CANADIAN CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Operations centre 5 At a great distance 8 Basra residents 14 Not even damp 15 Typical lunch-ending hour 16 Rounded protuberance 17 Really whacky guys, slangily 19 Appear gradually, in films 20 The Detroit River feeds it 21 Like most junk mail 22 Academy Awards 24 Peters out 25 Where dandruff forms 29 Unflappable types 31 Tasmania’s capital 33 “Raging Bull” director Martin 37 One type of lettuce 39 Used a prayer rug 40 Defector Litvinenko’s poison 42 Sleek and graceful 43 Stay put 45 Asia’s EEC counterpart 46 Out sailing the Sargasso 49 Spam, e.g. 51 Mowed strips 53 Slalom site 58 Opted not to play 59 Like Gutenberg’s type 60 Venture forth 61 Shiite’s first caliph 62 Willie Mosconi’s game 63 More nimble 64 Down in the dumps 65 Tennis segments

DOWN

1 Weep openly 2 Bit of “Figaro”, maybe 3 Swim alternative 4 Shaving gel brand 5 On all ___ 6 Shenanigans 7 Ushers to another row 8 Drinks prepared by steeping 9 Specklecoated horse 10 Getters of letters 11 Hive head 12 Classic tale of Troy 13 Dispatches 18 Synthetic rubber used for wet suits 23 Curling stone 25 Cruise line asset 26 Chanel’s nickname 27 First crime scene victim, to some 28 Mad scientist’s milieu 30 Glacier hazard 32 Pregnancy period 34 “Cosmo” competitor 35 ___ legal precedent 36 Where Eve some fruit 38 Largest of the Marianas Islands 41 Poisonous vapours 44 Inventor Tesla 46 Onagers and kiangs 47 Will-o’-thewisp locale, perhaps 48 Diner patron 50 Furious 52 Humongous 54 Formula One units 55 Common sight amongst the reeds 56 Cemetery purchase 57 Long, slithery fish