Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Thursday April 23rd 2020, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Title critter in Blake’s “Songs of Innocence” LAMB
5 Almost dry DAMP
9 Football’s “Papa Bear” HALAS
14 __ vera ALOE
15 __ Eats: delivery service UBER
16 Hold the floor ORATE
17 Generous severance package (GOLDEN) PARACHUTE
19 Bobby in a 1971 #1 hit MCGEE
20 Toss aside DITCH
21 Bad loser SOREHEAD
23 Locks HAIR
26 Stage of adolescence PUBERTY
27 Frito-Lay brand TOSTITOS
31 Sudoku fill: Abbr. NOS
32 Chance of a lifetime OPPORTUNITY
34 Web spots ADS
37 Ethically uncertain GRAY
38 Ring bearer EAR
39 Came down to earth ALIT
40 “Atlas Shrugged” writer Rand AYN
41 Marriage milestone ANNIVERSARY
45 Lily of France garment BRA
46 Citrus grove sight LIME TREE
47 Covered, in a way INSURED
51 NYC area above Houston Street NOHO
52 Suddenly stops working, as an engine SEIZES UP
54 __ Gay ENOLA
58 TV host Gibbons LEEZA
59 His touch will complete five puzzle answers KING MIDAS
62 Garden tool EDGER
63 Biblical twin ESAU
64 California’s __ Valley SIMI
65 Stadium levels TIERS
66 Droops SAGS
67 Air filter acronym HEPA
DOWN
1 W. Coast force LAPD
2 Court game word ALAI
3 Cartoonist Drucker MORT
4 Bucket shaped like a sandcastle, for one BEACH TOY
5 “Thank you, Captain Obvious” DUH
6 __ Dhabi ABU
7 Team that retired Mike Piazza’s #31 METS
8 Hosp. area PREOP
9 __ Industries: L.A. youth program HOMEBOY
10 McDonald’s trademark ARCHES
11 Ale alternative LAGER
12 Bugged a lot ATE AT
13 Like some bagels SEEDY
18 Department head CHAIR
22 Litter lightweight RUNT
24 Addams cousin ITT
25 Monet’s “Cathedral Series” city ROUEN
27 Forum robe TOGA
28 “Live at the __”: Patsy Cline album OPRY
29 Spread across SPAN
30 __ mail SNAIL
33 “The Empire Strikes Back” director Kershner IRVIN
34 Old apple spray ALAR
35 Desperate DIRE
36 Eye woe STYE
39 Blow away ASTONISH
41 Unpaid balance ARREARS
42 Highland refusals NAES
43 Punk subgenre EMO
44 Shorten, as a pants leg REHEM
45 Automatic promotion on “America’s Got Talent” BUZZER
47 Spot of land ISLET
48 “__ say more?” NEED I
49 Onslaught SIEGE
50 They’re put up in fights DUKES
53 City in Tuscany PISA
55 Comic strip canine ODIE
56 Light source LAMP
57 Sri Lanka locale ASIA
60 Old horse NAG
61 “Better Call Saul” drug lord Fring GUS
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