Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Monday May 2nd LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Former Yankee slugger, familiarly : A-ROD
5 Barrel of laughs : RIOT
9 “Joy of Cooking” writer Rombauer : IRMA
13 Take away : MINUS
15 Skeleton prefix : ENDO-
16 Is sorry about : RUES
17 *Chilled caffeinated drink : ICED COFFEE
19 __-lock brakes : ANTI
20 Pt. of HDTV : DEF
21 __ facto : IPSO
22 “Moby-Dick” ship : PEQUOD
24 Slim woodwind : OBOE
26 Not well : ILL
27 “Star Wars” pilot Dameron : POE
28 *Cold War barrier : IRON CURTAIN
32 Blueprints : PLANS
33 Orderly : NEAT
34 Comply with : OBEY
38 Frying liquids : OILS
39 Holy book : BIBLE
40 Small valley : DALE
41 Ward on “FBI” : SELA
42 Brazilian berry : ACAI
43 Medicinal units : PILLS
44 *Close-knit, influential group : INNER CIRCLE
47 Legal org. : ABA
50 Lummox : OAF
51 Peters out : DIES
52 Tearjerker featuring Anna Chlumsky in her feature-film debut : MY GIRL
54 Ceramics oven : KILN
56 “__ the season … ” : ‘TIS
59 Radar screen spot : BLIP
60 *English name of a West African republic : IVORY COAST
63 Refrain syllables : LA-LA
64 Majorino of “Veronica Mars” : TINA
65 Cosmetician Lauder : ESTEE
66 Meadow moms : EWES
67 Affirmative votes : YEAS
68 Pass (through) slowly : SEEP
DOWN
1 In the thick of : AMID
2 Risotto grain : RICE
3 Part of the Three Musketeers’ credo : ONE FOR ALL
4 Lemon : DUD
5 NFL officials : REFS
6 The 411 : INFO
7 “__ of Girls’ Things”: poem by Sharon Olds : ODE
8 Metal tab that protects a shoe : TOE PLATE
9 Baghdad’s country : IRAQ
10 Accumulate, as charges : RUN UP
11 “Same here!” : ME TOO!
12 “All kidding __ … ” : ASIDE
14 Descendants : SCIONS
18 Oil cartel acronym : OPEC
23 “Riverdale” actor Goree : ELI
25 Tiny potted tree : BONSAI
26 Slanted, as a typeface : ITALIC
28 1970s tennis star Nastase : ILIE
29 Worldwide humanitarian gp. : UNICEF
30 Concrete-reinforcing rod : REBAR
31 “Sorry, can’t help ya” : NO DICE
32 Spots to buy stamps: Abbr. : POS
35 Mid-American Conference university in Indiana : BALL STATE
36 Actress Fanning : ELLE
37 “Of course!” : YES
39 Triteness : BANALITY
43 Royal son : PRINCE
45 Fin. neighbor : NOR
46 In a lazy way : IDLY
47 Saunter : AMBLE
48 Internal regulation for a club : BYLAW
49 Nimble : AGILE
53 Hoppy brews, briefly : IPAS
54 Beer company based in Hawaii : KONA
55 Some nest eggs, for short : IRAS
57 Words of comprehension, and a phonetic hint for the answers to the starred clues : I SEE
58 Dance move : STEP
61 “C’est la __!” : VIE
62 CIA predecessor : OSS
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