CANADIAN CRISSCROSS

ACROSS

1. Lump of soil

5. Tree with winged fruit

8. Rubbish container

11. Run with long strides

12. Shepherd’s staff

14. Mediocre

15. Assert confidently

16. Two-way communication device

17. Made known

18. Doctor

20. Paper smudge

22. Exclamation of annoyance

24. Flamboyance

25. Take in air

28. Make a marriage invalid

31. Weeding tool

32. Unusually big

34. Refuse entry to

36. In excellent condition

38. Playful prank

40. Fisherman’s boat

41. Post office purchase

43. Food grilled on a stick

45. Improve over time, like wine

46. Killed, as a dragon

48. Rice dish

50. In order

52. Sailor’s greeting

53. Vehicle used in ancient racing

56. Hostile attack

60. Wrestling match

61. Having knowledge

63. Region

64. Piece of land

65. Furnishing style

66. Gas that glows orange

67. Toddler

68. Ball hit over a tennis player’s head

69. Chinese secret society

DOWN

1. Type of chowder

2. Feel affection for

3. Opinion piece

4. Ridicule

5. Epoch

6. Ore deposit

7. Wavy-patterned fabric

8. One who behaves in a crass way

9. Wight is one

10. Indicate agreement

12. Its capital is Zagreb

13. Grey furry marsupial

14. Taken aback

19. Rocky part of a mountain

21. It’s on the beach

23. Show appreciation

25. Winter footwear

26. Relating to the kidneys

27. Write in a book

29. German submarine

30. Fairly slowly, in music

31. Selects for dinner

33. Bone in the lower leg

35. Cereal plant

37. Come from

39. One who handles customers’ money transactions

42. Walkway jutting into the sea

44. Timely blessing

47. Water nymph

49. Absolute ruler

51. Absorbent cloth

53. Chanel of fashion

54. Experience setbacks, e.g. in business

55. Mexican dish

57. Popular cookie

58. Longest unit of geological time

59. Mild expletive

60. It hangs upside down to sleep

62. Take from