Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Monday June 20th 2016, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Birthstone between sapphire and topaz OPAL
5 Frees (of) RIDS
9 Russian ruler until 1917 TSAR
13 Get a better mtge REFI
14 Take by force USURP
16 Germany’s von Bismarck OTTO
17 Biting remark BARB
18 ”Divine Comedy” poet DANTE
19 Auntie of Broadway MAME
20 Lena Horne classic that begins “Don’t know why there’s no sun up in the sky … “ STORMY WEATHER
23 Historic time ERA
24 Earth tremor SEISM
26 Measure of a store’s visitors FOOT TRAFFIC
32 Tic-tac-toe win O-O-O
34 Dryer screen buildup LINT
35 German-born sex therapist, familiarly DR RUTH
36 Neither here __ there NOR
37 Choir members ALTOS
39 John, in Scotland IAN
40 ”All My Children” vixen ERICA
42 ”Not so hot” MEH
43 Tangerine kin ORANGE
46 Subj. for nature lovers ECOL
47 Before, to Byron ERE
48 Bright spot in tough times WELCOME NEWS
50 Sales talk SPIEL
52 U.N. advocate for workers’ rights ILO
53 What a Geiger counter measures .. or, as two words, what the ends of 20-, 26- and 48-Across are.. RADIOACTIVITY
60 Tiny “smashing” target ATOM
62 Gem measure CARAT
63 __ of expertise AREA
64 Works on the lawn MOWS
65 Subway entrance STILE
66 Fish home, at home TANK
67 Game on horseback POLO
68 Piped up SAID
69 Grinds to a halt ENDS
DOWN
1 Planets, to poets ORBS
2 Gardening moss PEAT
3 Oversize coif AFRO
4 Opera text LIBRETTO
5 Poet Kipling RUDYARD
6 ”__ Mommy kissing … “ I SAW
7 Sandy hill DUNE
8 Madrid miss: Abbr SRTA
9 Marisa of “My Cousin Vinny” TOMEI
10 Touring figure skating show STARS ON ICE
11 Emer. cash source ATM
12 Caviar ROE
15 Feed the neighbor’s cat, say PET-SIT
21 ”The A-Team” muscleman MR T
22 Actress Anne HECHE
25 Milked animal, in kiddie-speak MOO COW
26 Olympic stadium centerpiece FLAME
27 Mideast ships OILERS
28 Hunting, catlike ON THE PROWL
29 Common typeface ARIAL
30 Old French money FRANC
31 Practice fly ball, e.g. FUNGO
33 Postgrad tests ORALS
38 Spread, as seed SOWED
41 Do over, as a kitchen RENOVATE
44 They’re dug up at digs RELICS
45 Gave off EMITTED
49 Yalie ELI
51 ”You are not!” rebuttal I AM SO!
54 Cheerios grain OATS
55 Opera showpiece ARIA
56 Colombian city CALI
57 Persia, now IRAN
58 See to TEND
59 Jabbers YAKS
60 Rock band need AMP
61 As well TOO
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