Ottawa Citizen

CANADIAN CROSSWORD

- ADRIAN POWELL

ACROSS 1 Puts a stop to 6 “Cheers” was one, and clue to this puzzle theme 9 Lots of money 13 Sleep ending device 14 Varied assortment 16 One form of ether 17 Far from usual 20 Teensy bit 21 Reproducti­ve organ 22 Something that follows lunch? 23 Tiler’s filler 27 Finish 28 Soap opera endings, often 32 Pope Francis’ head gear, at times 35 Antagonist­s 36 Mr. Van Winkle 37 Smells 39 Mortar’s counterpar­t 42 Word often seen at Kerry Airport 43 Belonging to the family 47 Like workhorses 48 Someone who shows you how to flutter your eyelids? 52 Amphora, basically 53 Nigerian language 54 “Shoot!” 57 Donald Duck, e.g. 59 Cochise or Geronimo 61 Hand-carved sap-sucker decoy, maybe? 65 Shivery fever 66 Bimetallic Dutch coin 67 Bonn’s river, in Bonn 68 Mysteryshr­ouded Scottish Lake 69 Where to start a hole 70 Hunts for

DOWN 1 Anchor cable hole 2 “Ballad of Davy Crockett” locale 3 Stock up on, as provisions 4 Clomped about 5 Rum runner, e.g. 6 Yell from a kid in a sheet? 7 TV alien who liked cats 8 Slow down, to the orch. 9 Malaysian island 10 So that you can 11 Short-tailed N.Z. parrot 12 Coffin wood, often 15 Taunter’s cry 18 Hatcher of “Desperate Housewives” 19 One way to break 24 A bit on the ripe side 25 Vulcan’s vehicle, e.g. 26 Definite article 28 Vintner’s grand ___ 29 North African cobra 30 Anger 31 Burned rubber 32 Ancient kingdom on the Dead Sea 33 Novel thought 34 Like many Inquisitio­n techniques 38 Dad’s lad 40 Ones that got away 41 “Not a peep!” 44 “Gag me with a spoon!” 45 Co. that once rivalled Admirals 46 1/20 of a franc, once 49 Carpentry and plumbing 50 Totally black 51 Ultra quickly, for short 54 Fruit related to lychees 55 V.I.P. from Araby 56 “Ol’ Man River” composer Jerome and wife Eva 57 Old bigwig from Venice 58 Romano cheese source 60 Canine problem 61 All washed out 62 Ump’s yell 63 Lode contents 64 Ordinary John

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