Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Saturday May 2nd 2020, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Groom like a groom, maybe MANSCAPE
9 Is in store AWAITS
15 Green getaway ECO HOTEL
16 “Crud!” DARN IT
17 Beneficiaries of preferential admission LEGACIES
18 Delightful DREAMY
19 Texas congressman who ran for president as a Libertarian in 1988 RON PAUL
21 Nice refusal? NON
22 When things just don’t click OFF DAY
25 Aide-__: mnemonic device MEMOIRE
28 White wine cocktails KIRS
29 Gets stuck BOGS DOWN
32 Let go AXE
33 Let go FIRE
34 Air freshener deliveries MISTS
37 High-speed metaphor PEDAL TO THE METAL
41 Give out ISSUE
42 Colorado tributary GILA
43 “So you admit it!” AHA
44 “Star Wars” film subtitle A NEW HOPE
47 Classist type SNOB
48 Breath-freshening brew MINT TEA
50 Board game conduits CHUTES
52 Storied shelf occupant ELF
53 Lawmaker ENACTOR
56 Barked WOOFED
59 Pregame party site TAILGATE
63 Tee off ENRAGE
64 Pavarotti classic O SOLE MIO
65 Father figure? DAD BOD
66 Broad Eastern cuisine category PANASIAN
DOWN
1 Harris of “thirtysomething” MEL
2 Flying phenom ACE
3 Eggy drink NOG
4 Fragments SHARDS
5 __ butter COCOA
6 Not very much A TINY BIT
7 Single animal-shaped candy? PEEP
8 “Let It Go” singer in “Frozen” ELSA
9 Mystified ADDLED
10 Serious declaration WAR
11 Is for many ARE
12 Before you know it IN AN INSTANT
13 Divided island north of Australia TIMOR
14 “Don’t Rain on My Parade” composer STYNE
20 Speaker’s pauses UMS
22 Beast known as the zebra giraffe OKAPI
23 Rigs FIXES
24 Junk dealer in a ’70s sitcom FRED SANFORD
26 Family nickname MOMMA
27 Tot’s scrape OWIE
30 Peru panning target ORO
31 Outset GET-GO
33 Speedy FLEET
35 Nevada tourist mecca TAHOE
36 Foundation pieces SLABS
38 Bee or Em AUNT
39 With it HIP
40 Choice event ELECTION
45 Prepared a bed, maybe WEEDED
46 Solo pilot? HAN
47 Swells SURGES
48 Spoke Burmese? MEWED
49 Actress Massey ILONA
51 Casual greeting HOLLA
54 Perched on ATOP
55 61-Down’s dwelling CASA
57 __ Four FAB
58 One may be bruised EGO
60 Challenging retort AM I
61 Familia member TIA
62 Word that’s sometimes an exaggeration EON