National Post

CANADIAN CRISSCROSS

- By Walter D. Feener

ACROSS

1. Competitio­n to see who is the fastest

5. Kind of circle

9. Baby’s nurse in India

13. River flowing into the Severn

14. Linger near a place

16. Cereal grass of Africa

17. What your parents give you when you are born

18. Bright blue in colour like a cloudless sky

19. British cowshed

20. Double daggers, in printing

22. Germs

24. Completely closed off

26. Evening party

27. Adversary

28. Dig up for medical investigat­ion

30. Santa’s helper

32. Cut into cubes

34. Think logically

38. Keep under control

40. Canonical hour

42. Ore deposit

43. Escape punishment

45. Draught animals

47. Animal kept for companions­hip

48. The sun’s is visible during a total solar eclipse

50. Organ of hearing

52. Video game of the 1980s

54. Capital of Swaziland

58. Specific order in which things occur

60. Not played in a particular key

61. Ninth longest river

62. A little dizzy

64. Bit of rock music on a guitar

65. Hand measure

66. Provide with a quality

67. Against

68. Hollowed-out place

69. Took a gander at

70. Bank offering

DOWN

1. Music genre

2. Be of use to

3. “Stop trying to fool me!”

4. Romanian violinist

5. Make run away

6. “Frasier” character

7. Egg cell

8. Become destroyed

9. Living in trees

10. It could be

11. See eye to eye

12. Goes quickly

15. A way of fixing a bad situation

21. Managed to make enough money to survive

23. Hoarfrost

25. Art ___

29. It’s atomic number is 54

30. Unit of work

31. Sheltered side

33. Encroach

35. Musical instrument with the highest possible pitch

36. Lyric poem

37. Openwork fabric

39. Piece of music for the piano

41. School test

44. Golfer’s warning

46. Carefully arranged and looking nice

49. Pertaining to songbirds

51. Away from the mouth

52. Rate of speed of a piece of music

53. Be the same as

55. Howled at the moon

56. 1994 treaty acronym

57. Pixie-like

58. It is worn around the waist

59. Little whirlpool

63. Expected to arrive

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