L.A TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Jacket whose earliest version was created for pilots

7 Saw the sites?

13 “The Conduct of Life” essayist

15 Players on the road 16 Place to park a whirlybird

18 Even though

19 More than is prudent 21 If-then-__: programmer's construct

22 Factor in club selection

23 Catches on the range 24 Drilling org.

25 First of a box set

28 DVR button

29 Crooked

30 Privileged group

33 Sign of fall

34 Comedy of errors? 35 “Speak up!”

36 Some smoke detector batteries

37 Spruce (up)

41 “Over here!”

42 Groom carefully

44 Surly sort

45 Is in Spain?

46 Michigan national park 49 Sat on a sill, perhaps

51 Avoided a tag at 52 Minolta partner

53 Boards with a jump 54 Cunning

55 V11 vacuums, e.g. DOWN 1 Take in

2 1978 horror sequel 3 Free-for-alls

4 Many a theatre attendee

5 Gulf Canada alternative

6 Whirlybird part

7 Halts

8 Business card letters 9 “I Spy” actor

10 They usually have higher flash points than kerosene 11 Dispatch

12 Discover

14 Baby shampoo product line

17 Auditors' follow them

20 Air freshener option 26 PBS cooking show hosted by Mary Ann Esposito

27 Pricey bar

29 Celestial ovine 31 Pinch

32 More than displeasure

33 Singer at Woodstock with his “Family”

34 Big wind

35 Iotas

38 “Just you watch!” 39 Atlanta's county 40 Trademarked halocarbon products

42 March 14, mathematically 43 Asked too much 47 Jazz singer Anita whose stage name is pig latin for a slang word for “money” 48 Performance anxie ty

50 Luther opponent Johann __