L.A TIMES CROSSWORDS

ACROSS

1 Cowboys, at times

7 Can really bring it 14 Modern book case? 16 Poirot portrayer in “Death on the Nile” 17 Mondale's 1984 running mate

18 Newborn

19 Fightin'

20 Fenders, e.g.

22 Mil. rank in Clue 23 Emergency

24 Flowering desert plant 28 Go after

30 Orator's stage

32 Sweetie pie

33 What an inspiration may do

37 Makes big bucks 40 Standing up to criticism 41 Compass dir.

42 Campus leader

43 Tree houses

47 Abounds

50 Uber offerings

52 Limit

53 Spook

55 Ear part 56 Like the L.A. Times Building

59 Early name in aviation 61 Reworked

62 Brandished

63 Enter into and control 64 Is

DOWN

1 Spruce up, as a building front

2 Home of Silicon Forest 3 Risks

4 Merit

5 Old food label abbr. 6 Two-time 1990s

French Open champ __ Bruguera

7 Look everywhere 8 Headed for Europe, maybe

9 Account

10 Infomercial kitchen brand

11 Santa __

12 Wit bit

13 Time of anticipation 15 Inaccuracies usually considered acceptable 21 Cry of anticipatory excitement

23 Side in a decades-long war

25 Gym exercise

26 Road repair sight 27 Comedian Samberg

29 Put in the lineup 31 Manuscript mark 34 Peeled-off item

35 Eclipses and comets, to some

36 Added

37 Orator's prowess: Abbr. 38 Top-drawer

39 “Fish Magic” painter 44 Tells off

45 Laptop alternative 46 Barrels or bolts

48 Windows forerunner 49 Jobs in the tech industry 51 Macabre

54 Breezes through

55 Taylor of “Six Feet Under”

56 Payroll service initials 57 Feeder of un lago

58 NFL stats

60 Bug