Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Thursday September 17th 2020, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Big bash : FETE
5 Lestrade’s rank, in Sherlock Holmes stories: Abbr. : INSP
9 Music rights org. : ASCAP
14 Hose color : ECRU
15 Ward of TV’s “FBI” : SELA
16 Rattle : DAUNT
17 Excursion in a Loire Valley town? : TOURS TOUR
19 Others, to Pablo : OTRAS
20 Former trucking watchdog agcy. : ICC
21 Newscast attention-getter : TOP STORY
23 National capital on the Cape Verde Peninsula : DAKAR
25 Horse of southeastern France? : RHONE ROAN
29 Improve, as a highway : REPAVE
31 Composer Rorem : NED
32 Rome’s __ Veneto : VIA
33 Going down : SETTING
35 Way off the highway : RAMP
36 Relative in a Cote d’Azur family? : NICE NIECE
40 Minute Maid Park player, to fans : STRO
43 Rickety, say : UNSOUND
46 “Queen Sugar” creator DuVernay : AVA
47 Clear dishes from : BUS
50 More work : UTOPIA
51 Swindle at a French festival? : CANNES CON
54 “Because __ so!!” : I SAID
56 Relieve : UNBURDEN
58 Day-__ : GLO
59 “Dust-colored,” in Hindustani : KHAKI
62 Hybrid linguistic term that hints at the answers to 17-, 25-, 36- and 51-Across : FRANGLAIS
64 Aspect of a problem : FACET
65 Accommodates : FITS
66 “Desperate Housewives” character : BREE
67 Set of beliefs : CREDO
68 Old-time dagger : SNEE
69 Lip : SASS
DOWN
1 Reeking : FETID
2 Nissan Leaf and Toyota Prius : ECOCARS
3 River through Reno : TRUCKEE
4 Scand. locale : EUR
5 Ratio phrase : IS TO
6 Synthetic rubber used in waders : NEOPRENE
7 Winter weather aftermath : SLUSH
8 “Islands in the Stream” duettist : PARTON
9 Loved : ADORED
10 Man-goat of myth : SATYR
11 Tough mutt : CUR
12 Japanese carrier that sponsors a major LPGA event : ANA
13 Box score abbr. : PTS
18 Low clouds : STRATI
22 “__ of Us”: Joan Osborne hit : ONE
24 City addr. info : APT NO
26 Eggs : OVA
27 Point : AIM
28 Velvet feature : NAP
30 London’s Old __ : VIC
34 Serengeti bovine : GNU
35 Enlists again : RE-UPS
37 Flood : INUNDATE
38 Richmond winter hrs. : EST
39 Sounding like a dove : COOING
40 Cul-de-__ : SAC
41 FDR power program : TVA
42 Was a candidate : RAN
44 Falls for lovers? : NIAGARA
45 Newsstand buys : DAILIES
47 1800s Mexican leader Juárez : BENITO
48 Flash drive port : USB
49 Shoeshine targets : SCUFFS
52 Microwaved : NUKED
53 Longtime Utah senator Hatch : ORRIN
55 They’re just what the doctor ordered : DOSES
57 Massachusetts motto starter : ENSE
59 Louisville-based fast-food company : KFC
60 Laugh syllable : HAR
61 Nolan Ryan, notably : ACE
63 Dumbbell abbr. : LBS
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