Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Thursday November 5th 2020, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Competition prize : MEDAL
6 “Sistas” and “Being Mary Jane” cable channel : BET
9 Toaster, often : EMCEE
14 Like Lindbergh in the Spirit of St. Louis : ALONE
15 Former boxer Laila who wrote “Food for Life” : ALI
16 Ancient Greek physician : GALEN
17 *Helmet part : CHINSTRAP
19 Pick at the polls : ELECT
20 In __: as found : SITU
21 Tate Modern collection : ART
22 Taj Mahal location : ASIA
23 *Diamond protectors : INFIELD TARPS
28 Chip raw material : POTATO
30 Hosp. areas : ORS
31 Half a cocktail : … TAI
32 Neat as __ : A PIN
33 Artist Yoko : ONO
34 Scuttlebutt : DIRT
35 *Unlikely roles for mimes : SPEAKING PARTS
39 Pol. units until 1991 : SSRS
40 “The Sign” pop group __ of Base : ACE
41 Start to commute? : TELE-
42 Previously : AGO
43 Polished off : ATE
44 Sign usually seen at night : CLOSED
46 *Crustacean catchers : LOBSTER TRAPS
49 Teases : RIBS
50 Golfer Poulter or Woosnam : IAN
51 Hybrid Jamaican fruit : UGLI
55 Pickling solution : BRINE
57 Nursery rhyme guy whose last name inspired the answers to starred clues? : JACK SPRAT
59 Gulps down : CHUGS
60 Boat on a 40-day mission : ARK
61 Clinton running mate : KAINE
62 Halley’s __ : COMET
63 Grill fuel : GAS
64 Ski resort that shares its name with a tree : ASPEN
DOWN
1 Brits’ raincoats : MACS
2 Pre-college, briefly : ELHI
3 “Stop stalling!” : DO IT!
4 Recurring payments : ANNUITIES
5 Article in Elle France : LES
6 Spanish district : BARRIO
7 Get a big grin out of : ELATE
8 Money left on the table : TIP
9 Expels : EGESTS
10 Former first daughter : MALIA
11 Proof of legal ownership : CLEAR TITLE
12 Continental trade gp. : EEC
13 Sinus doc : ENT
18 1920s chief justice : TAFT
22 __ in the bucket : A DROP
24 Grammy : NANA
25 Word with Beach or Island : LONG
26 Grammatically analyzed : PARSED
27 Convene : SIT
28 One way to earn $200 : PASS GO
29 Cause of disgrace : OPPROBRIUM
33 Number of Eagles’ Super Bowl wins : ONE
34 Play the part of in costume : DRESS UP AS
36 Beckinsale and Winslet : KATES
37 Bakery employee : ICER
38 Resting on : ATOP
39 Cantina condiment : SAL
43 Ideally : AT BEST
44 Finally spills the beans : CRACKS
45 Slender : LANK
47 Burn a bit : SINGE
48 Crown : TIARA
52 Golf lesson subject : GRIP
53 Country road : LANE
54 Hwy. through San Antonio and Houston : I-TEN
55 Email option, briefly : BCC
56 Pi follower : RHO
57 Beemer rival : JAG
58 Reggae kin : SKA
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