Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Wednesday August 26th 2020, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Half a poverty-to-wealth metaphor : RAGS
5 Shows affection, dog-style : LICKS
10 Amt. rarely paid by a car buyer : MSRP
14 Came down : ALIT
15 Puget Sound, e.g. : INLET
16 Elevator name : OTIS
17 Building emergency exit : FIRE ESCAPE
19 Takes too much for oneself : HOGS
20 Natural skill : TALENT
21 Ark landing site: Abbr. : MT ARARAT
23 P&L part : LOSS
25 Injure badly : MAIM
26 Pay : WAGES
29 Letters at the end of a proof : QED
32 Fish with a net : TRAWL
35 German gent : HERR
36 Stalin-era prisons : GULAGS
38 Green acres : LEA
39 Some nest egg components : IRAS
40 Only monosyllabic U.S. state : MAINE
41 Weighty Brit. references : OEDS
42 Tease : RIB
43 “Ars Poetica” poet : HORACE
44 Craving : URGE
45 Time off : LEAVE
47 From S.F. to Vegas : ESE
48 Aquarium cutie : OTTER
49 Math subj. : CALC
51 Palm starch : SAGO
53 “Spring Symphony” composer : SCHUMANN
57 Be released : GO FREE
61 West Virginia resource : COAL
62 They’re holstered in old Westerns : LOADED GUNS
64 Forget to include : OMIT
65 Connoisseur : MAVEN
66 Provide the bank blueprints for, say : ABET
67 Even civil ones aren’t friendly : WARS
68 Bedding component : SHEET
69 Flu fighters : SERA
DOWN
1 Finn conveyance : RAFT
2 Et __: and others : ALIA
3 “Atta __!” : GIRL
4 Heinz Field NFL team : STEELERS
5 Grocery shoppers’ aids : LISTS
6 Ltd. relative : INC
7 Refuse to talk, with “up” : CLAM
8 Didn’t give away : KEPT
9 Iron output : STEAM
10 Angora goat fabric : MOHAIR
11 Severe weather warning : STORM ALERT
12 Latvian capital : RIGA
13 Sibilant “Hey!” : PSST
18 First chimp in orbit : ENOS
22 “Peanuts” word of frustration : RATS
24 With 31-Down, hoedown activities, and a hint to the circled letters : SQUARE
26 Pirouette : WHIRL
27 Elevated dwelling : AERIE
28 “Sit, sit” : GRAB A CHAIR
30 Sports bureau co-founder Al or Walter : ELIAS
31 See 24-Down : DANCES
33 Golfer’s “pitching” club : WEDGE
34 Surgical cutter : LASER
36 Controversial crop alteration, for short : GMO
37 “Golly!” : GEE
41 Too tired to go further : OUT OF GAS
43 Big wheel on a ship : HELM
46 Gymnast’s jumps : VAULTS
48 Prayer opener : O GOD
50 Settles : CALMS
52 Contract negotiator : AGENT
53 Flat-bottomed garbage hauler : SCOW
54 Deep sleep : COMA
55 Builder who lived to be 950 : NOAH
56 Central church part : NAVE
58 Cartoonist Goldberg : RUBE
59 The “E” in DOE: Abbr. : ENER
60 Spanish pronoun : ESTA
63 Actress Wallace of “E.T.” : DEE
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