Here are the answers to the crossword puzzle from our newspaper published on June 26, 2017.
ACROSS 1 Face-off 5 Soft toss 8 Shredded 12 Traffic indicator 14 Kachina maker 15 Pitch water 16 Whinny 17 "The Valley of Horses" author 18 Whodunit terrier 19 It may be keen 21 Rodeo rope 23 Pablo's aunt 24 Cato's dozen 25 NNW opposite 26 Tacks 30 Rockhound's find 32 Yearns for 33 Possible to achieve 36 An astringent 37 Boxcar riders 38 Acorn droppers 40 Not yet tried out 42 High mountains 43 Fixed a squeak 44 Most arid 45 Pertinent 48 Sewing kit item 49 Chili -- carne 50 No longer in bed 52 Deteriorate (3 wds.) 57 Tiny stream 58 And others (abbr.) 60 Virginia caverns 61 Numerical prefix 62 Email option 63 "The Wreck of the Mary --" 64 Bluebird's home 65 Give in the middle 66 Kitchen meas.
DOWN 1 Hamlet, e.g. 2 Heavy hydrogen discoverer 3 Ontario neighbor 4 Ships' journals 5 Unmannered one 6 Unseal, to Blake 7 Large numbers 8 Ski lift (hyph.) 9 Watering hole 10 Hayworth and Coolidge 11 Gladden 13 Eye parts 14 Merry sound (hyph.) 20 New draftees 22 Verdi opera 24 Inert gas 26 Moo companion 27 Freedom org. 28 Rebuff 29 Pace 30 Taunted 31 Tropical wood 33 Like a basket 34 Put cargo on board 35 Barely makes do 37 Sanctity 39 Mach 2 flier 41 Ready to eat 42 Palmer of golf 44 Fleck 45 Burr or Copland 46 Haggling point 47 Inclinations 49 Unfriendly 51 Coin eater 52 Work crew 53 Bird-feeder treat 54 Distinct periods 55 O.K. Corral name 56 Does batik 59 Herbal infusion