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Today's 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.

 ?? By Rafael Musa ?? 2/11/23
By Rafael Musa 2/11/23

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