LA Times Daily Crossword September 11, 2020 Answers

1. Staging area 8. Oregon Trail sights 14. Part of a score 15. "No need to point" 16. Yuletide decorations at a beach cottage? 18. Michigan, e.g. 19. Some summer arrivals 20. Bit of baby talk 22. Quick cuts 24. Snowball fight defense 25. Sing the praises of 26. Furniture chain that also sells lingonberry preserves 27. Tolkien's Legolas, for one 28. First name of the first woman to win a Nobel Prize 29. What many skyscrapers in Houston and Dallas represent? 33. Righteous Babe Records founder DiFranco 34. Darken in summer 35. Opera group sponsored by a '70s-'80s sitcom family? 43. Drops off 44. U.K. part 45. Target ball in a pool game 46. "The Martian" novelist Weir 47. Young newts 49. Momoa who plays Aquaman 50. DVR button 51. Give off 52. Mountain cat 53. Denim's golden age? 58. Codeine, e.g. 59. How a leaf blower operates 60. Gets a gander at 61. Put together

1. Film buff's network 2. "That's sorta funny" 3. Like a flashback time 4. World atlas spread 5. Walrus features 6. Art Deco icon 7. __ sleep 8. More prudent 9. Cravat cousin 10. Most 1990s Prizms 11. Above, to a bard 12. River between two Great Lakes 13. First U.S. city to host the Olympic Games 17. Flying 21. Lines from an admirer 22. Idiosyncrasy 23. Classic studio letters 24. Distinctive style 25. Remiss 27. Fish-eating bird 28. Fix 30. Stumblebums 31. Jackets named for a British school 32. Distinctive flavor 35. Mystery woman 36. Market aisle border areas 37. "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" co-creator 38. Row 39. Completely disorganized 40. In relation to 41. "Is that __?" 42. Six-yr.-term pol 43. "1917" subject 47. Overact 48. High pipes 49. Child played by Meryl 51. Actor Morales 52. Anticipated dance 54. Shrill bark 55. A, in Oaxaca 56. Tahiti, to Gauguin 57. Qantas hub, in itineraries