Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Wednesday March 9th 2016, LA Times crossword puzzle.
Across
1. Computer whose 27-inch version has a Retina 5K display IMAC
5. Down in the mouth BLUE
9. Rum-soaked cakes BABAS
14. Part of rock’s CSNY NASH
15. Midterm, e.g. TEST
16. Eel, to a sushi chef UNAGI
17. *Seriously indoctrinate BRAINWASH
19. 13-Down actress Normand MABEL
20. Miracle-__ GRO
21. *Improvised rap FREESTYLE
23. Medical screening system TRIAGE
26. Tell (on) RAT
27. Fiver FIN
28. *Risqué OFF-COLOR
31. Hill-building stinger RED ANT
33. LAX summer setting PDT
34. Director Kazan ELIA
36. “Blue Bloods” actor Will ESTES
37. *Weight-training exercise BICEP CURL
40. Nurse at a bar SIP ON
43. 1956 Mideast crisis site SUEZ
44. Mensa concerns IQS
47. Hometown of the Ivy League’s Big Red ITHACA
49. *Markdown PRICE CUT
52. Chinese menu general TSO
53. Nev. neighbor IDA
55. Binges SPREES
56. *Brand created in Toronto in 1904 CANADA DRY
60. Chow line? ARF!
61. More than chubby OBESE
62. Permanent place, and a hint to the ends of the answers to starred clues HAIR SALON
66. “__ Black” MEN IN
67. River to the English Channel ORNE
68. “Don’t look at me” NOT I
69. Brown ermine STOAT
70. Hard to box in, ironically CAGY
71. 52 Pickup need DECK
Down
1. Having five sharps, musically IN B
2. Scratch, say MAR
3. At no cost AS A GIFT
4. President before Sarkozy CHIRAC
5. Digression lead-in, in texts BTW
6. Table extension LEAF
7. Cold War initials USSR
8. Early anesthetic ETHER
9. Foul tip? BUM STEER
10. Med. school subject ANAT
11. Newborn’s natural insulator BABY FAT
12. Botox target AGE LINE
13. Films that usually had live music SILENTS
18. Scrubbed, at NASA NO-GO
22. Word with bud or flap EAR
23. Bikini part TOP
24. Country mail svc. RFD
25. Utility abbr. ELEC
29. Chihuahua cheers OLES
30. Tear to pieces RIP UP
32. ISP option DSL
35. Service pro ACER
37. Feathery neckwear BOA
38. Contentious border happening INCIDENT
39. Israeli guns UZIS
40. “Maude,” “Phyllis” and “Rhoda” SITCOMS
41. “You’re on!” IT’S A BET!
42. Dir. assistance info PHONE NO
44. Frozen floater ICE FLOE
45. “¿__ pasa?” QUE
46. Beale and Bourbon: Abbr. STS
48. Canine care gp.? ADA
50. Tax time VIPs CPAS
51. Thing to run ERRAND
54. For this purpose AD HOC
57. Pacific Rim continent ASIA
58. Avis modifier RARA
59. Hip-hop’s __ Yang Twins YING
63. King of Spain REY
64. Non-Rx OTC
65. Neat ending? -NIK
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