National Post

Canadian C RISSCROS S

- By Walter D. Feener

ACROSS

1. Have the nerve

5. Bend in the middle

8. Create a design with acid

12. Drug amount

13. Part of a plant used for grafting

15. Relating to boys

16. Portend

17. Large crowd

18. Fuzzy image

19. Easily excited

21. Noticeable

23. In order

24. Like grass in the morning

25. Go round and round

27. Draw the short straw

30. Friendline­ss

31. Uninterest­ing

32. Sharp squeeze

34. Contradict

35. Unexplaina­ble feelings

36. Evergreen tree

37. Made many years ago

38. Pirate’s chum

39. Surface facing forward

40. Poetic

42. Off one’s rocker

43. Of the mouth

44. Market research

45. Tie up

48. Not having enough

51. Region

52. Porcelain

54. Reflective coating on the back of a mirror

56. Row of seats

57. Country bumpkin

58. Not in use

59. Small whirlpool

60. Fall into place

61. Surrender

DOWN

1. Give a nickname to

2. In a short while

3. Travel on a bike

4. Infinite time

5. Member of a youth organizati­on

6. Broadcasts

7. Deity

8. Baby-to-be

9. Articulate words

10. Piece of useful informatio­n

11. Group of cattle

13. Hazard to navigation

14. Unbeatable opponent

20. Extremely

22. Inspired with dread

24. One of the Seven Dwarfs

25. Use your nose

26. Weather word

27. Record company

28. Labour group

29. Lacking resonance

30. Hubbub

31. Highly important

33. Caress gently

35. Motel sign

36. Abundantly productive

38. Soft mud

39. Kind of music

41. Old phone type

42. Not widespread

44. Switchboar­d section

45. Inevitable outcome of one’s life

46. In need of rain

47. Flower’s beginning

48. Be pleased with

49. Swelling

50. Make golden

53. Take more than one’s share of

55. Area sheltered from the wind

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