National Post (National Edition)
CANADIAN CRISSCROSS
ACROSS
1. Capital of Ecuador
6. Father of Bathsheba
11. Arctic seabird
12. Canadian figure skater Bowden 14. Killer whale
15. Once popular muscle car
17. Big truck
18. Standard strength of a solution 20. Roman numeral for 56
21. Sharp side that cuts
23. Born
24. Decorative stamp
25. Mild exclamation
26. Gaps between teeth
29. Inclination to want things 31. Alloy used in imitation gold
jewellery
32. Singer Domino
34. Swedish soprano
35. Tropical flower
37. Dwelling place of the Norse
gods
41. Five Man ___ Band
(Canadian band)
44. French word for sword
45. French word for wedding
46. First half of an inning
47. ___ Sad (city on the Danube) 48. Lennon’s wife
49. Is a customer of
51. Rent
52. Setting for “Carmen”
55. Of love
58. Student in the twelfth grade 59. “Gil Blas” author
60. Destroys buildings
61. “King ___” (Quarrington novel)
DOWN
1. Extinct striped animals 2. Einstein’s birthplace
3. Young demon
4. Stretched tightly
5. Family name of three popes 6. Mezzanine
7. Knowledge
8. David’s chief officer
9. Prince Valiant’s son
10. Lie to
11. Kitchen appliance
13. Kick boxing
14. Overwhelming desire for more 16. Brian Mulroney’s wife
19. Hot drink
22. Building
24. Tiny amount 26. Let it be given in Latin
27. Court case
28. Forever and ever
30. Talk in a loud and excited way 33. Town about halfway between Prince George and Prince Rupert
35. Genetic copies
36. Get well
38. Admission of guilt
39. Look up to
40. God
41. Seth’s son
42. Speak in a soft murmur
43. Horrify
49. Blackthorn
50. Captain Hook’s right-hand man 53. Actress Claire
54. Grogan who was one of the first
“Live It Up!” co-hosts
56. ___ rule
57. Thick black liquid