Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Wednesday September 23rd 2020, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Bits of trash often swept up with popcorn : STUBS
6 Outdoor party rental : TENT
10 Creek croaker : TOAD
14 Like much beer : ON TAP
15 “Dude!” : BRAH
16 Nashville highlight : OPRY
17 University offerings : FOUR-YEAR DEGREES
20 Open patio : ATRIUM
21 Original angel on “Charlie’s Angels” : SABRINA
22 Driver’s role in “Star Wars” sequels : REN
23 Easiness exemplar : PIE
25 Johns in Scotland : IANS
26 Bob Dylan title lyrics that follow “in my heart you’ll always stay” : FOREVER YOUNG
31 Hopeless, as a situation : NO WIN
34 Tears to shreds : RENDS
35 Cause of some royal insomnia : PEA
36 Leave out : OMIT
37 Ties together : BINDS
38 Go no further : STOP
39 Hill worker : ANT
40 Works in Silverstein’s “Where the Sidewalk Ends” : POEMS
41 Provided light : SHONE
42 “The Wrestler” Oscar nominee : MICKEY ROURKE
45 Gets moving : HIES
46 Luau finger food : POI
47 Lead-in to a texter’s afterthought : BTW
50 Words said in disbelief : WHAT THE
53 Canadian metropolis : OTTAWA
55 Judge’s words … and a hint to this puzzle’s circles : YOU’RE OUT OF ORDER
57 MM and MMXX, for two : ANNI
58 Tire (out) : WEAR
59 Beat, with “out” : WIPED
60 Enzo’s eight : OTTO
61 Where Southwest Airlines is LUV : NYSE
62 Puts in like piles : SORTS
DOWN
1 Words often suggesting unmet goals : SO FAR
2 Fed. security : T-NOTE
3 One-eighty : U-TURN
4 Port on Italy’s “heel” : BARI
5 Watch surreptitiously : SPY UPON
6 Sched. uncertainty : TBA
7 Shows one’s humanity? : ERRS
8 Zip : NADA
9 Hitchcock thriller set in Bodega Bay : THE BIRDS
10 Piemonte city : TORINO
11 Confides in : OPENS UP TO
12 Region : AREA
13 Start to function? : DYS
18 Bahrain bigwig : EMIR
19 Charcoal pencil shades : GRAYS
24 Like “Halloween,” and then some : EERIER
26 In good shape : FIT
27 Mobile payments app owned by PayPal : VENMO
28 Finally arrives (at) : ENDS UP
29 Second-lightest noble gas : NEON
30 Stare slack-jawed : GAPE
31 Linguist Chomsky : NOAM
32 Luxury hotel name : OMNI
33 Prejudiced investigation and harassment : WITCH HUNT
37 Father Flanagan’s orphanage : BOYS TOWN
38 “__ sells seashells … ” : SHE
40 Actress/author Holly Robinson __ : PEETE
41 Mountain resort aids : SKI TOWS
43 South Korean subcompact : KIA RIO
44 Solar panel spot : ROOF
47 Reason for spin, briefly : BAD PR
48 Limited message : TWEET
49 Hospital sections : WARDS
50 Refuses to : WON’T
51 Newsman Lewis? : HUEY
52 LAX postings : ETAS
54 Rock’s Ben Folds Five, surprisingly : TRIO
55 NBA great Ming : YAO
56 Minecraft material : ORE