LA Times Daily Crossword August 30, 2020 Answers

1. Did gondola duty 6. 'Today' rival, briefly 9. Middling 13. Short staff? 18. Dollar alternative 19. Short trip 20. Alpha's antithesis 22. Beat in the kitchen 23. "Wait ... let me start over" 26. Najimy who voiced Peggy Hill in "King of the Hill" 27. Bad look 28. Heckle, but not Jeckle 29. The "P" in PIN: Abbr. 31. Unilever swab 32. Old manuscript copier 34. Scalpel sites, for short 35. Polynesian wrap 37. Rage 38. To the point 40. Spa sounds 41. Early pictures 43. Some online reads 45. Diamond surfaces 48. Georgia gridders, to fans 49. "Ginger __": 1952 Newbery Medal-winning book 50. "Spring forward" letters 51. School reunion attendee 52. Car radio button 54. Oxygen-eating bacteria 56. Asian festival 57. Gets dirty 58. Busy center 61. Uncle Sam's land, proudly 62. Bunny tail 63. Coral component 64. Big shot: Abbr. 65. Cellar, but not collar, opening 66. Belief common to much religion 68. "Explain, please?" 70. Western PA airport code 71. Disappearing retail giant 73. Hosp. readouts 74. Lodge opening? 75. Patel of "Slumdog Millionaire" 76. Gets one's feet wet 77. Milne hopper 78. Caught 80. First novel in Christopher Paolini's Inheritance Cycle 82. Sign of a hit 83. Wks. and wks. 84. Platters in sleeves 85. Beautify 86. Puts down 88. Honors 90. Svelte 92. 911 pro 93. Culture: Pref. 94. Friend of Goat in "Pearls Before Swine" 95. Some skippers 97. Flock hangout 99. List-shortening term 103. Sticks on a boat 105. Boat owner's rental 106. Flat owner, maybe 108. Sound 109. Fitness mantra opening 111. Method for slow, steady progress 114. Like a fleabag motel 115. Asian wraps 116. Dusk, to Donne 117. __ dish 118. Half of scissors? 119. Hacking targets: Abbr. 120. Sellout letters 121. Hackneyed

1. Beach toys 2. Early Mesoamerican sculptors 3. It may be golden 4. Some retired academics 5. Point 6. Karmann __: classic VW 7. President before an Adams 8. Eponymous newborn score creator 9. Sauces for sushi 10. Yoga syllables 11. Overlook 12. Lustful looker 13. Comics cry from a birdcage 14. Member of three L.A. Lakers championship teams 15. Feeling ecstatic 16. Stadium merch 17. Uses a Zoom alternative 21. "Hair" dos 24. First name of Dickens' Madame Defarge 25. Ed.'s stack 30. Dudley's toon foe 33. Make every effort 35. Brother of Ham 36. Fancy poultry dish 39. Retired fliers: Abbr. 40. Superior to all others 42. Sheepish girl? 43. Gentrification target 44. Negative forecast 45. Campaign funders 46. Alaskan native 47. "SNL" staples 49. Took a breather 53. Heat up 55. O'er and o'er again 57. Features of urns 59. Loosens, as a tot's pajamas 60. Soft hits just over the infield 62. Big name in tennis 66. Carpenter's groove 67. Sierra __ 69. LGBT History Mo. 72. Drawers? 78. "__ a loss" 79. Remote area known for its middle? 81. Hermione's guy 82. Stream blockers 85. Assumed names 87. Paging devices 89. Family dinner fowl 90. Half of some couples 91. Hershey's caramel candies 93. A time to dye 96. Granada girls 97. It's a sign 98. __ Park, Colorado 100. Christine of "A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood" 101. Like radon, say 102. Home on high 104. Kick starter? 106. L, in box scores 107. "What a mess!" 110. TV's Burrell and baseball's Cobb 112. Ocean flipper 113. Back (out)