L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Support that's often rigged 5 Role, metaphorically 8 Pair sharing a <3 necklace, probably 12 Instruments in some Gershwin works 15 “I don't mind __ / Except as meals. / And the way they feels”: Nash 16 Tabula rasa 18 Joie de vivre 19 Susan who wrote, “The writer's first job is not to have opinions but to tell the truth” 20 Sources of fleeting joy? 22 “Wrong hand, silly” 26 Active front? 27 Postulant 28 Grace period? 31 “Toodles!” 33 Tree on the Lebanese flag 34 Latin law 35 Place to get high and pass out? 37 Rx writers, often 38 Device that requires spin control 40 Inoculation fluids 41 Literary alter ego 42 Self-consoling sigh 44 Animal in Aboriginal cave paintings 46 Line on a handwriting test 50 One of two tarot card groups 51 Went viral 53 State whose road signs feature 8-Downs 54 Academic term 57 Nice parent 58 Dessert with a high point 59 Son of Hera 60 GRE org. 61 Like a fly ball to the warning track

DOWN

1 Safari runners 2 Heterogenous union 3 One working with a dictator 4 Perfectly 5 Lacks options 6 Rose up on stage 7 Leaves in a pot 8 Symbol of 53-Across 9 Was awash in euphoria 10 Study aid 11 Three-part fig. 13 Bag 14 Eyelid issue 17 Make dough or bread 21 Earthenware vessel 23 Bags 24 Breeding grounds 25 Clipped 28 Wiped out 29 One having a cow? 30 Not well-done in the least 32 Derived from gold 35 Brandon __: Hilary Swank's “Boys Don't Cry” role 36 Tiny tech powering Iron Man and Black Panther's suits 39 Tours of duty 41 Sweet 43 Fox holes 45 “Mine! Mine! Mine!” criers in “Finding Nemo” 47 Small pouches 48 Poetic contraction 49 Polished 52 Get set 53 Actress Thurman 55 Rowing implement? 56 Many times o'er