Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Thursday August 13th 2020, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Freebies COMPS
6 Charity sale goods RUMMAGE
13 Undefeated Ali LAILA
14 Cradle-rocking site of rhyme TREE TOP
15 Good ideas that don’t always pan out BEST INTENTIONS
17 Eduardo’s east ORIENTE
18 Only SOLE
19 Gives the go-ahead OKS
20 Championship ice dancer __ Virtue TESSA
23 Depressed areas SLUMS
26 “Carpe diem!” THE TIME IS NOW
28 Fountain output SODAS
31 Fuel for a fire LOGS
32 Vatican’s higher authority DIO
33 Puts on TV… AIRS
34 Children’s song refrain featured in the four longest answers E-I-E-I-O
36 Monsieur across the border HERR
37 Land in la mer ILE
38 Give a heads-up WARN
39 Rams QB Goff JARED
40 GPS suggestion to avoid a tie-up NEW DIRECTION
44 Characteristic TRAIT
45 Looks SEEMS
46 Nor. neighbor SWE
49 ’90s Polish president Walesa LECH
51 Group of groupies RETINUE
53 “Both options are practical” EITHER WILL WORK
56 Show contempt for SNEER AT
57 Objects of fondness DEARS
58 Ones of interest, perhaps PERSONS
59 Thing of worth ASSET
DOWN
1 Register user CLERK
2 Spring for a drink? OASIS
3 Somewhat, with “a” MITE
4 Architectural column bases PLINTHS
5 South Carolina river to the Atlantic SANTEE
6 GPS datum RTE
7 Decorative container URN
8 Team whose mascot’s head is a ball METS
9 Cell division that produces gametes MEIOSIS
10 Common Pacific groupings ATOLLS
11 Failed, as a business GONE UNDER
12 Four-song discs, briefly EPS
15 Frightening word BOO
16 Trial TEST
21 Library ambience SILENCE
22 Madame’s mine A MOI
24 Optically active pattern MOIRE
25 Excalibur, for one SWORD
26 Prof’s helpers TAS
27 A star may have a big one EGO
28 Venerated figure SAINT
29 Gulf of Oman vessel OILER
30 Set boundaries DREW A LINE
34 Protuberant organ EAR
35 Elicits a “Grrr!” from IRES
36 Solo in space HAN
38 First group seen in “Macbeth” WITCHES
39 Fights (through), as a crowd JOSTLES
41 One with something to lose DIETER
42 Polo usually not on horseback TERI
43 Former Filipino first lady Marcos IMELDA
46 Sleep soundly? SNORE
47 Hot dog, to a Hamburger WURST
48 “That scared me!” EEK
50 Often-shared sandwich HERO
52 “Methought __ enamour’d of an ass”: Titania I WAS
53 Debatable ability ESP
54 Headed for the hills RAN
55 Lb. and oz. WTS