National Post (National Edition)
CANADIAN CRISSCROSS
ACROSS
1. Awkward ones
5. Tribe emblem
10. Mouselike animal
13. In another direction
14. Samoan island
15. Canadian singer Murray
16. Decorate
17. Make weak
19. Orchestra composition
21. Australasian parrots
22. Broadcasts
23. Take bait
24. “The Andy Griffith Show” actor 27. Frogs
31. Solemn promises
32. Groups of related families 33. Scottish name prefix
34. Sympathetic sorrow
35. Wheat ___ (snack food)
36. French word for sap
37. First woman
38. Scheduled work period
39. Thread made of flax
40. Head covering
42. Lie close
43. Turn book pages
44. Summon before a court
45. Muslim’s greeting
48. Office machine
52. Owner
54. “Othello” villain
55. Charitable gift
56. Island republic near the equator 57. Thick slice 58. One of the Three Stooges 59. Sea eagles
60. Put out of sight
DOWN
1. Cereal crops 2. Twisted to one side 3. French word for hunger 4. Sharing of another’s sorrow 5. TV series starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers (with “The”) 6. Spreads out
7. Mug shaped like a man 8. Samuel’s teacher
9. Vertical window dividers 10. ___ B’rith
11. Poker stake
12. Golf ball mounds
15. River flowing into
the Caspian Sea
18. Greek vowels
20. Runs into
23. Goose that breeds
in the Arctic tundra 24. Russian coin
25. Artless
26. Animal with webbed feet 27. High steep face of rock 28. Correct by changing
the wording
29. Become unwoven
30. Stage setting
32. Most important
35. B vitamin
36. Accompanying food 38. Trim wool from
39. Pear-shaped instrument 41. Applauds
42. Wispy white cloud
44. Disagreeable task
45. Unsolicited e-mail
46. Singer Guthrie
47. Capital of Togo
48. Knock unconscious 49. Spanish surrealist painter 50. Mild oath
51. Judge’s garment
53. Hearing organ