CANADIAN CRISSCROSS

ACROSS 1. Way worn by footsteps 5. Clean a ship’s bottom 10. The sum of 100,000, in India 14. Rebecca’s son 15. Vocabulary of a specific field 16. Skin condition 17. Is wrong with 18. Optional item 19. Cat sound 20. Cash register sound 22. Is inviting to 24. Mark used over certain

consonants 26. Nursemaid in India 27. Come off naturally,

as a snake’s skin 30. City with an Atomic Bomb

Museum 34. Italian epic poet 35. Two-wheelers, for short 36. Removable cover 37. Moabite woman 38. Chief magistrates

of Venice 39. Bread made of maize 40. Fruit drink 41. too aggressive 42. Cheese similar to Edam 43. Habitual liking for 45. Altar cloth 46. Dirty black powder 47. Sudden burst of speed 49. Base on which a statue is placed 51. Of dreams 55. Singer from Quebec 56. Living in rapidly flowing water 59. Pine tree fruit 60. Caribbean fruit 61. Corpulent 62. “Les Misérables” author 63. One who tells people what

will happen in the future 64. Dressed to the ___ 65. Algebraic variables DOWN 1. Pointed extremity 2. Largest continent 3. Mineral with a greasy feel 4. Very secret 5. Scald vegetables before freezing 6. Elongated region of high barometric pressure 7. Conclusion 8. Before the present 9. Collections of short pieces of film 10. August 1st, harvest festival day formerly held in England 11. Not having a head 12. Uncomfortable tight feeling in your stomach 13. Cuts with an axe 21. “Othello” villain 23. Hawk too young to

leave the nest 25. Chess pieces shaped

like horse heads 27. Guitar attachment 28. Magna cum ___ 29. Appearing to be true,

but perhaps false 31. “The House Without ___” (1926) 32. Somewhat 33. Most suitable 35. Ship’s petty officer,

for short 38. Athletic contest consisting

of running and cycling 39. False hair 41. Unit of illumination 42. Stab with a tusk 44. 1997 Nicolas Cage film 45. Blockheads 48. Composure 49. Added to 50. Racing toboggan 52. Gravy thickener 53. “Bus Stop” playwright 54. Business bigwigs,

for short 57. Japanese sash 58. Two times five