National Post (National Edition)

CANADIAN CRISSCROSS

- By Walter D. Feener

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

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