Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Saturday August 1st 2020, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Cajun staple OKRA
5 Rhyme $yndicate Records founder ICE-T
9 Pooch living in 2062 ASTRO
14 Fast-food option DRIVE-THRU
16 Fine fiddle STRAD
17 Asian cooking ingredient SESAME OIL
18 Sad TEARY
19 Red state verb OWE
20 Boston song whose title lyric precedes “We’re cookin’ tonight” SMOKIN’
22 Preceding periods EVES
23 Goose that may nest on volcanic ash NENE
25 Donkey Kong or King Kong APE
26 Blue side: Abbr. DEMS
27 Sound that gets an exam proctor’s attention PSST
31 Jan. honoree MLK
33 Pop singer Brenda LEE
34 “Nevertheless … ” BE THAT AS IT MAY
37 Dealer’s question ARE YOU IN OR OUT
38 Teaching where to go in England? HOUSE-TRAINING
39 Wine label abbr. ALC
40 Airport near OAK… SFO
41 “This comes __ surprise” AS NO
42 De Matteo of “The Sopranos” DREA
44 “!!!” OMG
46 Judicial order WRIT
50 Bubble Up sister brand DADS
51 Wyndham-owned chain RAMADA
55 Kerfuffle ADO
56 “Don’t get any __” IDEAS
58 Spam-revealing aid? CAN OPENER
60 Hitchcock menace BIRDS
61 Erratic HIT-OR-MISS
62 Toothed whale’s technique SONAR
63 Proto-matter of the universe YLEM
64 Wary of ONTO
DOWN
1 Indulges in to an extreme degree ODS ON
2 Mardi Gras parade-organizing group KREWE
3 Up and at ’em RISEN
4 “Selma” director DuVernay AVA
5 Thing ITEM
6 End of an allergic reaction -CHOO
7 Alexander of “Living Single” ERIKA
8 17th-century craze involving bulbs TULIP MANIA
9 Puerto Rico hrs. AST
10 Medieval Times ride STEED
11 Commuter’s convenience TRAVEL MUG
12 What’s just not done, to some diners? RARE MEAT
13 Quite a journey ODYSSEY
15 Mushroom ends? EMS
21 ’50s-’60s TV family NELSONS
24 Pentathlon equipment EPEES
28 Lid problems STYES
29 Strove to achieve SHOT FOR
30 Matador’s art TAUROMACHY
32 Beer order at a sushi bar KIRIN
34 “Nebraska” Best Actor nominee BRUCE DERN
35 Padre’s hermana TIA
36 Thus far TO NOW
37 Music service pioneer that merged with Slacker in 2017 AOL RADIO
38 Staked a claim (on) HAD DIBS
43 Adjective on taco truck menus ASADA
45 Outlook alternative GMAIL
47 Arrested RAN IN
48 Latin clarifier ID EST
49 Where the heart is TORSO
52 Penultimate prefix ANTE-
53 Dire prophecy DOOM
54 National Poetry Mo. APR
57 Ukr. or Est., once SSR
59 Moody genre EMO
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