Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Thursday October 8th 2020, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 “Above the __”: 1994 basketball film : RIM
4 Influence : HEFT
8 African capital on the Gulf of Guinea : ACCRA
13 Tip jar bill : ONE
14 “Boo’d Up” Grammy winner __ Mai : ELLA
15 Fissile rocks : SHALES
16 Figurative setting for many deals : BACKROOM
18 Locker hangers : PINUPS
19 Bring upon oneself : INCUR
20 Samoan capital : APIA
22 Big name in razors : ATRA
23 Almost at hand : NEAR
24 Alpha Centauri, for one : STAR SYSTEM
26 Fizzles out : DIES
28 Hams it up : EMOTES
29 2008 Visa milestone, briefly : IPO
32 Weho or Soho, in slang : NABE
34 Nostrils : NARES
36 Recyclable item : CAN
37 Terra firma : DRY LAND
40 Brian of ambient music : ENO
41 In __: awaiting delivery : UTERO
43 Arctic sight : FLOE
44 Rehab hurdle : DTS
45 Colorful ring : AREOLA
48 Animal fat : LARD
50 Clash of personalities, say : EGO PROBLEM
52 They may be wild : OATS
56 Grimace : MOUE
57 San Joaquin Valley haze : SMOG
58 “Blue Ain’t Your Color” country singer Keith : URBAN
59 Ill-judged, as a plan : INSANE
61 Colleague … and, when preceded by “the,” what the end of 16-, 24-, 37- or 50-Across is : WORKMATE
63 Groundbreaking invention : TILLER
64 Art Deco artist : ERTE
65 “Comprende?” : SEE
66 Final word : SAY-SO
67 Turns to gold, perhaps : DYES
68 Zig when one should have zagged, say : ERR
DOWN
1 Givens of “Riverdale” : ROBIN
2 Absurd : INANE
3 Muslim holy city : MECCA
4 Berlin address : HERR
5 Jeff Lynne rock gp. : ELO
6 Passes on a lazy river : FLOATS BY
7 Florida host of the Outback Bowl : TAMPA
8 Sushi-grade tuna : AHI
9 Game with melds : CANASTA
10 Like an untidy desk : CLUTTERED
11 Stand for : REPRESENT
12 Indian silk region : ASSAM
15 Jerk : SPASM
17 Western Asia native : KURD
21 Anger : IRE
24 Scorch : SEAR
25 Over there : YONDER
27 Weatherproof, as a swimming pool : INDOOR
29 Post-op area : ICU
30 Barren region in southern South America : PATAGONIA
31 In a burdensome way : ONEROUSLY
33 Tolkien figure : ELF
35 “Help!” on the briny : SOS
38 Story with symbolism : ALLEGORY
39 First name in linguistics : NOAM
42 Takes off the books : REPEALS
46 Sore __ : LOSER
47 SDI weapon : ABM
49 Quad building : DORM
50 Gives forth : EMITS
51 Mooed : LOWED
53 Belittle : ABASE
54 Russet, informally : TATER
55 Curled-lip look : SNEER
58 Hawaiian strings : UKES
60 “The Matrix” hero : NEO
62 GPS suggestion : RTE