L.A. Times Daily Thursday - August 13 2020 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 L.A. Times Daily Thursday Puzzle - Aug 13 2020 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
'90s Polish president Walesa	LECH
'Both options are practical'	EITHERWILLWORK
'Carpe diem!'	THETIMEISNOW
'Methought __ enamour'd of an ass': Titania	IWAS
'That scared me!'	EEK
A star may have a big one	EGO
Architectural column bases	PLINTHS
Cell division that produces gametes	MEIOSIS
Championship ice dancer __ Virtue	TESSA
Characteristic	TRAIT
Charity sale goods	RUMMAGE
Children's song refrain featured in the four longest answers	EIEIO
Common Pacific groupings	ATOLLS
Cradle-rocking site of rhyme	TREETOP
Debatable ability	ESP
Decorative container	URN
Depressed areas	SLUMS
Eduardo's east	ORIENTE
Elicits a 'Grrr!' from	IRES
Excalibur, for one	SWORD
Failed, as a business	GONEUNDER
Fights (through), as a crowd	JOSTLES
First group seen in 'Macbeth'	WITCHES
Former Filipino first lady Marcos	IMELDA
Fountain output	SODAS
Four-song discs, briefly	EPS
Freebies	COMPS
Frightening word	BOO
Fuel for a fire	LOGS
Give a heads-up	WARN
Gives the go-ahead	OKS
Good ideas that don't always pan out	BESTINTENTIONS
GPS datum	RTE
GPS suggestion to avoid a tie-up	NEWDIRECTION
Group of groupies	RETINUE
Gulf of Oman vessel	OILER
Headed for the hills	RAN
Hot dog, to a Hamburger	WURST
Land in la mer	ILE
Lb. and oz	WTS
Library ambience	SILENCE
Looks	SEEMS
Madame's mine	AMOI
Monsieur across the border	HERR
Nor. neighbor	SWE
Objects of fondness	DEARS
Often-shared sandwich	HERO
One with something to lose	DIETER
Ones of interest, perhaps	PERSONS
Only	SOLE
Optically active pattern	MOIRE
Polo usually not on horseback	TERI
Prof's helpers	TAS
Protuberant organ	EAR
Puts on TV	AIRS
Rams QB Goff	JARED
Register user	CLERK
Set boundaries	DREWALINE
Show contempt for	SNEERAT
Sleep soundly?	SNORE
Solo in space	HAN
Somewhat, with 'a'	MITE
South Carolina river to the Atlantic	SANTEE
Spring for a drink?	OASIS
Team whose mascot's head is a ball	METS
Thing of worth	ASSET
Trial	TEST
Undefeated Ali	LAILA
Vatican's higher authority	DIO
Venerated figure	SAINT