CANADIAN CRISSCROSS

ACROSS 1. Improvised jazz singing 5. Exchange 9. Smooth-tongued 13. “No” 14. Use a block and tackle 16. Very unusual 17. Coffin stand 18. Less than 19. Greedy 20. Back of the neck 22. Piece of luggage 24. Giving protection 26. Almost black 27. Contends with 30. Merry tunes 33. ___ up (own up) 34. Aphrodite’s son 36. Side benefits 38. Toward the rear end of a ship 39. Utterly foolish 41. Three-toed sloths 42. Comune in Sicily 44. Freedom from hard work 45. Socially objectionable 46. Tie up a chicken before

cooking it 48. Domestic cat breed 50. Shared on-line journal 52. Secular 53. Units of luminous intensity 57. Device for raising a nap on cloth 61. Nail: Fr. 62. Cover story 64. Colour of the clear sky 65. Pine tree fruit 66. Desert in southern Israel 67. Italian-Belgian singer Fabian 68. Neckline shapes 69. Earlier than prefix 70. Black in colour DOWN 1. Underwater warships, for short 2. Stylish 3. Hungarian violinist and violin teacher 4. Pushes with sudden force 5. Puts in random order 6. Was victorious 7. Gives support to 8. Intellectually pretentious person 9. Blackbird 10. Molten rock 11. Coloured part of the eye 12. “Venerable” one 15. Hearing in a court case 21. Plump 23. Cow’s stomach eaten as food 25. Frightening 27. In keeping with 28. Daisy-like flower 29. Detection device 31. Be behind in a game 32. Developed talent 33. At a considerable distance 35. Cordage fibre 37. Compass point 39. Clear path through

rows of seating 40. Less than zero 43. Brings under control 45. Word 47. Large white gannet 49. Stop living 51. Helmet-shaped structure 53. Roman numeral for 305 54. Succulent plant 55. Not any 56. Indication 58. Thick slice of bread 59. Another name for a wallaroo 60. Having little body fat 63. Be able to be sure that