Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Thursday March 19th 2020, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Jazzes (up) PEPS
5 “Let’s open a window” I’M HOT
10 Musical riff VAMP
14 Louver part SLAT
15 Whistle blower COACH
16 Retailer whose logo colors are the same as on its founder’s national flag IKEA
17 The con entered the bank under an __, … ASSUMED IDENTITY
20 Sly critic SNIPER
21 Became frothy FOAMED
22 Fertility clinic supply OVA
24 Prefix with content MAL-
25 Not agin FER
26 Amazon snake BOA
27 … told the banker a __, … FABRICATED STORY
31 Catching a break IN LUCK
32 Iditarod runner HUSKY
33 “High School Musical” extra TEEN
34 Crouched behind a boulder HID
35 This and that, say PAIR
39 Jack of “The Great Dictator” OAKIE
42 Colorado’s “Steel City” PUEBLO
44 … opened an account with a __, … COUNTERFEIT BILL
48 One in a tchr.’s key ANS
49 Canadian whisky RYE
50 Old call letters? MCI
51 “The Hollow Men” poet’s monogram TSE
52 Giggle TEE-HEE
54 It merged with CBS in 2019 VIACOM
56 … and cashed a check with a __ FORGED SIGNATURE
60 JFK part: Abbr. INIT
61 Languid INERT
62 Pic to click ICON
63 Koppel and others TEDS
64 “Long time __!” NO SEE
65 Like racehorses SHOD
DOWN
1 TV ad promoting water conservation, e.g. PSA
2 Golfer Ernie from South Africa ELS
3 Good enough PASSABLE
4 Bowl over STUN
5 Swell treatment? ICE PACK
6 Classic Ford MODEL A
7 Word with net or ball HAIR-
8 Anxious med. condition OCD
9 American agents, familiarly THE FEDS
10 CV, briefly VITA
11 With hands on hips AKIMBO
12 Night streaker METEOR
13 Bright spot in the workweek PAYDAY
18 Copycat MIMIC
19 Language of Oslo, in Oslo NORSK
22 Make the most __ OF IT
23 Barn topper VANE
25 Clash of clans FEUD
28 Sentence that should be two or more sentences RUN-ON
29 Crook THIEF
30 Laid-back sort TYPE B
34 New employee HIRE
36 Over the top A BIT MUCH
37 Societal woes ILLS
38 What a hat may symbolize ROLE
40 Trapped, after “up” A TREE
41 Entered KEYED IN
42 Salsa option PICANTE
43 New York college town UTICA
44 Tantrum CAT-FIT
45 Pre-shoot-out score, perhaps ONE-ONE
46 Cyberhandle USER ID
47 Political fugitive EMIGRE
53 Driver’s lic. stats HGTS
54 Competes VIES
55 Blues singer Redding OTIS
57 __-cone SNO
58 Hundred Acre Wood denizen ROO
59 Apt answer for this puzzle location END
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