Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Monday October 24th 2016, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 ”Handle __ care” WITH
5 Burns with hot liquid SCALDS
11 Ex-Florida governor Bush JEB
14 ”__ Ben Adhem” ABOU
15 Reacts facially to a bad joke, say WINCES
16 Chopping tool AXE
17 What snowbirds seek in winter WARM WEATHER
19 ”Mamma __!” MIA
20 Mecca’s peninsula ARABIA
21 Heat in a microwave ZAP
22 Indy service areas PITS
23 ”Do __ others … “ UNTO
25 Most doubtful IFFIEST
27 Ready-to-send correspondence OUTGOING MAIL
31 Network with regular pledge drives NPR
32 D-Day French city ST LO
33 Steak orders T-BONES
37 Calm under pressure COOL
39 Since Jan. 1, in accounting YTD
41 Folksy account TALE
42 ”Bewitched” witch ENDORA
45 Buster Brown’s dog TIGE
48 Jamaican music genre SKA
49 Liqueur holder CORDIAL GLASS
52 Last word of a verbally cited passage UNQUOTE
55 ”Doctor Zhivago” heroine LARA
56 Potpie veggies PEAS
57 Hydroelectric facility DAM
59 Quik maker NESTLE
63 Dad, to grandpa SON
64 Ideal party thrower described by the first words of 17-, 27- and 49-Across PERFECT HOST
66 Cutoff point END
67 C to C, in music OCTAVE
68 Richard of “A Summer Place” EGAN
69 Org. with a PreCheck Program TSA
70 Sets free LOOSES
71 Facts and figures DATA
DOWN
1 Electric guitar effect WA-WA
2 Letter-shaped beam I-BAR
3 __ Bora: Afghan region TORA
4 Scrooge’s “Nonsense!” HUMBUG!
5 Worry about something, slangily SWEAT IT
6 Cloak-and-dagger org. CIA
7 Animated bug film ANTZ
8 Bar mitzvah toast L’CHAIM
9 What fries are fried in DEEP FAT
10 Ukr. or Lith., once SSR
11 Actor Foxx JAMIE
12 Freeway off-ramps EXITS
13 Savage sort BEAST
18 Tipplers WINOS
22 Cockpit figure PILOT
24 ”I’m __ human” ONLY
26 Little lie FIB
27 First fairy tale word ONCE
28 Second fairy tale word UPON
29 Trampled (on) TROD
30 ’80s-’90s crime boss John GOTTI
34 Mission Control org. NASA
35 Benevolent fraternal group ELKS
36 Salty expanses SEAS
38 Center of power LOCUS
40 Bygone phone feature DIAL
43 Pal of Piglet ROO
44 Radio City Music Hall design style ART DECO
46 Cursory looks GLANCES
47 Long-legged wader EGRET
50 ”… near and __ my heart” DEAR TO
51 Assailed verbally, with “out” LASHED
52 Surprise win UPSET
53 Bright signs NEONS
54 Press conference format, briefly Q AND A
58 Degs. for choreographers MFAS
60 Old Roman robe TOGA
61 Future D.A.’s exam LSAT
62 Sicilian volcano ETNA
64 D.C. big shot POL
65 Morn’s counterpart EVE
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