Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Wednesday September 24th, LA Times crossword puzzle.
ACROSS
1 Home of the Colosseum : ROME
5 Muffin fiber : BRAN
9 Actor Omar : EPPS
13 Cut off : SEVER
14 In _ parentis : LOCO
15 “Star Wars” heroine : LEIA
16 Battle over a board : CHESS MATCH
18 Performed at a karaoke party : SANG
19 Broadcasts : AIRS
20 Super- : UBER-
21 Pt. of some school names : TECH
22 Places for plugs : DRAINS
24 “Peyton Place” and “Diamonds Are Forever” actress : LANA WOOD
27 Filming location : SET
28 “_ go time!” : IT’S
30 Sigh, say : EXHALE
31 School administrator : DEAN
33 Tiny bit : IOTA
36 Summers on the Seine : ETES
37 Semester-long writing assignment : TERM PAPER
40 Be rife (with) : TEEM
43 Bump from office : OUST
44 Baseball feature : SEAM
47 __ film : ACTION
49 Apropos : APT
51 Plead : BEG
53 Film hitman played by Keanu Reeves : JOHN WICK
56 Dog star : LASSIE
58 Shift key toggle : CASE
59 Increase : RISE
61 17-time WWE champion : CENA
62 Spa treatment, for short : MANI
63 Place for a nonurgent issue, and what can be found at the end of 16-, 24-, 37-, or 53- Across? : BACK BURNER
65 Yankee nickname of the 2000s : A-ROD
66 Paul who wrote the lyrics to “My Way” : ANKA
67 Burlap bags : SACKS
68 Land in the sea : ISLE
69 Home for a heron : NEST
70 Fencing blade : EPEE
DOWN
1 Brought back on board : REHIRED
2 Took in too much : OVERATE
3 World Cup superstar Lionel : MESSI
4 Hosp. areas : ERS
5 Squeal : BLAB
6 Canned brand often used in chili con queso : RO-TEL
7 Ghana’s capital : ACCRA
8 Japanese drama : NOH
9 Some other place : ELSEWHERE
10 Woolen outer layer : PEACOAT
11 Small puncture : PINHOLE
12 Droop : SAG
13 Oodles : SCADS
17 “You _ be joking” : MUST
21 Price addition : TAX
23 Cloud _ : NINE
25 Kind of tide : NEAP
26 _ Moines, Iowa : DES
29 Liu of “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” : SIMU
32 Sign at a convenience store : ATM INSIDE
34 Curtailed missions? : OPS
35 “Bye-bye!” : TATA
38 Rice-A-_ : RONI
39 Spanish “this” : ESTA
40 Blues guitarist _ Mahal : TAJ
41 Green vehicles : ECO-CARS
42 Gas additive : ETHANOL
45 Attendance record spoiler : ABSENCE
46 “Trust your keys with … ” car care chain : MEINEKE
48 Be in debt : OWE
50 Commoner : PLEB
52 Clock innards : GEARS
54 Origami figure : CRANE
55 Shoes, casually : KICKS
57 Consign to the dustbin : SCRAP
60 Three-player card game : SKAT
62 “Heart on My Sleeve” singer Ella _ : MAI
63 Block : BAN
64 Purpose : USE
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