Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Tuesday August 18th 2020, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Give kudos to LAUD
5 Trudge through water SLOSH
10 News piece ITEM
14 Marriott alternative OMNI
15 Cake instruction Alice followed EAT ME
16 Empty-truck weight TARE
17 *Bring dinner to diners, say SERVE A MEAL
19 Gumbo pod OKRA
20 Villainous expressions SNEERS
21 Jamaican export RUM
22 Revolutionary Trotsky LEON
23 To and __ FRO
24 *Discover incriminating information DIG UP DIRT
26 Not yet resolved AT ISSUE
29 Yorkie, size-wise TOY
30 Sans accomplices LONE
31 Work on punches SPAR
34 Buffalo hockey pro SABRE
38 ID checker’s concern AGE
39 *Band’s cheat sheet SET LIST
41 Schlep LUG
42 “Sorry to say … ” SADLY
44 Apiary unit HIVE
45 Yao of hoops fame MING
46 Connections INS
48 Storefront covers AWNINGS
50 *Stiletto on a shoe SPIKE HEEL
55 “Not only that … ” AND
56 Put to work HIRE
57 “__ let you know” I’LL
58 Stream crosser BRIDGE
61 Word in a hot day simile OVEN
62 Sport that involves the moves that start the answers to starred clues VOLLEYBALL
64 Speech quality TONE
65 Olympic blades EPEES
66 Molecule component ATOM
67 Hearty bowlful STEW
68 Tenant payments RENTS
69 Credit union seizure, briefly REPO
DOWN
1 Fiscal disappointment LOSS
2 “Couldn’t agree more!” AMEN
3 Like crude oil UNREFINED
4 Not at all homogeneous DIVERSE
5 Black and Red SEAS
6 Run for it LAM
7 “SNL” alum Cheri OTERI
8 Dragon in “The Hobbit” SMAUG
9 __ Kohl, first chancellor of reunified Germany HELMUT
10 “Listen to me next time!” I TOLD YA
11 “Star Trek” actor George TAKEI
12 Fielder’s fluff ERROR
13 Should have said MEANT
18 God of love EROS
24 Pool diver’s concern DEPTH
25 Fence support POST
26 “Sorry to say … ” ALAS
27 Forum garment TOGA
28 Purpose USE
32 Oscar winner Mahershala ALI
33 Adversary RIVAL
35 Sight-unseen encounter BLIND DATE
36 Ladder part RUNG
37 Incubator contents EGGS
39 Last word in the first song of the year SYNE
40 Suture, say SEW
43 Showing no wear LIKE NEW
45 Pay-for-what-you-use hotel feature MINIBAR
47 React to cold SHIVER
49 __ a one: zero NARY
50 Annual pet checkup components SHOTS
51 Turn on a shaft PIVOT
52 Cara of “Fame” IRENE
53 Marry on the fly ELOPE
54 DeGeneres who voices Dory ELLEN
58 Gershwin heroine BESS
59 Unsavory stuff GLOP
60 Saint with a fire ELMO
63 Tennis do-over LET
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