CANADIAN CRISSCROSS

ACROSS

1. Kind of opera 5. Group into categories 9. Animal of the genus Equus 12. After: Fr. 14. Muse of history 15. Actress DuVall 16. Latin American percussion

instrument 17. Spiny animals 19. Town on Malta 21. Say in an excited

high-pitched tone 22. Charming, polite, and elegant 24. “Back in the ___” (Beatles song) 25. Dough used for pie crusts 28. Roman numeral for 96 31. Group who had a hit with

“Love Train” (with “The”) 32. Group of islands belonging

to Ecuador 37. Shopping centre 38. Centre of activity 39. ___ Scotia 40. Make light of 42. Confusion of voices 43. Fish’s breathing organ 44. Like salt 45. ___ monster 48. In the early part of life 50. Schoolboy’s skullcap 52. Say no to 55. Took the attention of

completely 58. Theatre employee 60. “Dies ___” 61. Spend less money 62. Vine of a tropical rain forest 63. One deserving the

highest rating 64. Vase-shaped pitcher 65. Poker stake

DOWN

1. Lose resiliency 2. Numbered musical composition 3. Seed covering 4. Colonnade surrounding a court 5. Polish soup 6. Bullfight exclamation 7. Disencumber 8. Clothes 9. Eaglewood 10. Creator of Popeye 11. Prairie province: abbr. 13. Sisters: Fr. 15. Spanish DJ 18. Provide with what is needed 20. Possible 23. That is correct 25. Apple or pear 26. Greek hero of the Trojan war 27. White crystalline substance 29. Piece of evidence 30. ___ deferens 32. Purpose 33. Inability to feel pain 34. Mongolian desert 35. Baking compartment 36. Auction 38. Him: Fr. 41. New Zealand crime writer Marsh 42. Capital of Gambia 44. Take legal action against 45. Category of artistic works 46. Cargo lying on the sea bed,

attached to a buoy 47. With regard to 49. Lawful behaviour 50. So ___ (amen) 51. Being: Latin 53. ___ Lake Territorial Park (it’s in

the Northwest Territories) 54. Portable shelter 56. Tool having a toothed blade 57. Night before 59. Glen ___, Ontario