Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Saturday March 18th 2017, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1. Cleaning up a mess? ON KP
5. Overcomes, as adversity RISES ABOVE
15. River to the Laptev Sea LENA
16. Beset by dire circumstances IN EXTREMIS
17. Reach new heights GROW
18. Sharper SCAM ARTIST
19. Publication for pitchers? ADWEEK
21. Paid REMITTED
22. “I have a lady in the balcony” old radio/TV quiz show DR IQ
24. Binge-watcher’s aid TIVO
25. Showman named Phineas PT BARNUM
29. Butterflies NERVES
33. __ room CHAT
34. Largest Italian lake GARDA
36. __ Valley, Calif. SIMI
37. Court judgment LET
38. Metaphorical social barrier ICE
39. Salon substance GEL
40. They might be about nothing ADOS
42. Gather in a mass CLUMP
44. Self-named 1954 or 1964 jazz album MONK
45. Expel BANISH
47. Disgruntled fans, slangily BOO-BIRDS
49. Novelist O’Flaherty LIAM
51. X-Ray __: U.K. punk band SPEX
52. Socrates or Plato ATHENIAN
56. Meditative discipline TAI CHI
60. Agenda THINGS TO DO
62. Kennebunk-based personal care products brand, familiarly TOM’S
63. Old crate RATTLETRAP
64. Noodle bar order UDON
65. Windows alternatives AISLE SEATS
66. Shady time, for some PAST
DOWN
1. Wife of Igor of Kiev OLGA
2. Socially awkward type NERD
3. Recognize KNOW
4. Handled carelessly PAWED AT
5. Putting in jeopardy RISKING
6. Like many beginners’ piano pieces IN C
7. Burn slightly SEAR
8. Keith Hernandez, e.g. EX-MET
9. Marathoner’s need STAMINA
10. Succeed big-time ARRIVE
11. Pool habitués BETTORS
12. Leave off OMIT
13. It has two jaws VISE
14. Storefront sign abbr. ESTD
20. Miss an easy spare, say ERR
23. Bobwhite, e.g. QUAIL
25. Classroom with mice PC LAB
26. Old-time screen vamp Bara THEDA
27. Track bar BATON
28. Ernie Banks’ sobriquet MR CUB
30. Intensity VIGOR
31. Fix, as copy EMEND
32. Track apparel SILKS
35. Teaching methods DEMOS
41. A quarter of a half? SILENT L
42. Some recliners CHAISES
43. Beer openers POP-TOPS
44. Scrap MIX IT UP
46. One of Pete Rose’s record 3,215 SINGLE
48. ’80s-’90s co-star with Betty, Rue and Estelle BEA
50. Far from shiny MATTE
52. First razor with a pivoting head ATRA
53. Chiang Mai native THAI
54. Battleship goals HITS
55. Myrna’s role in “The Thin Man” NORA
57. Musical closing CODA
58. Managed care gps. HMOS
59. Exists no more ISN’T
61. Brooklynese pronoun DAT
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