Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Monday September 14th 2020, LA Times crossword puzzle.
1 Old Hollywood sex symbol West : MAE
4 Hooded winter coat : PARKA
9 Flinch or gasp, say : REACT
14 Computer giant whose motto is “THINK” : IBM
15 Go-to crew : A-TEAM
16 One-named “Hello” singer : ADELE
17 *Smartphone download : MOBILE APP
19 Bricklayer : MASON
20 Chris of “The Avengers” (2012) : EVANS
21 “… to __ it mildly” : PUT
23 Prefix meaning “one” : MONO
24 Feudal worker : SERF
25 *Sheet for plotting : GRAPH PAPER
28 Variety show : REVUE
30 “Delish!” : YUM!
31 Barbecued pork snack : SPARERIB
34 Rain more gently : LET UP
38 Platform for Siri : IOS
39 *Mr. Lube service jobs : TUNE-UPS
42 “If you ask me,” to a texter : IMO
43 Basil-and-pine-nuts sauce : PESTO
45 Ideal wheels : DREAM CAR
47 Observe : SEE
49 Rid of vermin : DERAT
50 *Sample set of buyers used in market research : FOCUS GROUP
55 Deep cut : GASH
58 Persian Gulf sultanate : OMAN
59 Statehouse VIP : GOV
60 Roast host : EMCEE
61 Part of USNA : NAVAL
63 Streamlines, as a factory … or, when read as two words, what the beginnings of the answers to starred clues are : AUTOMATES
66 Recurring motif : THEME
67 Soccer shoe gripper : CLEAT
68 Has too much, briefly : ODS
69 __ Hawkins Day : SADIE
70 Learns (of) : HEARS
71 Eagle or evil organ : EYE
DOWN
1 Performers often “trapped” in imaginary boxes : MIMES
2 Overhead : ABOVE
3 Humiliate : EMBARRASS
4 Close friends : PALS
5 Dug in, at dinner : ATE
6 Irish actor Stephen : REA
7 Phi Beta __ : KAPPA
8 Increase the intensity of : AMP UP
9 Ewe’s beau : RAM
10 Sushi soybean side dish : EDAMAME
11 “The Frog and the Fox” fabulist : AESOP
12 Replicate genetically : CLONE
13 Barbershop quartet voice : TENOR
18 Deduce : INFER
22 Biblical “your” : THY
25 Expert : GURU
26 Harness strap : REIN
27 Star that’s also a source of radio waves : PULSAR
29 Presidential rejections : VETOES
31 Nurse, as a drink : SIP
32 “The Raven” poet : POE
33 B and B’s first B : BED
35 Game with x’s and o’s : TIC TAC TOE
36 Thurman of “The Avengers” (1998) : UMA
37 __ favor : POR
40 Pakistani language : URDU
41 “Not a __ out of you!” : PEEP
44 Tidal wave cousin : TSUNAMI
46 Igneous rock, once : MAGMA
48 Omelet ingredient : EGG
50 Roman and Comic Sans : FONTS
51 Nebraska city near Boys Town : OMAHA
52 Gave in : CAVED
53 Exterminator’s target : ROACH
54 Reproductive cell : OVULE
56 Like dive bars : SEEDY
57 “Siddhartha” author : HESSE
60 CPR pros : EMTS
62 Jeans label : LEE
64 Leaves in hot water? : TEA
65 Rowboat rower : OAR
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