Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Saturday August 22nd 2020, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 NASCAR stat : MPH
4 Afternoon entertainment staples : SOAP OPERAS
14 Asia’s __-Kum Desert : KARA
15 Certain junkie’s stimulus : ADRENALINE
16 Slaughter on the diamond : ENOS
17 One sharing a pedigree : LITTERMATE
18 Frittata base : EGGS
19 Inexperienced : UNSEASONED
20 Combined : POOLED
22 Belgian or brown : ALE
23 Canonized pope known as “The Great” : ST LEO
24 Sea-__ : TAC
26 Longtime New Yorker cartoonist Roz : CHAST
31 Starbucks selection : CAFFE MOCHA
34 Pi, for a circle with a radius of one : AREA
35 Where the action in Chicago’s County General Hospital took place : ON ER
36 Peripheral : OUTER
37 “Phooey!” : RATS
38 Folklore fiend : OGRE
39 Folklore trickster : BRER RABBIT
41 Gets rid of : LOSES
43 Recognizes : IDS
44 “The Red House Mystery” author : MILNE
45 Delivery pros : OBS
47 “Truly!” : HONEST
48 “Truly!” : I CANNOT LIE
54 Stadium ticket info : GATE
55 Some white research subjects : ALBINO MICE
56 Freudian subjects : EGOS
57 Cosmetic coating : NAIL ENAMEL
58 Little pig, maybe : RUNT
59 Great places to make contact : SWEET SPOTS
60 Match with chips : SEE
DOWN
1 Rhyming cocktail : MANGO TANGO
2 Ones working on the links : PRO GOLFERS
3 Easy to use : HASSLE-FREE
4 Mexican toast : SALUD!
5 God played by Anthony Hopkins in “Thor” : ODIN
6 Fine __ : ARTS
7 H.S. instructors who show you the ropes? : PE TEACHERS
8 “Inside the NBA” analyst : O’NEAL
9 About 3.26 light-years : PARSEC
10 Muppet who refers to himself in the third person : ELMO
11 “Knives Out” writer/director Johnson : RIAN
12 Required wager : ANTE
13 Tournament position : SEED
14 Doesn’t freak out : KEEPS COOL
21 Fair-hiring letters : EOE
24 Hotel handout : TOURIST MAP
25 Didn’t do nothing : ACTED
27 Precursors : HARBINGERS
28 Group that suspended Syria in 2011 : ARAB LEAGUE
29 Permanent : SET IN STONE
30 Challenge often undertaken while blindfolded : TASTE TEST
32 Unruly group : MOB
33 Talk Like a Pirate Day syllable : ARR
40 “Te __”: Rihanna song : AMO
42 Emma Lazarus’ “The New Colossus,” e.g. : SONNET
46 Godsends : BOONS
47 Tips to one side : HEELS
48 Olympic swimmers Crocker and Thorpe : IANS
49 Arcade game grabber : CLAW
50 Irish Rose’s beau : ABIE
51 Juba’s river : NILE
52 Long way to go? : LIMO
53 Rapper-turned-actor : ICE T