L.A TIMESCROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 One of the partying elite 8 Dessert option 15 Emphasize strongly 16 Online group study 17 Visiting the Louvre, say 18 Namesake of brunch sauce

19 Sweet after-dinner drink

21 Cpl., for one

22 Some street performers 25 __ learning

26 Conks out

27 “The Cookie Never Crumbles” co-author Wally

28 Stick

29 Apollo unit, briefly 30 Flour bag abbr. 31 Enthusiastic well-wisher

35 Retire

37 Took over in a supervisor's absence 38 __-di-dah

39 So far

40 __ web

41 To be, in Latin 42 Hardy title teenager 44 Small store 45 12-time NBA All-Star Olajuwon, as originally spelled

46 Big bird

47 Dessert made with Oreos

49 Fell behind 51 Baseball's Browns, since 1954

55 Camera maker that merged with Konica 56 What financial projections are compared with 57 Guile

58 “We're done”

DOWN

1 Bush press secretary Fleischer

2 PC linkup

3 Little rascal 4 Pentagon and others 5 Corrida chargers 6 Muslim noble 7 They're not for everyone

8 1957 Marty Robbins hit 9 Spaghetti Western director Sergio

10 Up to it

11 Wire measure 12 Without thinking 13 Prom, say 14 Hungarian mathematician Paul 20 Museum piece 22 “Happy Days” character Ralph 23 Permeate 24 Promising forecast 26 Commerce, e.g.: Abbr. 28 “Do the __!” 29 Stand the test of time 31 Target

32 Playful prank 33 Scrub away 34 Alter, as a skirt 36 Poems of honor 41 Just manage 42 Contract listing 43 Text alternative 44 Catchers' catchers 45 Curly-tailed dog 47 Valley

48 Bridge structure 50 Actor Chaney 52 Scale notes

53 Skull and Bones member

54 Old boomer