Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Saturday October 3rd 2020, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Handle the roasting : TAKE A JOKE
10 Large amounts : LOADS
15 Words of exasperation : I CAN’T EVEN
16 Like most residents of Nunavut : INUIT
17 Ironic lead-in to stating the obvious : NEWS FLASH
18 Slowly consume : NURSE
19 Org. created in 2001 : TSA
20 Request while extending a glass : I’LL HAVE SOME
22 Light-footed : SPRY
24 Disney princess voiced by Kristen Bell : ANNA
25 Genre in a battle, perhaps : RAP
26 Pandemonium : CHAOS
28 Flakes in boxes : CEREALS
30 Territory from 1861 to 1889 : DAKOTA
32 Branches : SECTS
33 Dove headfirst, maybe : SLID
34 Surreptitious sip source : FLASK
36 __ hammer : CLAW
40 “Quo Vadis” director Mervyn __ : LEROY
42 Area of influence : SPHERE
44 Alma mater of about half the Supreme Court : YALE LAW
47 On the level : LEGIT
48 Long beginning? : ERE
49 Measures of current events? : AMPS
51 Nepali wrap : SARI
52 Briskly depart : SCAMPER AWAY
55 Hogwash : ROT
58 Nets : MAKES
59 Lecturer’s “My bad” : I MISSPOKE
61 “Skyfall” singer : ADELE
62 “Dang!” : CONSARN IT
63 Ones who rarely skip class : NERDS
64 Obvious : EASY TO SEE
DOWN
1 Add some contrast to : TINT
2 High pair : ACES
3 Jet Ski maker : KAWASAKI
4 Two for dinner? : ENS
5 Before digging deeper : AT FIRST
6 Kids’ sandwich ingredient : JELLY
7 Like zeroes : OVAL
8 “Die Young” singer : KESHA
9 Increases in desirability : ENHANCES
10 Illustrations without shades and hues : LINE ART
11 Heavy weight : ONUS
12 Highlights? : AURORA
13 Really bad : DISMAL
14 Soaks : STEEPS
21 Tee choices : V-NECKS
23 Toy with curly hair : POODLE
26 Media with narrow tracks : CDS
27 Movie villain that reads lips : HAL
29 “Relativity” artist : ESCHER
31 Slopeside sight : A-FRAME
32 “… to name one” : SAY
35 Ad come-on : LOW PRICE
37 “Cool Hand Luke” restraints : LEG IRONS
38 Chase Field team, on scoreboards : ARI
39 __ paint : WET
41 Goes by : ELAPSES
43 Doesn’t do seriously : PLAYS AT
44 Boss-pleasing guy : YES MAN
45 “The Suburbs” Grammy-winning indie rock band __ Fire : ARCADE
46 Secret source : LEAKER
50 American __ : SAMOA
51 Showing ‘tude : SASSY
53 Merge : MELD
54 Standings column : WINS
56 Arkansan’s neighbor : OKIE
57 Nice place for a cap? : TETE
60 Behind : PRO
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