Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Monday August 8th 2016, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 24 minutes, in the NBA HALF
5 Giant among wholesale clubs SAM’S
9 Heat unit THERM
14 Rideshare app UBER
15 __-deucey ACEY
16 Great Lakes mnemonic HOMES
17 Author Wiesel ELIE
18 Improbable tale YARN
19 Candy heart message I LUV U
20 Position of football lineman J.J. Watt DEFENSIVE END
23 Sound heard by a shepherd BAA!
24 Intense, as a competitor FIERCE
28 Average, in math ARITHMETIC MEAN
33 Unsteady on one’s feet AREEL
34 Country rocker Steve EARLE
35 ”__ & the Women”: 2000 Gere film DR T
36 Divisions of tennis matches SETS
37 Actress Holmes KATIE
38 Ticked off SORE
39 ”How was __ know?” I TO
40 Diamond weight CARAT
41 Word before Master or case STAIR
42 Fountain treat with Bosco, maybe CHOCOLATE SHAKE
45 Biblical dancer SALOME
46 For each PER
47 Echoic remark before “What do we have here?” whose words can follow the ends of 20-, 28- and 42-Across WELL, WELL, WELL
54 Many Mideast residents ARABS
57 Verdi opera set in Egypt AIDA
58 Color similar to turquoise AQUA
59 ’90s candidate Ross PEROT
60 Hosp. scans MRIS
61 Road grooves RUTS
62 Japanese capital TOKYO
63 Literary sister of Amy, Meg and Jo BETH
64 Magnitude SIZE
DOWN
1 Tinged HUED
2 Having the skills ABLE
3 Actor/singer Garrett LEIF
4 They’re on the house FREEBIES
5 Prepares to have one’s tongue depressed SAYS AH
6 Healthy berry ACAI
7 Griffin of game show fame MERV
8 ”Auld Lang __” SYNE
9 Skating danger THIN ICE
10 Texas __: poker game HOLD ‘EM
11 Big Australian bird EMU
12 Gun, as an engine REV
13 The Spartans of the NCAA MSU
21 Part of NFL: Abbr. NATL
22 TurboTax option E-FILE
25 Hardwood tree that drops acorns RED OAK
26 Fisher who plays Princess Leia CARRIE
27 Come in ENTER
28 ”Queen of Soul” Franklin ARETHA
29 Equip anew, as a machine shop RETOOL
30 Ben Stiller’s mom MEARA
31 Really bother EAT AT
32 Clichéd TRITE
33 Nike competitor ASICS
37 Superman’s birth name KAL-EL
38 Sci-fi classic that introduced Princess Leia STAR WARS
40 Regains consciousness COMES TO
41 Poet Silverstein SHEL
43 Frequent John Wayne persona COWBOY
44 A cannonball makes a big one SPLASH
48 Shepherd’s charge LAMB
49 Lamp-to-plug line WIRE
50 Improve text EDIT
51 Same: Pref EQUI-
52 Skating jump LUTZ
53 Cut with light LASE
54 Fitting APT
55 Rock’s __ Speedwagon REO
56 Genesis boat ARK
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