Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Friday October 20th, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Soft side? : MASH
5 Recipient of a half-hearted gift? : BFF
8 “I’m all __” : EARS
12 Encouraging start : ATTA
13 Square footage : AREA
15 Understood : KNEW
16 “Alert: Yo-Yo’s here!”? : YOU’VE GOT MA
19 Peak near Catania : ETNA
20 Book end, perhaps : INDEX
21 Breezy goodbye : CIAO
23 Game, __, match : SET
24 Machines used on a peacock farm? : FEATHER PLOWS
28 Caribbean island with the Pitons : ST LUCIA
31 Tylenol target : PAIN
32 Piggy bank addition : COIN
33 __ bunny : DUST
36 Performed a saut de chat, e.g. : LEAPT
39 Director Lee : ANG
40 Staple legumes, or parsed differently, what 16- and 24-Across did for 51- and 63-Across : LENTILS or LENT “IL”S
42 Like some larb : LAO
43 Maestro Zubin : MEHTA
45 Tit for tat, maybe : TYPO
46 Ages and ages : EONS
47 Reusable 5-Down : TOTE
49 Goes deep : PLUNGES
51 Really hot person in the cockpit? : MELTING PILOT
55 Prof’s email ender : EDU
56 Philip Marlowe genre : NOIR
57 Story with a lesson : FABLE
61 Ruckuses : DINS
63 Wooden model of an Italian city? : STICK MILAN
66 Uncomfortable sensation : ITCH
67 Uncomfortable sensation : ACHE
68 Ilsa __: “Casablanca” heroine : LUND
69 Arthur who authored “A Hard Road to Glory” : ASHE
70 Dark side of a notable pair : YIN
71 Chocolate brand owned by Berkshire Hathaway : SEE’S
DOWN
1 Question of permission : MAY I
2 So much : A TON
3 Poker variety : STUD
4 “Live it up!” : HAVE FUN
5 Groceries carrier : BAG
6 To, the contrary : FRO
7 “Go get it,” to a dog : FETCH
8 Just scrape (out) : EKE
9 Picnic snack that appears to have picnic invaders : ANTS ON A LOG
10 Not allow to expire : RENEW
11 Goes after a fly : SWATS
14 Tahiti sweetie : AMIE
17 Board VIP : EXEC
18 Org. with sponsored Medicare plans : AARP
22 Australian gems : OPALS
25 Many a “Veep” role : AIDE
26 Say “neener neener,” say : TAUNT
27 Deception : LIE
28 Deception : SCAM
29 Vocal quality : TONE
30 Small salad and half a sandwich, say : LIGHT LUNCH
34 Pig pad : STY
35 Actress Hedren : TIPPI
37 Window section : PANE
38 Lob : TOSS
40 Exempli gratia, e.g. : LATIN
41 Relax : LOLL
44 Ore-Ida offering : TOT
46 Requires : ENTAILS
48 Son of Seth : ENOS
50 Sch. with a Twin Cities campus : U OF M
51 Marshall McLuhan focus : MEDIA
52 Uses Photoshop : EDITS
53 Bhagavad-__ : GITA
54 A bit steep : PRICY
58 Word with blood or moon : BLUE
59 Rural road : LANE
60 Finishes : ENDS
62 Pronoun option : SHE
64 Flat-iron brand : CHI
65 2023 role for Ryan, Simu, Kingsley, and others : KEN
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