Ottawa Citizen

CANADIAN CROSSWORD

- ADRIAN POWELL

ACROSS

1 Truth alternativ­e 5 Oceanic sight from Diamond Head 9 Bar mitzvah official 14 Where your pupil sits 15 Mimicry expert 16 More sickly 17 Not bothered 19 Christmas season melodies 20 Card game from Mattel 21 They might be up the creek 23 Like muddy water 25 Winning participan­t in a dogfight, maybe 26 Sizable sandwich, briefly 29 Charles Atlas types 30 Fury 32 Petty of NASCAR 33 Muezzin’s perch 35 Sacred Scottish isle 36 Stereo’s predecesso­r 39 Close kin of oxygen 40 US Pacific possession 41 Barbra’s “Funny Girl” co-star 42 Deep-fried tortilla 44 Dash for the finish line

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1 Minnesota port 2 Pennsylvan­ia, in Washington 3 Preston Manning’s party, once 4 Quell one’s hunger 5 Potato or pasta concoction 45 Gets all steamed up 46 Best of the best 50 Firefighte­r’s tool 51 High shot at Wimbledon 52 Deli machine 53 Beethoven piano sonata 57 The senior Gershwin 58 Huge Japanese port 60 Cooperativ­e treaties 62 Violinist’s accessory 63 Hundreds of fathoms down 64 On the other hand 65 Birthday treats 66 Alimony recipients 67 Put on 6 Well versed in 7 City in Nevada 8 Pros with no contracts 9 Spin preceder 10 Kajillions 11 “Gesundheit!” alternativ­e 12 ___ Air of Westside L.A. 13 US org. that gets excited about getting returns? 18 Blackberry drupelets, e.g. 22 Summer refresher 24 Stick in the mud 27 Arm bone 28 Smile broadly 30 Cuttingedg­e item 31 Got up 32 Rwanda’s capital 34 Fanciful idea 36 Traditiona­l Jewish wedding dance 37 Big-screen film format 38 Hockey goalie’s need 43 US airline founded in 1924 47 Frozen hanging 48 Nobel winning Mother 49 Pencil tip, often 51 Credit union offerings 52 Uses FedEx 54 Steinbeck panhandler? 55 Holly genus 56 Merriment 58 Goblin’s more evil kin 59 ___ of Galilee 61 Not even out of the package

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