Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Monday August 3rd 2020, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Like “le” in Fr. or “el” in Sp. MASC
5 Scissors sound SNIP
9 Stuffed shirts SNOBS
14 Utah ski resort that means “high” ALTA
15 Statistician Silver NATE
16 __ buddy BOSOM
17 High-intensity indoor cycling group SPIN CLASS
19 Video game name for nearly 50 years ATARI
20 Bar mitzvah scroll TORAH
21 __-Cola COCA
23 Variety show bit SKIT
24 Cinderella’s ride PUMPKIN COACH
27 Barrio grocery BODEGA
30 “Nope” NAH
31 Many a Monopoly prop. AVE
32 Microwaves ZAPS
36 “Agree totally!” SO DO I
40 Company correspondence … and a hint to the abbreviation hidden in 17-, 24-, 52- and 66-Across BUSINESS LETTERS
44 Protein-building acid AMINO
45 Settles a bill PAYS
46 Epitome of slipperiness EEL
47 Bath fixture with claw feet, perhaps TUB
49 __ Vision: eye care chain PEARLE
52 Pipe unclogger DRAIN CLEANER
58 500 sheets of paper REAM
59 Scratching post users CATS
60 Duo Hall & __ OATES
64 Gillette razors ATRAS
66 Feature of New York-style pizza THIN CRUST
68 Jotted (down) WROTE
69 Lamarr of old films HEDY
70 Mandatory bet ANTE
71 Nine-player chamber group NONET
72 Part of GE: Abbr. ELEC
73 Overflow (with) TEEM
DOWN
1 Sail holder MAST
2 Friskies sister brand ALPO
3 Pudding recipe direction STIR
4 Cocktail party nibble CANAPE
5 NBC skit show SNL
6 Rights org. since 1909 NAACP
7 “Not to worry” IT’S OK
8 Joe of “Home Alone” PESCI
9 Agcy. that helps startups SBA
10 Just fair NOT SO HOT
11 Japanese port OSAKA
12 Antiseptic acid type BORIC
13 Worker suffix with black or silver -SMITH
18 Drink all at once CHUG
22 Gothic novelist Radcliffe ANN
25 Puzzle with paths MAZE
26 Group bowing to a curtain call CAST
27 Ali __ BABA
28 Egg cell OVUM
29 Arnaz of early TV… DESI
33 Deadly viper ASP
34 Awareness-raising TV ad: Abbr. PSA
35 Devious SLY
37 Leaper in a tractor company logo DEER
38 Hershiser of baseball OREL
39 Land in the ocean ISLE
41 Very personal INTIMATE
42 Part of speech after “the,” often NOUN
43 Sports bar channel ESPN
48 Discreetly send a dupe email to BCC
50 Fair-hiring agcy. EEOC
51 Noah’s landfall ARARAT
52 Sketched DRAWN
53 In style again RETRO
54 Composer Copland AARON
55 Wood shop tool LATHE
56 “I Love Lucy” role ETHEL
57 Actor-to-audience remark ASIDE
61 Bring into pitch TUNE
62 90° from norte ESTE
63 Wineglass support STEM
65 Good to go SET
67 Five-bor. city NYC
