National Post

CANADIAN CRISSCROSS

- By Walter D. Feener

ACROSS

1. Distance prefix 5. Confers knighthood upon 9. Distance covered in a step 13. Internet diary 14. Related on the mother’s side 16. Genuine in German 17. Competed in “Canadian Idol” 18. Eyes in many emoticons 19. Gone into a resting position 20. Carbolic acid 22. Italian glazed earthenwar­e 24. Shaped Like an egg 26. Pith helmet 27. Temple tower of ancient

Mesopotami­a 31. Luxury ship 34. Pay-to-stay place 35. Short notes 37. Precipitat­ion that is halfway

between rain and snow 39. Australian greeting 41. “Divine Comedy” author 43. Therefore 44. Male parents of quadrupeds 46. Upper layers of the Earth’s crust 48. Tree of the genus Quercus 49. Sound of metal hitting metal 51. Fabric used for slipcovers 53. Ladder step 55. Fix, as a cat 56. Sword sheath 60. Herb once used in folk medicine 64. Programmin­g language for

children 65. It’s played under the chin 67. Convex mouldings 68. Its headquarte­rs is in Montreal:

abbr. 69. Town in Alberta that was

originally named Heatherwoo­d 70. Dash 71. Pig meat 72. Back to school month: abbr. 73. Acting part

DOWN

1. Recipe abbreviati­on 2. “In the Valley of ___” (2007 film) 3. Unaccompan­ied 4. Christmas drink 5. Told the government about money you have earned in order to pay taxes 6. Numero ___ 7. Healing ointment 8. Ermine in its brown summer coat 9. Thin skin 10. Fruit used in health drinks 11. Fashionabl­e 12. Lab burner 15. Get pleasure from 21. Egg cell 23. German grandfathe­rs 25. Masters of Tibetan Buddhism 27. Goes this way before that 28. Bengali language group 29. Knot in wood 30. Invigorati­ng medicine 32. Long-legged bird 33. ___ and Sara (Canadian indie

pop duo) 36. Rating units 38. Puff on a marijuana cigarette 40. High school publicatio­n 42. Five-toed pachyderm 45. Behave coldly toward 47. Mast support 50. Tricky rascal 52. Prairie ___ (Canadian country

music group) 54. Frameworks of parallel bars 56. Woman’s undergarme­nt 57. Chanel of fashion 58. Jello is made from it 59. Exact amount of medication 61. Single-handedly 62. Of speech 63. Waste away from sadness 66. Chop off

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