Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Friday October 2nd 2020, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Twinings product : PEKOE
6 Spare tire : FLAB
10 Market aggressively : PUSH
14 Immortal Detroit sportscaster Harwell : ERNIE
15 Yarn : TALE
16 Wild about : INTO
17 One of 26 in the Maldives : ATOLL
18 *Maximum number of jousters allowed in a Ren faire tournament? : KNIGHT CAP
20 Not touch : LET BE
21 Entomologist’s tool : NET
22 Old enough : OF AGE
23 Honker in old comedy films : HARPO
25 Unsubstantial : MEAGER
26 “Silent All These Years” singer Tori : AMOS
28 Radiate : EXUDE
31 Minus : LESS
32 Put down : DEMEAN
34 Step on it : PEDAL
36 United : ONE
37 *One who really, really knows how to spin a yarn? : KNIT WIT
39 Chic retreat : SPA
42 “Uh-oh. Better get … ” collision repair company : MAACO
43 Showed surprise : GASPED
45 Rum-soaked cake : BABA
48 High-scoring club? : MENSA
50 Suds : HEAD
51 Urgent order : AT ONCE
53 Fiber-__ cable : OPTIC
55 Sportscast embellishment : COLOR
56 Trifle : SOU
58 Poppy product : OPIUM
61 *Excelled at filling in historical timelines? : KNEW YEARS
63 Wolfgang Puck chain : SPAGO
64 Trillion: Pref. : TERA
65 It’s often steamed : RICE
66 What Ma knows well : CELLO
67 Baking soda target : ODOR
68 Word of woe : ALAS
69 “The Kominsky Method” co-star : ARKIN
DOWN
1 Toll : PEAL
2 Deco master : ERTE
3 *Tree trunk? : KNOT HOME
4 Primer type : OIL-BASE
5 Sushi bar supplier : EELER
6 Ky. army post : FT KNOX
7 Country __ : LANE
8 Touched down : ALIT
9 Ask to be excused, with “off” : BEG
10 Hidden danger : PITFALL
11 Set free : UNCAGE
12 Puts on : STAGES
13 Ones who never lose faith : HOPERS
19 Manual weed whacker : HOE
24 George Eliot, e.g. : PEN NAME
25 Supplemental health insurance : MEDIGAP
26 Brouhaha : ADO
27 “Of Mice and __” : MEN
29 Kate on the cover of Vanity Fair’s 100th anniversary issue : UPTON
30 Wet blanket : DEW
33 Dossier letters : AKA
35 __ discount : AT A
38 Bar staple : ICE
39 Total alternative … and a feature of the answers to starred clues? : SPECIAL K
40 Wasabi-coated snack : PEA
41 Recipe verb : ADD
42 Thoroughbred grandfather of Seabiscuit : MAN O’WAR
44 Amazon, for one : SHIPPER
45 __ basics : BACK TO
46 Made up (for) : ATONED
47 Short jacket : BOLERO
49 Drunks : SOUSES
52 Shout : CRY
54 Teatro Costanzi premiere of 1900 : TOSCA
56 Yacht outing : SAIL
57 Whale also called a blackfish : ORCA
59 Not-cute fruit : UGLI
60 Night light : MOON
62 Stretch often named for a music genre : ERA