Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Monday March 9th 2020, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Seminary book BIBLE
6 E-cigarette output VAPOR
11 Media-monitoring org. FCC
14 __-proof: easy to operate IDIOT
15 How the cheese stands, in a kids’ song ALONE
16 “__ be in touch!” I’LL
17 *Fruity ice cream treat BANANA SPLIT
19 Be litigious SUE
20 Grandstand group FANS
21 Cough syrup, e.g. SOOTHER
23 Chad or Rob of movies LOWE
26 Practical joke GAG
28 Lacking a downside NO RISK
29 Immobile INERT
31 Chafing result RAW SKIN
33 Smart set member MENSAN
35 “Great Leap Forward” Chinese leader MAO
36 Storybook fiend OGRE
39 Upside-down sleeper BAT
40 Fixed, like the ends of the answers to starred clues SEWED UP
43 Put a jinx on HEX
44 Messy roomie SLOB
46 Nourished FED
47 House speaker Nancy PELOSI
49 Luggage tie-on NAME TAG
52 Shops with slicers DELIS
53 Gondolier, e.g. BOATER
55 Deviate from a course, at sea YAW
57 MASH shelter TENT
58 Declares to be true ATTESTS
60 Carpentry wedge SHIM
62 Nautical pronoun SHE
63 *Knock one out of the park HIT A HOME RUN
68 Afternoon social TEA
69 Chopin piece ETUDE
70 Marble mineral AGATE
71 Write “mispell,” say ERR
72 “Jurassic Park” critters, briefly DINOS
73 Well-known NOTED
DOWN
1 Highchair wear BIB
2 Wash. neighbor IDA
3 TSA checkpoint container BIN
4 Shoes sans laces LOAFERS
5 Sicilian volcano ETNA
6 Seven Sisters college VASSAR
7 Tyrolean peak ALP
8 C-SPAN figures, informally POLS
9 French crockful with a cheesy crust ONION SOUP
10 Captured back RETOOK
11 *Place for rural anglers FISHING HOLE
12 Crossword hints CLUES
13 Checkout worker CLERK
18 “Life of Pi” director Lee ANG
22 Common jazz combo TRIO
23 Tree branches LIMBS
24 Shaq of NBA fame O’NEAL
25 *Won 10 in a row, say WENT ON A TEAR
27 2/2/20, for Super Bowl LIV… GAME DAY
30 Many coll. lab instructors TAS
32 Roll of bills WAD
34 Egyptian queen in Tut’s time NEFERTITI
37 Amber, for one RESIN
38 Be EXIST
41 Like fresh nail polish WET
42 __ XING: crosswalk sign PED
45 Restrain, as one’s breath BATE
48 Captive’s plea LET ME GO!
50 Worked together perfectly MESHED
51 Serious cuts GASHES
53 Keep moist, as turkey BASTE
54 [none of the above] OTHER
56 Grinch victim WHO
59 Zap with a Taser STUN
61 Somali-born model IMAN
64 Pointless bother ADO
65 Squeal on the mob RAT
66 Rugged vehicle, for short UTE
67 “Game of Thrones” patriarch Stark NED
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