L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Short shots?

5 Toque wearer

9 Tenth of a grand 14 “Quickly!”

15 Quasimodo's creator 16 Conifer with durable wood

17 Bishop in bed?

20 Mid-'70s cost to mail a typical letter

21 Wears down

22 Veracious

23 Enliven

24 “I happen to have a deck of cards right here”?

28 “__ Rose Has Its Thorn”: Poison hit

29 Bashes

30 “So there!”

33 Focusing aid

34 “Under the Redwoods” author

36 Valley

37 “Good Behavior” broadcaster

38 High spot on a farm 39 Radio station, e.g.

40 Fake lawyer?

43 Nooks

46 Get behind, with “for” 47 Immature insects 48 Indicates

52 Software service provided by hardware sellers ... and a hint to three long puzzle answers

54 Lacks

55 Bad thing to take in a ring

56 Rim

57 Beasts of burden 58 Gravity-propelled toy 59 Seven __

DOWN

1 Historian's field 2 Archipelago piece 3 Normandy city 4 Ghosts

5 Calisthenic exercise 6 Fox pursuer

7 What some poachers poach

8 Metrosexual

9 Priests, e.g.

10 Biblical dancer 11 Milan-based fashion house

12 Work for a chamber group

13 What we have here 18 Matthew who led a 19thcentury expedition to Japan

19 Alter, in a way, as a file 23 “__ lot of good that'll do you”

24 Bombard

25 Roasting site 26 Canterbury's county 27 Mistake

30 Word with cash or candy

31 Away from the wind 32 German title

34 Staff expanders 35 Multinational range

36 Sets for some 43-Across 38 Learned experts 39 Company name inspired by a volcano

40 Like oxen

41 Gradually develop 42 Labored

43 Highest-ranking

44 “__ Theme”: “Doctor Zhivago” melody

45 Salad green

48 Gardening aid

49 Aspect

50 Roman robe

51 Small tip components 53 NFL stat