CANADIAN CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Super fast, for short 5 Skimpy swimwear 10 Ancient preservative 14 It’s against the rules 15 Tastiness 16 Woody Guthrie was one 17 Make a bad situation worse 20 Places in office 21 Had an big urge 22 Be wide of the target 23 Batman’s garb 24 Tidbit on a tray 27 Sinatra, vocally 31 Nitrogen compound 32 Lake that straddles the US border 33 Coin receptacle 34 A one and a two, e.g. 35 Not principled at all 38 Something Homer might say 39 Thing under discussion 41 Revered figure 42 Like a 30 pound cat 44 Safe from harm 46 Spot for a hot pot? 47 Concluded 48 Soft French cheese 49 Noble Florentine family name 52 Like white board writing 56 Rectified a misunderstanding 58 Pesky little bug 59 Baskerville beast 60 Singer Fitzgerald 61 Go ape 62 Nincompoops 63 Wooded hollow

DOWN

1 Activist’s attitude, often 2 Seeded 3 Groovebilled cuckoo birds 4 Newman of “Seinfeld”, for one 5 Dangerous tropical fly 6 Greek god of the underworld 7 Decides upon 8 Traditional Japanese drama 9 Ill-defined situation 10 Shakespearean verses 11 Closely related 12 One kind of insurance 13 Rankled 18 KAL landing site 19 Legionnaire’s hat 23 Meaningful pile of stones 24 ___ Major star group 25 Quicksilver, to an alchemist 26 Canadian of Japanese descent 27 Dwell on, persistently 28 Antiquated 29 Gallows need 30 Passe anaesthetic 32 Sajak, for example 36 When each day begins 37 Thelma’s movie partner 40 Serve as referee 43 Like fish sticks 45 Centres of activity 46 Marks one’s steers 48 Butt of “Corner Gas” 49 Clerical title, briefly 50 Bright spot in eastern Sicily 51 Tug along the ground 52 Small sewing box 53 Oak “stem” 54 Quiet period 55 Space saver for a long list 57 Companion question to “Why?”