Here are the answers to the crossword puzzle from our newspaper published on May 30, 2017.
ACROSS 1 Turquoise kin 5 Forest disguise 9 Brat, plus 14 Mugs 15 Had some bills 16 Consolidate 17 Slapdash 19 Els or Banks 20 Scratch out a living 21 Your Majesty 22 S'il vous -- 23 Inferred 25 Hold firmly 26 Bucket of bolts 27 Disheartened 30 Cut too short 33 Unfledged 34 Kind of grin 36 Dressy event 37 Mountain range 38 Droplet 39 Mao -- -tung 40 Long bout 41 Vonnegut and Cobain 42 Qualm 44 Motor lodge 45 Like good brandy 46 Mysteries 50 Couch 52 -- -finding mission 53 Literary compilation 54 Zenith opposite 55 Lioness's suggestion (3 wds.) 57 Solo 58 Bahrain VIP 59 Historical periods 60 Made a heap 61 Caves, often 62 Pita treat
DOWN 1 Longed for 2 Tremor 3 Hiked the price 4 Bonfire remains 5 Snugger 6 Oscar or Tony 7 Just 8 Funny-peculiar 9 Swordplay 10 Mesmerized 11 Kind of series 12 Never heard -- -- 13 TV's "Science Guy" 18 Show biz org. 22 Wrinkled fruit 24 Pac-12 sch. 25 Estimate 27 Leap aside 28 Pitcher 29 Confound it! 30 Barracks off. 31 One of the Mamas 32 Guinness or Baldwin 33 Give way 35 Fabric meas. 37 Turn color, maybe 38 Keg stopper 40 Type of doughnut 41 Stretchy fabrics 43 Arroyo 44 Acquires, as debt 46 Get takeout, perhaps (2 wds.) 47 Join a union? 48 Poet's adverb 49 Final word (hyph.) 50 MOMA artist 51 Archaeology find 52 Wife, to a lawyer 54 Forty winks 55 Was in front 56 Violin knob