National Post (National Edition)
CANADIAN CRISSCROSS
ACROSS 1. Gigantic mythological birds 5. Lightweight fabric 10. Stop having 14. Confess openly 15. Balbo who was Italy’s Marshal of the Air Force 16. Lamb’s pseudonym 17. Jebel ___ (mountain in Morocco) 18. Unit for measuring the weight of diamonds 19. Lice eggs 20. Almond-shaped structure, in
anatomy 22. Merchant ship (literary) 24. Colour of ashes 25. Side by side with 26. Greek goddess of health 29. First-year college student 33. Take over control unlawfully 34. Edge of a cliff 35. Feeling of respect and
amazement 36. Dutch name for the Meuse 37. Web-footed long-necked bird 38. Bite at repeatedly 39. Port in Scotland 40. Dried plum 41. Pointed part of an anchor 42. Lacking knowledge 44. Plant with dry prickly flowers 45. Pay attention to 46. Dull and boring to look at 47. Disguised 50. Bitter, abusive criticism 54. Outstanding thing 55. Old Testament patriarch 57. River in Europe 58. Having wings 59. Belonging to the highest social
class 60. Forearm bone 61. English dramatist and novelist 62. Barometer 63. Badger’s burrow
DOWN 1. Incarnation of Vishnu 2. Female gamete 3. Teapot cover 4. Walks with a proud strut 5. Site of two ecumenical councils 6. Southern European country 7. First capital of Japan 8. Wave: Sp. 9. Words used to direct attention to something of importance 10. The measure of how long a thing is 11. Dish of many different ingredients 12. Takes a seat 13. Straightforward 21. Continuous giving of a solution intravenously 23. Hard, dry biscuit given to babies 25. Get out of bed 26. Mortal 27. “The King of the Violin” 28. Drought-resistant plants 29. Foremost part 30. Wrist and hand, in anatomy 31. Not sleeping 32. Post at the bottom of a flight of
stairs 34. Tied with a rope 37. Word of welcome 38. Without hair 40. Place for docking boats 41. Act showing courage 43. Sundae topper 44. Finds the origins of 46. Watch faces 47. It’s burned as fuel 48. No more or no greater than 49. Calf meat 50. “Aba ___ Honeymoon” (song) 51. Unemployed 52. Out of shape 53. Part of QED 56. The sun, personified