Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday August 20th 2017, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1. Spiced rice PILAF
6. Idle in sketches ERIC
10. Popular tablet IPAD
14. Potential replacement sites HIPS
18. Mexican marinade ADOBO
19. Former Cubs slugger SOSA
20. “__ cloud in the sky, Got the sun in my eyes … “: Carpenters lyric NOT A
21. ’50s pol Stevenson ADLAI
23. Starting blocks user RACER
24. Rejects TURNS DOWN
26. Wikipedia policy NO ADS
27. Chinese tea CHA
28. Author Harte BRET
30. Janus-inspired stringed instrument? TWO-FACED LYRE
32. Tiny colony defender SOLDIER
34. Safari sight LION
35. School interlude RECESS
36. Pkg. payment methods CODS
37. Used a dugout CANOED
39. Top note in a common triad SOL
40. Airer of old MGM films TCM
43. Task for roadies? LOAD THE BASSES
46. Cross SORE
47. Text ender? -UAL
48. SEC Network owner ESPN
49. Employs HIRES
51. The Willis in Chicago, for one TOWER
52. Contempt SCORN
54. Discontinue STOP
57. Spirit of Saint-Louis? ANGE
58. Join UNITE
59. Deprived (of) BEREFT
61. One of the U.S.’s 435… REP
63. Radii, e.g. ARM BONES
65. Bit of criticism from Ravi Shankar? CLOSE BUT NO SITAR
70. Have faith in RELY UPON
73. Require treatment, perhaps AIL
74. Britain’s Penny Black and Two Penny Blue STAMPS
78. Legislate ENACT
79. Voting coalition BLOC
82. Quarter of a bushel PECK
85. Red, yellow or white veggie ONION
86. Like certain gases NOBLE
87. Envisioned being SAW AS
89. Transient with a bindle HOBO
91. PC dial-up upgrade DSL
92. Skin product enhancement ALOE
93. Percussionist’s answer to “When do you practice?”? IN MY SNARE TIME
97. __ gibbon: zoo animal LAR
98. A.L. East squad TOR
101. Delivery on deliverance SERMON
102. “Now I get it!” AHSO!
103. Cold-weather wear PARKAS
106. Appearance MIEN
107. Tariffed goods IMPORTS
110. Hi-hat for high society? STATUS CYMBAL
113. She, in Capri ESSA
114. “Science Guy” Bill NYE
115. “The King and I” group HAREM
116. They have ideas INVENTORS
118. “Cheese!” consequence SMILE
120. Not bottled ON TAP
121. Dark genre NOIR
122. Biblical brother ESAU
123. In shape TONED
124. Places to get in shape GYMS
125. Polish, in a way EDIT
126. Gambit RUSE
127. Some MIT grads ENGRS
DOWN
1. __ nationaux: French tourist attractions PARCS
2. Pocatello locale IDAHO
3. Regional asset LOCAL COLOR
4. Face on a fiver ABE
5. Instrument carved from the Tree of Knowledge? FORBIDDEN FLUTE
6. Glyceride, for one ESTER
7. Force into ignominious retreat ROUT
8. Mideast nation: Abbr. ISR
9. Baja bar CANTINA
10. World’s largest island country INDONESIA
11. [It’s gone!] POOF!
12. Clashing AT WAR
13. End zone celebrations DANCES
14. “Water Music” composer HANDEL
15. Hollywood faves IDOLS
16. Goes for the gold PLAYS TO WIN
17. __ City, Iraq SADR
22. Expert’s conclusion? -ISE
25. “Just Do It” logo SWOOSH
29. Breaks RESTS
31. Novelist Umberto ECO
33. Classic O’Brien 121-Across film DOA
34. Black or yellow pet LAB
37. Red coin? CENT
38. Laura of “Jurassic Park” DERN
41. Labyrinth site of myth CRETE
42. Parisian parents MERES
43. Tatting fabric LACE
44. PC options HPS
45. Genesis and Dreamcast SEGAS
46. Arizona desert SONORAN
47. Thumb drive port USB
50. Pak of the LPGA… SE-RI
51. What Tubby brushes with? TUBA TOOTHPASTE
53. Get more out of RECYCLE
55. Ball ORB
56. Little, in Lille PEU
60. Finest TOP
62. Harper Valley org. PTA
64. Cascade components: Abbr. MTS
66. Blubbers SOBS
67. Zhou __ ENLAI
68. Bit from a bottle NIP
69. Flamenco shout OLE!
70. Concerning kidneys RENAL
71. __ Gay: WWII bomber ENOLA
72. Group once led by Meir and Rabin LABOR PARTY
75. When some late risers get started MID-MORNING
76. Model act POSE
77. NBC skit show SNL
80. Admits, with “up” OWNS
81. Creamy French cheese CAMEMBERT
83. Actor/stuntman Jackie CHAN
84. “MASH” milieu: Abbr. KOR
88. Damascus denizen SYRIAN
90. Rays BEAMS
94. Ore refinery SMELTER
95. __ compos mentis NON
96. Bar opening? ISO-
98. Outdoes TRUMPS
99. Approves OKS
100. Wisconsin city on Lake Michigan RACINE
104. Mr. T’s troop A-TEAM
105. Layer in ecclesiastical governance SYNOD
107. Give out ISSUE
108. Tenth American president TYLER
109. Planted pips SEEDS
110. “I’m Dying Up Here” airer, for short SHO
111. Sharpness TANG
112. XIX x LIII… MVII
113. Ballpark figs. ERAS
117. The Beavers of the Pac-12 OSU
119. Calendar abbr. MON
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