CANADIAN CRISSCROSS

ACROSS 1. Thin layer of coal 5. Inflatable boat 9. Talk socially 13. Jason’s ship 14. Widow’s inheritance 15. Sharpen on a whetstone 16. Way of acting and looking 17. Poncho worn in Colombia 18. Mother’s sister 19. Study of soils 21. John ___ ( Canadian author of

“In Flanders Fields”) 23. Lacquered tinware 24. Electronic junk mail 25. Black tourmaline 28. Giant famous for his battle

with David 31. Pretentious person 32. Actress Sophia 33. Criminal charge 35. Effortless 36. Unearthly 37. No longer present 38. Newt 39. Intimate companion 40. Punctuation mark 41. Movement due to gravity 43. Chantal Juillet’s instrument 44. Can’t stand 45. Group of cattle 46. Capital of Comoros 49. Preface 53. Part of QED 54. Does well 56. Pelvis parts 57. Sicilian shepherd 58. Open place in a forest

59. Dryer fluff 60. Road division 61. Adjusts a clock 62. Vein of metal ore

DOWN 1. Coarsely ground maize 2. One of the Great Lakes 3. Having lived long 4. Wearisome routine 5. Cheek cosmetic 6. From a particular place 7. Low marshy land 8. Trod heavily on 9. African baboon 10. 3600 seconds 11. ___ Stratton ( Canadian film

and television producer) 12. French word for head 14. Quaintly amusing 20. Australasian parrot 22. Abel’s brother 24. Exclamation expressing

apology 25. German admiral 26. Corn husks 27. Shade- loving plants 28. Departure 29. Sing enthusiastically 30. Capital of Vietnam 32. Sierra ___ 34. Teller’s partner 36. Hagiographa 37. Kindly feeling 39. Large close- knit family 40. Fabric with a smooth shiny

surface 42. Fourth highest mountain 43. Piece of poetry 45. Has in one’s hands 46. Occasion when food is eaten 47. Killer whale 48. Falling water 49. Italian car 50. Miscellany 51. Outer skin of an orange 52. Romantic engagement 55. Alcoholic drink