Ottawa Citizen

CANADIAN CROSSWORD

- ADRIAN POWELL

ACROSS 1 Common rodents 5 Upper story storage 10 Sloop’s complement 14 On the crest 15 Steel guitar sound 16 Treat from the candy bar aisle, perhaps 17 It meant well to Caesar 18 Wimbledon bouncer? 20 Important poobah 22 Walked in the shallows 23 Like some coffee 24 Like monsoon season 26 Purge 27 Seismic sea waves 30 ‘65 Hailey best seller 33 Wild dog of India 34 Pompeii’s covered in it 35 Bartok and Braun 36 Handle deftly 37 Doing nothing 38 Cash in Tirana 39 Be unselfish 40 Weak-___ (cowardly) 41 Fine reputation 43 Totally blotto 44 Treat with contempt 45 Emit 49 Mork, for one 51 Exxon Valdez, e.g. 53 Lemur land 55 Palm product 56 At any time 57 Sibling’s offspring, perhaps 58 Parry and thrust weapon 59 Eliot the “Untouchabl­e” 60 Complete fools 61 Put down, in the ‘hood

DOWN 1 Torah expert 2 Ordered take-out, say 3 Ice-cube grabbers 4 Parapsycho­logy figures 5 Go to 6 Make a brief social network comment 7 Turns bronze 8 Podiatrist’s recommenda­tion 9 Special effects that are nothing special, these days 10 Beach dressingro­om 11 Off the rack 12 One of Agatha’s contempora­ries 13 British heathland 19 Contemptib­le sorts 21 Frozen rain 25 ___ Lang Syne 27 Start of many limericks 28 Pirate’s treasure site, maybe 29 Slough off 30 Be a Good Samaritan 31 Above 32 Stop being neutral 33 Result of a doctor’s exam 36 Sound like a big fan 37 Meant 39 Bitten by a wasp 40 Pueblo village chamber 42 Asparagus pieces 43 Milk measuremen­ts 45 ___ Bay, NS 46 Ruminant from the Congo rain forest 47 Swanky garden parties 48 Releases 49 Ending for an orison, usually 50 Wash up 52 Embellishe­s cup cakes 54 Great grade

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