LA Times Crossword Answers 2 Aug 14, Saturday

LA Times Crossword Answers 2 Aug 14, Saturday

For the sake of completion, here is a full listing of all the answers:

Across
1. Travelocity offering PACKAGE DEAL
12. Bit of texting tact PLS
15. Riverbend Festival city CHATTANOOGA
16. Note IOU
17. Private collectibles? TOY SOLDIERS
18. Sporty cars GTS
19. Mac OS part: Abbr. SYS
20. Ghostly sound MOAN
21. Relax EASE UP
23. Tabloid fodder DIRT
24. "__ Place" MELROSE
25. Torrid ABLAZE
28. It may be fit for a king BED LINEN
29. Mideast monotheistic sect DRUZE
30. Ramble on PRATE
31. Taken HAD
32. Monopoly needs DICE
33. "Cool!" NEATO!
34. Thoughtless procedure? ROTE
35. Gross remark? ICK!
36. Difficult MESSY
37. More sound HALER
38. Vietnam War attack aircraft SKYHAWKS
40. They're history GONERS
41. Ed O'Neill sitcom role AL BUNDY
42. Bottled (up) PENT
43. Cultural icon making her debut in 1959 BARBIE
44. Prefix with nautical AERO-
45. Poke JAB
48. Call for passage AYE
49. Each of the two longest ones lasted 15 innings ALL-STAR GAME
52. Emmy winner Arthur BEA
53. Split personality? CHEERLEADER
54. Vessel measured in cubits ARK
55. Egyptian expanse SINAI DESERT

Down
1. Election figs. PCTS
2. Gob stopper? AHOY!
3. Small islands CAYS
4. Board jumpers: Abbr. KTS
5. Reduce to mist ATOMIZE
6. In abundance GALORE
7. Proceed until END AT
8. "Whatcha __?" DOIN’
9. Job listing letters EOE
10. Accepted AGREED TO
11. The Explorers of the Atlantic 10 Conf. LA SALLE
12. Catalog PIGEONHOLE
13. Mythological daydreamer LOTUS-EATER
14. Part of Larry King's legacy SUSPENDERS
22. Indian honorific SRI
23. Floor DAZE
24. Substantive MEATY
25. African Union Commission headquarters ADDIS ABABA
26. Construction worker BRICKLAYER
27. Sore loser's comment LUCKY BREAK
28. Source of many orders BRASS
30. Irksome PESKY
33. One of the Nehru Planetarium cities NEW DELHI
34. Carry on RANT
36. More than just zealots MANIACS
37. Award winner HONOREE
39. Where some routes meet HUB
40. Predecessor of Nelson GERALD
42. __ dish PETRI
44. Perplexed ASEA
45. Alaska's state gem JADE
46. From Hawaii, say: Abbr. AMER
47. Hall of Fame pitcher Blyleven BERT
50. Novelist Deighton LEN
51. Energy GAS