National Post (National Edition)
CANADIAN CRISSCROSS
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