Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Friday July 24th 2020, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Need in many outdoor games BALL
5 Basic card game WAR
8 Saltpetre NITRE
13 Takeout option THAI
14 Camaro __-Z IROC
16 They may be crumbled in ice cream OREOS
17 With 59-Across, old English nursery rhyme being investigated by the detectives in this puzzle WHO KILLED
19 Coffee mate? DONUT
20 German finale ENDE
21 Chaotic situation, in slang CARNAGE
23 Wealthy TV sleuth Matt HOUSTON
26 Hard-boiled sleuth Mike HAMMER
27 Northern sky sight AURORA
28 __ ballerina PRIMA
30 Where Charlie “may ride forever,” in a 1959 hit MTA
31 Gaming biggie ATARI
33 Watchdog org.? ASPCA
37 Exploit MILK
39 Falcon-finding sleuth Sam SPADE
41 Medieval Asian leader KHAN
42 Consents YESES
44 Twosomes in the news ITEMS
46 Guadalajara gold ORO
47 Gulf of Aqaba city EILAT
49 Took the sloop BOATED
51 Twinkly-eyed sleuth Jane MARPLE
54 Wisecracking sleuth Philip MARLOWE
55 Spammer, e.g. EMAILER
57 City on Utah Lake OREM
58 Cordial relations AMITY
59 See 17-Across (and see circles for the solution to the mystery) COCK ROBIN
64 It’s a fact DATUM
65 Pain in the neck, e.g. ACHE
66 Roman fiddler NERO
67 Rickman role in Harry Potter films SNAPE
68 Smidge TAD
69 Feint on the ice DEKE
DOWN
1 FYI cousin BTW
2 Sound from a spa AHH
3 Vientiane native LAO
4 “Just watch me” LIKE SO
5 Metaphor for youthful indiscretion WILD OATS
6 Former senator Specter ARLEN
7 Caviar ROE
8 Having a calm temperament NO-DRAMA
9 Identity-concealing attire, in a Dumas novel IRON MASK
10 Coffee hr. TEN AM
11 Compact item ROUGE
12 Perfume compound ESTER
15 Epidemic-fighting agcy. CDC
18 Mural opening INTRA-
22 Sashimi selection AHI
23 Given to overacting HAMMY
24 Navel type OUTIE
25 Eurasian divide URALS
28 Star-Lord portrayer Chris PRATT
29 Theme park staple RIDE
32 Samoan port APIA
34 One of many on a phone these days PHOTO
35 Rod in Cooperstown CAREW
36 Positive pole, perhaps ANODE
38 “Hang in there” KEEP IT UP
40 Left on a sloop EMBARKED
43 “D’oh!” SILLY ME
45 More ticked off SORER
48 Sheltered side LEE
50 __ Joy ALMOND
51 Honey drinks MEADS
52 Capital south of Beirut AMMAN
53 Indian yogurt dip RAITA
54 Coffee shop order MOCHA
56 Color TV pioneer RCA
60 It ends rather spookily: Abbr. OCT
61 Busyness symbol BEE
62 Tick off IRK
63 San Francisco’s __ Valley NOE
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