Here are the answers to the crossword puzzle from our newspaper published on March 1, 2018.
ACROSS 1 Lose brightness 5 Language of Pakistan 9 Prima donnas 14 -- hygiene 15 Southwest art colony 16 Yawning 17 Words from Scrooge 18 Aha! (2 wds.) 19 Doctor's assistant 20 Laundry additive 22 Composted 24 Store window word 26 Kyoto cash 27 Watch 31 Long ago 33 Type of prof 37 Toughens up 39 Pharaoh's river 41 Sedan 42 Tennis gear 44 Public image 46 Mdse. bars 47 Baby buggy, in London 49 Speckled fishes 50 Recipe direction 52 Suit, for short 54 Host with a book club 55 Clean water org. 57 -- -do-well 59 Mummy locales 63 Spa 67 Lagoon boundary 68 Lascivious glance 70 Placed 72 Eating places 73 Kyrgyzstan mountains 74 Writer -- Rice 75 Window covering 76 Irascibility 77 Feudal estate
DOWN 1 Watch chain 2 UAE word 3 Arlene of old films 4 Besides 5 New York city 6 Without thought 7 Female deer 8 Not new 9 Prom, for one 10 Large lizard 11 Be different 12 Church alcove 13 Put in a lawn 21 Dreaming, maybe 23 Grommet 25 Years on end 27 Flu bug 28 Out of place 29 Handbag logo 30 Annoy 32 Tear 34 Look high and low 35 Man in red 36 Rubbish 38 Fishing spot 40 Foul-ups 43 Lisa Simpson's instr. 45 Sponge up 48 Some adults 51 Felt dizzy 53 Quick breakfast 56 Sign of life 58 Unearthly 59 Apple computers 60 Rocky Mountain state 61 Den piece 62 Marble block 64 Canute's foe 65 Jaipur princess 66 Fork part 69 O.T. judge 71 Phone button