Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Friday March 20th 2020, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Incite PROD
5 Modern “methinks” IMHO
9 Pink flowers in a van Gogh still life ROSES
14 Water-diverting feature EAVE
15 It’s not optional NEED
16 Brigham Young University city PROVO
17 *Bargain on the last day of Oktoberfest? STEIN SALE
19 Urdu for “palace” MAHAL
20 Blunder ERR
21 Barbarian in Dante’s Seventh Circle ATTILA
23 Butterfield of “Ender’s Game” ASA
24 Cartomancy deck TAROT
26 *Singer Damone, vis-à-vis actor Morrow? OLDER VIC
29 Starfleet school ACADEMY
32 Record holder SLEEVE
33 Ship SEND
34 Accessories for a Red Hat Society lunch BOAS
37 Bond and Bourne SPIES
38 *Snoopy’s specialist? BEAGLE VET
41 Scratching post material SISAL
44 Jai __ ALAI
45 Its first version was egg-shaped IMAC
49 Spotted cat OCELOT
51 Argentina’s “City of Diagonals” LA PLATA
53 *One who’ll talk your ear off about osso buco and saltimbocca? VEAL NERD
56 Norse group that fought the Vanir AESIR
57 Hypotheticals IFS
58 Part of AC/DC DIRECT
61 Minn. neighbor ONT
62 A-listers ELITE
65 Basic auto maintenance, and how each answer to a starred clue was created OIL CHANGE
67 “Who’s on First?” catcher TODAY
68 Composer Sibelius JEAN
69 While away KILL
70 Note next to a red F, maybe SEE ME
71 __-Navy game ARMY
72 Downfall of many kings? ACES
DOWN
1 Old Iberian coins PESETAS
2 Grind RAT RACE
3 Exceeded, as a budget OVERRAN
4 Agnus __ DEI
5 MIT center?: Abbr. INST
6 Substantial content MEAT
7 Sun: Pref. HELIO-
8 The “O” in football’s OBJ… ODELL
9 Tach readout RPM
10 60 minuti ORA
11 “Me too” SO HAVE I
12 Hard to follow EVASIVE
13 Says “There, there,” say SOLACES
18 Silver of FiveThirtyEight NATE
22 Spots ADS
25 Eccentric ODDBALL
27 “What __ can I do?” ELSE
28 Snake, for one REPTILE
30 MIT Sloan deg. MBA
31 Class with mats YOGA
35 Entirely ALL
36 Authenticating symbol SEAL
39 North Carolina university ELON
40 Through VIA
41 Khrushchev and Gorbachev SOVIETS
42 Baffin Bay hazard ICE FLOE
43 Coastal region SEASIDE
46 Like some lodges MASONIC
47 Goose-pimply ATINGLE
48 Price-fixing groups CARTELS
50 “Chopped” host Allen TED
52 Way to go PATH
54 Spanish red wine RIOJA
55 Less rainy, as a climate DRIER
59 Oater actor Jack ELAM
60 Harlem sch. CCNY
63 Bagpiper’s hat TAM
64 London __: Ferris wheel EYE
66 Letters in an APB… AKA