Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Thursday October 22nd 2020, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Radio toggle : AM/FM
5 A minor, for one : CHORD
10 Animal shelter sight : CAGE
14 Big do : GALA
15 Place where fast bucks are made : RODEO
16 Team that pulls for its driver : OXEN
17 Delivery made by mouth : ORAL REPORT
19 Tear apart : REND
20 Showing shock : AGASP
21 Squalid quarters : RATHOLE
23 Surrealist Tanguy : YVES
25 Color in four-color printing : CYAN
26 Open, in a way : UNCAP
29 Fraternal order member since 1868 : ELK
31 Blocks that lock : LEGOS
35 Like a pendulum’s motion : TO AND FRO
37 Light at some roller rinks : STROBE
38 Critical hosp. area : ICU
39 Going up in smoke : AFIRE
41 Ref. whose first edition took decades to complete : OED
42 One of the Magi : CASPAR
45 Sidewall-sharing abode : ROW HOUSE
48 Warn : ALERT
49 Business VIP : CEO
50 Engrave? : INTER
51 Scintilla : IOTA
53 Carry-on item : TOTE
55 With 58-Across, cardio exercise … and what’s hidden in three puzzle rows? : JUMPING
58 See 55-Across : JACKS
61 Court loser, maybe : PERP
62 “You had your chance” : TOO LATE NOW
65 What a slight favorite has : EDGE
66 Satchel Paige’s first name : LEROY
67 The Big Easy, informally : NOLA
68 Motley : PIED
69 Shangri-las : EDENS
70 Pairs : TWOS
DOWN
1 In the past : AGO
2 “Mary Magdalene” star Rooney __ : MARA
3 Symbol on a pole : FLAG
4 Kuala Lumpur native : MALAYAN
5 Thin pancake : CREPE
6 Old school dance : HOP
7 Sign of some gas leaks : ODOR
8 Set up again, as pool balls : RERACK
9 Slightly touched : DOTTY
10 Forensic team member : CORONER
11 Feat on ice : AXEL
12 Code carrier : GENE
13 Close : END
18 Got back to, in a way : RSVP’D
22 Stop : HALT
24 Feudal laborer : SERF
26 Erie Canal city : UTICA
27 Diet drink spec : NO-CAL
28 Something to believe in : CAUSE
30 Longest river in France : LOIRE
32 Date, with “with” : GO OUT
33 More than a little plump : OBESE
34 Meal with matzo : SEDER
36 A long way : FAR
37 Verb that becomes its homophone by changing its vowel : SEW
40 Trunk supporter : ROOT
43 Groomed oneself fastidiously : PRIMPED
44 At the pinnacle of : ATOP
46 Try to belt : HIT AT
47 Words engraved under the Lincoln Memorial? : ONE CENT
49 Paddled, perhaps : CANOED
52 Book list listing : TITLE
54 “Love Train” singers, with “The” : O’JAYS
55 Sci-fi good guys : JEDI
56 Encourage : URGE
57 “It’s My Party” singer Lesley : GORE
59 Recognize : KNOW
60 Without help : SOLO
61 Word with rally or talk : PEP
63 Actor Chaney : LON
64 “Where __ I?” : WAS
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