Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Thursday October 1st 2020, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Old storyteller : BARD
5 __ value : FACE
9 Worthless stuff : DROSS
14 Eager : AVID
15 Muslim community leader : IMAM
16 Time of one’s life : YOUTH
17 Pops : BOSTON ORCHESTRA
20 Female bighorn : EWE
21 Ensign __ Crusher, Wil Wheaton’s “Star Trek: TNG” role : WESLEY
22 Tasteless gruel : SLOP
23 Trio from Don Giovanni? : ENS
24 Flow slowly : SEEP
26 Manage, with “out” : EKE
27 Parachute attachment : HARNESS
31 Like “it,” grammatically : NEUTER
33 Pops : ICE CREAM BARS
36 Note from the office : MEMO
37 Buddy : PAL
38 Mild Dutch cheese : EDAM
42 Pops : DAD’S NICKNAME
47 Hardened : STEELY
50 Replace on the schedule : PREEMPT
51 Poetic contraction : TIS
52 Christmas pudding fruit : PLUM
55 Take in the groceries? : EAT
56 Seal-hunting swimmer : ORCA
58 Protective charm : AMULET
60 46-Down work : ODE
63 Pops : CARBONATED SODAS
66 Mound : KNOLL
67 Great start? : MEGA
68 Ceremonial grandeur : POMP
69 Changed course, nautically : YAWED
70 Worshipped image : IDOL
71 Long shot, in hoops lingo : TREY
DOWN
1 Sheep herder in a 1995 Best Picture nominee : BABE
2 Swear : AVOW
3 Come to the surface : RISE
4 EPA-banned insecticide : DDT
5 Skillful handling : FINESSE
6 8th-century B.C. Hebrew prophet : AMOS
7 Western burger franchise __ Jr. : CARL’S
8 Bob Hope, often, for the Oscars ceremony : EMCEE
9 Turn red, say : DYE
10 Supreme singer? : ROSS
11 Current source : OUTLET
12 One of four on a par-4 : STROKE
13 Metal-cutting machine : SHAPER
18 Proprietor : OWNER
19 Nocturnal scavenger : HYENA
23 Represent in cipher : ENCODE
25 Part of rpm : PER
27 “That’s the guy!” : HIM
28 First-rate player : ACE
29 Sleep cycle : REM
30 Drains of power : SAPS
32 Early online forum : USENET
34 Fellow : MAN
35 Spot on a screen : BLIP
39 Hydroelectric power source : DAM
40 Sound system equipment : AMP
41 Came upon : MET
43 Mountain in the Tour de France route : ALP
44 Subject of the biopic “I’m Not There” : DYLAN
45 Guided by a statement of faith : CREEDAL
46 “The Poetry of earth is never dead” poet : KEATS
47 Short and solid : STOCKY
48 Albania’s capital : TIRANA
49 Mortgage provision : ESCROW
53 Taste sensation : UMAMI
54 Subtle, as a shade : MUTED
57 Willing partner : ABLE
59 Toy company with theme parks : LEGO
60 Reminder to take out the trash? : ODOR
61 British title : DAME
62 Best Game, e.g. : ESPY
64 Passé : OLD
65 Get off the fence : OPT
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