CANADIAN CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Sulking sort 6 Comes down to Earth 11 Weed, alternately 14 Belittle 15 Simpleton 16 Something you could slip on 17 Bathysphere reading 18 Copier requirement 19 Blokes 20 Spud’s bud 21 Improve some cheese 23 Stomp 25 Renaissance, literally 28 Lufthansa employee 29 Balance due, e.g. 31 Heel bones 33 Adjusts the clock 34 Make gaunt 36 Angler’s aid 38 Forest fire starter, often 43 Same (pref.) 44 One held for questioning 45 Sound found in Ontario 48 Old stone marker 50 Wing-like 51 Pair on a pit viper 53 Available for summing up 55 Flood caused by the snow melt 57 Veiled vow? 58 “Got it!” 61 “Dear” addressee 62 Porridge-like 64 Church instrument 66 REM research tool 67 Point of a pitchfork 68 Mock 69 Haul before a jury 70 Gin flavouring fruits 71 Rutabaga

DOWN

1 Slapped together 2 Follow instructions 3 Lunch holder, maybe 4 The e of i.e. 5 Recovery clinic, for short 6 Intellectual types 7 Shakespeare’s was about nothing 8 Critical innings, often 9 Loafer’s antithesis 10 Watch attachment 11 Sign of acne 12 Mexican wildcat 13 Basic beliefs 22 Romani people in Spain 24 Hung jury outcome 26 Some of Rembrandt’s works 27 Leaned in one direction 29 U.S. neighbour of N.J. 30 Old Brit. recording giant 32 As an alternative 35 Porter’s “___ DeLovely” 37 It’s right after zeta 39 Horse racers that have been fixed? 40 Scheming secretly (with) 41 Big green parrot 42 Always, to a sonneteer 45 Placed out of line 46 More guarded 47 Vitality 49 Skin pic? 52 Goes on a buying spree 54 Winter footwear 56 Gov. Gen. Dufferin, e.g. 59 Round of applause 60 Add to the kitty 63 Vanc.-Red Deer dir. 65 Like sushi