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)
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.