National Post

CANADIAN CRISSCROSS

- By Walter D. Feener

ACROSS

1. Horse mackerel

5. City in Quebec

9. Becomes stuck

13. Head of the Roman Catholic Church

14. Having an advantage over

16. City in Sweden

17. Knocks

18. Letter after rho

19. Canadian actress Billard

20. Winter sight

22. Hurt one’s ankle

24. Fish-eating crocodile

26. Nail, claw, or hoof

27. River in South Africa

28. Says yes to a suggestion

30. Cut with an axe

32. Show Bob Barker retired from, for short

34. Abdomen combining form

38. “Woe is me”

40. African antelope

42. “Little Shop of Horrors” dentist

43. It’s used as an antifreeze in cars

45. Mackerel shark

47. Fruit drink

48. City in England

50. French for please (literally, “it it pleases you”)

52. Movie theatre

54. Firmly held opinions

58. Garden flower

60. Part at the end of a hose

61. River flowing into the Baltic Sea

62. Was in tears

64. Upper layer of the earth’s crust

65. French-born Japanese actress Yoko

66. Constituti­onal capital of Bolivia

67. New Testament book

68. Popular cookie

69. Future plant

70. Leslie ___ (a pen name of Canadian writer William Edward Daniel Ross)

DOWN

1. Headless wire nail

2. One in charge of a sports team

3. Ancient Roman road

4. Catch sight of

5. Old Testament book

6. Single prefix

7. They are used for standing

8. Kuala ___, Malaysia

9. First James Bond villain in the film series

10. Toomer of the Giants

11. First king of the first dynasty of Egypt

12. Mentioned before

15. Swedish golfer Jesper

21. Light, happy tune

23. One of the screenwrit­ers of “African Queen”

25. Wild animal’s home

29. Ingrained dirt

30. Witch

31. Former measure of length used for textiles

33. The art of argument

35. Wrist bone near the thumb

36. Make free of

37. Single

39. Outline of a play

41. Sharp fishhook point

44. Animals used for farm work

46. Capital of Norway

49. Zodiac sign

51. Breed of Hungarian hunting dog

52. Fragrant wood

53. Goddess of peace

55. Over

56. Bit of snow

57. Monica of tennis

58. BASIC command

59. Small rodents

63. Before

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