Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Monday May 16th 2016, LA Times crossword puzzle.
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Across
1. Vehicles with meters CABS
5. Give the heave-ho EJECT
10. Fishhook point BARB
14. Fabled monster OGRE
15. South Pacific island studied by Margaret Mead SAMOA
16. Olympic sword EPEE
17. 1987 Cher film MOONSTRUCK
19. Refuses to WON’T
20. Plain text PROSE
21. Sophocles character for whom a Freudian complex is named OEDIPUS
23. Lack of variety SAMENESS
27. Trail mix tidbit NUT
28. Gradually become narrower TAPER
30. Group of eight OCTET
34. Time co-founder Henry LUCE
38. Track events RACES
40. Put on the payroll HIRE
41. Tehran’s country IRAN
42. Armistice TRUCE
43. Ireland, to an Irish poet ERIN
44. Painter Chagall MARC
45. New Testament king HEROD
46. Monopoly card with mortgage values DEED
47. __-Bits: letter-shaped cereal ALPHA
49. Leaf under a petal SEPAL
51. Escort’s offering ARM
53. Great energy DYNAMISM
58. Capital of Lithuania VILNIUS
62. Latest craze MANIA
63. Tinker with text EDIT
64. 1945 Ingrid Bergman film SPELLBOUND
68. “What __ could I do?” ELSE
69. Spine-tingling EERIE
70. Latvian capital RIGA
71. Collecting Soc. Sec., maybe RETD
72. Threaded fastener SCREW
73. Tabloid twosome ITEM
Down
1. Free tickets, say COMPS
2. Marketplace of ancient Greece AGORA
3. Dustpan go-with BROOM
4. Good judgment SENSE
5. Fla. clock setting EST
6. Cookie container JAR
7. Outback bird EMU
8. Chanel of fashion COCO
9. Spoken for TAKEN
10. 2005 Nicole Kidman film BEWITCHED
11. For each one A POP
12. Eye care brand RENU
13. “All __ are off” BETS
18. Telegraphed SENT
22. Batman and Robin, e.g. DUO
24. Word before or after “mother” EARTH
25. Shows mercy SPARES
26. Assured payment of, as a loan SECURED
29. Duplicate again RECOPY
31. Michelin product TIRE
32. New York border lake ERIE
33. Watch over, as sheep TEND
34. Peru’s capital LIMA
35. River to the Caspian URAL
36. Bellyache CARP
37. 2007 Amy Adams film ENCHANTED
39. Family car SEDAN
48. Tycoon Onassis ARI
50. Sheepish youngster? LAMB
52. Inspiration sources MUSES
54. New Zealand native MAORI
55. Arctic dweller INUIT
56. Burn slightly SINGE
57. Respectful address MADAM
58. Zig or zag VEER
59. On a break IDLE
60. Enumerate LIST
61. On __: without a contract SPEC
65. Flub a line, say ERR
66. Golf ball position LIE
67. __ Alcindor: Kareem, formerly LEW
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