Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday May 31st 2020, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Swahili boss BWANA
6 Canasta combination MELD
10 Cockatoo feature CREST
15 Boring tools AWLS
19 Many a surfer AOLER
20 Others, in Latin ALII
21 Vigor OOMPH
22 Acquire, as an advantage GAIN
23 My crayon __ DREW A BLANK
25 Pay television CABLE
26 Designated space AREA
27 Four-wheeler, briefly ATV
28 My ruler __ FAILED TO MEASURE UP
31 Step on it when you need to step on it THE GAS
33 Carnival city RIO
34 Applies henna to, say DYES
35 Mink cousin OTTER
38 Sack lead-in KNAP-
41 Mount north of Redding, California SHASTA
46 Golf course rental CART
49 Blunted sword EPEE
51 Text sent with x’s and o’s I LUV U
54 Cultural character ETHOS
55 Felt remorse for RUED
56 My needle __ DIDN’T COME THROUGH
59 Quacked company name AFLAC
61 Computer instructions CODE
62 Courtyard PATIO
63 Dramatic offering PLAY
64 Mediterranean capital BEIRUT
66 Tats INK
68 One of this puzzle’s 144 CLUE
70 My belt __ BUCKLED UNDER THE STRAIN
79 Ground cover TARP
80 “Yess!” YAY
81 Empower ENABLE
82 What may come to mind IDEA
86 Native New Zealander MAORI
89 Fix, as a toy SPAY
92 Sleep disorder APNEA
93 My cake __ FELL DOWN ON THE JOB
97 Shut (up) PENT
98 South Pacific island group SAMOA
99 Parasite LEECH
100 Benefit SAKE
101 Cookie with a Red Velvet variety OREO
102 Attacks ONSETS
104 Climb, in a way SHIN
106 Direct attention REFER
108 Soften EASE
111 As we speak NOW
113 Beefy soup ingredient OXTAIL
117 My knife __ COULDN’T MAKE THE CUT
125 Genetic material DNA
126 “Need anything __?” ELSE
127 Fluffy-eared marsupial KOALA
128 And my champagne __ FIZZLED OUT
130 Crossword-solving Simpson LISA
131 Celtic language IRISH
132 Trac II cousin ATRA
133 Walt Whitman volunteered as one during the Civil War NURSE
134 Title for fictional detective Peter Wimsey LORD
135 Parachute fabric NYLON
136 Help grow up REAR
137 Printer cartridge contents TONER
DOWN
1 Lacking talent for BAD AT
2 Deserving of WORTH
3 “All Day Strong” brand ALEVE
4 Not seen before NEW
5 Longtime PLO chairman ARAFAT
6 Mauritania neighbor MALI
7 Airline to Israel EL AL
8 Hard-hit batted ball LINER
9 Small antelope with an echoic name DIK-DIK
10 First name in design COCO
11 Wander aimlessly ROAM
12 Reporter at the front EMBED
13 Spread outward SPLAY
14 Academic research papers THESES
15 Jellylike alga extract AGAR
16 Goods suffix -WARE
17 Stead LIEU
18 Start of a football play SNAP
24 Poured juices over BASTED
29 Bar mixer TONIC
30 Director in the theater? USHER
32 Approached nightfall GOT DARK
36 “Iliad,” for one EPIC
37 Second chance REDO
39 Leaning to one side ALOP
40 Reebok rival PUMA
42 Resting upon ATOP
43 Jewish assembly site SHUL
44 Roman garment TOGA
45 Grayish ASHY
46 19th-century diarist Henry __ Robinson CRABB
47 Pot-__: “on the fire” French stew AU-FEU
48 Thing of the past RELIC
50 Lead to END IN
52 Twining plant VETCH
53 Functional UTILE
57 Look after TEND
58 Legislative body HOUSE
60 Snake worshippers, e.g. CULT
65 Spanish 51-Across TE AMO
67 Tab, say KEY
69 European erupter ETNA
71 Slow way of speaking DRAWL
72 Barely ahead UP ONE
73 Reckless RASH
74 Personality categories TYPES
75 Bond that promotes easy communication RAPPORT
76 Baseball’s Doubleday ABNER
77 __ Woods, original voice of Disney’s Cinderella ILENE
78 “Groovy!” NEATO
82 In that case IF SO
83 Basketball Hall of Fame coach Smith DEAN
84 Stately trees ELMS
85 Cream additive ALOE
87 Small deer ROES
88 Move bit by bit INCH
90 “When it’s __”: answer to a classic riddle AJAR
91 Symbol of bondage YOKE
94 So last year DATED
95 “To __ own self be true”: “Hamlet” THINE
96 Soil BEFOUL
103 Finally registered SANK IN
105 A stone’s throw NOT FAR
107 Degree EXTENT
109 Apartment building unit STORY
110 Web message EMAIL
112 Harmless, as a lie WHITE
114 Add splendor to ADORN
115 Occupied IN USE
116 “See ya” LATER
117 Honeycomb compartment CELL
118 Miscellany OLIO
119 Cold War initials USSR
120 Play the first card LEAD
121 Besides that ALSO
122 Madeline of “Blazing Saddles” KAHN
123 Poet Pound EZRA
124 Old Russian autocrat CZAR
129 Sonny and Cher, for one DUO