National Post (National Edition)

CANADIAN CRISSCROSS

- By Walter D. Feener

ACROSS 1. Competitiv­e sporting event 5. Variable that only has magnitude

11. Silage towers

12. Vitamin of the B complex

14. Beat flax

15. Medium for radio broadcasti­ng 17. Canadian figure skater Keyla 18. Kitchenwar­e pieces

20. In the past

21. 7-day period

23. Arabian marketplac­es

24. Quietly miserable

25. Force to do

27. Recent prefix

28. Sheriff’s assistants

29. Sandra Oh’s birthplace

31. City on the St. Lawrence

33. Founder of the Royal Exchange 35. Part of a climbing plant

39. Former Canadian manufactur­er

of heavy trucks

41. “The Magic Flute” character 42. Jean de Brunhoff’s “elephant” 45. Made a hole in the ground

47. Narrow roads

48. Elvis Presley’s middle name 49. Quoted

51. Immediatel­y following

52. Make a mistake

53. Unintellig­ent

55. Canadian cartoonist Foster 56. Freddie Mercury’s birthplace 58. Money or property left in a will 60. Newborn infant

61. Take the first step

62. Great quantities

63. Direction in which the sun rises

DOWN

1. Joseph, in Italy 2. Keyboard key

3. Tress of hair

4. Remains after burning 5. Sculptures of people

6. ___ Pass (mountain pass through the Coast Mountains) 7. Buenos ___ 8. Enforceabl­e rules 9. Japanese pearl diver 10. Better competitor­s 11. Person who plans with bad intentions

13. Hot wine drink 14. Farmer’s job 16. Unspecifie­d quantity

19. Unit of weight 22. Captain Kangaroo’s

real last name

24. Former head coach of

the Rough Riders

26. Volcanic landslide

28. Of punishment

30. No vote

32. Ribbed fabric

34. Spend time in quiet thinking 36. Australian billionair­e

37. Not precisely accurate 38. In conclusion

40. Surgical seams

42. “Diamonds & Rust” singer 43. Island in the Firth of Clyde 44. Third largest island

46. Earth prefix

49. Group of political plotters 50. Snack food

53. Discover by chance

54. Bristle

57. Place to visit live animals 59. Fossil fuel

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