obeys a sentry, say : HALTS
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Skating embarrassment : FALL
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CDs, LPs, etc. : RECS
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Mexican marinade : ADOBO
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Musician/singer whose name might be shouted in mock horror? : ONO
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Prefix with -pod : ISO
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Frederick III, for one : KAISER
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Newspaper section : SPORTS
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Toy manufacturer's disclaimer : WEINCLUDEDNOBATTERIES
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Kurosawa who directed "Ran" : AKIRA
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Hankering : YEN
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Mouse lookalike : VOLE
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Tikkanen who won five Stanley Cups : ESA
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Measure of econ. health : GNP
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Top hat go-with : CANE
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Fail to hold : SAG
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Clock setting east of Eastern: Abbr. : AST
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Non-apology associated with several U.S. presidents : PEOPLEMADEMISTAKES
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Impoverished : INNEED
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The Temptations' "Since ___ My Baby" : ILOST
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Drake or Future : RAPPER
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City known for its cheese : GOUDA
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Up-to-the-minute : LATEST
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It's often brown or blue : IRIS
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Great ___ : APE
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Zip : PEP
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Protest tactic ... as suggested by 23-, 36-, 54-, 77- and 91-Across? : PASSIVERESISTANCE
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Continuing education subj., often : ESL
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Operatic baritone Pasquale ___ : AMATO
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Give up : YIELD
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Panegyrize : EXTOL
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Obituary word : NEE
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Wyoming's ___ Range : TETON
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Corporate department : SALES
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Takes a breather : RESTS
Down
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Remains in the ground, often : ASHES
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Not having quite enough cash : SHORT
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Jenga construction : TOWER
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Tolkien creature : ENT
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Debate again [sigh] : REHASH
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Soviet author Ehrenburg : ILYA
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Kerfuffles : ROWS
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"Te ___" (Rihanna gold single) : AMO
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Snarl : TANGLE
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Crowd on a set : EXTRAS
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Carol Brady, to three of her kids : STEPMOM
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Founder of a major appliance chain : LOWE
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Kind of bookstore : USED
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Bygone game console, in brief : NES
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Bistro dessert : GATEAU
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Wheedles : CAJOLES
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Cover from view : BLOTOUT
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Old-fashioned weaponry : SABERS
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"Let It Go" singer, in film : ELSA
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"Game over" signal : HORN
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What might follow me? : MYSELF
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Ticket info, briefly : ETD
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Peachy : AOK
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Cinephile's guilty pleasure, perhaps : BMOVIE
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Model Banks : TYRA
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Place to treat yourself : DAYSPA
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Colorist's concern : TINT
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Hilo his : ALOHAS
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Like "@#$!" : PROFANE
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Ill-fated NASA mission of 1967 : APOLLOI
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"You said it!" : ANDHOW
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Catch something : GETSICK
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Surprised exclamations : OHS
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One singing at the end? : FATLADY
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Vulcans or Jawas, in brief : ETS
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Becomes grating to : WEARSON
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The one that got away? : ESCAPEE
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Turner who led a slave rebellion : NAT
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"Sonnets to Orpheus" poet : RILKE
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Uncool sort : DWEEB
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Some keys, informally : IVORIES
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Doctor's order : LABTEST
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Peak NW of Athens : MTOSSA
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When middle watch ends : FOURAM
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Fancy neckwear : CRAVAT
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Cannes's Palme ___ : DOR
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Like some bologna and golf shots : SLICED
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Like Vivaldi's "Spring" : INE
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Where the Blues play: Abbr. : STL
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Was out for a bit : NAPPED
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Fox News commentator Perino : DANA
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"I, Claudius" attire : TOGA
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Like Columbus : GENOESE
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Word hitting two Triple Word Scores in Scrabble : NONUPLE
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First Folio, e.g. : EDITION
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Cross-Atlantic flier, once, in brief : SST
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Egyptian symbol of royalty : ASP
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"Peanuts" character : PIGPEN
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Pursue eagerly : LEAPAT
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Climber's concern: Abbr. : ELEV
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Goes at a leisurely pace : MOSEYS
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Peninsula shared by Croatia and Slovenia : ISTRIA
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Humphries of the N.B.A. : KRIS
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Egg time : EASTER
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Article of apparel never worn by Winnie-the-Pooh : PANTS
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Attraction that dropped the word "Center" from its name in 1994 : EPCOT
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Scottish dances : REELS
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Trial for a future atty. : LSAT
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Regarding : ASTO
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Scotland's Fair ___ : ISLE
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Empties (of) : RIDS
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Black church inits. : AME
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Jellied British delicacy : EEL
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Hack : AXE

Answer summary:
10 unique to this puzzle, 1 debuted here and reused later, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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