National Post (National Edition)
CANADIAN CRISSCROSS
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