Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Monday October 17th 2016, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Solidifies GELS
5 Extends, as a building ADDS TO
11 Triple __: liqueur SEC
14 Golfer Aoki ISAO
15 Unfortunate event MISHAP
16 Thurman of “Kill Bill” UMA
17 Noir film temptress FEMME FATALE
19 Writing implement PEN
20 Therapeutic ointment BALM
21 Tenants RENTERS
23 Engineer Nikola TESLA
25 ”__F!”: pre-weekend cry TGI
27 Homer Simpson’s wife MARGE
28 Football-like sport played with a disc ULTIMATE FRISBEE
31 Falsehood LIE
32 __ Angeles LOS
33 ’50s prez IKE
34 Kareem’s former name LEW
35 Dangerous current RIPTIDE
37 Female pronoun SHE
40 Cupid’s mo. FEB
41 Year, in Spain ANO
42 Ate HAD
43 Close kin IMMEDIATE FAMILY
49 ”__ Rae” NORMA
50 ”__ who?!” SEZ
51 Execs, or outfits hanging in their closets SUITS
52 Goes on the offensive ATTACKS
54 Gentle SOFT
55 Life story, briefly BIO
56 Ironic change in destiny … and, literally, what happens in this puzzle’s circles TWIST OF FATE
61 Egg cells OVA
62 Transition slowly EASE IN
63 __ out a living EKES
64 Crossed (out) XED
65 Same-as-above marks DITTOS
66 Fender damage DENT
DOWN
1 Animated Internet file suffix GIF
2 Suffix with Siam -ESE
3 Meaty dish that would make Mary sad? LAMB STEW
4 Mogadishu native SOMALI
5 Radio band-switching switch AM/FM
6 Day, in Spain DIA
7 Hrs. that begin when we “spring forward” DST
8 ”Doctor Zhivago” actor Omar SHARIF
9 ”Tall” story TALE
10 Amateur night at a comedy club, e.g. OPEN MIKE
11 Exquisite SUPERB
12 Come into view EMERGE
13 As far as the eye __ CAN SEE
18 Jack of old Westerns ELAM
22 Stun with a gun TASE
23 Rock’s Jethro __ TULL
24 Nobelist Wiesel ELIE
25 Sporty sunroof T-TOP
26 Develop in the womb GESTATE
29 ”I was with my girlfriend all night,” say ALIBI
30 No longer encumbered by RID OF
35 Edited REDACTED
36 ”Mockingbird” singer Foxx INEZ
37 Asian mushroom with an odd spelling SHIITAKE
38 ”Freeze!” HALT!
39 Breyers competitor EDY’S
40 Storm relief org. FEMA
43 Packed up for shipping IN A BOX
44 Whodunit reason MOTIVE
45 ”The Wind in the Willows” croaker MR TOAD
46 Help out ASSIST
47 Dating from AS OF
48 Bungled MUFFED
53 ”The Bridge on the River __” KWAI
54 Daughters’ brothers SONS
57 Part of a tennis match SET
58 Padre’s hermano TIO
59 On a scale of one to __ TEN
60 Approx. figure EST
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