Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday August 30th 2020, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Did gondola duty : POLED
6 “Today” rival, briefly : GMA
9 Middling : SO SO
13 Short staff? : ASSTS
18 Dollar alternative : ALAMO
19 Short trip : HOP
20 Alpha’s antithesis : OMEGA
22 Beat in the kitchen : WHISK
23 “Wait … let me start over” : I’M GETTING MYSELF
26 Najimy who voiced Peggy Hill in “King of the Hill” : KATHY
27 Bad look : LEER
28 Heckle, but not Jeckle : HARASS
29 The “P” in PIN: Abbr. : PERS
31 Unilever swab : Q-TIP
32 Old manuscript copier : SCRIBE
34 Scalpel sites, for short : ORS
35 Polynesian wrap : SARONG
37 Rage : IRE
38 To the point : TERSE
40 Spa sounds : AHS
41 Early pictures : SILENTS
43 Some online reads : E ZINES
45 Diamond surfaces : FACETS
48 Georgia gridders, to fans : DAWGS
49 “Ginger __”: 1952 Newbery Medal-winning book : PYE
50 “Spring forward” letters : DST
51 School reunion attendee : ALUM
52 Car radio button : PRESET
54 Oxygen-eating bacteria : AEROBES
56 Asian festival : TET
57 Gets dirty : SOILS
58 Busy center : HUB
61 Uncle Sam’s land, proudly : US OF A
62 Bunny tail : SCUT
63 Coral component : POLYP
64 Big shot: Abbr. : ENL
65 Cellar, but not collar, opening : SOFT C
66 Belief common to much religion : DEATH LIFE
68 “Explain, please?” : HOW SO
70 Western PA airport code : ERI
71 Disappearing retail giant : KMART
73 Hosp. readouts : EEGS
74 Lodge opening? : ECONO
75 Patel of “Slumdog Millionaire” : DEV
76 Gets one’s feet wet : WADES
77 Milne hopper : ROO
78 Caught : IN A TRAP
80 First novel in Christopher Paolini’s Inheritance Cycle : ERAGON
82 Sign of a hit : DENT
83 Wks. and wks. : MOS
84 Platters in sleeves : LPS
85 Beautify : ADORN
86 Puts down : ABASES
88 Honors : AWARDS
90 Svelte : SLENDER
92 911 pro : EMT
93 Culture: Pref. : ETHNO
94 Friend of Goat in “Pearls Before Swine” : PIG
95 Some skippers : STONES
97 Flock hangout : LEA
99 List-shortening term : ET ALIA
103 Sticks on a boat : OARS
105 Boat owner’s rental : SLIP
106 Flat owner, maybe : LESSOR
108 Sound : SANE
109 Fitness mantra opening : USE IT
111 Method for slow, steady progress : ONE FOOT THE OTHER
114 Like a fleabag motel : SEEDY
115 Asian wraps : SARIS
116 Dusk, to Donne : E’EN
117 __ dish : PETRI
118 Half of scissors? : ESSES
119 Hacking targets: Abbr. : SSNS
120 Sellout letters : SRO
121 Hackneyed : TRITE
DOWN
1 Beach toys : PAILS
2 Early Mesoamerican sculptors : OLMEC
3 It may be golden : LAGER
4 Some retired academics : EMERITI
5 Point : DOT
6 Karmann __: classic VW : GHIA
7 President before an Adams : MONROE
8 Eponymous newborn score creator : APGAR
9 Sauces for sushi : SOYS
10 Yoga syllables : OMS
11 Overlook : SEE PAST
12 Lustful looker : OGLER
13 Comics cry from a birdcage : AWK
14 Member of three L.A. Lakers championship teams : SHAQ
15 Feeling ecstatic : SITTING THE WORLD
16 Stadium merch : T-SHIRTS
17 Uses a Zoom alternative : SKYPES
21 “Hair” dos : AFROS
24 First name of Dickens’ Madame Defarge : THERESE
25 Ed.’s stack : MSS
30 Dudley’s toon foe : SNIDELY
33 Make every effort : BEND BACKWARDS
35 Brother of Ham : SHEM
36 Fancy poultry dish : GLASS PHEASANT
39 Retired fliers: Abbr. : SSTS
40 Superior to all others : A CUT THE REST
42 Sheepish girl? : EWE
43 Gentrification target : EYESORE
44 Negative forecast : ZERO FIVE DEGREES
45 Campaign funders : FAT CATS
46 Alaskan native : ALEUT
47 “SNL” staples : SPOOFS
49 Took a breather : PAUSED
53 Heat up : RILE
55 O’er and o’er again : OFT
57 Features of urns : SPIGOTS
59 Loosens, as a tot’s pajamas : UNSNAPS
60 Soft hits just over the infield : BLOOPS
62 Big name in tennis : SERENA
66 Carpenter’s groove : DADO
67 Sierra __ : LEONE
69 LGBT History Mo. : OCT
72 Drawers? : MAGNETS
78 “__ a loss” : I’M AT
79 Remote area known for its middle? : NOWHERE
81 Hermione’s guy : RON
82 Stream blockers : DAMS
85 Assumed names : ALIASES
87 Paging devices : BEEPERS
89 Family dinner fowl : ROASTER
90 Half of some couples : SPOUSE
91 Hershey’s caramel candies : ROLOS
93 A time to dye : EASTER
96 Granada girls : NINAS
97 It’s a sign : LEO
98 __ Park, Colorado : ESTES
100 Christine of “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” : LAHTI
101 Like radon, say : INERT
102 Home on high : AERIE
104 Kick starter? : SIDE-
106 L, in box scores : LOSS
107 “What a mess!” : OH NO
110 TV’s Burrell and baseball’s Cobb : TYS
112 Ocean flipper : FIN
113 Back (out) : OPT
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