Ottawa Citizen

CANADIAN CROSSWORD

- ADRIAN POWELL

ACROSS

1 Rose garden pest 6 Benevolent fellows from the lodge 10 Vegas calculatio­ns 14 Nary a soul 15 Babble angrily 16 Lexicograp­her Webster 17 Hardly verbose 18 Between islands 19 Ice cream holder 20 Knights of the Round Table 22 Bowed in obeisance 24 Humans, technicall­y speaking 26 Tough punk 28 Tuxedo go with, often 29 Many lambs, eventually 30 Steel rod that strengthen­s concrete 34 Portland’s state, in brief 35 Common conjunctio­n 36 Ridge on one of the French Alps 37 Used coal 40 Side-to-side measure 42 Centre of Prussian industry, once 43 Habitat for some otters 44 Shakespear­ean interjecti­on 45 Motif 46 Three-foot unit 47 Strike out mark to a proof reader 48 Trade sanction 50 Arkia Israel’s rival 51 Farm area subject to fowl play? 54 Coward of the theatre 56 Apartment, to rental agents 57 Come a cropper 59 Big name in fine china 62 Landlocked African nation 63 Sharpen one’s skills 64 Writer Carroll 65 Court room statement 66 Big bedside jug, maybe 67 Starting point

DOWN

1 Tiny tunnel-maker 2 Poet who wrote “The Bells” 3 Natural good judgment 4 Refuse to yield 5 Whitetail, for one 6 Long geological period 7 Caught, as a calf 8 Works with dough 9 Unexpected engine stoppage 10 Being filmed 11 Dire prophecy 12 German’s neighbour 13 Mower’s storage spot 21 Cut the wool off 23 Glows that a psychic might see 24 Marsh bird of the southern prairies 25 Expire 27 Has legal title to 31 Your sleep over buddies, as kids 32 Fifth century Hun 33 Repair a loafer 38 Common geriatric malady 39 Foe 40 Huge hunk of ice off Labrador 41 Krypton’s dangerous cousin 43 Young pilchard 46 Paul and Mary’s Peter 47 Keep dredging 49 Wash up in the tub 51 Speed deterrent 52 Fanaticall­y fussy 53 Enrage 55 ‘52 Winter Games venue 58 RPM portion 60 Bite the dust 61 Rough calc.

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