Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Wednesday August 5th 2020, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Pitch-altering guitar clamps CAPOS
6 Actor Kinnear GREG
10 Former Fed chair Bernanke BEN
13 Jordanian seaport AQABA
14 Fishing gear LURES
16 Texter’s “As I see it” IMO
17 Sitcom pioneer in the first class of inductees to the Television Academy Hall of Fame LUCILLE BALL
19 Rte. finder GPS
20 Receipts TAKE
21 Game with a spinoff called DOS UNO
22 Milo of “Ulysses” O’SHEA
24 Poetic before ERE
25 Grand Ole Opry comedian for more than 50 years MINNIE PEARL
28 Florence and Charlotte CITIES
30 “Cats” poet TS ELIOT
31 Lacks HASN’T
32 Forest floor plant MOSS
34 Flub ERR
35 #2 on Rolling Stone’s 100 Greatest Drummers of All Time KEITH MOON
38 Humanities degs. BAS
40 “Pencils down” TIME
41 Assumed as fact GIVEN
45 Assigned a new title RENAMED
47 Recess ALCOVE
48 Winner of 18 Grand Slam tennis titles from 1936 to 1940 ALICE MARBLE
51 __-Mex cuisine TEX
52 Mad Dog Radio host Chris RUSSO
53 Unfashionable OUT
54 “Mary Poppins” chimney sweep BERT
55 Baltimore winter hrs. EST
56 Like 17-, 25-, 35- and 48-Across? WELL-ROUNDED
60 “Billions” airer, briefly SHO
61 Stainless __ STEEL
62 Mrs. Gorbachev RAISA
63 Pewter component TIN
64 Hot SEXY
65 Like a fuzzy navel? LINTY
DOWN
1 Pasadena engineering sch. CALTECH
2 Display idea that’s a bit fishy? AQUARIA
3 Sugar servings at a coffee bar PACKETS
4 Kin of a Tony OBIE
5 Muppet chimp __ Minella SAL
6 “The Wife” Oscar nominee Close GLENN
7 Apply, as lotion RUB ON
8 The “E” in BCE… ERA
9 Salon goop GEL
10 Result of much teasing? BIG HAIR
11 Claudius or Nero EMPEROR
12 Margarita preference NO SALT
15 Calculus calculation SLOPE
18 California’s San __ Obispo LUIS
23 Of the moon SELENIC
25 Dole (out) METE
26 “Who’s there?” reply IT’S ME
27 Pump name ESSO
29 Squid organs INK SACS
32 Crete peak: Abbr. MT IDA
33 Electrical unit OHM
36 One of an express lane’s 15 maximum ITEM
37 Eye rudely OGLE
38 “SNL” legend John BELUSHI
39 “Friends” co-star ANISTON
42 Elected VOTED IN
43 Hillary’s conquest EVEREST
44 Like fast UPS service NEXT-DAY
45 Least available RAREST
46 Siamese sounds MEOWS
47 Choir voice ALTO
49 Bulova rival ROLEX
50 Husky BURLY
54 __ B’rith B’NAI
57 Aliens, briefly ETS
58 Jeans brand LEE
59 Link letters URL
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