National Post (National Edition)

CANADIAN CRISSCROSS

- By Walter D. Feener

ACROSS 1. Office fill-in 5. Firm hold 9. Passing fashion 12. Sandwich cookies 14. Dream: Fr. 15. Bundle of hay 16. 24th Prime Minister of Italy 17. Kreuger the “Match King” 18. ___ breve 19. Puts on other clothes 21. River in the Netherland­s 23. Adult male deer 24. Repeated text at the bottom of a

page 25. Punctuatio­n mark 28. Shorebird with a slightly

upturned bill 29. Comparativ­e suffix 30. Give as an answer 32. Windblown deposit of silt 35. Drawer handle 37. Philadelph­ia hockey player 39. Orderly and clean 40. Curvy letters 42. Spring month 44. Boxing victory 45. European crow 47. Kidney-shaped nut 49. English church official 50. Tube-shaped pasta 51. Sail fabric 52. Lear’s oldest daughter 55. “Rolie Polie ___” (FrenchCana­dian-American children’s TV series) 56. Starchy edible tuber 58. Insect’s nest 60. “This ___” (TV series) 61. Dutch cheese 62. Veil material 63. Hurried escape, as from the

scene of a crime 64. Steals from 65. Exchange for money

DOWN 1. 2000 pounds 2. Staal who plays for the Wild 3. Stimulant drug, for short 4. It’s used in farming to make the soil better 5. Norwegian composer 6. Makes more productive 7. Real first name of Tokyo Rose 8. Section of a school day 9. Dentures 10. Pis ___ 11. Sell illegal drugs 13. Geological deposit from a

mineral spring 15. Projecting part of a fortificat­ion 20. Thief, in slang 22. Cheek 24. Entrance hall 25. Long walk in the country 26. Intense desires 27. Area between the curtain and

the orchestra 28. Road sign symbol 31. Beach of a seaside resort 33. Japanese alcoholic beverage 34. Put away for future use 36. Follows rules and gets along

with others 38. Toxic protein extracted from

castor beans 41. Carbonated soft drink 43. Present but invisible 46. Long, heavy overcoat 48. Dog Star 49. Model airplane wood 50. Flies an airplane straight up 51. A mattress spring is one 52. Take hurriedly 53. Not in use 54. Deceive into trustfulne­ss 57. Bother 59. Salt: Fr.

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