Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Tuesday August 23rd 2016, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Opinion piece ESSAY
6 Resident’s winter expense HEAT
10 Formal agreement PACT
14 Apartment agreement LEASE
15 Waist-measuring unit INCH
16 River through Spain EBRO
17 Missouri’s largest metropolis KANSAS CITY
19 Israel’s Barak EHUD
20 Costa __ RICA
21 Cooking-with-garlic enticement AROMA
22 First leg of racing’s Triple Crown KENTUCKY DERBY
26 Prepare for the gala DRESS UP
28 Signaled on stage CUED
29 ”Sure, sure” I BET
30 Sagan of “Cosmos” CARL
31 Place to relax SPA
34 1990 comedy about a detective posing as a teacher KINDERGARTEN COP
39 Suffix with Japan or Brooklyn -ESE
40 Water conduit MAIN
41 Greek war god ARES
42 Entertained with a tune SANG
43 Unfavorable reputation BAD NAME
46 Oslo attraction honoring Heyerdahl’s expedition KON-TIKI MUSEUM
50 Run __ of the law AFOUL
51 Old Norse explorer ERIC
52 Ball of smoke PUFF
53 ”Roots” hero from Gambia KUNTA KINTE
59 Mil. flying branch USAF
60 ”Say that’s true … “ IF SO …
61 Water from France EVIAN
62 Vietnamese holidays TETS
63 Haunted house sound MOAN
64 Fix errors in, as software DEBUG
DOWN
1 Antlered grazer ELK
2 Aegean, for one SEA
3 __ Bernardino SAN
4 Braying beast ASS
5 Longs (for) YEARNS
6 Minor setback HICCUP
7 Room-size computer introduced in 1946 ENIAC
8 Perform on stage ACT
9 Biblical “your” THY
10 Looked intently PEERED
11 Hate ABHOR
12 Speck of bread CRUMB
13 Start of the rest of your life, so it’s said TODAY
18 In __: as found SITU
21 One-named singer ADELE
22 New Hampshire city KEENE
23 Founded: Abbr. ESTD
24 1980s Chrysler line K-CAR
25 Mongolian tent YURT
26 What Brinker’s boy plugged with a finger DIKE
27 Score-producing MLB stats RBIS
30 Is able to CAN
31 ”Get lost!” SCRAM!
32 Words from Wordsworth POEM
33 Church recess APSE
35 Online message EMAIL
36 Corporal or colonel RANK
37 1958 Chevalier musical GIGI
38 Half of Mork’s sign-off NANU
42 Fills with feathers, as a pillow STUFFS
43 Richard who married Liz Taylor … twice BURTON
44 Cambodia’s continent ASIA
45 Knocked down DECKED
46 Done for KAPUT
47 Helpful OF USE
48 Jack Sprat’s diet restriction NO FAT
49 High-IQ group MENSA
53 Actress Novak KIM
54 Sci-fi aircraft UFO
55 ”__ seen worse” I’VE
56 Penpoint NIB
57 Greek cross TAU
58 Subj. with writing exercises ENG
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