Here are the answers to the crossword puzzle from our newspaper published on October 20, 2017.
ACROSS 1 Knack 5 Unrehearsed (hyph.) 10 From memory 14 Arab VIP 15 Pageant wear 16 Father of Cain 17 "-- Lisa" 18 Short note 20 Plug component 22 Get some sun 23 Hazy 24 British nobles 26 Gents 27 Paid homage 30 Reach 34 Infrequently 35 Unopened flower 36 Dairy-case buy 37 Excitement 38 Make an image clearer 41 Boat implement 42 Revenuers 44 Caviar, actually 45 Grasshopper 47 Sewing machine part 49 Furthermore 50 Novelist Rita -- Brown 51 Grants 52 Burst forth 55 Cry of discovery 56 Wild guesses 60 Caving in 63 Name in essays 64 Give an edge to 65 Lofty abode 66 Not bogus 67 Poet -- Khayyam 68 Suit coat feature 69 Cozy dwelling
DOWN 1 Tough fiber 2 Omnia vincit -- 3 Muchacho 4 Spanish nobleman 5 Midnight teller 6 Slimmed down 7 Buddhist monks 8 Element No. 26 9 Disallow 10 Met by chance (2 wds.) 11 Chances 12 Under tension 13 Oscar relative 19 Right on! 21 Beach scavengers 25 Place to eavesdrop 26 Shaped clay 27 Strong brown paper 28 Auto-safety advocate 29 Form a gully 30 Hold gently 31 Spoken 32 Desist 33 Unlawful acts 35 Swimsuit half 39 Hail, to Caesar 40 Nuzzles 43 Embroidery piece 46 Rainwater catcher 48 Numbers to crunch 49 -- Babies 51 Insect sound 52 Mountain refrain 53 Dorm unit 54 Arm bone 55 Disoriented 57 Ship's position 58 Slant 59 Food preserver 61 Chum 62 Solidify