Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Monday August 24th 2020, LA Times crossword puzzle.
1 LBJ’s vice president : HHH
4 Sponsor’s tube spot : TV AD
8 Dracula stabber : STAKE
13 Tic-tac-toe winner : O O O
14 Glow : SHINE
15 One-on-one teacher : TUTOR
16 Fifth scale note : SOL
17 *A total failure “goes over like” one : LEAD BALLOON
19 Arena overhead view provider : SKYCAM
21 Cowpoke’s “okay” : YUP
22 Tattoo artist’s array : INKS
23 Stares open-mouthed : GAPES
25 Violent storm : TEMPEST
27 Eaten away by rust, say : CORRODED
30 More, in Mexico : MAS
31 Once more : AGAIN
32 Weather guy Al : ROKER
34 __ and cheese : MAC
37 Smooth-tongued : GLIB
38 Bird-related … four of them have landed at the ends of the answers to starred clues : AVIAN
39 April 1 “honoree” : FOOL
40 Slim fish often smoked : EEL
41 Itty-bitty : TEENY
42 Joltless java brand : SANKA
43 Tips container : JAR
44 Leather bookbinding material : GOATSKIN
46 Type of pub named for its unglamorous appearance : DIVE BAR
50 Blind pieces : SLATS
51 Greek goddess of discord : ERIS
52 Greek T : TAU
54 Financial word before year or policy : FISCAL
57 *Hotel chain with a geographical name : BEST WESTERN
60 Beer named for Washington’s capital, briefly : OLY
61 Prefix with national : INTER
62 Covers with asphalt : PAVES
63 Was victorious : WON
64 Wet-eyed : TEARY
65 Roe source : SHAD
66 __ Luthor, Superman nemesis : LEX
DOWN
1 Bulky “Bonanza” brother : HOSS
2 “Peter Pan” captain : HOOK
3 *Last Supper cup : HOLY GRAIL
4 Focused on a subject, as a crossword : THEMED
5 By way of : VIA
6 Artist Warhol : ANDY
7 First appearance : DEBUT
8 Cards, in box scores : STL
9 “Tiptoe Through the __” : TULIPS
10 Make things right : ATONE
11 Goofballs : KOOKS
12 Dadaist Max : ERNST
14 Apply carelessly : SLAP ON
18 Theoretical missing links : APEMEN
20 West Indies native : CARIB
24 Dish up, as a dish : SERVE
26 St. Patrick’s mo. : MAR
27 Zoo enclosure : CAGE
28 Look at creepily : OGLE
29 Washing, as the dishes : DOING
33 Bout-ending blows : KAYOS
34 *Monastic hood : MONK’S COWL
35 Golfer Isao : AOKI
36 Scottish family : CLAN
38 Fizz up, as water : AERATE
39 Protests by not eating : FASTS
41 Saloon bill : TAB
42 Oil leak blemishes : STAINS
43 Court clown : JESTER
45 Director Hitchcock : ALFRED
46 Kind of bank card : DEBIT
47 Goodnight woman of song : IRENE
48 Panoramic view : VISTA
49 Carpenter’s files : RASPS
53 Home of the Jazz : UTAH
55 Natural burn balm : ALOE
56 Bobcat, e.g. : LYNX
58 Dryly humorous : WRY
59 Little __, singer of the #1 hit “The Loco-Motion” : EVA
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