CANADIAN CRISSCROSS

ACROSS 1. Unexciting 5. Gounod opera 10. Pieces of luggage 14. Fashionable beach resort 15. Preliminary comment 16. Moonfish 17. Margarine 18. For ___ pittance 19. The Kinks song 20. Former capital of Ethiopia 22. Long involved story 24. City in Russia 26. Capital of Yemen 27. When one feigns to be

what they are not 31. Deep guttural sound 34. Perfect test score 35. Former name for Thailand 36. It’s between Africa and

the Arabian peninsula 37. Pile of combustibles 39. Frigg and Odin’s son 41. Stupefy 42. Filthy films 44. What some cabins are made of 46. Annoy 47. City on Honshu 48. Dances performed

while playing castanets 50. Enchantress who

turned men into swine 52. Well into the night 53. Forks and spoons 56. Slice of bacon 60. Not barefoot 61. Dwarf planet 63. Tropical starch tuberous root 64. Music genre 65. Imminent danger 66. Roughly 67. Crafty stratagem 68. Extremely angry 69. Give off a strong

offensive odour DOWN 1. Shared on-line journal 2. Stitch’s pal 3. Port of Yemen 4. Black magic 5. Barbecue dish 6. It goes in a sleeve 7. Piece of verse 8. Religious belief 9. Last Greek letter 10. Posts on a pier for mooring lines 11. Dedicated to enjoyment 12. Festive occasion 13. Ruler of Iran 21. Bowlike curved lines 23. The Gloomy Dean 25. Fabricator 27. River horse, for short 28. Toys on strings 29. Resembling a leek, in colour 30. Limited in size 32. Nerve prefix 33. Gas containers in cars 36. Lengthy and complicated

procedure 38. Set on fire 40. Successful scoring attempt 43. Rowing poles 45. Bristle 48. One who cuts down trees 49. His wisdom was proverbial 51. Pillars bearing inscriptions 53. “Back in the ___” 54. Commandment word 55. Koran chapter 57. Long-eared animal 58. Irish Gaelic 59. Corner piece in chess 62. Chickadee relative