Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday August 9th 2020, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Savvy SHREWD
7 Degrees for corp. execs MBAS
11 Grates on GALLS
16 Couples’ refuge? ARK
19 Come to a boil SEETHE
20 __ of office OATH
21 They have Mystery and Birthday Cake varieties OREOS
22 It’s tipped in a parlor CUE
23 Appreciative freeloaders? GRATEFUL DEADBEATS
26 English cathedral town ELY
27 Early mobile home? TEPEE
28 Merged telecom co. GTE
29 Brie coverings RINDS
30 Poems that glorify ODES
31 Entrust, as authority DELEGATE
35 Little bitty bits ATOMS
37 World conference participants? TALKING HEADS OF STATE
43 Platte River valley native PAWNEE
45 Spherical opening? HEMI-
46 Crews of “America’s Got Talent” TERRY
47 “__ something I said?” IS IT
48 __ set DESK
52 Bad way to come on STRONG
56 Garfield’s foil ODIE
57 1993 Oscar nominee Rosie PEREZ
59 Longtime SeaWorld star SHAMU
61 Proof of ownership DEED
63 ‘Neath opposite O’ER
64 Taco topping SALSA
65 “There’s snowplace like home” or “I only have ice for you”? COLD PLAY ON WORDS
69 FedEx alternative UPS
71 NFL’s Gronk and others TES
72 Special __ OPS
73 Vietnam holiday TET
74 Writing that’s both flowery and thoughtful? DEEP PURPLE PROSE
80 Sketch starter ETCH A
84 U.K. locale EUR
85 Tolstoy title name ANNA
86 Goofs around IDLES
87 B in chemistry BORON
88 Spare tire, perhaps FLAB
90 “Nausea” novelist SARTRE
93 Court cry OYEZ
95 Grade MARK
96 Sunset dirección OESTE
98 Fictional captain with the middle name Tiberius KIRK
100 Hebrew prophet ISAIAH
102 Time anticipated by environmentalists? GREEN DAY OF RECKONING
109 Time-honored words ADAGE
110 It may be requested before a sentence LENIENCE
111 Much junk mail SPAM
114 WWI battle river SOMME
116 Time of preparation EVE
117 Take effect SET IN
122 Old Mideast alliance: Abbr. UAR
123 Bad dream about Cerberus? THREE-DOG NIGHTMARE
127 USMA part, briefly MIL
128 Beloved 1981 bride DIANA
129 Memo letters ATTN
130 Silver State NFLer RAIDER
131 Sign of a hit SRO
132 Bier holder STEIN
133 Aussie hoppers ROOS
134 Dakota del Norte, por ejemplo ESTADO
DOWN
1 Marines NCO… SSGT
2 “Over __!” HERE
3 Gather REAP
4 Major suffix -ETTE
5 Cajole WHEEDLE
6 Rapper Mos __ DEF
7 Like lava MOLTEN
8 Troublemaker BAD EGG
9 Absorbed, as a cost ATE
10 Doo-wop syllable SHA
11 Silk Road desert GOBI
12 Big sporting spots ARENAS
13 Bring about LEAD TO
14 Much LOTS OF
15 Sound from a flat SSS
16 Breezed through ACED
17 __ of thumb RULE
18 Florida attraction KEYS
24 Hybrid citrus UGLI
25 Fantasized DREAMT
30 Bony prefix OSTEO-
32 Just managed, with “out” EKED
33 “This is so relaxing!” AHH
34 Gets ready to drive TEES UP
36 Winter setting in the Rockies: Abbr. MST
37 Show off a new outfit, say TWIRL
38 Pays to play ANTES UP
39 Film set VIP… DIR
40 Passion ARDOR
41 Gave it a whirl TRIED
42 Watchful ones EYERS
43 Lollapaloozas PIPS
44 In the Black? ASEA
49 Top row keyboard key ESC
50 Had success on the links SHOT PAR
51 Clark Kent, on Krypton KAL-EL
53 Post-Trojan War epic ODYSSEY
54 Prefix with con NEO-
55 Fellow GENT
58 Frank of avant-garde rock ZAPPA
60 Whse. inventory MDSE
62 Geeky sort DWEEB
66 Voldemort’s title LORD
67 Skating gold medalist Ohno APOLO
68 Certain footrest OTTOMAN
70 Pacific Division NBA team SUNS
74 Clear, as a windshield DEFOG
75 Calculus pioneer EULER
76 Clear the board ERASE
77 Genetic material RNA
78 Curie or Cardin PIERRE
79 Houston-to-Miami dir. ESE
81 Restaurant critic Claiborne CRAIG
82 Raised-chair dance HORA
83 Sarcophagus symbol ANKH
89 Second-stringers B-TEAM
91 Ring ref’s decision TKO
92 Ransacked RIFLED
94 #30 on a table ZINC
97 Last word, say END
99 Author Kesey KEN
101 Tabasco time-outs SIESTAS
103 Brit’s rats? DASH IT
104 Greek markets AGORAE
105 Mocha native YEMENI
106 Grado de examen perfecto CIENTO
107 Bacon and Smith KEVINS
108 10 C-notes ONE G
111 Adding results SUMS
112 Couple PAIR
113 1968 self-named folk album ARLO
115 Have in mind MEAN
118 Send out EMIT
119 “Done!” TA-DA
120 Ticked off IRED
121 Roman ruler of ill repute NERO
123 NFL scores TDS
124 Dinghy mover OAR
125 Muscle car in a ’60s hit GTO
126 Where Charlemagne reigned: Abbr. HRE
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