Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Thursday September 5th 2019, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Isla surrounder AGUA
5 Real cutup JOKER
10 Italian volcano ETNA
14 TV series that had flashbacks, flash-forwards and multiple timelines LOST
15 Kemper of “The Office” ELLIE
16 Truant GI… AWOL
17 *Brain trust member MASTERMIND
19 Meander ROVE
20 Afflicted with illness, say STRICKEN
21 Gastric woe ULCER
22 *Nixon’s cocker spaniel CHECKERS
25 PC key ALT
26 Reel Big Fish music genre SKA
29 Pigs out (on) OD’S
30 Flying frenemy of Godzilla RODAN
32 “Beaten” ways PATHS
34 One who is rotten to the core? BAD APPLE
37 Quartet member ALTO
38 *Influential record company named for co-founding brothers Leonard and Phil CHESS
40 Serb or Croat SLAV
41 Went over again and again REHASHED
43 Razz TEASE
44 Geometric given AXIOM
45 Ox tail? -IDE
47 Hankering YEN
48 Toward the stern AFT
50 *Playful question spoiled by caller ID… GUESS WHO
53 2010 Supreme Court appointee KAGAN
55 Shows derision for SNEERS AT
59 Boast BRAG
60 *The USS Iowa, e.g. BATTLESHIP
62 Toon mail-order company ACME
63 Be of use to AVAIL
64 Sty sound OINK
65 Swamp stalk REED
66 “Aw, fudge!” NERTS
67 Corddry of TV’s “Mom” NATE
DOWN
1 Help for the needy ALMS
2 Animal on the Cubs’ 2016 World Series rings GOAT
3 Space Race inits. USSR
4 Room often with a slanted ceiling ATTIC
5 Pulled quickly JERKED
6 Early Mexicans OLMECS
7 “Hogan’s Heroes” colonel KLINK
8 German article EIN
9 Crimson, e.g. RED
10 Bluegrass legend Scruggs EARL
11 With 28-Down, words to a cheater … or an honest hint to the answers to starred clues TWO CAN PLAY
12 Original NOVEL
13 At the ready ALERT
18 Heart sonograms, familiarly ECHOS
21 Food Safety agcy. USDA
23 Paleozoic and Cenozoic ERAS
24 Retina cells RODS
26 Exchange barbs SPAR
27 Curly cabbage KALE
28 See 11-Down AT THAT GAME
31 Church area APSE
33 The Cardiff Giant, notably HOAX
34 __ Bath & Beyond BED
35 Zap with a beam LASE
36 Equally matched EVEN
38 __ En-lai CHOU
39 Iron-rich blood pigment HEME
42 Portent SIGN
43 Giggly sound TE-HEE
45 “Don’t you agree?” ISN’T IT
46 Resides DWELLS
48 1556-1605 Mogul emperor AKBAR
49 Screwball comedy FARCE
51 Celestial red giant S STAR
52 Director Welles ORSON
54 Like good Scotch AGED
56 LaBeouf of “Transformers” films SHIA
57 Informal contraction AIN’T
58 Toll rd TPKE
60 Prohibition BAN
61 “___ Maria” AVE
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