CANADIAN CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Wonder drug of “Brave New World” 5 Canadian actor Beach 9 Plywood section 14 Distinctive periods 15 Coastal Peruvian city 16 Dropsy 17 Sink 19 Better protected 20 Incoming flight stat. 21 Attribute (to) 23 Area of windblown desert sand 24 Be on the throne 26 Ella often sang it 27 Scotch alternative 28 ___ Octavius, Spider-Man villain 31 Knife handle 33 Stealthy break-in artist 38 Facial pair 41 Eve’s second kid 42 Multiplex facility, often 43 It’s very active in Sicily 44 Where you can pick lox 45 Anguillan or Dominican 47 Handy crossword compound 49 Small problem 50 Grade schooler’s transport, perhaps 52 Bundle of nerves 55 Unlikely steakhouse patron 59 Long time Fox rival 60 Bit of a dermal crease 63 Pilsner’s warmer cuz 64 No longer penned up 66 Not yet partnered 68 Name tag locale 69 Good acting gig 70 Scarpered 71 Swipe 72 Shipboard agreements 73 Purplish bank notes

DOWN

1 Urban underground conduit 2 Pontificate on a soapbox 3 Pastoral people of Kenya 4 Thing smokers flick 5 Despondent exclamation 6 One type of jockey 7 Arabian leaders 8 In a major tizzy 9 Cadiz coin, once 10 Helen Hayes “Airport” role 11 Ancient Egyptian queen 12 Polishing abrasive 13 Like most sumo wrestlers 18 Lingo in the Congo 22 One end of the King Fahd Causeway 25 Mischievous Halloween sprite 29 Dragnet dragger 30 Repulsive brute 32 Acquire flight feathers 33 Blackguard 34 Actor Vigoda of “The Godfather” 35 Hubble, e.g. 36 TV survival expert Stroud 37 Small workers in large colonies 39 Evidence in a paternity suit 40 ___ Francisco 46 Belly button 48 George who wrote “Animal Farm” 50 Formal dances 51 “Das Boot” setting 53 Wedding gown accessory, maybe 54 Embassy go-between 56 Lombard’s partner, for a while 57 “Annie Hall” director 58 Absolute essentials 61 Brussels sprouts kin 62 Makes up stories 65 Owl and the Pussy cat’s destination 67 Far from the prow