Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Thursday July 16th 2020, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Some munchies CHIPS
6 Asks to be excused, with “off” BEGS
10 Latin initialism on a cross IHS
13 WWII riveter ROSIE
14 Relating to body structure ANATOMIC
16 A step up from a carport, perhaps UNHEATED GARAGE
18 Come to terms SETTLE
19 Electronic dance music genre TECHNO
21 Org. that’s not lax at LAX… TSA
22 Interval LAPSE
26 Space GAP
27 German brewing surname STROH
30 Common Korean surname LEE
31 Extremely dry SERE
32 Limitation-of-freedom metaphor BALL AND CHAIN
36 Doubled, perhaps GOT A HIT
39 Corrida figures TOREROS
40 Ding-a-ling or ding-dong ONOMATOPOEIA
42 Zilch NADA
43 Greater N.Y. school LIU
44 Orchestra section BRASS
48 Chicago airport code ORD
49 “Golden Boy” playwright ODETS
51 Hotel amenity SPA
52 President of Princeton, then the U.S. WILSON
55 Stride affectedly SASHAY
58 Literary genre often associated with the writer concealed in 16-, 32- and 40-Across DETECTIVE STORY
62 One happy to have no class? GRADUATE
63 Arabian, for one HORSE
64 DE Dec. setting EST
65 What might take a while? ERST-
66 Fencing blades EPEES
DOWN
1 Pizza party leftovers CRUSTS
2 “Really” HONEST
3 Eponymous goddess of a 1987 film flop ISHTAR
4 Painter Mondrian PIET
5 Stop from leaking SEAL
6 Sweetie, in recent slang BAE
7 Stop END
8 Joke GAG
9 Hawaii, e.g. STATE
10 Apple desktop IMAC
11 A condition of maximum activity HIGH GEAR
12 Hypothetical account SCENARIO
15 Kate Brown is its gov. ORE
17 Business card no. TEL
20 Bids first OPENS
23 Considered in full ALL TOLD
24 Tiny soup base PEA
25 Mailed, as invites SENT OUT
28 “The Audacity of Hope” author OBAMA
29 “I’m amused” HA HA
31 Gather wool from SHEAR
33 Set ablaze LIT
34 Female ruminant DOE
35 Nursery item CRIB
36 First big song success for The Moody Blues GO NOW
37 Positioned for ambush, as in many Westerns ON A RIDGE
38 Two-year-olds, say TODDLERS
41 Dessert choice PIE
45 Like sailors on leave ASHORE
46 Spread out SPARSE
47 Agree SAY YES
49 At the proper moment ON CUE
50 Montreal-to-Boston dir. SSE
53 RBI or ERA… STAT
54 Venerable ref. OED
56 Queens tennis venue honoree ASHE
57 Where to get off STOP
59 Paving stuff TAR
60 “__ nothing new” IT’S
61 Nov. honoree VET
