Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Wednesday January 20th 2021, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Guthrie’s “Today” co-host : KOTB
5 Apple tablet : IPAD
9 Easily bruised Cajun veggie : OKRA
13 Collectively : IN ALL
15 Possessive shout : MINE!
16 Currency with Khomeini’s picture : RIAL
17 “Same here!” : ME TOO!
18 Greek salad ingredient : FETA
19 Out of sight : GONE
20 It takes getting used to : ACQUIRED TASTE
23 Note dispenser : ATM
25 Large tea dispenser : URN
26 Geese cries : HONKS
27 Native American leaders : TRIBAL ELDERS
31 Put a cap on : LIMIT
32 One of its first customers was a collector of broken laser pointers : EBAY
33 IRS forms expert : CPA
36 Just slightly : A TAD
37 Brown ermine : STOAT
39 Born and __ : BRED
40 Theater backdrop : SET
41 High time? : NOON
42 “Shrek” princess : FIONA
43 Exuberant compliment : YOU’RE AMAZING
46 Some blue jeans : LEVI’S
48 Sea-__ Airport : TAC
49 Observe : SEE
50 Morning news deliverers … or based on a hidden word in each, what 20-, 27- and 43-Across are? : PAPER CARRIERS
54 Late notice? : OBIT
55 “The __ Report”: 1976 bestseller : HITE
56 Bangkok natives : THAIS
59 Ticket stub abbr. : SECT
60 Meadow mamas : EWES
61 Fires off : SENDS
62 Programmer’s alternative to “if” : ELSE
63 Yom Kippur ritual : FAST
64 Heavy homework amount : A TON
DOWN
1 Most common surname in Korea : KIM
2 Half of snake eyes : ONE
3 Ryokan floor cover : TATAMI MAT
4 Political alliance : BLOC
5 “Everything’s OK” : I’M FINE
6 Berth place : PIER
7 Initial poker payment : ANTE
8 Tie on a track : DEAD HEAT
9 Instruments with stops : ORGANS
10 Key-cutting site : KIOSK
11 Raging YouTube posts : RANTS
12 Sheltered from the wind : ALEE
14 Plumlike Asian fruit : LOQUAT
21 GoDaddy purchase : URL
22 Boris Johnson, e.g. : TORY
23 Book with insets : ATLAS
24 Clichéd : TRITE
28 Auction action : BID
29 Africa’s Sierra __ : LEONE
30 Trade name letters : DBA
33 Flaky bakery product : CROISSANT
34 Tubular pasta : PENNE
35 “Opposites attract,” e.g. : ADAGE
37 Kitchen bigwig-in-waiting : SOUS-CHEF
38 A.L.’s Blue Jays : TOR
39 Show __ : BIZ
41 Black, in Biarritz : NOIR
42 Rhinestone surfaces : FACETS
43 __ Nicole Brown of “Community” : YVETTE
44 Taking a breather : AT REST
45 Monet’s May : MAI
46 Record company imprint : LABEL
47 Heroic tales : EPICS
50 Sit for a portrait : POSE
51 Bygone audio brand : AIWA
52 66 and others: Abbr. : RTES
53 Flightless bird of the pampas : RHEA
57 Altar affirmation : I DO
58 Phishing target, briefly : SSN
