L.A TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Way to get up in Gotham 8 Obeyed a laryngologist 14 Ones on the left

16 In a showy way

17 Aptly named barbell brand

18 Furniture wood named for its color

19 “Hah!”

20 Activewear shoe brand 22 Fig. targeted in some hacks

23 Humble abodes

24 Knight clubs

26 “Oye Como Va” songwriter Puente 27 Superman and Supergirl 28 Crony of Captain Bildad, in “Moby-Dick”

29 Jaguar spot?

30 2014 title role for Mia Wasikowska

32 Works that are up and down?

34 Where some get sloshed at sea?

35 Onetime members of the Winnebago Nation 36 Put to rest

37 Put up

40 Pickup line?

41 River critter

42 Pair of British puzzles? 43 Minolta Maxxum, e.g. 44 “Dragonwyck” novelist Seton

45 Film with Manny the Mammoth

47 Escape __

49 “Yeah, right”

51 Offers?

52 They're free of charge 53 Disc golf starting point 54 WikiLeaks editor

DOWN

1 Buoyant

2 Ventilate

3 Hardware with crosspieces

4 Rips

5 Frenzied revelry 6 Accident scene arrival 7 Drug company founder Lilly

8 One-piece garments 9 Bailiwick 10 “__ better be good!” 11 Second section of Verdi's “Requiem”

12 League's best

13 Sacred song collection 15 Tomorrowland attraction 21 Australian food spread 25 Eagerness

26 Smiley formerly of PBS 28 House helpers

29 One with app-titude? 30 Confusing tourist attractions

31 “Don't kid around!”

32 Real whopper

33 Hotel door posting

34 Soup often served with sour cream

37 Pummel

38 Bed border

39 Sub-Saharan menace 41 Without stopping 42 Eyeball-bending critter 44 Between ports

46 Stops shooting

48 Masked worker, perhaps 50 Org. featured in TV's “Weeds”