Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Friday October 23rd 2020, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Ancient wizard : MAGE
5 Serbian-born NBA center __ Jokic : NIKOLA
11 Fella : BRO
14 Speck : ATOM
15 Bordeaux wine : CLARET
16 Narrow inlet : RIA
17 Grasslands around Dakar? : SENEGAL LEAS
19 Petition : ASK
20 High ranges : SIERRAS
21 Holder of 61 NHL records : GRETZKY
23 Chamber group : TRIO
24 Comet relative : BON AMI
25 Retire : TURN IN
28 Jessica of “Dark Angel” : ALBA
31 Winter vacation purchase : SKI PASS
33 Part of a late 1900s demographic : GEN-YER
35 “The Simpsons” storekeeper : APU
36 Feature of a map of Baghdad? : IRAQ KEY
38 MD treating canals : ENT
39 Oklahoma tribe : PAWNEE
41 Accidental : UNMEANT
43 Genesis twin : ESAU
44 Middle of a three-part start : GET SET
45 Subtly points out : INFERS
48 Present time? : XMAS
51 Uniform concern, maybe : HAT SIZE
53 Late author whose daughter wrote, “As far as we in the family are concerned, the alphabet now ends in Y” : GRAFTON
56 Behave : ACT
57 Laid-back attitude in Hanoi? : VIETNAM EASE
59 Charlotte of “The Facts of Life” : RAE
60 Bivouac : ENCAMP
61 Times past : ERAS
62 Uma’s “Pulp Fiction” role : MIA
63 Perceived to be : SEEN AS
64 Caesar and others : SIDS
DOWN
1 One side of a physics equivalence principle : MASS
2 Bit the dust : ATE IT
3 One with no hope : GONER
4 Honored retirees : EMERITI
5 Indiana-based sports org. : NCAA
6 Troubles : ILLS
7 Penn of “House” : KAL
8 Crater Lake locale : OREGON
9 Hear (of) : LEARN
10 Without a clue : AT SEA
11 Longing in São Paulo? : BRAZIL YEN
12 Take a shot at : RISK
13 Wine nuance word : OAKY
18 Exuberant fan : GROUPIE
22 IRS agent : T-MAN
24 Fish restaurant offerings : BISQUES
26 Unusual : RARE
27 Eavesdropping org. : NSA
29 Twisted : BENT
30 Focus for some collectors : ART
31 Watering holes : SPAS
32 Hot spot in Al Ahmadi? : KUWAIT TEA
33 Masterpieces : GEMS
34 Test involving gradually longer lines : EYE EXAM
35 Mimic : APE
37 Round Table VIP : KNT
40 Creatures of habit? : NUNS
42 Some bank acct. charges : ATM FEES
44 Homer’s home : GREECE
46 Fins : FIVES
47 Slate, for one : E-ZINE
49 Original Flashback games console designer : ATARI
50 “What a pity” : SO SAD
51 Wrong : HARM
52 Smoothie fruit : ACAI
53 Fed. lending agency : GNMA
54 Criticizes : RAPS
55 Storied loch : NESS
58 Brown shade : TAN
Leave a Reply