L.A TIMES CROSSWORD

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