Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Tuesday October 3rd 2017, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1. Carpet thickness PILE
5. Crowbar, basically LEVER
10. Vanishing ski lift T-BAR
14. Preemptive rescue op EVAC
15. Wear down ERODE
16. MasterCard rival VISA
17. *Boot camp newbie RAW RECRUIT
19. Not fer AGIN
20. Slap in the face INSULT
21. Play the hand you were dealt STAND PAT
23. Smooth engine sound HUM
25. __-Locka, Florida OPA
26. Aetna’s bus. INS
27. Michelin product CAR TIRE
31. Ancient vase in a museum, say RELIC
33. Fuel-efficient Chevy AVEO
34. Physics work unit ERG
36. Starts the kitty ANTES
39. Truth stretcher LIAR
40. Nebula Award genre SCI-FI
43. Undiluted PURE
44. Untrue FALSE
46. Acquired GOT
47. __ Minor: Little Bear URSA
48. Chinese menu promise NO MSG
51. Company co-founded by J.P. Morgan US STEEL
53. “The Simpsons” disco guy STU
55. Sport-__: 4 x 4… UTE
56. 90 deg. at the North Pole, e.g. LAT
57. Overly long and generally unproductive activity TIME SINK
60. One of Santa’s reindeer DASHER
65. “SOS” pop group ABBA
66. *Defensible alibi GOOD EXCUSE
68. Baked desserts PIES
69. Latest craze MANIA
70. Ointment additive ALOE
71. Tortoise racer HARE
72. Spiritual guardian ANGEL
73. Identity hider MASK
DOWN
1. Prefix with scope PERI-
2. Hall of Fame catcher Rodriguez IVAN
3. Newton’s motion trio LAWS
4. Color of raw silk ECRU
5. Professors’ talks LECTURES
6. Boot the ball ERR
7. “Parlez-__ français?” VOUS
8. Manuscript fixer EDITOR
9. Make another recording of RETAPE
10. Promo on the tube TV AD
11. *Grand scheme of things BIG PICTURE
12. From China, say ASIAN
13. Tirades RANTS
18. Pre-college, briefly ELHI
22. Simba’s playmate NALA
24. Defunct Ford division, for short MERC
27. Baby whale CALF
28. Sports shoe brand AVIA
29. *It may be rational, in math REAL NUMBER
30. Sculptor’s subject TORSO
32. Data to be processed INPUT
35. Band tour booking GIG
37. Highland tongue ERSE
38. Close tightly SEAL
41. Basketball transgression FOUL
42. “Agreed!” … and what can be said about the start of the answers to starred clues IT’S A DEAL
45. Grounded Aussie birds EMUS
49. Mark of disgrace STIGMA
50. Columbus, by birth GENOAN
52. Lay’s chips-in-a-can brand STAX
53. Dangerous bacterium STAPH
54. Knee-to-ankle bone TIBIA
58. Lessen, as pain EASE
59. Skull Island ape KONG
61. Rip-off SCAM
62. Island dance HULA
63. Those, in Mexico ESOS
64. Cause serious nose-wrinkling REEK
67. Stop working, as an engine DIE
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