Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Monday March 27th 2017, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1. Ponzi scheme, e.g. SCAM
5. Impersonated APED
9. Your __ Highness ROYAL
14. Drilled bowling ball feature HOLE
15. Artist Magritte RENE
16. Shah of Iran, in 1979-’80 EXILE
17. Bahrain big shot EMIR
18. Writer’s chief work (Latin) MAGNUM OPUS
20. Sphere of influence AMBIT
22. Drinking glass edges RIMS
23. Ambulance initials EMS
24. Done deal (French) FAIT ACCOMPLI
28. Farm country skyline highlights SILOS
29. Nissan model SENTRA
33. “Take me for a walk!” ARF!
36. Expel from office OUST
38. Amazon’s business E-TAIL
39. With 42-Across, cars like BMWs and Audis … or 18-, 24-, 53- and 63-Across FOREIGN…
42. See 39-Across …IMPORTS
44. Rhett’s last words A DAMN
45. Siamese, now THAI
47. __ dye: food-coloring compound AZO
48. Live (in) RESIDE
50. Lover of Euridice, in a Gluck opera ORFEO
53. English, in many non-English speaking countries (Italian) LINGUA FRANCA
58. Word with health or day SPA
61. Oboist’s need REED
62. Lagoon-enclosing isle ATOLL
63. Young sensation (German) WUNDERKIND
67. Sinister EVIL
68. Cortés subject AZTEC
69. Wrinkle, as a brow KNIT
70. San __, Italy REMO
71. Suppose for argument’s sake POSIT
72. Many van Goghs OILS
73. Killed, as a dragon SLEW
DOWN
1. Harvest bundle SHEAF
2. Grammar class subject COMMA
3. Legal defense mechanism? ALIBI
4. Advantages MERITS
5. Shortstop’s asset ARM
6. Green soup veggie PEA
7. Thoroughly absorb ENGROSS
8. Jeans fabric DENIM
9. Dreaming phase REM SLEEP
10. Kitchenware brand OXO
11. Frightened exclamation YIPE!
12. University fund-raising target ALUM
13. A smaller amount of LESS
19. Quartet assigned to bases UMPS
21. Mai __ TAI
25. Plumber’s challenge CLOG
26. Dracula’s title COUNT
27. Avid about INTO
30. Skater Lipinski TARA
31. Nabisco crackerRITZ
32. “Wait, there’s more … ” ALSO…
33. Miles away AFAR
34. Traveled by bike RODE
35. Abbey titles FRAS
37. Princess’ headpiece TIARA
40. Oscar winner Jannings EMIL
41. Roundabout, as a route INDIRECT
43. Offend slightly MIFF
46. Entertainer who often got tied up in his work? HOUDINI
49. Part of DOE Abbr. ENER
51. Historic period ERA
52. Many top-rated TV shows of the late ’50s/early ’60s OATERS
54. Gordon __, “Wall Street” antagonist GEKKO
55. James Joyce work NOVEL
56. Weather, in poems CLIME
57. Permit ALLOW
58. Tit for tat, e.g. SWAP
59. “The Godfather” novelist Mario PUZO
60. Teeny colonizers ANTS
64. Agnus __ DEI
65. Zip, in soccer NIL
66. Wino’s woe DTS
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