L.A. TIMES 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 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