National Post

CANADIAN CRISSCROSS

- By Walter D. Feener

ACROSS

1. Surfboard fin 5. Leader of a city 10. Oldest living resident of the UK 14. Actress Talbot 15. Filled with astonishme­nt 16. Genus of river mussels 17. Cricket ground in south

London (with “The”) 18. Card that does not

belong to any suit 19. Up against 20. Symbol of England 22. Apples having a

rough brownish skin 24. A lamprey is one 25. Hundredth combining form 26. City in England 29. “Arabian Nights” Sailor 33. Small horse 34. It’s burned for heat 36. Silk-cotton tree 37. Boat that Noah built 38. Scottish cake baked on a griddle 40. French word for game 41. Metal made from

carbon and iron 43. Use acid to make a picture 44. Ancient kingdom east

of the Dead Sea 45. Gland found in the neck 47. Corrosion-resistant metal 49. Wise to 51. Play on words 52. Series of boat races 55. “The Faerie Queene” poet 59. Mine entrance 60. Three-wheeled vehicle 62. Earthen pot 63. Spongy tissue in plant stems 64. Go in 65. A child who looks as if they

need to be looked after 66. Remain behind 67. Filing tools 68. Young oyster

DOWN

1. One who thinks they are better than other people 2. Lake in Africa 3. And more of the same: abbr. 4. Place where works of art are displayed 5. Variety of Italian pottery 6. Excited about 7. Tibetan ox 8. ___ buffe 9. Puts on TV again 10. Style of cooking 11. The Princess Royal 12. Baseball glove 13. Sounds cattle make 21. Water drops that collect at night 23. Piece of a branch from a tree 25. Endowment for the singing of Masses 26. 0 degrees on a compass 27. Accurate in pitch 28. Fruit of a pine tree 30. Elegant trinket 31. At right angles to a

ship’s keel 32. Smear with grease 33. Farther than 35. Scottish word for lake 38. Say without stopping to think 39. False teeth 42. The ability to understand

another person’s feelings 44. Fish used as bait to

catch bigger fish 46. One who you pay to

look after your children 48. Payable immediatel­y 50. Any of the four Hindu castes 52. Knocks 53. Makes changes to text 54. Bhagavad-___

(sacred Hindu text) 55. Straw beehive 56. Hit with the palm of your hand 57. Lamb’s pen name 58. Floating platform 61. Part of TGIF

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