CANADIAN CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Precious jewels 5 Seriously hurt 9 Backs, scientifically 14 Large, scarlet-finned ocean fish 15 Charlie Parker’s sax 16 Mental flashes 17 Didn’t see eye to eye 19 Just some old pennies 20 Declaration 22 Set to arrive 23 Mediaeval defences 25 People to follow 27 Reaches 31 One eighties 32 70’s pram alternative 33 Gymnast’s perfection 34 Attachment to Vietnam or Taiwan 35 Natural weaving material 37 1914’s “The ___ Daba Honeymoon” 40 S. Africa’s Boer conflict 42 Scottish Highlander 45 Remove from the FedEx truck 48 Hydro unit 49 Like a lecher 51 Really keyed up 52 Shoshone speaking native 53 Good place to mine in NS 57 Yellower, for bananas 59 Stadium entrance device, often 62 Conjure up 63 Stylish flair 64 Kent who played Nurse Bigelow on “M*A*S*H” 65 Extend a subscription 66 Grooves in the road 67 Vermilion and scarlet

DOWN

1 Osiris or Ra 2 ___Pen (allergic reaction injector) 3 Total drubbing 4 Smash into bits 5 Wal___ 6 Safe nautical position 7 Nugget of news 8 Hobby shop purchase 9 Address a steno 10 76’s “___ to Billy Joe” 11 Melt down fat 12 Ringed planet 13 Rate 18 Longwinded 21 Idling gear 23 Nutmeg’s spicy relative 24 Tubers from the Andes 26 Dark greyish brown 28 Eighth sign of the zodiac 29 Aurora’s Greek counterpart 30 Puck slapper 36 Ransom Olds’ middle name 37 Garnished with almonds, to chefs 38 Nutty as a fruitcake 39 Something upped, to gamblers 40 With what motive? 41 Flight personnel 43 Musical symbols 44 Suffer from the heat 45 Gouging lender 46 Homegrown 47 Trample 50 Deliver a wedding feast 54 Dandy 55 “Animal House” house 56 Alehouses 58 ___ out an existence 60 Eye covering 61 Entertainers Skelton and Buttons