National Post (National Edition)

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

- By Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon

ACROSS

1 Art style seen in Canada Day (4) 3 Western capital with heroes in disguise (10) 10 Explorer of Canada in vehicle with seats in rows (7) 11 Rocky height running to Ontario hub (7) 12 Speaking aloud, irritate nude in northweste­rn lake (5,4) 13 Northern European keeps $100 for ballet, perhaps (5) 14 Nunavut’s leader moved into a country (6) 15 Gang carrying Tina back next to a province (8) 19 Arctic explorer wearing tie for Canadian sport (8) 21 Write novel about northern cold season (6) 24 Too bad about Atwood’s second book (5) 26 Egoyan and I sharply criticize fragmentat­ion (9) 27 Jump hoops with Montreal’s ultimate filmmaker (3,4) 28 Fruit adorning former Prime Minister (7) 29 Pop star dancing randy samba (5,5) 30 Literary governess among hockey referees (4)

DOWN

1 Ten-sided picture framing past chief of Navy (9) 2 Sadly, Dr. Kate’s gloomiest (7) 4 Reportedly saves fanaticall­y great numbers (6) 5 Bombed out in test for seminar (8) 6 Male staff for king of Judea (5) 7 Encounter famed diarist in foreign tour (3,4) 8 Get melodramat­ic in the motel (5) 9 Star performer tossed visor out (8) 16 In claim, I turned hostile (8) 17 Excessive pride in rear can go awry (9) 18 Put under attack, fool fared poorly (8) 20 Grant hosts a large, grand site in Alberta (7) 22 Last of kids among number needing a drink (7) 23 Twice, returned clean cheerleade­r’s tuft (6) 24 Head librarian has to improvise (2,3) 25 In retrospect, no opportunit­ies for stirring aid (5)

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