LA TIMES DAILY CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Gives a bit 5 Violently eject 9 Literary heroine who had “very little to distress or vex her”

13 Bad link indicator

15 “Sacred __”: Bocelli album 16 Largest plot on a block, typically

17 __ Hall

18 Grift

19 Quaker’s parent 21 One-named singer who co-wrote Rihanna’s “Diamonds” 24 Look over 26 “Guilty Crown” protagonist __ Ouma

27 Qualifying term 29 In real time 30 Sea-__

31 Edible pockets 32 Cycle starter? 33 __ Burger 34 Rough landings? 35 Stimulates, in a way 37 Azadi Tower country

38 Surge

39 Spa sound

40 Bills

41 Ox with soft wool

42 Magnitude 43 Rice porridge often topped with slices of century egg

44 Velshi of MSNBC 45 One-to-one odds 47 Compass dir. 48 Remote access? 50 Arendelle snowman

52 “Jesus Christ Superstar” king 53 Tell all

58 Canopy makers 59 Turning point? 60 Bering Sea barker

61 Works on the road

62 Breakaway group

DOWN

1 NCAA division 2 Not prone to crushes, for short

3 Sound of frustration

4 “Daughters and __”: intergenerational tale by Ivy Compton-Burnett

5 Turns the hose on

6 __ d’Or 7 Nwodim of “SNL”

8 Sign of tackiness?

9 God who took a bow

10 Rental for a renter with too much stuff

11 Green tea treats 12 “Obviously ... “14 Break

15 More than enough 20 Tupelo-born singer

21 “Below Deck” vessels

22 Message of endorsement 23 Winter destination in the Wasatch Mountains 25 Delaware’s state bird

28 Lighten

33 “Très __” 35 Sign away 36 Coffee flavor

40 Green field?

42 Ships off 43 Glitterati 46 “Doom Patrol” actor Matt 49 Sydelle of Netflix’s “GLOW” 51 Passing fancies

54 Actor Butterfield 55 Astronaut Jemison who was the first Black woman in space 56 “... need I go on?” abbr.

57 Play area