Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Sunday October 4th 2020, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 It often involves a password : USER ID
7 Really wet spot : SWAMP
12 Lucy’s neighbor of old TV : ETHEL
17 Narrow, roadwise : ONE-LANE
18 Town square art : STATUE
19 Aced : NAILED
21 Abrasions : SCRAPES
22 Banking convenience with the wrong comic magician? : AUTOMATIC PENN
24 Prince Valiant’s love : ALETA
25 Appear suddenly : CROP UP
27 Prepare for cooking, as beans : SOAK
28 Org. once led by Bush 41 : CIA
29 Hereditary unit : GENE
30 Les États-__ : UNIS
31 DEA agent : NARC
32 Editor’s “On second thought” decision : STET
33 That, in Santiago : ESA
34 Builder with the wrong surveyor? : STONEDIXON
38 “The Age of Reason” writer : PAINE
39 Gives sparingly : DOLES
41 CPR pro : EMT
42 Hosp. triage specialists : ER DOCS
43 Refuses to concede : DENIES
44 Small file folders, e.g. : ICONS
47 San Antonio-to-Dallas dir. : NNE
48 Big Apple paper, for short : NYT
49 Wanderers : NOMADS
50 Feeling blue with the wrong publisher? : IN A WAGNALLS
53 Seed cover : ARIL
54 Sean of “Stranger Things” : ASTIN
55 Miami suburb with a Seminole-derived name : OPA-LOCKA
59 Timbuktu’s land : MALI
60 Type of card or watch : SMART
61 “My Cousin Vinny” Oscar winner : TOMEI
63 Dom Pérignon maker, familiarly : MOET
64 Narcissism : EGOMANIA
66 Underworld : HADES
67 Part of 41-Acr. : EMER
68 Metalworker with the wrong gun manufacturer? : BLACKWESSON
71 Like rough seas : CHOPPY
73 Sty wallower : SOW
76 Chicago-based grocery franchise : IGA
77 Amend : ALTER
78 Saturn, to Greeks : CRONUS
79 Serious searches : QUESTS
81 “Smell Ready” deodorant brand : AXE
82 Rent again : RELET
83 In __: unborn : UTERO
84 Cheap knockout with the wrong puppet? : SUCKER JUDY
89 Corner key that may get you out of a corner : ESC
92 Pallid : ASHY
93 First baseman Wally most famous for being replaced by Lou Gehrig : PIPP
95 “Was __ harsh?” : I TOO
96 Mex. miss : SRTA
97 Intl. commerce group : WTO
98 “¿Quién __?” : SABE
99 Liable to sing? : BLABBY
101 Tracking device : RADAR
102 African currency with the wrong mapmaker? : KRUGERMCNALLY
105 “You didn’t start yet, did you?” : AM I LATE?
107 Watergate judge John : SIRICA
108 Enter : TYPE IN
109 Tea prep vessels : KETTLES
110 Exams for sophs and jrs. : PSATS
111 Hindu life lesson : SUTRA
112 Influenced : SWAYED
DOWN
1 Reunion arrivals : UNCLES
2 Louvre sculpture of the wrong sister? : SERENA DE MILO
3 Really tickle : ELATE
4 __ Nui: Easter Island : RAPA
5 Having four sharps : IN E
6 Ancestry.com datum: Abbr. : DESC
7 Exasperating, like a car that won’t start : STUPID
8 ’60s dance craze : WATUSI
9 Sitting on : ATOP
10 Silent : MUM
11 Type of blouse : PEASANT
12 ’40s-’50s “Giant Brain” : ENIAC
13 Stable supplies : TACK
14 Cool : HIP
15 Formal choice : ELECTION
16 Judge’s choice : LENIENCY
17 Missouri tributary : OSAGE
18 River to Lyon : SAONE
20 Modern crime-solving aid : DNA TEST
23 Blue Jays, in crawls : TOR
26 Vie for office : RUN
31 Chinese menu assurance : NO MSG
32 Blue : SAD
34 Arrived in a cloud of dust, maybe : SLID
35 Golfer’s pocketful : TEES
36 CIA predecessor : OSS
37 TV warrior princess : XENA
38 Green shampoo : PRELL
40 Where it’s risky to be out : ON A LIMB
42 China’s Zhou __ : ENLAI
43 Biker’s headgear, perhaps : DO-RAG
44 Kind of vb. : INTR
45 “I Am __”: Jenner reality show : CAIT
46 Dominate : OWN
47 Barbers trim them : NAPES
49 Identify : NAME
50 Crooner Chris : ISAAK
51 Certain club restriction : NO MEN
52 “Can __ help me?” : SOMEONE
54 Genoa gal pal : AMICA
56 Intel product with the wrong toon rodent? : COMPUTER DALE
57 Hangs on to : KEEPS
58 “Give it __!” : A TRY
60 Hosiery headaches : SNAGS
61 Subdue with a shock : TASE
62 Telltale warning, maybe : ODOR
65 Gorsuch colleague : ALITO
66 Marshall Plan pres. : HST
69 Dental office simulation : WAX-UP
70 Power co. output : ELEC
71 Street __ : CRED
72 Like some orders : HOLY
73 Gripes : SQUAWKS
74 Exceed : OUTSTRIP
75 Time for night owls : WEE HOURS
78 Wine label word : CRU
80 Texter’s “My bad” : SRY
81 Ways of looking at an issue : ASPECTS
85 Impressive, as a deal : KILLER
86 Latin catchall : ET ALIA
87 One-named Swedish singer with the 1997 hit “Show Me Love” : ROBYN
88 __ fair : JOB
90 Specified : STATED
91 Shows concern : CARES
93 Law office helpers : PARAS
94 “Big Blue” : IBM
96 Language description derived from sailors’ chatter : SALTY
98 Breakaway group : SECT
99 John was one: Abbr. : BAPT
100 Himalayan denizens : YAKS
101 “Lovely” citation issuer of song : RITA
103 Actress Scala : GIA
104 Manhattan sch. : NYU
106 Contribution from the kitty : MEW
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