Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Friday May 18th 2018, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1. IMDb listing CAST
5. Sylvester and others CATS
9. Biblical voyager NOAH
13. Put out in the open AVOW
14. Predecessors of much email: Abbr. LTRS
15. Pasta tubes PENNE
16. Shakespeare’s riverside haunt? BAR OF AVON
18. Spanish wine region RIOJA
19. On fire LIT
20. Irresistible desire LUST
21. Plead to be given BEG FOR
22. Overjoys ELATES
24. Snow-day play? SLUSH FUN
26. Need to return the favor to OWE
27. Decks KAYOS
28. Fake SHAM
31. Ambitious sort TYPE A
32. H.S. course SCI
35. Essential pig? KEY BOAR
38. Biblical voyage serving that probably upset some passengers? ARK MEAT
40. Cork’s place: Abbr. IRE
41. “There’s no choice for me” I MUST
43. Takes responsibility for OWNS
44. Shut CLOSE
45. Tack on ADD
47. Poor wig maintenance? RUG ABUSE
50. Nap SIESTA
54. Kind of family ONE-CAR
55. World’s most cultivated avocado, named for its developer HASS
57. Roleo surface LOG
58. Goes down SINKS
59. Sadness … or, read another way, what five puzzle answers have in common DEJECTION
61. Steps over a fence STILE
62. Line 32 items on 1040 forms IRAS
63. Not working IDLE
64. “Ah, right” I SEE
65. Cousteau’s milieux MERS
66. Not as much LESS
DOWN
1. Internet provider CABLE
2. Help AVAIL
3. In a way, in a way SORTA
4. __-faced TWO
5. Sentence component CLAUSE
6. Off-road rec equipment ATVS
7. Lenin frenemy TROTSKY
8. Nine-digit ID… SSN
9. Horseplay outbursts? NEIGHS
10. Switch words ON/OFF
11. Pear variety ANJOU
12. Basketball Hall of Fame announcer Chick HEARN
15. Treat before washing PRESOAK
17. Went really fast FLEW
21. Seller’s need BUYER
23. Sepulcher TOMB
25. Wash against gently LAP AT
28. __ patrol SKI
29. QE2 designation HER
30. Word of assent AYE
31. Bridge support TRUSS
32. Finalize, with “up” SEW
33. Cylindrical container CAN
34. Word often improperly punctuated ITS
36. Kind of paint OIL-BASE
37. Pepé Le Pew’s pursuit AMOUR
39. Fashion MODE
42. “Wait a minute!” SEE HERE!
44. Barnyard sound CACKLE
45. Gauge ASSESS
46. Pancake, for one DISC
47. Martini partner ROSSI
48. Apartments or condos UNITS
49. “Friend Like Me” singer in “Aladdin” GENIE
51. Arrive at a base, maybe SLIDE
52. Trade things TOOLS
53. Keats’ “The Eve of St. __” AGNES
56. Open slightly AJAR
59. Badly lit DIM
60. Shop __ you drop ‘TIL
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