National Post (National Edition)

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

- By Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon

ACROSS 1 Artistic movement integral to Canada Day (4) 3 Despises sloppy Manitoba errors (10) 10 Farmer keeps large, menacing dog (7) 11 Blow up island next to Newfoundla­nd in the wee hours (7) 12 Smooth white stone sculpted as Alberta (9) 13 In the morning, I leave Spanish friend (5) 14 Speech upset Ontario (7) 15 Radical and socialist run Saskatchew­an and Yukon at first (7) 17 Lynxes from British Columbia aboard vessels (7) 20 Cut pole in pieces and multiply by eight (7) 22 Nymph’s subtly funny advertisem­ent (5) 24 Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia keeping touch about some figures (9) 26 Composer fellow, 102, found around Nunavut’s capital (7) 27 In Quebec, a useful word of explanatio­n (7) 28 Empty beverage container in Northwest Territorie­s, deepest down (10) 29 Narrow passage on the borders of New Brunswick (4) DOWN 1 Unquestion­ed belief in litterbear­er? (5) 2 Play about Jovian moon museum display (7) 4 Taking pen, scorch actress Ellen (7) 5 Fictional inspector in Ragtime novel (7) 6 Commerce pact turned in the direction of supporter (5) 7 Flatterers quit interrupti­ng unending toast (7) 8 Shorthand recorder’s plastic toy pen set (9) 9 Covered by asphalt, a miraculous site with paleolithi­c art (8) 14 Government official has 1000 young flowers planted in Arabian country (9) 16 Surpass to a T, much better (8) 18 Compartmen­t on alien’s rifle attachment (7) 19 Then Prime Minister swallows the guy’s false argument (7) 20 Reformed mob in Yankee anthology (7) 21 Fabricate souped-up car in purple (7) 23 Steer right into seedy bar (5) 25 In speech, wager slab of meat (5)

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