CANADIAN CRISSCROSS

ACROSS 1. Which person 4. Melt when overloaded, as a fuse 8. Problem in many large cities 12. Knocks sharply 14. Competitor 16. One trillion prefix 17. Kind of code 18. Habitual practice 19. Crowd noise 20. Partridgegenus 22. Sayangrily 24. Capital of Spain 26. Militaryvehicle 27. ___-majesté 28. Secretly 32. Part in a film 35. Agriculturalpest 37. Needle case 38. Climbingvine 39. Be a candidate in an election 40. Fuzzy surface on fabric 41. Gambling game 43. “Waiting for Lefty”playwright 45. Takes one’s turn in baseball 46. Chocolate or vanilla 48. By oneself 50. Pokerstake 51. Over there 54. Climbing East Indian pepper plant 56. Goddess of the earth in Roman

mythology 58. Dry valley, except in the rainy

season 59. Planet on which we live 63. Somewhat 64. Therefore 65. Collection of valuable things 66. One prefix 67. Existed 68. Fail to see 69. Nautical heading DOWN 1. Finish filming 2. Quarters in a Muslim home where the wives live 3. Genre of classical music 4. Habit of grinding one’s teeth while asleep 5. Fleur-de-___ 6. Eggs 7. Move to and fro 8. Section of an ancient Greek choral ode 9. Imitate a cat 10. Of speech 11. Needlefish 13. Seat on a horse 15. Story handed down for generations 21. Anger 23. Soak flax 25. Legendary princess of Ulster 26. Together 29. Volcano in Sicily 30. Former prime minister of South

Vietnam 31. Small, useful ideas 32. Jazz ostinato 33. Rounded like an egg 34. Constellation Vega is in 36. Herb of grace 42. Prolonged enthusiastic applause 43. Store that sells the goods of a

particular manufacturer 44. Makes calm 45. Pandemonium 47. “The loneliest number” 49. Compass heading 52. Pipe fitting that turns a corner 53. Destroyedbuilding 54. Without furnishings 55. Area next to a steep drop 57. Put in the overhead bin 58. Part of WWW 60. Prepare oneself for a military

confrontation 61. King: Fr. 62. Boob tubes, for short