LA TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Large file 5 Bumpkin 9 Well-connected

co.?

12 Chap

13 Hebrew for

“spring” 14 Nodded

discreetly, maybe 16 Beset

18 Rihanna album with the hit single “Work”

19 Book full of

legends? 20 Caper 21 Australian member of the music supergroup LSD 22 Info needed to schedule a book tour, say

24 “Welp”

29 Singer Morissette 30 Sweet-talk, say 31 Bit of hardware 34 Broods

35 Racket

36 Bake, as eggs 37 Vegetable with golden and Chioggia varieties 38 Jupiter, to Saturn 39 “Change Sings:

A Children’s

Anthem” author Gorman

40 Not taking a back

seat

43 Hardest to reach,

maybe

45 “LOL, I can’t even”

46 Still on the

market, in a way 47 Accessory to pair with an eye patch, maybe 53 Bridges in

Hollywood 54 Thread-weaving

aid?

55 Gives in to the

munchies

56 “The __ U Give”: Angie Thomas novel

57 Cristiano

Ronaldo’s jersey

number

58 Finch family

creator

59 Couple

60 __ leches cake

DOWN

1 City near Tahoe 2 “The West Wing”

Emmy winner 3 Vehicle often steered with the feet

4 Hits the slopes

with a chute

5 Go off on

6 Layer between the sclera and the retina

7 One in a cuddle 8 Night before 9 “Leave it to me!” 10 Going dark

11 __ four 12 Abundance for a Chewbacca cosplayer 15 Some are fuzzy 17 Pens 20 Transfusion

letters

23 GI hangout

24 Foot that’s part of

a meter 25 Blueberrylike

fruit

26 China’s weaker

counterpart 27 What a 26-Down

is designed for 28 Due (to) ©2023 Tribune Content Agency, LLC

32 Qurratulain 41 Bindi, e.g.

Hyder’s language 42 In order

33 Kelly Marie who 43 Lipstick container voices Raya in 44 Youngest Oscar “Raya and the winner

Last Dragon” 48 Bit

35 “Hey, be serious!” 49 At all 36 Exhaustive 50 Queen’s realm

analysis? 51 Helpful blackjack

38 Member of the cards, maybe

fam 52 Helpful blackjack

39 Jazz pianist card, maybe

Jamal 54 High deg.