L.A. 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

Hardest to reach,

43

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)

32 Qurratulain Hyder’s

language

33 Kelly Marie who voices Raya in “Raya and the Last Dragon”

35 “Hey, be serious!”

36 Exhaustive

analysis?

38 Member of the fam

39 Jazz pianist Jamal

41 Bindi, e.g.

42 In order

43 Lipstick container

44 Youngest Oscar

winner

48 Bit

49 At all

50 Queen’s realm

51 Helpful blackjack

cards, maybe

52 Helpful blackjack

card, maybe

54 High deg.