Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Saturday May 16th 2020, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Silver, in heraldry ARGENT
7 Works with small bricks LEGO ART
14 Legal opposite of negligence DUE CARE
16 Leaving exposed nails OPEN-TOE
17 Material ON TOPIC
18 Houston, for one OIL TOWN
19 Microscopic messenger RNA
20 Enjoys a lakeside diversion SKIPS STONES
22 Makes a plea BEGS
24 One with a Florida nest egg EGRET
25 Reduce PARE
26 Word before steak or after chicken STRIP
28 Single ONE
29 ’60s hallucinogen LSD
30 Soprano’s note HIGH B
32 Gran’s daughter, humorously MUMSY
35 1521 Magellan landing site PHILIPPINES
38 Like some sports highlights SLO-MO
39 Checked out ahead of time CASED
41 “All the Stars” one-named singer with Kendrick Lamar SZA
44 Is in the past? WAS
45 Crisp fruit, maybe PEARS
47 Like crossword clues about crossword clues, say META
49 Audibly stunned AGASP
52 Proof word STET
53 “You lost me” I DON’T FOLLOW
56 Astronaut Jemison MAE
57 Sign of Broadway success LONG RUN
58 Crane producer? ORIGAMI
60 Wrap ENCLOSE
61 Equipment company named for a cycling group PELOTON
62 __ syndrome: allergic reaction to insect bites SKEETER
63 Craps naturals SEVENS
DOWN
1 Totes presh ADORBS
2 Biblical flows? RUNNETH
3 Keep it together, so to speak GET A GRIP
4 Lead-in to “lodge” or “logy” ECO-
5 Short rests NAPS
6 Minor cycle TRIKE
7 Stretch, say LOOSEN UP
8 Relating to knowledge EPISTEMIC
9 Hanukkah reward GELT
10 Leading ON TOP
11 Not exactly hummable ATONAL
12 Subjects of “The Boys in the Boat” ROWERS
13 Got edgy TENSED
15 Vaper’s need, informally E-CIG
21 School dance invite portmanteau PROMPOSAL
23 Venetian bridge composition? SIGHS
27 TV Dr. PHIL
31 Fly off the handle BLOW A FUSE
33 Fly off the handle SNAP
34 Committed replies YESES
36 Toast words? I’M A GONER
37 Flying companion, say SEATMATE
40 Two-word phrase that’s synonymous with its second word backwards DREAM ON
41 Close parentheses, at times SMILES
42 Striped equine hybrid ZEDONK
43 Instantly AT ONCE
46 Draft holders STEINS
48 Theta, in geometry ANGLE
50 Unappealing food SLOP
51 Skin features PORES
54 More than walk TROT
55 “Looney Tunes” first name WILE
59 URL ending GOV