CANADIAN CROSSWORD
ACROSS 1 One kind of blond 4 Between meals munchie 9 Successor to Arafat 14 Maori prey, once 15 Site of the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum 16 Plain English 17 Roth of 2002’s “Cabin Fever” 18 Layer that CFC’s deplete 19 Slipknot loop 20 Choice beef cut 22 Opinion 24 End of a rum cocktail? 25 Cassava root 29 Vault 35 Move gradually 36 The object at hand 37 Exit the premises 38 ‘Til doomsday 39 Avge. size 40 “B” western, slangily 41 UN labour arm that won the Nobel 42 As a consequence ... 44 Maintains firmly 45 Proton’s place 46 Revival meeting cry 47 Create a mosaic 49 Cheerleaders might boost it 51 Just a grain 52 Midway thrill 54 Goo-goo eyed 58 Legendary cowboy ___ Bill 61 Mauritius extinctions of the 1680s 63 On top of, to bards 64 Leap over 65 Tombstone’s location 66 Not in Scotland 67 Weightlifter’s exercises 68 Oman’s neighbour 69 It’s home for a hog
DOWN 1 Des Moines, Iowa, neighbour 2 One-man shows 3 Easily provoked, as a temper 4 Sure thing 5 Colonel Klink, e.g. 6 Within the hour, maybe 7 Swindle 8 Dnieper River city 9 Huge sleeping problem 10 Square chocolate treat 11 Bronx cheer 12 Obstinate beast, supposedly 13 What eyes do 21 Home to many Hmong 23 Put under 26 What birthday party attendees get 27 Central America’s “dwarf leopard” 28 T-bird trim 29 Young salmon’s home 30 Nuclear reaction starter? 31 Felt smug 32 Plunder, old style 33 Warren of “Stripes” 34 Cricket periods 43 Hot, in Vegas 45 Like winged ants 48 Give some slack to 50 Grocery shopping aids 53 Highly strung 54 Paradise outcast 55 Jackknifed into the water 56 Like Felix Unger’s room 57 CFL cup donor 58 Material for some kinky duds 59 Baudelaire’s bath full 60 Kennel club reject, perhaps 62 It may be in a heavy metal band