Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Tuesday September 8th 2020, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Former soldiers : VETS
5 Explosive compound, briefly : NITRO
10 A lot : TONS
14 Quarreling : AT IT
15 Still soft, as concrete : UNSET
16 First-year law student : ONE L
17 Housekeeper’s whisky request? : MAKE IT NEAT
19 Gillette razor : ATRA
20 Wire-bending hand tool : PLIERS
21 Place to adopt a dog : PET SHOP
23 Really big cats : LIONS
26 Mechanical learning routine : ROTE
27 Itemizes : LISTS
30 International shipping co. : UPS
32 Red wine grape known as Shiraz in Australia : SYRAH
35 Eight: Pref. : OCTO
36 Grins : SMILES
38 Be in debt : OWE
39 One of a bike’s two : TIRE
40 “Li’l” comic strip character : ABNER
41 Medical image for diagnosis : SCAN
42 Bering or Black : SEA
43 First game of the season : OPENER
44 Related by blood : AKIN
45 Type style that sounds like a Disney mermaid : ARIAL
47 Gun, as an engine : REV
48 Johnny Mathis classic that begins, “Look at me” : MISTY
49 FBI agent : G-MAN
51 Fix a lawn : RESOD
53 Hawaiian medicine men : KAHUNAS
56 Saudi __ : ARABIA
60 Ships’ rears : AFTS
61 Bachelor’s whisky request? : SINGLE MALT
64 Loyal : TRUE
65 Letter-shaped dress style : A-LINE
66 ExxonMobil brand : ESSO
67 Clumsy one’s exclamation : OOPS
68 British race car maker : LOTUS
69 Half-moon tide : NEAP
DOWN
1 Femme fatale : VAMP
2 And others: Abbr. : ET AL
3 Symbolic carving in Maori culture : TIKI
4 Type of durable work boot : STEEL-TOE
5 Insane, as a scheme : NUTSO
6 Lodging choice : INN
7 “Cats” poet’s monogram : TSE
8 Harvest : REAP
9 Frolicking swimmer : OTTER
10 Warm and cozy : TOASTY
11 Geologist’s whisky request? : ON THE ROCKS
12 Fiddling Roman emperor : NERO
13 Open-handed hit : SLAP
18 Colored eye part : IRIS
22 Throw softly : TOSS
24 Phone __ : NUMBER
25 Fishing lure : SPINNER
27 Much, casually : LOTSA
28 More slippery : ICIER
29 Astronaut’s whisky request? : STRAIGHT UP
31 Magician’s hiding place : SLEEVE
33 Be in store for : AWAIT
34 Comic Youngman : HENNY
36 Maple-syrup-to-be : SAP
37 Make a mistake : ERR
41 Ended a prayer : SAID AMEN
43 “The Good Earth” heroine : O-LAN
46 Makes laugh : AMUSES
48 __ or less: about : MORE
50 Like a facial cavity : NASAL
52 Clearance events : SALES
53 Green Hornet’s sidekick : KATO
54 Jackson 5 hairdo : AFRO
55 Storage building for crops : SILO
57 It may be stolen on a diamond : BASE
58 Ingrid’s “Casablanca” role : ILSA
59 Upon : ATOP
62 Petty gripe : NIT
63 Beast with a beard : GNU
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