National Post (National Edition)
CANADIAN CRISSCROSS
ACROSS
1. Sound of hooves 5. Fire-extinguishing substance 9. Japanese jackets
11. Films
13. Excessively complimentary 14. Hibernia
16. Skip over
17. Computer game persona
19. And not
20. Recede from shore
21. Broad prefix
22. Command to shoot
23. Koran chapter
25. Poker stake
26. Bees make it
27. Be accepted at a university 29. Limbs used for flying
30. Pregnant
32. Greek island in the Aegean Sea 34. Basic salad ingredient
37. Canadian Forces Base in
Manitoba
38. Men whose behaviour is not
gentlemanly
39. Apiece
41. Throw forcefully
42. Genus of peacocks
43. Born as
44. Circle section
45. Tranquil
47. Prescribed amount of
medication
48. Third longest river in Europe 50. Having very little taste 52. Underhanded 53. Travelling show 54. Makes mistakes 55. Stops working
DOWN
1. Bullet width
2. Nowhere to be found
3. Spanish gold
4. Cotton developed from Egyptian cottons
5. Attempt at something that you do not usually do
6. No longer suffering from
7. Feel sick
8. Lexical content 9. Peppermint-flavoured striped sweet
10. ___ heaven
11. Bishop’s hat
12. Breathes noisily while asleep 13. Antagonists
15. Squirrel’s nest 18. Container for sterilizing medical
instruments
22. Melted cheese dish
24. Whenever you want
25. Insects living in colonies
26. Sword handle
28. MC
29. Sound mental faculties
31. Relating to pleasure
32. Makes butter
33. Resembling a goat in smell 35. Second brightest star in the sky 36. The establishment of a plant in
a new environment
37. Fish of the herring family
38. Take from one place to another 40. Listen to
42. Looks quickly
45. Pole supporting rigging
46. Geraint’s wife
47. Numbered cubes
49. Poetic contraction
51. ___ Lanka