CANADIAN CRISSCROSS

ACROSS

1. Hit with the palm of the hand 5. Wild animal 10. Convincing argument 14. Genus of cobras 15. Permeate 16. Was in arrears 17. Arabian sultanate 18. Have importance 19. Letters which are thicker and

blacker than ordinary letters 20. Variety of pear 22. In fact 24. Town in British Columbia 25. Come down 26. Walk-on parts by famous actors 29. Plant of the buttercup family 33. Giant Greek great hunter 34. Wading bird 35. Serious promise 36. Group of three islands

off the coast of Ireland 37. Travelling to 38. Deep sleep 39. Add up 40. Louts 41. Blank documents with blank

spaces to be filled in 42. Tchaikovsky ballet 44. The honour of being called

to read from the Torah 45. Well-ventilated 46. Unit of capacity for measuring

fresh herring 47. At the rear of 50. Relish of pickled vegetables

in a mustard sauce 54. Image formed in the mind 55. “Under the weather” is one 57. M 58. Port in Yemen 59. Water wheel with buckets 60. Stun by shock 61. White crystals 62. Toothed wheels 63. They used to be married

DOWN

1. Social climber 2. Buddhist priest 3. Slightly open 4. All the gods of a people, collectively 5. Upper arm muscle 6. Behave theatrically 7. Touch at one end 8. Ball of fire in the sky 9. Four-footed animal 10. Silvery-white metal 11. Truant 12. Give in exchange for money 13. Miniature whirlpool 21. Fish-eating bird 23. Style and vigour 25. Plants with no flowers 26. Pieces of clothing worn outside 27. Sign indicating direction 28. Mazda sports car 29. Soixante minutes 30. Yellowish-white colour 31. Punctuation mark 32. Flooded with water 34. What some pupils play 37. Light timber 38. Happen at the same time 40. Russian pancake 41. Defect 43. Swimming horizontally,

in heraldry 44. Pleasant smells 46. Group of singers in church 47. Diagonal cut across

the weave of a fabric 48. Collection of Old Norse poems 49. Foot part below the ankle 50. French language FM radio

station in Montreal 51. Something fake

presented as real 52. Leak out slowly 53. Troubles 56. Mate of a buck