Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday October 18th 2020, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Rush job notation : ASAP
5 Lose one’s way at the podium : RAMBLE
11 Wild guess : STAB
15 Eastern “way” : TAO
18 Valley with vines : NAPA
19 Court : ATRIUM
20 Cry out loud : WAIL
21 “__ Luna”: Allende novel : EVA
22 “You Make Me Feel Like Dancing” singer Leo : SAYER
23 Wrecked Mitsubishi SUVs? : TOTALED ECLIPSES
26 End-of-page abbr. : PTO
27 1998 animated bug film : ANTZ
29 “And how!” : SURE DO!
30 Eponymous lab dish inventor : PETRI
31 Iconic ’60s-’70s TV caretaker : AUNT BEE
33 Skein formers : GEESE
35 Response to “Shall we?” : LET’S
36 Followed Chevy SUVs? : TRAILED BLAZERS
41 Worn : USED
43 Made : EARNED
44 Inflexible : RIGID
45 Indian term of respect : SRI
46 Modern office staples : PCS
49 Foundry waste : SLAG
50 Kept adding to, as a tab : RAN UP
51 Choice for the kitchen : FLOOR TILE
54 Thrust : ESSENCE
57 Like-minded group : BLOC
58 Greenwich who co-wrote songs for the Ronettes and Crystals : ELLIE
59 Tar : OLD SALT
62 Head cases? : CRANIA
64 Tricks : CONS
65 Fraternity letter : TAU
66 Found spots for Ford pickups? : PARKED RANGERS
71 Tiny songbird : TIT
72 Eject : OUST
74 Simple to manage : WIELDY
75 Pepper named for a state : TABASCO
77 “What the Butler Saw” playwright : ORTON
79 The “E” in Q.E.D. : ERAT
80 Indian spice mixtures : MASALAS
83 “The Dirty Dozen” star : LEE MARVIN
85 Comic strip frame : PANEL
86 José’s home : CASA
90 Put the kibosh on : END
91 Sock part : TOE
92 Poker Flat creator : HARTE
93 Seals’ singing partner : CROFTS
95 Building for tools : SHED
97 Selected classic VWs at an online auction? : CLICKED BEETLES
100 Partnership for Peace gp. : NATO
102 Leftovers wrap : SARAN
104 Crossword solver’s smudge : ERASURE
105 Something in the air : AROMA
107 Tenant : RENTER
110 Series finale: Abbr. : ET AL
111 Youngster : TOT
112 Pointed the way for Subaru SUVs? : DIRECTED ASCENTS
115 They cast no votes : ANTIS
117 Dr. Seuss’ Sam-__ : I-AM
118 Former slugger Martinez : TINO
119 Weapons cache : ARMORY
120 Wasn’t straight : LIED
121 Pack critter : ASS
122 Getaway spots : SPAS
123 Fannies : TUSHES
124 Listening devices : EARS
DOWN
1 Note in an E scale : A-NATURAL
2 Parting word : SAYONARA
3 Wild way to go : APE
4 Good Samaritan story, say : PARABLE
5 Betrayed, with “on” : RATTED
6 Familiar gamut : A TO Z
7 1980s Peppard co-star : MR T
8 Partiality : BIAS
9 Whopper : LULU
10 Broke the surface : EMERGED
11 Borg and Bergman : SWEDES
12 Snacks in shells : TACOS
13 Afflict : AIL
14 Minor disruption : BLIP
15 Took Honda SUVs for demo drives? : TESTED PILOTS
16 Ward off : AVERT
17 Spring locale : OASIS
22 Sudden outbursts : SPATES
24 Bucks in the woods : DEER
25 Soccer immortal : PELE
28 Obligation : NEED
32 Slight touches : TINGES
34 Multinational money : EURO
37 White rice’s lack : BRAN
38 “The Mod Squad” cop with an Afro : LINC
39 Feverish feeling : AGUE
40 Energy : ZIP
42 Bring into being : SIRE
45 Like some norms or ills : SOCIETAL
47 Medical center : CLINIC
48 Takes care of : SEES TO
50 Work with a hunter, perhaps : RETRIEVE
51 Spanish dessert : FLAN
52 Yearn : LONG
53 Coddling for a comrade, briefly : TLC
55 Weaken : SAP
56 Picnic staple : SLAW
57 Product of Bali : BRA
59 “Lawrence of Arabia” star Peter : O’TOOLE
60 MLB Network sportscaster __ Shehadi : LAUREN
61 Cleaned the interiors of Geo compacts? : DUSTED STORMS
62 Weep : CRY
63 Decimated Asian sea : ARAL
67 “The Americans” co-star Russell : KERI
68 Pizzazz : ELAN
69 Banned pesticide : DDT
70 Govt. org. that aids entrepreneurs : SBA
73 Barnyard male : TOM
76 Fancy ties : ASCOTS
78 Rapper cousin of Snoop : NATE
80 Target : MARK
81 Required pot contribution : ANTE
82 Start of an idea : SEED
84 Fishing gear : RODS
85 Super __ : PAC
87 Quivering : AFLUTTER
88 Focus of a 1990s-2000s baseball “era” : STEROIDS
89 Stocks and such : ASSETS
92 Implies : HINTS AT
93 Michael of “Arrested Development” : CERA
94 Naturally carbonated brew : REAL ALE
96 Main Web page : HOME
97 Doctrines : CREDOS
98 Young Clark’s love : LANA
99 Ross and DeVos : BETSYS
100 Gymnast Comaneci : NADIA
101 Opera solos : ARIAS
103 __ football : ARENA
106 Takes steps : ACTS
108 Linen hue : ECRU
109 Radiation measures : REMS
110 To be, in Tours : ETRE
113 “Let me give you a __ … ” : TIP
114 Japanese drama : NOH
116 Long of “Empire” : NIA
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