Ottawa Citizen

CANADIAN CROSSWORD

- adrian powell

ACROSS

1 Hit the ground 5 “Born Free” lioness 9 Catch a dogie 14 Deceptive seducers 16 Abalone, alternatel­y 17 Winners of Super Bowl I 19 Fess up to 20 Port once targeted by Desert Storm 21 Where Regulus is 22 Louis, Metis hero 24 Thousands and thousands 26 Sign of infection 29 The Royal Marines often wear them 34 Churchill’s political successor 36 Potscrubbe­r’s pad 37 Clunky plastic shoe 38 Victim of a ‘55 Argentine coup 39 Northern neighbour to Ken. 40 Subarctic fir forest 41 Solo piece from “Carmen” 42 Philadelph­ia leader? 43 Charlatan 44 Popular gum flavour 47 Mata Hari, notably 48 Liquid Tibetan butter 49 Did karaoke 51 Fall off 53 Change back to 0000, say 56 Trunk artery 60 St. Patrick’s Day tune 63 Canvas supporter 64 Graceless 65 Like a pile of old iron 66 Mischievou­s prank 67 A few words in Gaelic

DOWN

1 Slimy water plant 2 Serf’s boss 3 Bulleted listing, maybe 4 Owned by those guys 5 Monogram of the creator of Tarzan 6 On the hook (for) 7 Veggie burger bean 8 Sacred snakes, to Tut 9 Story setting 10 “Raiders of the Lost ___” 11 Where ores are refined 12 Completely arid 13 Maybe more, maybe less 15 Immune response trigger 18 A lot of Middle Easterners 23 Quaint bard’s palindrome 25 Narwhal eaters, at times 26 Melon-like tropical fruit 27 Gestation sites 28 Charlie Mingus played one 30 Acid-alcohol product 31 Yokohama drama 32 Don your Sunday best 33 Nightmaris­h 35 Unwilling 39 Neurologis­t’s diagnostic, for short 40 Vessel’s capacity 42 Smooth one’s feathers 43 Green Giant tidbit 45 In a spooky manner 46 Actress Williams of “Bathing Beauty” 50 Overeat 51 Wash basin accessory 52 Sweetheart 54 Planter’s medium 55 Volcano mentioned by Virgil in the Aeneid 57 Type of admiral 58 ATMs don’t have them 59 Poker dealer’s demand 61 Soak some flax 62 Beasts that move in gangs

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