Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Saturday October 24th 2020, LA Times crossword puzzle.

ACROSS

1 Not fresh anymore : GETTING OLD
11 Sixth Greek letter : ZETA
15 To a ridiculous extent : AD ABSURDUM
16 Decamp, e.g. : EXIT
17 Emmy nominee who plays Van on “Atlanta” : ZAZIE BEETZ
18 Give a “G,” say : RATE
19 “When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie” emotion : AMORE
20 Apple co-founder’s nickname : WOZ
21 Olympic city whose opening ceremony included a “Swan Lake” performance : SOCHI
22 Heaven-sent : DIVINE
24 Sometimes controversial message : TWEET
25 “The Alienist” network : TNT
28 Small container : TIN
29 Pickle serving : SPEAR
31 “Where __ you?” : WERE
33 __ loss : AT A
35 Sappho’s island : LESBOS
38 One concerned with appearances : IMAGE CONSULTANT
41 Organic food label term : NON-GMO
42 Hoover, for one : DAM
43 Stage accusation : ET TU
44 Trickster : SCAMP
46 Pro __ : TEM
48 Hyperbolic wait time : EON
49 Tyrrhenian Sea resort : CAPRI
51 Responds to, as intelligence : ACTS ON
54 Agrarian : RURAL
55 Masked drama : NOH
56 __ Macedonia : NORTH
60 Polish, in a way : EDIT
61 June 11 Hawaiian honoree : KAMEHAMEHA
63 Rugby team : SIDE
64 Adichie novel that won the 2013 National Book Critics Circle Award : AMERICANAH
65 Ring sites : TOES
66 Most-visited British art museum : TATE MODERN

DOWN

1 Disputed Mideast strip : GAZA
2 Cheese named for a Netherlands town : EDAM
3 Former Starbucks tea : TAZO
4 Classic Ford : T-BIRD
5 “They DO look alike” : I SEE IT
6 Pencil, barely : NUB
7 Caught up with, sizewise : GREW INTO
8 Ancient theater : ODEON
9 Skating jumps : LUTZES
10 Boundary at the 38th parallel, for short : DMZ
11 Garbage disposal goal : ZERO WASTE
12 Compound : EXACERBATE
13 Charitable gift : TITHE
14 Took the loss : ATE IT
21 Big name in romance fiction : STEEL
23 Nickelodeon parent : VIACOM
25 Matching : TWIN
26 Captain or a fish : NEMO
27 It’s celebrated with a blue-, pink- and white-striped flag : TRANS PRIDE
30 Feathers : PLUMES
32 Containers for some fragile goods : EGG CRATES
34 “Yes?” : AND
36 Cognizant of : ONTO
37 Floor : STUN
39 Inbox pileup : EMAIL
40 Did nothing : SAT THERE
45 Site of a historic 1914 waterway opening : PANAMA
47 Country with a 26-year Grace period? : MONACO
49 Pinnacle : CREST
50 Sound : AUDIO
52 Threat in 1998’s “Deep Impact” : COMET
53 Wayfarer : NOMAD
57 Actress Russo : RENE
58 Whaler’s direction : THAR
59 “Transparent” actress Kathryn : HAHN
61 Kit __ : KAT
62 Word for a guy : HIM

Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Friday October 23rd 2020, LA Times crossword puzzle.

ACROSS

1 Ancient wizard : MAGE
5 Serbian-born NBA center __ Jokic : NIKOLA
11 Fella : BRO
14 Speck : ATOM
15 Bordeaux wine : CLARET
16 Narrow inlet : RIA
17 Grasslands around Dakar? : SENEGAL LEAS
19 Petition : ASK
20 High ranges : SIERRAS
21 Holder of 61 NHL records : GRETZKY
23 Chamber group : TRIO
24 Comet relative : BON AMI
25 Retire : TURN IN
28 Jessica of “Dark Angel” : ALBA
31 Winter vacation purchase : SKI PASS
33 Part of a late 1900s demographic : GEN-YER
35 “The Simpsons” storekeeper : APU
36 Feature of a map of Baghdad? : IRAQ KEY
38 MD treating canals : ENT
39 Oklahoma tribe : PAWNEE
41 Accidental : UNMEANT
43 Genesis twin : ESAU
44 Middle of a three-part start : GET SET
45 Subtly points out : INFERS
48 Present time? : XMAS
51 Uniform concern, maybe : HAT SIZE
53 Late author whose daughter wrote, “As far as we in the family are concerned, the alphabet now ends in Y” : GRAFTON
56 Behave : ACT
57 Laid-back attitude in Hanoi? : VIETNAM EASE
59 Charlotte of “The Facts of Life” : RAE
60 Bivouac : ENCAMP
61 Times past : ERAS
62 Uma’s “Pulp Fiction” role : MIA
63 Perceived to be : SEEN AS
64 Caesar and others : SIDS

DOWN

1 One side of a physics equivalence principle : MASS
2 Bit the dust : ATE IT
3 One with no hope : GONER
4 Honored retirees : EMERITI
5 Indiana-based sports org. : NCAA
6 Troubles : ILLS
7 Penn of “House” : KAL
8 Crater Lake locale : OREGON
9 Hear (of) : LEARN
10 Without a clue : AT SEA
11 Longing in São Paulo? : BRAZIL YEN
12 Take a shot at : RISK
13 Wine nuance word : OAKY
18 Exuberant fan : GROUPIE
22 IRS agent : T-MAN
24 Fish restaurant offerings : BISQUES
26 Unusual : RARE
27 Eavesdropping org. : NSA
29 Twisted : BENT
30 Focus for some collectors : ART
31 Watering holes : SPAS
32 Hot spot in Al Ahmadi? : KUWAIT TEA
33 Masterpieces : GEMS
34 Test involving gradually longer lines : EYE EXAM
35 Mimic : APE
37 Round Table VIP : KNT
40 Creatures of habit? : NUNS
42 Some bank acct. charges : ATM FEES
44 Homer’s home : GREECE
46 Fins : FIVES
47 Slate, for one : E-ZINE
49 Original Flashback games console designer : ATARI
50 “What a pity” : SO SAD
51 Wrong : HARM
52 Smoothie fruit : ACAI
53 Fed. lending agency : GNMA
54 Criticizes : RAPS
55 Storied loch : NESS
58 Brown shade : TAN

Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Thursday October 22nd 2020, LA Times crossword puzzle.

ACROSS

1 Radio toggle : AM/FM
5 A minor, for one : CHORD
10 Animal shelter sight : CAGE
14 Big do : GALA
15 Place where fast bucks are made : RODEO
16 Team that pulls for its driver : OXEN
17 Delivery made by mouth : ORAL REPORT
19 Tear apart : REND
20 Showing shock : AGASP
21 Squalid quarters : RATHOLE
23 Surrealist Tanguy : YVES
25 Color in four-color printing : CYAN
26 Open, in a way : UNCAP
29 Fraternal order member since 1868 : ELK
31 Blocks that lock : LEGOS
35 Like a pendulum’s motion : TO AND FRO
37 Light at some roller rinks : STROBE
38 Critical hosp. area : ICU
39 Going up in smoke : AFIRE
41 Ref. whose first edition took decades to complete : OED
42 One of the Magi : CASPAR
45 Sidewall-sharing abode : ROW HOUSE
48 Warn : ALERT
49 Business VIP : CEO
50 Engrave? : INTER
51 Scintilla : IOTA
53 Carry-on item : TOTE
55 With 58-Across, cardio exercise … and what’s hidden in three puzzle rows? : JUMPING
58 See 55-Across : JACKS
61 Court loser, maybe : PERP
62 “You had your chance” : TOO LATE NOW
65 What a slight favorite has : EDGE
66 Satchel Paige’s first name : LEROY
67 The Big Easy, informally : NOLA
68 Motley : PIED
69 Shangri-las : EDENS
70 Pairs : TWOS

DOWN

1 In the past : AGO
2 “Mary Magdalene” star Rooney __ : MARA
3 Symbol on a pole : FLAG
4 Kuala Lumpur native : MALAYAN
5 Thin pancake : CREPE
6 Old school dance : HOP
7 Sign of some gas leaks : ODOR
8 Set up again, as pool balls : RERACK
9 Slightly touched : DOTTY
10 Forensic team member : CORONER
11 Feat on ice : AXEL
12 Code carrier : GENE
13 Close : END
18 Got back to, in a way : RSVP’D
22 Stop : HALT
24 Feudal laborer : SERF
26 Erie Canal city : UTICA
27 Diet drink spec : NO-CAL
28 Something to believe in : CAUSE
30 Longest river in France : LOIRE
32 Date, with “with” : GO OUT
33 More than a little plump : OBESE
34 Meal with matzo : SEDER
36 A long way : FAR
37 Verb that becomes its homophone by changing its vowel : SEW
40 Trunk supporter : ROOT
43 Groomed oneself fastidiously : PRIMPED
44 At the pinnacle of : ATOP
46 Try to belt : HIT AT
47 Words engraved under the Lincoln Memorial? : ONE CENT
49 Paddled, perhaps : CANOED
52 Book list listing : TITLE
54 “Love Train” singers, with “The” : O’JAYS
55 Sci-fi good guys : JEDI
56 Encourage : URGE
57 “It’s My Party” singer Lesley : GORE
59 Recognize : KNOW
60 Without help : SOLO
61 Word with rally or talk : PEP
63 Actor Chaney : LON
64 “Where __ I?” : WAS

Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Wednesday October 21st 2020, LA Times crossword puzzle.

ACROSS

1 “… where the sun / Came peeping in at __”: Thomas Hood : MORN
5 Willie Mays, twice : MVP
8 Bowler’s test : SPLIT
13 Carpet calculation : AREA
14 China setting : ASIA
15 Soccer star Rossi : PAOLO
16 *Old bowling alley employee : PINSETTER
18 Cry of dismay : OY VEY
19 Country singer Womack : LEE ANN
20 Even things : ATONE
22 Part of ESL: Abbr. : ENG
23 *Pass prevention strategy : ZONE DEFENSE
28 Editor’s change of heart : STET
30 “I agree!” : AMEN!
31 It’s north of Afr. : EUR
32 Not very exciting : HO-HUM
35 Seasickness symptom : NAUSEA
38 Cautionary workplace axiom … or a hint to the starts of the answers to starred clues : SAFETY FIRST
40 Elk : WAPITI
42 Pre-discount prices : LISTS
43 Not well : ILL
44 Dollop : GLOB
46 Pacino’s voice, at times : RASP
50 *Bad homes for critics? : GLASS HOUSES
55 Golf standard : PAR
56 Deal with : SEE TO
57 Capitol feature : CUPOLA
59 Like four Sandy Koufax games : NO-HIT
61 *One-on-one golf competition : MATCH PLAY
64 It’s good in Chile : BUENO
65 Agree with : ECHO
66 Shoppe modifier : OLDE
67 Shakespearean forest : ARDEN
68 2000s TV forensic technician, to pals : DEX
69 Fly high : SOAR

DOWN

1 Breakfast condiment sources : MAPLES
2 Get one’s bearings : ORIENT
3 Go back on a promise : RENEGE
4 Org. in the biodrama “Hidden Figures” : NASA
5 WY winter hrs. : MST
6 Compete : VIE
7 Pre-Rose Bowl tradition : PARADE
8 Many an “SNL” skit : SPOOF
9 Two-time U.S. Open winner Stewart : PAYNE
10 Illicit rendezvous site : LOVE NEST
11 La Corse, par exemple : ILE
12 Play (with) : TOY
14 53 for I, e.g. : AT NO
17 Split __: New Zealand band : ENZ
21 Court sport : TENNIS
24 Astro’s finish? : -NAUT
25 Harris of country : EMMYLOU
26 Take to court : SUE
27 Stat for Justin Verlander : ERA
29 Spicy cuisine : THAI
33 Time and again, to Yeats : OFT
34 Driver’s license datum : HEIGHT
36 Poetic verb : ART
37 Cold War letters : USSR
38 Made waves? : SPLASHED
39 Slight fabrications : FIBS
40 Freak (out) : WIG
41 Every bit : ALL
45 Rose ominously : LOOMED
47 Swing era Harlem hot spot : APOLLO
48 Tea since 1892 : SALADA
49 Supplication : PRAYER
51 River to the English Channel : SEINE
52 Resolute about : SET ON
53 Danish shoe brand : ECCO
54 NFL defensive end Ndamukong __ : SUH
58 Med. plan options : PPOS
59 Home to Kings: Abbr. : NBA
60 “__ Gang” : OUR
62 Versatile card : ACE
63 “Much appreciated,” in texts : THX

Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Tuesday October 20th 2020, LA Times crossword puzzle.

ACROSS

1 Play divisions : ACTS
5 Citrus coolers : ADES
9 Caroline, to Bobby Kennedy : NIECE
14 Site of many a college party : FRAT
15 Vatican leader : POPE
16 Garden trimming gadget : EDGER
17 Singer __ Amos : TORI
18 Stuffed shirt : PRIG
19 Pastry with tea : SCONE
20 Bach mini comic opera about a beverage addiction : COFFEE CANTATA
23 Pillow filler : FOAM
24 Anthem contraction : O’ER
25 Modern car receivers : SATELLITE RADIOS
33 Letter-shaped plumbing trap : U-BEND
34 Shade tree : ELM
35 Layer on a stagnant pond : SCUM
36 Opp. of 56-Down : MAN
37 Secretly : SUB ROSA
41 Denver-to-Chicago dir. : ENE
42 Beginning on : AS OF
44 Hide-hair connector : NOR
45 German camera : LEICA
47 He played the interviewer in “Interview With the Vampire” : CHRISTIAN SLATER
51 Yellowfin tuna : AHI
52 Very often : A LOT
53 Last parting, or what can literally be found in 20-, 25- and 47-Across : FINAL FAREWELL
59 Liberty Bell flaw : CRACK
60 Artificial bait : LURE
61 “The First __”: holiday song : NOEL
63 “Voices Carry” co-songwriter Mann : AIMEE
64 Perched on : ATOP
65 Impulse : URGE
66 Models strike them : POSES
67 Acknowledges applause : BOWS
68 Mexican bread? : PESO

DOWN

1 Back on board : AFT
2 Gator’s cousin : CROC
3 Poi source : TARO
4 React to an insult, maybe : STIFFEN
5 Legal challenge : APPEAL
6 Scale starters : DO RE MI
7 Grand-scale production : EPIC
8 Genesis creator : SEGA
9 Snapple rival : NESTEA
10 They’re often swiped at work : ID CARDS
11 Entertainment awards acronym : EGOT
12 Wrestler John : CENA
13 Prior to, in poems : ERE
21 Tosses in one’s cards : FOLDS
22 Expected outcomes : NORMS
25 The “poison” type contains the skin irritant urushiol : SUMAC
26 Disconcert : ABASH
27 Pavarotti, for one : TENOR
28 Earth, to Cato : TERRA
29 “Xanadu” rock gp. : ELO
30 Seal the deal : ICE IT
31 Prevention measure? : OUNCE
32 Makeup streak : SMEAR
38 “Open __ 9 p.m.”: store sign : UNTIL
39 Avril Lavigne’s “Sk8er __” : BOI
40 Give permission : ALLOW
43 Bride-to-be : FIANCEE
46 Wiped out by excess costs, as profits : EATEN UP
48 Burger joint drinks : SHAKES
49 Limited in scope : NARROW
50 Grabs some shuteye : SLEEPS
53 Cold, in Cádiz : FRIO
54 Brand with a paw print in its logo : IAMS
55 Love handles, so to speak : FLAB
56 Works-by-itself setting : AUTO
57 Old stories : LORE
58 Relay race segments : LEGS
59 Spending limit : CAP
62 Sign of summer : LEO