Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Monday November 16th 2020, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Wedding party escort : USHER
6 Witch’s incantation : SPELL
11 Image file suffix : JPG
14 Garden-guarding spirit : GNOME
15 Free-for-all : MELEE
16 Poetic “before” : ERE
17 “Fingers crossed!” : HERE’S HOPING
19 Golf starting point : TEE
20 Cattle identifier : EAR TAG
21 Puts dressing in, as a turkey : STUFFS
23 Painter or sculptor : ARTIST
24 American addition to Chinese cuisine : CHOP SUEY
26 Face cover : VEIL
27 Hawaii’s Mauna __ : LOA
28 Watch over : TEND
29 Shakespearean rumpus : ADO
30 Sad on the Seine? : BLEU
32 Migratory salmon : SMOLTS
34 Vessel carrying soldiers : TROOPSHIP
36 Directs (to), as a specialist : REFERS
39 Fibbed : LIED
40 __ moment: revelation : AHA
43 Yemeni port : ADEN
44 Bumped into : MET
45 Hoity-toity sort : SNOB
46 Steph Curry hoops specialty : JUMP SHOT
49 Draw idly : DOODLE
51 College grounds : CAMPUS
52 Lighthearted banter : LEVITY
53 See 53-Down : -PAL
54 Earth-friendly retailer … and a hint to the circled letters : RECYCLE SHOP
57 Consumed : ATE
58 Stay away from : AVOID
59 Offends the nose : REEKS
60 “Spot on!” : YES
61 Dots on a map : TOWNS
62 Doctrinal belief : TENET
DOWN
1 “This tastes awful!” : UGH
2 Smiled with disdain : SNEERED
3 Fictional captain Hornblower : HORATIO
4 “Bam!” chef : EMERIL
5 Takes ten : RESTS
6 Air quality issue : SMOG
7 __ talk: team motivator : PEP
8 “Happy Endings” actress Cuthbert : ELISHA
9 Largo relative : LENTO
10 Assistance, with “a” : LEG UP
11 Propellant for a flying fighter : JET FUEL
12 Roll call response : PRESENT
13 “Who knew?” : GEE
18 __ trick: hockey player’s three goals in a game : HAT
22 SLR setting : F-STOP
23 “Selma” director DuVernay : AVA
24 Rhyming pair : COUPLET
25 NFL stats : YDS
27 Zodiac feline : LEO
30 “Turn on the heat!” : BRR
31 __ Angeles : LOS
32 “… __ loves me not” : SHE
33 Prefix with night : MID-
34 Local news hr. : TEN PM
35 Obedience school command : SIT
36 Friend of TV’s Sheldon and Leonard : RAJ
37 Provide schooling for : EDUCATE
38 Ewes and does : FEMALES
40 “Subsequently … ” : AND THEN
41 Mount __: oldest Seven Sisters college : HOLYOKE
42 Civil War prez : ABE
44 Red Square city : MOSCOW
45 “It’s pretty obvious” : SO I SEE
47 Nursery rhyme dieter : SPRAT
48 Spanish omelet ingredient : HUEVO
49 Joe Biden’s st. : DEL
50 Unconcealed : OVERT
52 Certain TV screens : LCDS
53 With 53-Across, money transfer app : PAY-
55 Yang’s counterpart : YIN
56 Wash. winter hours : PST
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