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

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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 list-makers 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 non-oyster 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