Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Saturday August 24th 2019, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Karate match exchanges BOWS
5 Nickname for Chicago’s Ernie Banks MR CUB
10 Gradually decrease WANE
14 Chamber phenomenon ECHO
15 Campaign suspensions CEASEFIRES
17 Biting ACID
18 Gadgets with small rotary blades CAN OPENERS
19 Pub nibbles NUTS
20 Corrida shout OLE
21 Christmas hymn start ADESTE
22 Vent opening? PRE-
23 One in a gun show? GYM RAT
25 Ax wielder, at times BOSS
26 Lover of Euridice, in a Gluck opera ORFEO
28 Anaheim stadium nickname BIG A
30 1843 story narrated by a murderer, with “The” TELL-TALE HEART
35 Finger in the dike, so to speak DAMAGE CONTROL
37 Out until tomorrow GONE FOR THE DAY
39 Essential nutrient SALT
40 Split for a union ELOPE
41 Gush SPEW
44 Meteorological line ISOBAR
48 Units for many staples: Abbr. LBS
49 Blowup sound KABOOM
51 Bumped into MET
52 Didn’t make it through committee, as a bill DIED
53 Beyond reason INORDINATE
55 Land in a lake ISLE
56 Heavy burdens MILLSTONES
57 Wonder Woman gal pal __ Candy ETTA
58 Pompano kin SCAD
59 Black-necked shorebird STILT
60 World power initials until 1991 USSR
DOWN
1 Slow cooker associated with Boston BEANPOT
2 Went down, in a way OCCURRED
3 Yield sign? WHITE FLAG
4 Puts down roots SODS
5 “I’m a doctor, not a bricklayer” doctor MCCOY
6 King’s domain REALM
7 Worker with rattan CANER
8 “For the Boys” org. USO
9 Advice for the itchy BE PATIENT
10 Port vessel WINE BARREL
11 “You __ lucky!” ARE SO
12 “Fiddlesticks!” NERTS
13 Pair of shoes? ESSES
16 Ness, for one FED
23 Was a whiz on a quiz GOT AN A
24 Can’t stand ABHOR
27 “Sesame Street” segment ELMO’S WORLD
29 Round up GATHER
31 Certain eligibility rules AGE LIMITS
32 Ali hooks, at times LEFTS
33 “The Name of the Rose” author ECO
34 Work plans TO-DO LISTS
36 Safety features that have evolved since their inception LAP BELTS
38 Spousal consent YES, DEAR
41 Works on pools SKIMS
42 __ attack PANIC
43 Target of a new vaccine EBOLA
45 Spender of rials OMANI
46 Stimulating nut BETEL
47 ’50s headline event A-TEST
50 Takes in too much, for short OD’S
52 Spirit of Notre-Dame DIEU
54 “__ my problem” NOT
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