National Post (National Edition)

CANADIAN CRISSCROSS

- By Walter D. Feener

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

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