National Post (National Edition)
CANADIAN CRISSCROSS
ACROSS
1. British antitank weapon
5. Secondary plant branch
9. English recipient of
the Victoria Cross
13. Metalworker’s hammering block
15. City in Colombia
16. Dies ___
17. Put words on paper
18. Sharp pointed tools
19. Hereditary unit
20. Ottawa hockey player
22. Tin
24. One who cares for patients
26. Bitter drug
27. Instructions for making food
30. Betting card game
32. Island in the Bahamas
33. ___ qua non
34. Dutch cheese
38. Needlefish
39. Eighth planet from the sun
42. High card
43. Break suddenly
45. Scale for classifying minerals
46. Auk relative
48. Constituent of portland cement
50. 27th Premier of Nova Scotia
51. Somebody powerful
53. Town in Nova Scotia
55. Roman household gods
57. Second-hand information
61. Cod relative
62. One billionth prefix
64. CFL team
65. Charge for exchanging currency
66. Group of families
67. Italian poet
68. Cardinal number suffix
69. Little suffix
70. Suggestive look
DOWN
1. Animal feet
2. Concerning
3. River in England
4. Ship deemed unsinkable
5. Healed wound reminders
6. Fancy marble
7. Building extensions
8. Wrong
9. Italian title of respect for a man
10. Goddess of peace
11. Wrist and hand
12. Appear to be
14. Stop being so harsh
21. Pay dirt
23. Alcoholic drink
25. Descriptive title
27. Worn-out clothes
28. Israeli statesman
29. Island off of Scotland
31. Burden
33. Geographic location
35. Missile used in a game
36. Land measure
37. Actor Mark from Alberta
40. Cardinal’s title
41. Green gemstone
44. Example of excellence
47. Of a wife
49. Large amount
50. Expected to arrive
51. Pale brown
52. “Little Orphan ___”
54. Major French river
55. ___ du jour
56. Food seasoning
58. Unit of loudness
59. Before prefix
60. River flowing into
the North Sea
63. ___ King Cole