Ottawa Citizen

CANADIAN CROSSWORD

- ADRIAN POWELL

ACROSS 1 Indian state where rhinos still roam 6 Acapulco snack 10 Jersey or Alderney 14 Barista’s creation 15 Early man? 16 Tortoise-like 17 Award show attendees, often 19 Teacher’s assistant 20 NYC’s Lexington, e.g. 21 You may see it before long 22 Flies 24 Classroom activities 26 Piece of cake 27 Nuptial lead-in 28 Catches a gander 29 Momentous period 32 Pavlova and Paquin 35 Straw man 37 Boxer’s restraint 38 Was triumphant 39 Transparen­t 40 Small, tropical monkeys 42 Sexy item of lingerie 43 Car loan abbr. 44 Stimulate one’s appetite 45 What not to call a sergeant 46 Pribilof Island native 48 Where your eyeballs are 52 Aphrodite’s Semitic counterpar­t 54 Hawaiian beach party staple 55 Grandfathe­r clock numeral 56 Tasty cut of pork 57 Starting a fire 60 Political grouping 61 Once around the sun 62 Had lunch 63 Top notch rating 64 Gardner of crime mysteries 65 Oodles

DOWN 1 Pertaining to pond scum 2 Unguent 3 Hog hangouts 4 It was “Ma Bell” once 5 Perseids or Leonids 6 Shipping allowances 7 Tuareg’s attire, maybe 8 Porpoises and dolphins, technicall­y 9 Sir Lawrence of stage and screen 10 Asimov of sci-fi 11 Moved like a viper 12 Valuable vein of rock 13 Female bighorns 18 Europe’s white-tailed eagle 23 Crop farmer’s applicatio­ns 25 Muscular jerk 28 Barbara Ann of figure skating 30 One type of rage 31 Lopsided 32 Kazakhstan’s ___-Ata 33 Really low high tide 34 Story teller’s offering 35 Splenda, e.g. 36 Bob Cratchit, for one 41 Sleep, slangily 45 Almost immediatel­y 47 Something to joust with 48 Tapering church tower 49 1996 Madonna starring role 50 Like a pitchfork 51 Uses the dotted line 52 Dawn, in Venice 53 Han of Star Wars 58 Carrier from the Far East 59 French lake

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