National Post

CANADIAN CRISSCROSS

- By Walter D. Feener

ACROSS

1. Choose for a part in a film

5. Box lightly

9. Waxy, silvery metal

11. High on drugs

13. Aftershave relative

14. Convertibl­e alternativ­e

16. Be in poor health

17. Grass

19. Fish eggs

20. Straight-laced

22. President of a town council, in Canada

23. Give up

24. Car for four people

26. The side providing shelter from the wind

27. Stick you can write with

28. In a creepy way

30. Tell the story of

32. Shoot the puck from defensive to offensive territory

33. Destructiv­e pest

34. Bit of beachwear

37. Man of the cloth

40. Number of Little Pigs

41. Canada’s neighbour: abbr.

43. Of punishment

45. Annual period

46. Clear, thin soup

48. Constructi­on toy

49. Wasn’t brave

50. Black leopard

52. Decay

53. Mouth

55. A sign of danger to come

57. A man who is courting a woman

58. Begin a journey

59. Have in mind

60. Informatio­n previously unknown

DOWN

1. Rush against each other

2. Commotion

3. Make an exhaling sound

4. Stereo component

5. Period of developmen­t

6. Tiny hole in your skin

7. Word used to link words together

8. Quiet, isolated place

9. Evening party

10. Just

11. Young boy

12. Scribble drawings

13. Baseball headgear

15. Look quickly

18. First letter of Nova Scotia’s postal codes

21. Seafarer

23. A movable possession

25. Specialize­d market

27. A belt buckle is one

29. Grassy field

31. Historical period

34. Large pair of scissors

35. Radioactiv­e metal

36. One who operates a lathe

37. A quality that evokes pity

38. Burdensome

39. Highly seasoned stew

40. Novice

42. Habitual drunkard

44. Small pieces of land

46. Breakfast meat

47. Macho ones

50. Cordage fibre

51. Solemn ceremony

54. For shame!

56. Right away

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