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DAILY CROSSWORD

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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) 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.

 ?? ©2023 Tribune Content Agency 2/11/23 ?? By Rafael Musa
©2023 Tribune Content Agency 2/11/23 By Rafael Musa

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