Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Thursday February 6th 2020, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Diamond problem FLAW
5 Plush carpet SHAG
9 Test versions BETAS
14 Feminist poet Adrienne RICH
15 It’s partially submerged HULL
16 Valuable violin AMATI
17 Italian wine region ASTI
18 Founder of Edom ESAU
19 R2-D2 or BB-8, e.g. ROBOT
20 Parvenu’s business venture? UPSTART START-UP
23 Beantown NHL nickname ESPO
24 “__ whiz!” GEE
25 Quarterback’s nonchalant move? OFFHAND HANDOFF
32 Vague time period WHILE
33 Spots for AirPods EARS
34 One may be decorated for the holidays FIR
35 Sprightly AIRY
36 Marmalade bits RINDS
38 __ Ren, “Star Wars” villain KYLO
39 Trig. function COS
40 Aloha State bird NENE
41 Plumlike fruit SLOES
42 Down Under withdrawal? OUTBACK BACK OUT
46 Disney doe ENA
47 It’s just over a foot SHIN
48 TSA agent’s perfected search technique? DOWN PAT PAT-DOWN
55 Tropical porch LANAI
56 Murdoch who received the 1978 Booker Prize for “The Sea, the Sea” IRIS
57 “What’s the big __?” IDEA
58 Habituate INURE
59 Retail outlet MART
60 Mattress option KING
61 Zaps TASES
62 Neverland pirate SMEE
63 What this puzzle does here ENDS
DOWN
1 German spouse FRAU
2 Speech therapy target LISP
3 Tries to look ACTS
4 Plant leaf pest WHITEFLY
5 Himalayan guide SHERPA
6 “Prizzi’s Honor” director or actress HUSTON
7 Word of regret ALAS
8 Excess GLUT
9 Scrubby wastelands BARRENS
10 Chewed the scenery EMOTED
11 Perfume that sounds forbidden TABU
12 Surmounting ATOP
13 “Pull up a chair” SIT
21 Arthur in the International Tennis Hall of Fame ASHE
22 Seaweed-based thickeners AGARS
25 Buckeye State sch. OHIO U
26 Leading FIRST
27 Brightest star in Cygnus DENEB
28 Taken in HAD
29 “All Because __”: 2005 U2 song OF YOU
30 Steakhouse order FILET
31 Picked dos FROS
32 Dr Pepper Museum city WACO
36 Postgame postmortem RECAP
37 Skin pics INK
38 Yukon gold rush region KLONDIKE
40 Au pairs NANNIES
41 Burlesque bit SKIT
43 “‘__ the Jabberwock, my son!’”: Carroll BEWARE
44 Have great plans ASPIRE
45 Pure CHASTE
48 Mike’s “Wayne’s World” co-star DANA
49 Obligation ONUS
50 Gets in the crosshairs, with “at” AIMS
51 Disneyland transport TRAM
52 Norse god ODIN
53 Make (one’s way) WEND
54 Old horses NAGS
55 Put a match to LIT
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