COMING OF AGE
Credit: LA Times Crossword
Sylvia Bursztyn and Barry Tunick

1. Inventor of the revolver, grown up
2. Nice person, grown up
3. Famed French cuisine chef, grown up
4. Ski beginners' hill, grown up
5. Robert Lewis Stevenson classic, grown up
6. Comfortable shoes, grown up
7. Lou Costello's partner, grown up
8. Pack members, grown up
9. Emergency supply staple, grown up

Answers:

1. Samuel Horse  (Colt)
2. Good chicken  (egg)
3. Julia Adult  (Child)
4. Rabbit slope  (bunny)
5. Goatnapped  (Kid)
6. Hush Dogs  (Puppies)
7. Bloom Abbott  (Bud)
8. Lion Scouts  (Cub)
9. First-aid fox (kit)