Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Thursday August 31st 2017, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1. Draft day announcements PICKS
6. In-tents experience? CAMP
10. Like some dental floss WAXY
14. End of __ AN ERA
15. Jai __ ALAI
16. Wrapped up OVER
17. Artifact RELIC
18. Board member? KING
19. Unites WEDS
20. Volleyball players in Dublin? IRISH SETTERS
23. New York’s __ Island STATEN
24. Sturgeon delicacy ROE
25. Engineering sch. on the Hudson River RPI
28. Euros in Rome? ITALIAN BREAD
32. Deadly snake ASP
35. White House signing ceremony memento PEN
36. __ Trinket, “The Hunger Games” chaperone played by Elizabeth Banks EFFIE
37. Airport inspectors in Beijing? CHINESE CHECKERS
42. Cosmonaut Vladimir TITOV
43. Partner of abet AID
44. Most of Ariz. doesn’t observe it DST
45. Dance lessons in Madrid? SPANISH STEPS
50. CIA predecessor OSS
51. Drivers’ org. AAA
52. Phillies’ div. NL EAST
56. Number cruncher in New Delhi? INDIAN SUMMER
59. SALT subject ICBM
62. Crab Key villain DR NO
63. Mazda MX-5, familiarly MIATA
64. Witty tweet, e.g. QUIP
65. Novelist O’Brien EDNA
66. Bunsen burner kin ETNAS
67. Small ticks? SECS
68. Travel aimlessly ROAM
69. One of Franklin’s two certainties DEATH
DOWN
1. Musée d’Orsay city PARIS
2. Still INERT
3. Salsa singer Cruz CELIA
4. Spring 2008 “Dancing with the Stars” champion Yamaguchi KRISTI
5. Potpourri pouch SACHET
6. Wedding reception sight CAKE
7. Hit the ground ALIT
8. Hindu incantation MANTRA
9. Word with carrier or passenger PIGEON
10. Floors WOWS
11. Abbr. in many addresses AVE
12. Crossed (out) XED
13. Jr. and sr. YRS
21. Loses it SNAPS
22. Lute-like instrument REBEC
25. Served seconds, say REFED
26. Figure skating event PAIRS
27. In other words, in other words ID EST
29. Novelist Harper LEE
30. Quechua speakers INCAS
31. He served as A.G. under his brother RFK
32. “Don’t __ innocent” ACT SO
33. Port arrivals SHIPS
34. Pockets for falafel PITAS
38. Start to skid? NON-
39. French spa EVIAN
40. Strike HIT
41. Utopias EDENS
46. More melancholy SADDER
47. Bob, for one HAIRDO
48. Like peacocks PLUMED
49. Many a Mideast native SEMITE
53. Appliance maker since 1934 AMANA
54. Attack SET AT
55. Vandalize TRASH
56. Rascals IMPS
57. Kendrick of “Pitch Perfect” ANNA
58. “Syntactic Structures” author Chomsky NOAM
59. Nos. averaging 100 IQS
60. What a shark strikes with CUE
61. Wite-Out maker BIC
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