CANADIAN CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Not hollow 6 Metropolis on the Bight of Benin 11 Dissolve into tears 14 ‘96 stage role for Madonna 15 Entices 16 Kimono sash 17 Uses for a fee 18 Old aid for night photos 20 Big fuzzy ‘do, slangily 21 Gets better 23 One type of vaccine 24 Pretty big chunks of ice 26 Place out of sight 29 Small kitchen appliances 32 Old radio components 33 Ring event 34 Made by the wind 36 Welsh mountain pond 37 Caesar juice 39 Lawyer’s payment 42 Wobble 43 Dangle 44 Intervene 47 Quite strong coffee 50 It was York in 1830 52 Fifth largest planet 53 Item the Monegasques spend 54 Extreme edge 57 Distinctive stretch of time 59 Bygone South African policy 62 Like some ancient columns 64 Dudes 65 What haste makes 66 Big public tiff 67 Collector’s quest, often 68 S-shaped curves 69 Little bounders

DOWN

1 Vassal 2 Bathtub disaster 3 Kitchen floor covering 4 Felix Silla’s odd sixties sitcom role 5 Ran like heck 6 ___, bravo, Charlie, delta, etc. 7 Filter out, in a way 8 Tactless 9 Bus. alternate 10 Tree the emerald borer can bore 11 Went bad, like milk 12 Layman in a monastery 13 Sunday school supply 19 Element No. 5 22 Hamburg-Berlin dir. 25 Neighbour to Que. 27 Change your story? 28 Italian sign-off 29 “EastEnders” airer 30 Enlarge a hole 31 Site of a big 1916 battle 35 Produces a clutch 37 Stubble setting 38 Dryer trap material 39 Button or snap 40 Put in the Hall of Fame 41 Prima donna’s problem, often 42 What a bloodhound might follow 43 The dame over there 44 Prepares potstickers 45 Rug, so to speak 46 Off the mark 48 Place to keep sheep 49 Jauntily dashing 51 Size 5X, perhaps 55 Sacred ceremony 56 Caesar’s last day 58 Valuable blackjack cards 60 A brace 61 Warty old woman 63 Tuberous plant of the Andes