National Post (National Edition)
CANADIAN CRISSCROSS
ACROSS
1. Greenish-blue colour
5. Piece of sawn timber
10. One of The Rankin Family
11. Uncle’s children
13. Bruce Wayne’s alter ego
14. “City of Sails”
16. Galatea’s lover
17. Nursemaid for children
19. Canadian poet Christie
20. Calendar abbreviation
21. Paternal parent
22. City in the Netherlands
23. Genus of dabbling ducks 25. Limestone region
27. Previously owned
28. Sluggishness
30. Coffee container
32. Exclamation of laughter
33. Hearty kisses
36. Algerian music
37. Administrative districts in
Switzerland
39. Oka of “Heroes”
42. Frightening
44. French word for head
45. Creation of beautiful things 46. Single unit
47. French word for summer 48. Noah’s son
50. Feeling of unease
52. Storage building
53. Rounded ends of bones
55. Loosens a knot
57. “The Lord of the Rings” author
58. Standing dead trees
59. “Herman” of Herman’s Hermits 60. Hebrew consonant
DOWN
1. Spruce up
2. Canadian who was the general manager of the Bruins 3. Japanese pearl diver 4. Canadian chef Crawford 5. Throbs heavily
6. ___ Decoutere of the “Trailer Park Boys”
7. Inquire about
8. River in Africa
9. Jacks in card games
10. Fabric used for bandages 11. Popular cagebird
12. Derisively sarcastic
13. Lacking originality
15. Notable achievement
18. Traditional saying
24. Former TSN reporter Forde 25. German word for circle 26. Childish word for stomach 27. Not abridged
29. Exclamation of triumph
31. Drive into
33. City in Québec
34. ___ to a grasshopper
35. Comfortable seats for two 37. Promised Land of
the Israelites
38. Ranks players in a tournament 39. Not fem.
40. Buddhist who has attained
enlightenment
41. Treat unkindly
43. Lava flow
49. Early growing variety of
sorghum
50. Mr. ___ (Agatha Christie
character)
51. Have to
52. Word used in urgent medical
situations
54. Boxing decision
56. Compass point