Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Monday October 28th 2019, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Gives in to gravity SAGS
5 Annoying little kids IMPS
9 Hunter’s plastic duck, e.g. DECOY
14 Clear off the road, as snow PLOW
15 Actress Gilbert of “The Conners” SARA
16 Make amends ATONE
17 What “Ten-hut!” is short for ATTENTION
19 Income __ TAXES
20 *Do business shrewdly WHEEL AND DEAL
22 Tidy up NEATEN
23 “__ you kidding?” ARE
24 Off-the-wall ODD
27 Walmart warehouse club SAM’S
28 *Murmur lovingly BILL AND COO
32 Muslim mystic SUFI
33 Lake near Carson City TAHOE
34 *Basic experimentation method TRIAL AND ERROR
39 Sea item sold by 39-Down, in a tongue-twister SHELL
40 Say no to DENY
41 *Like a typical walking stride HEEL AND TOE
44 Bygone Japanese audio brand AIWA
48 Conclusion END
49 Boardroom VIP… CEO
50 The Lone __ RANGER
52 Compromising standpoint … and what the answers to starred clues contain? MIDDLE GROUND
55 Deck alternative PATIO
58 Belittle DENIGRATE
59 17-syllable Japanese poem HAIKU
60 Suffix with major -ETTE
61 Auth. unknown ANON
62 Desert retreats OASES
63 Monica’s brother on “Friends” ROSS
64 German thinker Immanuel KANT
DOWN
1 Reproduces like salmon SPAWNS
2 __ Gibson, first African-American to win a Grand Slam tennis title ALTHEA
3 Pep rally cheer GO TEAM
4 Candy and such SWEETS
5 Turkey’s largest city ISTANBUL
6 Principal MAIN
7 Spur to action PROD
8 Beach footwear SANDAL
9 Job of typing in facts and figures DATA ENTRY
10 List-shortening abbr. ET AL
11 Courteney who played Monica on “Friends” COX
12 Single ONE
13 “By all means!” YES
18 Phillies’ div. NLE
21 Significant stretch of time ERA
24 Twice cuatro OCHO
25 Way in DOOR
26 Forest female DOE
29 “__ tree falls in the forest … ” IF A
30 High-end chocolatier LINDT
31 __ es Salaam DAR
32 Lustful SALACIOUS
34 At that time THEN
35 Oboe or clarinet REED
36 Not feeling well ILL
37 __ volente: God willing DEO
38 Vigorous qualities to put into one’s work ENERGIES
39 See 39-Across SHE
42 Nancy Drew’s beau NED
43 Walk feebly DODDER
44 Arctic jacket ANORAK
45 Exotic lizard kept as a pet IGUANA
46 Was happening WENT ON
47 Passionate ARDENT
51 Buenos Aires’ country: Abbr. ARG
52 Karaoke prop that often ends in “c” nowadays MIKE
53 Jared of “Dallas Buyers Club” LETO
54 Tolkien creatures ENTS
55 Vietnamese soup PHO
56 Small battery AAA
57 “__ the season … ” ‘TIS