Here are the answers to the crossword puzzle from our newspaper published on July 10, 2017.
ACROSS 1 Bleak 5 Green gem 9 Punch 12 Guru's practice 13 Track standout Jesse -- 15 Morse invention 16 Frame of mind 17 Make joyful 18 Go to earth 19 Actress Meryl -- 21 Least able to retain water 23 "A Holly Jolly Christmas" singer 25 Road map nos. 26 Omaha's state 30 Willowy 34 Lamb's pen name 35 Cows' chews 37 Epic by Homer 38 Apiece 39 Bad guy 41 Sorority letter 42 Actor Braugher 44 Potter's oven 45 Detect 46 Powerful beams 48 Horse chestnuts 50 Social climber 52 Watch's face 53 Tinkered 57 Like a wedding cake 61 Kind of molding 62 Fountain in Rome 64 Concern 65 Attired 66 Rathskeller mug 67 Make fall 68 Olive in the comics 69 Fawn's parent 70 Cult
DOWN 1 Workout sites 2 Show team spirit 3 Composer -- Stravinsky 4 Fortified wine 5 "My Cousin Vinny" star (2 wds.) 6 Boring tool 7 Real bargain 8 Go in 9 -- de vivre 10 Augments 11 Red vegetable 14 Installs in office 15 Woodworking tool 20 Mrs. Peron 22 Bacon or Kline 24 Lurk 26 Himalayan country 27 Helen, in Spanish 28 Tweeters 29 Bob Hope specialty (2 wds.) 31 Fresh 32 Nevadan lake 33 Makes changes 36 Madrid toast 39 Founder of sci-fi 40 Egging on 43 Took it easy 45 Chooses 47 Places in order 49 Chiang -- -shek 51 Lahr and Parks 53 Somewhat, in music 54 Ill-favored 55 Greenish-blue color 56 Bug repellent 58 One in a million 59 Guitarist -- Clapton 60 Govt. branch 63 Airline ticket word