LA Times Daily Crossword July 24, 2020 Answers

1. Need in many outdoor games 5. Basic card game 8. Saltpetre 13. Takeout option 14. Camaro __-Z 16. They may be crumbled in ice cream 17. With 59-Across, old English nursery rhyme being investigated by the detectives in this puzzle 19. Coffee mate? 20. German finale 21. Chaotic situation, in slang 23. Wealthy TV sleuth Matt 26. Hard-boiled sleuth Mike 27. Northern sky sight 28. __ ballerina 30. Where Charlie "may ride forever," in a 1959 hit 31. Gaming biggie 33. Watchdog org.? 37. Exploit 39. Falcon-finding sleuth Sam 41. Medieval Asian leader 42. Consents 44. Twosomes in the news 46. Guadalajara gold 47. Gulf of Aqaba city 49. Took the sloop 51. Twinkly-eyed sleuth Jane 54. Wisecracking sleuth Philip 55. Spammer, e.g. 57. City on Utah Lake 58. Cordial relations 59. See 17-Across (and see circles for the solution to the mystery) 64. It's a fact 65. Pain in the neck, e.g. 66. Roman fiddler 67. Rickman role in Harry Potter films 68. Smidge 69. Feint on the ice

1. FYI cousin 2. Sound from a spa 3. Vientiane native 4. "Just watch me" 5. Metaphor for youthful indiscretion 6. Former senator Specter 7. Caviar 8. Having a calm temperament 9. Identity-concealing attire, in a Dumas novel 10. Coffee hr. 11. Compact item 12. Perfume compound 15. Epidemic-fighting agcy. 18. Mural opening 22. Sashimi selection 23. Given to overacting 24. Navel type 25. Eurasian divide 28. Star-Lord portrayer Chris 29. Theme park staple 32. Samoan port 34. One of many on a phone these days 35. Rod in Cooperstown 36. Positive pole, perhaps 38. "Hang in there" 40. Left on a sloop 43. "D'oh!" 45. More ticked off 48. Sheltered side 50. __ Joy 51. Honey drinks 52. Capital south of Beirut 53. Indian yogurt dip 54. Coffee shop order 56. Color TV pioneer 60. It ends rather spookily: Abbr. 61. Busyness symbol 62. Tick off 63. San Francisco's __ Valley