Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Friday September 23rd 2016, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Out of practice RUSTY
6 Blue stone LAPIS
11 It doesn’t last long FAD
14 Casual opening INTRO
15 Saudi neighbor OMANI
16 Part of un giorno ORA
17 Crayfish habitat BAYOU
18 Employees WORK FORCE
20 Seminal discovery by sports historians? THE FIRST TEAM
22 Newspaper supporters ADS
25 LAX stat ETA
26 ”You got me there” SO I DO
27 Comprehensive text on mints? TIC TAC TOME
32 Card game GIN
33 Certain cross-country traveler SKIER
34 Crane’s construction NEST
36 ”One Mic” rapper NAS
37 Reaction to Bugs’ continued evasiveness? ELMER’S GLOOM
41 Common ID SSN
43 Soaps actress Rylan EMME
44 Some kissing sounds MWAHS
47 Snap PIC
48 How a snail moves? ON THE SLIME
51 Lend __ AN EAR
54 ”That’s so cute!” AWW!
55 Brine-cured delicacy LOX
56 ”I plotted against Caesar completely on my own!”? CASSIUS CLAIM
61 ”Doubtful” I THINK NOT
62 Be enamored of FANCY
66 Relative of -ista -ERO
67 View from the Eiffel Tower SEINE
68 Traction aid TREAD
69 Cold and wet RAW
70 Fragrant compound ESTER
71 Quite a while YEARS
DOWN
1 Kid RIB
2 A, in Acapulco UNA
3 Mess metaphor STY
4 Canter cousin TROT
5 ”Am I clear?” YOU HEAR ME?
6 Dieter’s choice LOW FAT
7 Milwaukee : mine :: Marseilles : __ A MOI
8 Last of three Catherines PARR
9 Calligrapher’s array INKS
10 Searches (through) SIFTS
11 Philatelist’s source FOREIGN MAIL
12 Peloponnesian region ARCADIA
13 Nature spirits of Greek myth DAEMONS
19 Plains tribe OTO
21 List substitute: Abbr. ETC
22 Cadillac model ATS
23 Hägar creator Browne DIK
24 TV’s “Through the Wormhole,” e.g. SCIENCE SHOW
28 Invoice heading no. TEL
29 Initiation ONSET
30 Ryan of “Sleepless in Seattle” MEG
31 Night sch. staple ESL
35 Bit of adverbial wordplay TOM SWIFTY
38 Confessional music genre EMO
39 LBJ’s successor RMN
40 Real head-turner in the animal kingdom OWL
41 Deeper into la-la land SPACIER
42 ”From Here to Eternity” Oscar winner SINATRA
45 Coverage-providing org. HMO
46 __ symbol SEX
49 Bit of equestrian gear HALTER
50 __ Beach, Hawaii, home of the 2005 Little League World Series champs EWA
52 ”__ suspected!” AS I
53 Salon procedure RINSE
57 Hawaiian strings UKES
58 Agitated state SNIT
59 Pothole warning CONE
60 Farm female MARE
63 Org. assisting museums NEA
64 Amtrak unit CAR
65 QB’s stat YDS
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