National Post (National Edition)
CANADIAN CRISSCROSS
ACROSS
1. On ___ (as a gamble)
5. Word used with a date
10. He was a colonial governor of Newfoundland
14. ___ contendere
15. Customary
16. Figure skating jump
17. On ___ with
18. Subsidiary position
19. Lovers’ quarrel
20. Resembling drops
22. Gets ready for a pool shot
24. Bird with a throat pouch
26. Dressing gown
27. Exclaim in pleasure
28. From the beginning
32. Russian pancakes
35. Talk long and idly
36. Has a medical condition
37. Salmon’s spawning nest
38. Apologetic exclamation
39. Eye part
40. Period in history
41. Place to get a haircut
42. Call upon God to protect
43. Questionnaire response
45. Bet money on
46. Solicit customers
47. Plant whose root tastes like oysters
51. The Fates
53. Canadian who is the mother of Jane and Peter Fonda
55. A single time
56. Hawaiian greeting
59. Genus of saltwater clams
60. Not far away
61. Impales with a horn
62. Skill in dealing with people
63. Capital of Norway
64. Overweight
65. Nestling hawk
DOWN
1. Small problem
2. Kind of book
3. Raise the spirits of
4. Variety of apple
5. Spawning bed for oysters
6. “___ Boat on the River” (Boney M. song)
7. Pirate’s drink
8. Moving piece of machinery
9. Eager willingness
10. Japanese condiment
11. Swear word
12. Bird’s bill
13. Some sandwiches, for short
21. “Super Monkey Ball” character
23. Stone for sharpening knives
25. The only entrance to St. John’s Harbour, Newfoundland (with The)
29. Place for cattle
30. Sept-___, Quebec
31. Spanish waves
32. Thin wire nail
33. Interlocking plastic building toy
34. Exactly alike
35. Game played with long-handled mallets
38. Capital of Chile
39. Most extreme
41. Gull-like bird
42. Having a lot going on
44. Matador
45. “I beg of you”
48. What the phoenix rose from
49. Raid
50. Plant of the agave family
51. One prefix
52. Binary digits
54. Sneaky people
57. Soft underhand toss
58. Swedish unit of currency