WEEKLY CROSSWORD: “Sound Bites”

Across

1 Go against 5 Faction 9 Mesoamerican

pyramid builders 14 Cozy room 17 Pelee Island's

Great Lake 18 “Same here!” 19 “When the moon hits your eye” feeling 20 Dublin-born

singer/activist 21 Traveling puppet show featuring talking melons? 24 Sign of aging 25 Add zest to, e.g. 26 Skipping school 27 One of 10 in

Exodus

29 Org. with an

elephant mascot 30 German gent 31 Squirt __ 33 Hearth debris 34 Coffee vessel with a broken handle?

39 “Scat!”

41 H.H. Munro's pen

name

42 Trauma ctrs. 43 “Anchors __”:

Navy fight song 45 Classic TV brand 48 Man of La

Mancha 51 Mystery writer

Nevada

53 Talk enthusiastically in a nerdy way 55 Chinese zodiac animal before the Ox

56 “Men never eat flaky pastry for brunch,” e.g.? 59 Ringlet

60 D-Day fleet 61 Carol opener 62 Taj Mahal city 63 Remote hiding

place?

66 Pay attention to 68 Colorful Hindu

festival 71 Matthew of HBO's “Perry Mason”

72 Male deer 73 Media revenue

source

77 Burden

79 “All right already!” 80 Result of an orchard's promotional deal with a bakery? 83 Former Fed chair

Bernanke 86 Website known for feminist cultural criticism 88 Microwave alert 89 Competence in a

specific field 91 United

92 Not on edge 94 Scouring pad

brand

95 Goofs up 96 “Credit cards

only”

98 Lobster soup that's a little too spicy?

103 Increase

105 One of the fam 107 Stunning defeat 108 Fish-to-be

109 Sings soothingly 111 Teahouse mat 113 Papier-mâché

party item

116 Labyrinth

117 Rule for adding toppings to french fries? 121 Some sheep 122 Bath-loving

Muppet

123 Striped

stone

124 Objectives 125 Obj. of identity

theft

126 Campus listmakers

127 Russian

turndown

128 __ of yore

Down

1 Solstice mo. 2 Timeline units

3 __ print

4 One more time 5 Before long 6 School domain 7 Whirlybirds, for

short

8 Earth, en español 9 Last name of acting sisters Rooney and Kate 10 Interspersed with 11 Video-sharing

site

12 Abstract art

pioneer Jean 13 Leak slowly 14 Unconventional spot for breadmaking? 15 Follow logically 16 Takes down 18 Sledding spot 20 Luca of “The

Godfather” 22 Beginning on 23 Grounds crew

concern 28 Wood-shaping

tool

30 Metallic finish? 32 Pastoral sound 34 Cold War initials 35 California wine

valley

36 32-card game 37 Cherry red 38 Some British

peers

40 “A Death in the Family” Pulitzer winner James 44 Squirms

46 Last name of NBA brothers Steph and Seth 47 Map collection 49 Brightness stats? 50 Writer: Abbr. 51 Place to retire 52 Blackjack card 54 Some 1980s

Chryslers 57 Called

“Shotgun!,” say 58 Corp. leader 60 Potato pancake 63 Manga made for

adolescent girls 64 Like some chardonnay barrels

65 Box of donuts

kept on ice? 67 __ de cologne 69 Novelist Erdrich 70 Still competing 74 Take turns? 75 Vigoda of “Fish” 76 __ service 78 4x4, briefly 80 Greek salad

topper

81 Like nonoyster months, traditionally 82 Pull

83 Root beer

eponym 84 Neutral tone 85 CNBC topic 87 Club ingredient 90 Zipped again 93 Sashimi fish 94 Lenny's pal on “Laverne & Shirley” 97 Native

Nebraskans 99 Persia,

today

100 “Not nice!” 101 Wedding party 102 Skye of

“La Brea” 103 Capstones 104 Sketches 106 Nightie fabric 110 Zipped

112 Associations 113 Surname of two British prime ministers 114 “Queen Sugar”

actress Lifford 115 Comedian

Richter

118 Mine extraction 119 OPEC

member

120 Tee preceder