Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Friday May 6th 2016, LA Times crossword puzzle with the theme ‘Off-Color’ as given away by the answer to 17A. Each of today’s themed answers contains a COLOR that’s not quite right. The themed answers were:
41D. OFF-COLOR
17A. BLEW A FUSE
60A. READ ALOUD
11D. LORNE GREENE
25D. ISLE OF WIGHT
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Across
1. Trellis pieces LATHS
6. “Ideas worth spreading” acronym TED
9. Runs out BOLTS
14. Eponym of a United Kingdom poetry prize ELIOT
15. Schooner filler ALE
16. Walking the dog, e.g. CHORE
17. *Lost it BLEW A FUSE
19. Storage place CD ROM
20. Play set SCENERY
22. Nonpro? ANTI
23. Man’s best friend, e.g. EPITHET
26. Fiona, after Shrek’s kiss OGRESS
28. Cut deeply GASHED
29. “Blues on the Bayou” musician BB KING
31. Spanish pronoun ELLA
32. Overindulgent outings SPREES
34. Stranded messenger RNA
37. Handle SEE TO
39. Mr. Potato Head piece EAR
40. Front-wheel alignment TOE IN
42. Unduly TOO
43. Possesses with pride BOASTS
46. Deflect, with “off” FEND
47. Passes out FAINTS
49. “The Girls Next Door” co-creator HEFNER
51. Fictional Indiana town in “Parks and Recreation” PAWNEE
53. Genuine SINCERE
54. Dust Bowl migrant OKIE
55. Release request LET ME GO
58. Summation symbol, in math SIGMA
60. *Entertained the kids, in a way READ ALOUD
64. Moral principle ETHIC
65. Scar, say MAR
66. Thorny evergreen GORSE
67. Occupied, as a desk SAT AT
68. Museum pieces ART
69. Vertical ERECT
Down
1. Its natl. emblem is the cedar tree LEB
2. Every drop ALL
3. 20-20, e.g. TIE
4. ”What do you think?” HOW’S THAT
5. What one might have with milk, briefly? ‘STACHE
6. Needle TAUNT
7. Different ELSE
8. Road sign image DEER
9. Email option, for short BCC
10. “Shoot!” OH DARN
11. *”Bonanza” star LORNE GREENE
12. Brings (out) TROTS
13. Late round SEMIS
18. Satellite broadcasts FEEDS
21. Team connection YOKE
23. Get rid of EGEST
24. Retro diet, to put it mildly PALEO
25. *Cottage site in the Beatles’ “When I’m Sixty-Four” ISLE OF WIGHT
27. Kernel GIST
29. Leadership BRASS
30. Hall of Fame pitcher Blyleven BERT
33. Organic fuel PEAT
35. Bay Area pro NINER
36. Court rival of Pete ANDRE
38. Village Voice award OBIE
41. Risqué … and what each answer to a starred clue contains? OFF COLOR
44. Law school newbie ONE L
45. Drew back SHIED
48. Lack of get-up-and-go ANEMIA
50. Hold rapt ENGAGE
51. Puts forward POSES
52. Animal that’s been a Japanese Natural Monument since 1931 AKITA
53. Quick on the uptake SMART
56. Humorous Bombeck ERMA
57. Sewer’s concern TEAR
59. Play ACT
61. Natural resource ORE
62. L.A. school USC
63. LAPD rank DET
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