Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Monday September 17th 2018, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1. Potato chips source SPUD
5. __ bean LIMA
9. Rick’s “Casablanca” love ILSA
13. “Aww!” CUTE!
14. Spring bloom IRIS
15. Les __-Unis ETATS
16. Neighbor of Yemen OMAN
17. Large-scale departure MASS EXODUS
19. Island setting for Melville’s “Omoo” TAHITI
21. Court order to testify SUBPOENA
22. Mindless memorization ROTE
24. Farm sound MOO
25. Blue expanse, on a clear day SKY
26. Cost of a car, in most family budgets MAJOR EXPENSE
31. 1860s White House nickname ABE
32. Thought IDEA
33. Traffic light color YELLOW
37. Gardener’s bane WEED
39. Quick taste SIP
41. Produced MADE
42. American flag feature STRIPE
45. At hand NEAR
48. Buddhist school ZEN
49. Edmund Hillary’s conquest MOUNT EVEREST
52. Fermented quaff ALE
55. Slugger’s stat RBI
56. Get up RISE
57. Removing from the text DELETING
60. 1971 New York prison riot site ATTICA
64. Region including Egypt, Israel, etc. MIDDLE EAST
66. “__ be fine”: “No prob” IT’LL
67. Sad verse ELEGY
68. Spell-checker discovery TYPO
69. Not virtual REAL
70. __ a one NARY
71. The “Y” in “YTD” YEAR
72. TV award, and a homophonic hint to the four longest puzzle answers EMMY
DOWN
1. Loch Ness local SCOT
2. Adidas rival PUMA
3. Home of the NBA’s Jazz UTAH
4. Robert of “Dirty Grandpa” DE NIRO
5. Restricted in number, as an edition LIMITED
6. Nest egg acronym IRA
7. Hit’s opposite MISS
8. Take for grantedASSUME
9. “Was __ hard on you?” I TOO
10. Stows cargo LADES
11. Caused some nose-pinching STUNK
12. Evaluate, as metal ASSAY
15. Bring to light EXPOSE
18. Traditional black piano key wood EBONY
20. Singer Amos TORI
23. Old flames EXES
26. Big mouths MAWS
27. Help rob the bank ABET
28. Taunt from the bleachers JEER
29. Emulate Degas PAINT
30. “Slippery” tree ELM
34. Do nothing LAZE
35. Wordsworth works ODES
36. Attended, with “to” WENT
38. Reduce in brightness DIM
40. __ pressure PEER
43. Rotund PORTLY
44. Jazzman Blake EUBIE
46. Pilot AVIATOR
47. Take ten REST
50. Distance between bases, in feet NINETY
51. Go to bed RETIRE
52. Commercial writers ADMEN
53. Bizet opera priestess LEILA
54. Tribal leader ELDER
58. Avant-garde EDGY
59. Motown’s Marvin GAYE
61. Receipt detail ITEM
62. Linguine seafood sauce morsel CLAM
63. One on your side ALLY
65. Daycation destination SPA
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