Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Saturday October 15th 2016, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Raid units? SPRAYS
7 Pass after all else failed? HAIL MARY
15 Mine shaft tool TREPAN
16 Ambiguous part GRAY AREA
17 Cab Calloway catchphrase HI-DE-HO
18 Jonathan’s cousins WINESAPS
19 She plays Hermione in “Harry Potter” films EMMA
20 Falls behind, perhaps OWES
22 Some sleepers SOFAS
23 Soup vegetable LEEK
24 Big name in diamonds ZALES
26 Parishioner’s place NAVE
27 Reagan __ ERA
28 Word on a business card CELL
29 Old tankard material PEWTER
31 Stallone, in “Capone” NITTI
33 Name on some euros ESPANA
35 Takes in ABSORBS
37 Replacement for unlisted items AND SO ON
41 Charity tourneys PRO-AMS
43 Throw out an idea OPINE
44 Takes root SETS IN
47 Eats CHOW
49 Brief subject LAW
50 Spot for a scrape KNEE
51 Starbucks order DECAF
53 ”__-daisy!” UPSY
54 Thumb twiddler IDLER
56 Dough CASH
57 Pickup spot? NAPE
58 Baloney FOLDEROL
60 Where Mark Twain married Olivia Langdon ELMIRA
62 Paratrooper’s start FREE FALL
63 Like beef loin, vis-à-vis chuck LEANER
64 Commuting metaphor SARDINES
65 Bands of cerebral nerve fibers PONTES
DOWN
1 Napa County city that’s home to Beringer Vineyards ST HELENA
2 Pricey cut PRIME RIB
3 2-Down and others RED MEATS
4 Vertical, more or less APEAK
5 Slangy agreement YAH
6 Loser’s mistake? SNOOZE
7 ”The Shape of Things to Come” author HG WELLS
8 Develop ARISE
9 Ziering of “Sharknado” IAN
10 Soapmaking compounds LYES
11 Stinging builder of mud nests MASON WASP
12 See 14-Down… ARAFAT
13 Work on, as a road REPAVE
14 With 12-Down, 1994 Peace Prize sharer YASSER
21 Peace Nobelist of 1983 WALESA
25 Bridge SPAN
28 High clouds CIRRI
30 Fund ENDOW
32 Like tournament favorites TOP-SEEDED
34 Ottoman officials PASHAS
36 Craig role BOND
38 Medium for da Vinci OIL PAINT
39 Rampaging ON A SPREE
40 Day of resolve NEW YEAR’S
42 Magazine renamed Rosie in 2001 MCCALL’S
44 One-person boats SKIFFS
45 ”Bewitched” role ENDORA
46 Worker in a cage TELLER
48 Useful OF HELP
52 Nice school ECOLE
53 Dispirit UNMAN
55 S&L offering REFI
59 Fared poorly in the wash RAN
61 Early August arrival LEO
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