National Post (National Edition)

CANADIAN CRISSCROSS

- By Walter D. Feener

ACROSS

1. Pack down firmly

5. Group of friends

10. Barely passing grades

14. Margarine

15. ___ says (children’s game)

16. Relating to the mouth

17. Makes the sound of a cow

18. High above the ground

19. Wheel covering

20. When you want

22. ___ Range (it’s on Ellesmere Island, Nunavut)

24. Scottish caps

26. Extract juice from an orange

27. He played for the Canadiens

31. Attractive

35. Not dead

36. Not acceptable to talk about or do

38. Cry of discovery

39. Plant that grows along the ground

40. Call on socially

41. You could have heard ___ drop

42. First woman

43. What a comb has

44. White in French

45. Situated below

47. Canadian who sang “I Believe”, the theme song of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games

49. Swearword

51. Raise to adulthood

52. Water Bearer

56. Mechanic’s tool

60. Sound made by a happy cat

61. Black band worn as a sign of mourning

63. Without accompanyi­ng assistance

64. Male children

65. Potter’s clay

66. Place for chickens

67. River in France

68. 10th prime minister of Australia

69. Responsibi­lity

DOWN

1. 1970s TV detective

2. Often

3. Sound made by a cat

4. Sure

5. Old Testament book

6. Greasy liquid

7. Exhaust fumes

8. Up to this point

9. Import/export port

10. Serve a prison sentence

11. One of the Great Lakes

12. British nobleman

13. Winter vehicle

21. Narrow road

23. Gambling game

25. Farcical play of medieval France

27. Bird like a crow

28. Green or black fruit

29. Inventor of the IQ test

30. Disgusting­ly unclean

32. Spanish appetizers

33. Make use of the mind

34. “___ Derringer” (1950s Western on TV)

37. State of India

40. Straight up and down

41. In the open air

43. Drop of salty liquid

44. Wild pig

46. Like your voice when your throat is sore

48. Winding staircase posts

50. Get a move on

52. Lhasa ___

53. What in French

54. Coffee containers with spigots

55. Starchy foodstuff

57. Twelve o’clock

58. Nail in French

59. Beer ingredient

62. ATM access passcode

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