Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Monday September 28th 2020, LA Times crossword puzzle.
1 Sampras of tennis : PETE
5 Biological pouches : SACS
9 Monastery leader : ABBOT
14 Door-to-door cosmetics company : AVON
15 Folksy Guthrie : ARLO
16 Lose one’s cool completely : GO APE
17 *Half of a two-piece suit : BIKINI TOP
19 Tossed in a chip : ANTED
20 Devious sort : SLY DOG
21 “__ the matter?” : WHAT’S
23 General with a Chinese dish named for him : TSO
24 Village cousin : TOWN
26 Beer after a shot : CHASER
30 Actress Anderson : LONI
31 *Indian spiced drink : CHAI TEA
32 Mental giant : BRAIN
35 Like gloomy skies : GRAY
37 Garr of “Tootsie” : TERI
38 Cotton thread : LISLE
39 In need of a towel : WET
40 Blue eyes, e.g. : TRAIT
41 Italian sparkling wine : ASTI
42 Dolts : OAFS
43 Get a new tenant for : RELET
44 *Winter Olympics squad : SKI TEAM
46 “So that’s it!” : I SEE
48 Oppressive ruler : TYRANT
49 Grab with a toothpick : STAB
50 Old ultrafast plane, briefly : SST
53 Popular search engine : YAHOO
55 Light humor : LEVITY
57 Colgate rival : ORAL-B
60 Stop a fight … and a hint to a literal feature of the answers to starred clues : BREAK IT UP
62 Burnett with a namesake Golden Globe : CAROL
63 Checklist component : ITEM
64 Barn topper : VANE
65 At that place : THERE
66 Anklebones : TALI
67 Cogito-sum link : ERGO
DOWN
1 Blue Ribbon brewer : PABST
2 Lesser of two __ : EVILS
3 Planned 2020 Olympics city : TOKYO
4 Oklahoma city NNW of Oklahoma City : ENID
5 Ho Chi Minh City, formerly : SAIGON
6 Museum display : ART
7 Class cutup : CLOWN
8 Last year’s frosh : SOPH
9 Mystery award named for a British writer : AGATHA
10 *Miniature garden grower : BONSAI TREE
11 Flier that sleeps upside-down : BAT
12 Reveal, to a poet : OPE
13 Danson of TV : TED
18 Nary a soul : NOT ONE
22 Needing a rubdown : ACHY
25 Domed Native American dwelling : WIGWAM
27 Make off with : STEAL
28 Like a wolf’s howl : EERIE
29 Singer Bonnie : RAITT
30 *”American Crime” actress : LILI TAYLOR
31 Keep tabs on a tabby : CAT-SIT
32 Leave the launching pad, with “off” : BLAST
33 Foolhardy : RISKY
34 Up and about : ASTIR
36 Slo-mo reviewer : REF
40 “Jeopardy!” host : TREBEK
42 Sworn statement : OATH
45 Make possible : ENABLE
47 Italian sub meat : SALAMI
49 Not exactly, informally : SORTA
50 Shankar’s strings : SITAR
51 Bitten by bees : STUNG
52 Versatile blood donor : TYPE O
54 “In memoriam” bio : OBIT
56 “__ le roi!” : VIVE
57 Costume-buying mo. : OCT
58 Cheer word : RAH
59 “All bets __ off” : ARE
61 Fish that swims backwards : EEL
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