Here are the answers to the crossword puzzle from our newspaper published on June 13, 2017.
ACROSS 1 Whaler of fiction 5 Shade-loving plant 10 Wheat center 14 Bunyan's ox 15 Pentium producer 16 "Instead of" word 17 Movie-set workers 18 Natural ladle 19 Rainbow goddess 20 Spatter 22 Deli sandwiches 24 Make fun of 25 Keenan or Ed 26 Clever retort 30 Hardens 35 Guitar, slangily 36 Refrain syllables 37 Hindu, probably 38 Lightning bug 41 Olive stuffer 43 Candice's dad 44 Lair 45 Drops on the grass 46 Deal with (2 wds.) 47 Like always 50 "Slither" actor 53 Kind of system 54 Like some decks 58 Snuggle 62 Willy or Shamu 63 Synonym scouter 66 Eleventh -- 67 Disagreeable person 68 Miffed, plus 69 Hence 70 -- mate 71 Drew to a close 72 Woodland creatures
DOWN 1 The rudiments 2 Dwell on 3 "Green Mansions" hero 4 Yard-sign start 5 Whiskey and soda 6 Sean Lennon's mom 7 Three before V 8 Bathrobe fabric 9 Standish stand-in 10 Honey-tongued 11 Aer Lingus base 12 Curb 13 Rumple 21 Close kin 23 Fix, as a copier 25 Yr. parts 26 Sidewalk -- 27 Water or rust 28 On-ramp sign 29 Coral formation 31 Wind dir. 32 Grammy winner -- Ronstadt 33 Delayer's motto 34 Very white 39 Hit the buffet 40 Lady's apparel 41 Pricing word 42 Like a paragraph 44 Amorous Juan 48 Hard water? 49 Grabbed a cookie 51 Lofty abode 52 Festoon 54 Makes soaking wet 55 Larry, Moe and Curly 56 Freedom org. 57 Ring up 59 Corrida sight 60 Sled event 61 Psyche's suitor 64 Roam around 65 Bastille Day season
