Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Friday August 28th 2020, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Quick blow : JAB
4 Weary worker’s sigh : TGIF
8 Dives : PLUNGES
15 4 x 4, briefly : UTE
16 Six-ton predator : ORCA
17 Leopard spot : ROSETTE
18 ICU staffer : LPN
19 False claim about one’s pioneer ancestors? : WESTWARD HOAX
21 Taking courses? : EATING
23 Crest box abbr. : ADA
24 Crafty : SLY
25 Medieval German spendthrift? : PRODIGAL SAXON
30 Honey, in slang : BAE
31 Zip : PEP
32 Lot choice : SEDAN
36 Wall St. event : IPO
38 Enforcer of some ACA provisions : IRS
39 Vague unease : MALAISE
41 Transmitted documents with Red Riding Hood’s location? : FAXED TO THE WOLVES
45 Bending movement : FLEXION
46 __ clear : ALL
47 Large receptacle : VAT
48 Nods, maybe : YESES
49 It was precious to conquistadores : ORO
50 Oliver Twist or Tiny Tim : BOY
52 Beauty treatment for poultry? : CHICKEN WAXING
58 Half-hearted : WAN
61 “There’s __ in team” : NO I
62 Laundry employee : IRONER
63 Big-screen entertainment for angels? : IMAX IN HEAVEN
68 Hurdle for srs. : GRE
69 First religious leader of his title to be called “The Great” : POPE LEO
70 Guy : MALE
71 Charlottesville sch. : UVA
72 Tools for some crossword solvers : ERASERS
73 500-mile race : INDY
74 Furry friend : PET
DOWN
1 Derby cocktail : JULEP
2 For face value : AT PAR
3 Japanese takeout orders : BENTO BOXES
4 Many an off-campus local : TOWNIE
5 An Allman brother : GREGG
6 Suffix with robot : ICS
7 Budgetary excess : FAT
8 Fendi rival : PRADA
9 Seuss activist : LORAX
10 Amer. capital : USD
11 Bk. before Esther : NEH
12 Classic muscle cars : GTOS
13 Shorthand for unlisted items : ET AL
14 Alluring : SEXY
20 With 35-Down, papery construction best left alone : WASP
22 Filmmaker Lupino : IDA
26 Blacksmith wear : APRON
27 For fear that : LEST
28 Capital on a fjord : OSLO
29 Patricia of “Hud” : NEAL
33 Tending to, as the loot : DIVVYING UP
34 Like pirates, often : ASEA
35 See 20-Down : NEST
36 Uncertain : IFFY
37 Part of IPA : PALE
38 Midori in a rink : ITO
39 Gourd fruit : MELON
40 Piercing tool : AWL
42 Corner off. occupant : EXEC
43 Share juicy details : DISH
44 Fabled braggart : HARE
49 Dust Bowl migrant : OKIE
50 Dancing dinosaur : BARNEY
51 Kitchen gadget maker : OXO
53 __ circle : INNER
54 Pacific salmon : COHOS
55 Brandish : WIELD
56 Guts : NERVE
57 “That’s what I’m talking about!” : GREAT
58 Sanitizing cloth : WIPE
59 Latin love : AMOR
60 California tourist valley : NAPA
64 Kisses, in love letters : XES
65 Paris’ __ de la Cité : ILE
66 “What __ missing?” : AM I
67 FedEx fleet member : VAN
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