Los Angeles Times Sunday Crossword Puzzle

“SOUND BITES” BY PAM AMICK KLAWITTER

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?

Edited by Patti Varol and Joyce Nichols Lewis

121 Some sheep 12 Abstract art 47 Map collection 122 Bath-loving pioneer Jean 49 Brightness

Muppet 13 Leak slowly stats?

123 Striped stone 14 Unconventional 50 Writer: Abbr. 124 Objectives spot for 51 Place to retire 125 Obj. of identity breadmaking? 52 Blackjack card

theft 15 Follow logically 54 Some 1980s 126 Campus listmakers 16 Takes down Chryslers 18 Sledding spot 57 Called

127 Russian 20 Luca of “The “Shotgun!,” say

turndown Godfather” 58 Corp. leader 128 __ of yore 22 Beginning on 60 Potato pancake 23 Grounds crew 63 Manga made for

concern adolescent girls 28 Wood-shaping 64 Like some

tool chardonnay 30 Metallic finish? barrels 32 Pastoral sound 65 Box of donuts 34 Cold War initials kept on ice? 35 California wine 67 __ de cologne

valley 69 Novelist Erdrich 36 32-card game 70 Still competing 37 Cherry red 74 Take turns? 38 Some British 75 Vigoda of “Fish”

peers 76 __ service

40 “A Death in the 78 4x4, briefly Family” Pulitzer 80 Greek salad winner James topper 44 Squirms 81 Like nonoyster

46 Last name of months, NBA brothers traditionally Steph and Seth 82 Pull 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? 4/2/23

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 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