Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Thursday September 25th, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Win or lose : VERB
5 Signs of healing : SCABS
10 Win or lose alternative : DRAW
14 Single’s bars? : ARIA
15 “Se _ inglés” : HABLA
16 Character : ROLE
17 Online chortles : LOLZ
18 Positive : ASSET
19 Season celebrated by gifted kids? : YULE
20 Mer(c)y : SEA OF HUMANITY
23 Supplier of oil pans? : ART CRITIC
24 Incantation syllables : ABRA
26 Selling points? : ADS
27 Garter snake prey : NEWT
30 Great beast : APE
31 Soft toss : LOB
33 Ins. option : HMO
35 “Open the pod bay doors, _” : HAL
37 Mop alternative : ROOMBA
39 Argument-ending words, perhaps : I SAY SO
41 Romeo’s opening word? : ALFA
42 Mausoleums : TOMBS
46 Go to the polls : VOTE
47 Pear variety : BOSC
48 Dressing on a caterer’s table? : SKIRT
49 Hardly any : A FEW
50 Actress Jewell : GERI
52 Gasteyer of “Mean Girls” : ANA
53 Some mechanical pencils : BICS
54 Ada Lovelace’s father : BYRON
55 NFL stats : YDS
56 Heavy dancing shoes : CLOGS
58 Backroads ride, for short : ATV
59 (T)yke : KID’S TEE
62 Need for a site visit? : URL
63 Two-time Newbery Medalist Lowry : LOIS
65 Caterpillar rival : DEERE
66 Grove grower : TREE
67 Drink through a straw : SUCK
68 Travel website with the same name as a boat : KAYAK
69 Quickly, quickly : ASAP
70 Surroundings : AREA
71 Someone working around the House : REP
72 Rocker Joan : JETT
DOWN
1 Actor Kilmer : VAL
2 God with a quiver : EROS
3 Really get to : RILE
4 Middle Eastern market : BAZAAR
5 Hot rod rod : SHAFT
6 Game show whose contestants are really driven? : CASH CAB
7 Wackadoo : ABSURD
8 Mark : BLEMISH
9 Occupied, as a hot desk : SAT AT
10 Solid carbon dioxide : DRY ICE
11 Drubbing : ROUT
12 Supporter : ALLY
13 Microscopic : WEE
21 Floss brand : ORAL-B
22 Spanish sons : NINOS
24 Accounting record? : APOLOGY TOUR
25 (B)enefit : BE OF SERVICE
28 Trajector(y) : WHY OF COURSE
29 “My compliments to the chef” : TASTES GREAT
30 Part of UAE : ARAB
32 Grains that may be steel-cut : OATS
34 Produce aisle spray : MIST
36 German entomologist Hermann : LOEW
38 Large-scale : MACRO
40 Make use (of) : AVAIL
43 “Yes, honey” : OKAY, DEAR
44 Bra(i)n : MIND’S EYE
45 Fashion tape target : BRA STRAP
51 What a pocket protector protects from : INK
53 Dating initials : BCE
54 Wood whose name comes from the Spanish for “raft” : BALSA
57 Rested : SLEPT
60 “u tell me” : IDK
61 “Yikes!” : EEK
64 Horn-heavy genre : SKA
66 __ Mahal : TAJ
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