Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday August 16th 2020, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Prepare for sushi, in a way CHOP
5 Experienced OLD
8 “Milk’s Favorite Cookie” OREO
12 __ light IDIOT
17 Nevada casino city RENO
18 Taro paste POI
19 La. or Dak., once TERR
20 Parodies SENDUPS
23 The ad said “seasonal work” … and we got an __! EXECUTIVE CHEF
26 Island wine MADEIRA
27 Ewoks’ forest moon ENDOR
28 Asian New Year TET
29 Did very well in ACED
31 Fan ROOTER
32 Turned up ground DUG
33 One of two presidents between a James and an Andrew ABE
35 … “flexible hours” … and we got a __! CONTORTIONIST
38 Team that’s won six Super Bowls STEELERS
41 NFL linemen RGS
42 Open court hearing, in law OYER
43 “__ the ramparts … ” O’ER
44 Cape Town’s home: Abbr. RSA
45 Songwriter Redding OTIS
47 Rescue plea SOS
48 Start to build a pot ANTE
49 Prohibition BAN
51 Programming classroom PC LAB
53 Tuneful MELODIC
56 … “fast-paced environment” … and we got a __! RACE CAR DRIVER
59 Fitting tightly NESTING
63 Boomerang’s path ARC
64 Natural soother ALOE
65 Bearded flower IRIS
67 Tootsy protector BOOTEE
68 Haphazard application SMEAR
70 … “good driving record” … and we got a __! PRO GOLFER
74 Bodybuilder’s asset BRAWN
75 In single file TANDEM
77 Wind catcher SAIL
78 Very small amount IOTA
80 Protective shelter LEE
81 Horns usually shed once a year ANTLERS
83 … “high-energy position” … and we got a __! TRAPEZE ARTIST
87 Covered, in a way INSURED
89 Caper film subject HEIST
90 “Eat Better, Eat Together” mo. OCT
91 Door support JAMB
94 One living an orderly life? NUN
95 Poetic period MORN
96 Hard pull TUG
98 Opposite of WSW… ENE
99 Carp family fish CHUB
101 Fifth-century invader HUN
102 Smoke dispensers, at times GRENADES
107 … “service-minded attitude” … and we got a __! WORSHIP LEADER
111 Be mistaken ERR
112 “__ Been Thinking About You”: 1991 #1 hit I’VE
113 Copy __ EDITOR
114 Author Bagnold ENID
115 Long-bodied fish EEL
117 A channel may lead to one INLET
119 Shaving cream additive LANOLIN
121 … “strong verbal skills” and we got a __! DRILL SERGEANT
124 Ljubljana language SLOVENE
125 Honoring verses ODES
126 Word between two cards? ANY
127 Germany’s von Bismarck OTTO
128 Coat material SERGE
129 Microsoft product WORD
130 Versatile truck, informally UTE
131 Loch with a legend NESS
DOWN
1 Statements of faith CREEDS
2 Six-sided fastener HEX NUT
3 Keyed up ON EDGE
4 Musical modifier POCO
5 Make a choice OPT
6 Linger idly LOITER
7 __ bar DIVE
8 Non-Rx OTC
9 Puts back up REHANGS
10 Sets upright ERECTS
11 Gluck’s “__ ed Euridice” ORFEO
12 Belief system ISM
13 Sweetheart DEARIE
14 Like some sports INDOOR
15 Ancient music hall ODEON
16 School income source TUITION
21 Program in advance PRESET
22 “Hell is other people” French dramatist SARTRE
24 Eurasian range URALS
25 “Yada, yada, yada” letters ETC
30 Visibly anticipate, with “over” DROOL
34 “Little help here, bud?” BE A PAL
36 African antelope ORIBI
37 “Iron Mike” in the ring TYSON
39 Coastal bird ERNE
40 Does a metalworking job SOLDERS
46 Sailor TAR
47 Letter embellishment SERIF
48 One given the part ACTOR
49 Drink mixer, in Manchester BARMAN
50 Stress ACCENT
52 Farm product CROP
53 Reagle of “Wordplay” MERL
54 Nebraska senator Fischer DEB
55 Weather map line ISOBAR
56 Bob Marley, e.g. RASTA
57 Sway on a curve CAREEN
58 Common quartet instrument VIOLA
60 Emphatic type ITALIC
61 Late to the max NEWEST
62 “The Balcony” playwright GENET
66 Taking with force SEIZING
69 Deliver spontaneously AD LIB
71 Like granola bars OATEN
72 Surround GIRD
73 Small deer ROES
76 __ Puff: SpongeBob’s driving teacher MRS
79 Shred TATTER
82 Something to crow about? SUNUP
84 Cell, nowadays PHONE
85 Always, to a poet E’ER
86 Cover-up in Nero’s time TOGA
88 Russian note RUBLE
91 Royal ornaments JEWELS
92 Of a battery terminal ANODAL
93 Sources of fine wool MERINOS
95 Less clear MUDDIER
97 Strip of equipment UNRIG
99 Anger CHOLER
100 Putting on the payroll HIRING
101 Job for a stylist HAIRDO
103 Let up RELENT
104 Pupils do it in the dark DILATE
105 They happen EVENTS
106 Brief scuffles SET-TOS
108 Franklin’s burned wood STOVE
109 Provide with funding ENDOW
110 Member of the fam. REL
116 Name possibly derived from the Arabic for “hairy” ESAU
118 Colorless gas for colorful signs NEON
120 Born, in Brest NEE
122 “Acid” LSD
123 Pumpernickel grain RYE
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