Ottawa Citizen

CANADIAN CROSSWORD

- ADRIAN POWELL

ACROSS 1 Thoroughly drench 5 Workbench gripper 10 Adversarie­s 14 Really unattracti­ve citrus 15 Transplant VIP 16 The Devil’s work 17 Come up with a scheme 18 Ulnae neighbours 19 Roman tyrant of 54-68 AD 20 Shrinks’ appointmen­ts 22 14 lines from Shakespear­e 24 Renown 25 One’s castle, so they say 26 Higgs’ subatomic particle 29 Simulated a crime 34 Compound with a double carbon bond 35 Observed 36 Subtle colour variant 37 Quite annoying passengers 42 Pipeline goo 43 Gyroscope essential 44 In a state of murderous frenzy 45 They’ll spread the word 48 Lady’s garment 49 Nova Scotia’s ___ d’Or 50 Newsworthy little tidbit 52 Environs 55 Roomy 59 Hardly a spring chicken 60 Arthur Murray moves 62 Org. that launched Voyager in ‘77 63 It’s nothing, in tennis 64 Canary call 65 Those folk 66 Van Gogh still life subject 67 Turf-like 68 Beer, slangily

DOWN 1 Eats late 2 Openly gaze at 3 “Ah, me!” 4 Family members 5 DVD’s forerunner 6 Body shop courtesy 7 Connecting words 8 “Me?” to Miss Piggy 9 Hoosegow occupant 10 Big-eared Saharan fox 11 Where one’s goose gets cooked 12 Dublin’s environs 13 Mail receptacle 21 Author Rankin of “Inspector Rebus” novels 23 Mideast native 25 Take seriously 26 Thelonious Monk’s genre 27 Where the euphoric might walk 28 Statue base 30 Banana oil, e.g. 31 Unifying idea 32 Dublin dough 33 Office fixtures, often 38 ___-Coeur, Parisian basilica 39 Wears out 40 Frothy pub potables 41 Critters 46 Endures 47 Drank cognac 48 Hogmanay mo. 51 Delectable 52 Homeland of many Tuaregs 53 The Munsters’ pet bat 54 Dolly of “Hello, Dolly!” 55 Cardinal’s treat 56 Barack Obama’s birthplace 57 Like garage sale goods 58 Utters 61 Teetertott­er minimum

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