Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Friday November 6th 2020, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Persepolis ruins locale : IRAN
5 Prickly plants : CACTI
10 Former Supreme Court first name : RUTH
14 iPod model : NANO
15 Garden nuisance : APHID
16 Protection org. since 1970 : OSHA
17 Lions in the city? : CIVIC PRIDE
19 Slangy sweeties : BAES
20 Pulitzer-winning author Lurie : ALISON
21 Spring : LEAP
23 Conan’s network : TBS
24 Willamette River capital : SALEM
25 Fish with experience? : OLD SCHOOL
27 UFO fliers, presumably : ETS
28 __ bath : MUD
30 Luke and Leia’s mother : PADME
31 Show-offs : HOTDOGS
35 Pats gently : DABS
36 Bees behind bars? : PENAL COLONY
38 Inland Asian sea : ARAL
40 Fixture in some no-parking zones : HYDRANT
41 Starr man : RINGO
43 One kept on a child at the pool : EYE
44 Hole goal : PAR
47 Whales on the run? : ESCAPE POD
51 GE rival : AMANA
53 “Alas!” prompter : WOE
54 Seafarers : TARS
55 USC athlete : TROJAN
56 Novel ending? : -ETTE
58 Wolves with a clean lair? : VACUUM PACK
60 Miranda __ of “Homeland” : OTTO
61 Dutch cheeses : EDAMS
62 Czech track legend Zátopek : EMIL
63 Zen riddle : KOAN
64 “Building a Mystery” singer McLachlan : SARAH
65 Cook of comedy : DANE
DOWN
1 If : IN CASE
2 Scold harshly : RAIL AT
3 Wile E. Coyote weapons : ANVILS
4 White __ : NOISE
5 Bo’s’n boss : CAP’N
6 Loan fig. : APR
7 Put on ice : CHILL
8 Helped through a tough time, with “over” : TIDED
9 Brainstorming session output : IDEAS
10 Director Reiner : ROB
11 Paper with Money and Life sections : USA TODAY
12 Awesome, slangily : THE BOMB
13 Bothers : HASSLES
18 Public town park : COMMON
22 Narc’s find : PCP
25 “Funny thing is … ” : ODDLY
26 “I __ thought of that” : HADN’T
29 Home to the Ogden Raptors of MiLB : UTAH
31 Hägar the Horrible’s wife : HELGA
32 Med. condition with repetitive behavior : OCD
33 Hurt in a ring : GORED
34 Take out, as a vampire : SLAY
36 Italian bacon : PANCETTA
37 Like difficult push-ups : ONE-ARM
38 “Do you and I need to clear the air?” : ARE WE OK?
39 Dish with arborio rice : RISOTTO
42 Withdraw, with “out” : OPT
44 __ party : PAJAMA
45 Aleve rival : ANACIN
46 Really get to : RANKLE
48 Wasp nest sites : EAVES
49 Red-carpet brand : PRADA
50 NBA great Robertson nicknamed “The Big O” : OSCAR
52 Minibike kin : MOPED
55 Derriere : TUSH
57 Long time to wait, facetiously : EON
59 Thurman in films : UMA