Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Thursday June 11th 2020, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Color similar to sand ECRU
5 NBC show since 1975 SNL
8 Instrument played with a plectrum GUITAR
14 Lorelei Lee’s creator LOOS
15 Middling grade CEE
16 Con INMATE
17 Fail at a barbecue? FLAME OUT
19 One of the lesser apes GIBBON
20 Star in the Plowman constellation ARCTURUS
22 Fancy home VILLA
23 Fail on a field? DROP THE BALL
25 Pressure STRESS
29 Simple partner? PURE
30 OPEC member IRAN
31 Head lock TRESS
33 Pop duo __ & Him SHE
36 Fail in a ring? TAKE IT ON THE CHIN
40 Artist’s skill EYE
41 Like crook and creek, etymologically NORSE
42 Nesting site EAVE
43 One spelling a superior: Abbr. ASST
44 Bread flavoring GINGER
46 Fail at a dock? MISS THE BOAT
51 Cheapen ABASE
52 Beachgoer’s protection SUNBLOCK
56 Big name in sports caps NEW ERA
58 Fail on a dance floor? FALL FLAT
60 Competed on TV’s “Ink Master” TATTED
61 Quaint word of disapproval FIE
62 Game for which Wyatt Earp was once a dealer FARO
63 “In the Land of Israel” author AMOS OZ
64 Age abbr. YRS
65 Triathlon part SWIM
DOWN
1 “The Lord of the Rings” figure ELF
2 Roy Rogers ingredient COLA
3 Big laugh ROAR
4 Letters at Camp Lejeune USMC
5 Scrubs SCOURS
6 Introduction to chemistry? NEURO-
7 Abate LET UP
8 Band booking GIG
9 TV’s “Fringe” involved a parallel one UNIVERSE
10 Drink IMBIBE
11 Indian drum TABLA
12 Bikini, for one ATOLL
13 Kidney-related RENAL
18 LAX listings ETDS
21 City WNW of Boca ST PETE
24 “Pipe down!” HUSH
25 Place SITE
26 Cafeteria item TRAY
27 Autumn item RAKE
28 Charlotte-to-Raleigh dir. ENE
31 Rich desserts TORTES
32 ER staffers RNS
33 Catch during practice SHAG
34 Busy place HIVE
35 Dept. formed under Carter ENER
37 Like much FM radio IN STEREO
38 Brit’s “Baloney!” TOSH
39 100 yrs. CEN
43 Holdings ASSETS
44 Hawthorne title septet GABLES
45 “__ take time” IT’LL
46 Reef denizen MANTA
47 Construction girder I-BEAM
48 Took care of SAW TO
49 Role for Kristy and Sarah BUFFY
50 Live, TV-wise ON AIR
53 Rubs out OFFS
54 Cat’s scratcher CLAW
55 Byron of “MythBusters” KARI
57 Cutting tool ADZ
59 Brady of Tampa Bay, now TOM
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