Here are the answers to the crossword puzzle from our newspaper published on December 21, 2017.
ACROSS 1 Japanese verse 6 Graceful horse 10 Extinct bird 14 Novelist -- Drury 15 Pay-stub acronym 16 During 17 Did a lawn chore 18 Very uncommon 19 Heal, as a bone 20 Put out of joint 22 Hill builders 23 Unconscious state 24 Unit of work 26 Part of a fist 30 Painter Georgia -- 34 Specks 35 Snakes do it 36 Hawaii's Mauna -- 37 Adorn with ornaments 38 Animal's track 40 Avec's opposite 41 PC bailout key 42 Hauled into court 43 Put -- (save) 44 Very hot 46 More than two 48 House addition 49 Hold one's own 50 Boat runway 53 Mountain hazards 59 Sandwich cookie 60 Japanese soup 61 Hotel patron 62 Tunes 63 Aspirin target 64 Use Artgum 65 Show enthusiasm 66 Work doggedly 67 Scatter
DOWN 1 Difficult 2 Range in Asia 3 Classes 4 Faint, with "over" 5 Leaves the space station 6 Ski-lodge type (hyph.) 7 Lariat 8 Real estate unit 9 Guidebook for travelers 10 Injure 11 Prophetic sign 12 Force 13 Bookie's figures 21 Rank above maj. 25 Stop signal 26 Wind catchers 27 They wrote in runes 28 City in New York 29 Motor part 30 Discoverer's shout 31 Natural talent 32 "Klute" star 33 Studio feature 35 Grassy surface 38 Artificial tan sources 39 Cribbage counter 40 NNW opposite 42 Part of RSVP 43 Gets even for 45 Sleep 46 Casual goodbye (2 wds.) 47 PCB regulator 49 Timex rival 50 Waterfall sound 51 La Scala highlight 52 Griffin of game shows 54 Small bottle 55 Short-spoken 56 Get wind of 57 Latin I verb 58 Burgoo or daube
