CANADIAN CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 177 km. German river 5 Earthenware Spanish jar 9 Put off until later 14 One time pittance in Pisa 15 Big name in bug killers 16 Muse of erotic poetry 17 Acts nautical and piratelike, initially 20 Syria’s largest city, once 21 Indefinite amount 22 Really unassertive 23 Grass skirt dance 25 Upset mightily 27 Denial from a chap in kilt 30 Seductress’ assets, perhaps initially 35 Getting on in years 36 Cut-throat’s old weapon 37 Minnie of The Opry 38 Lopsided victory 40 Elfconscious fellow? 43 Classical old meeting site 44 Starbucks selection 46 Plato of “Diff’rent Strokes” 48 Leafcutter critter 49 High society gettogethers, initially 52 Potash solution 53 Last word in worship 54 Hershey offering 56 Aussie dreamtime believer, slangily 59 Bit of borscht 61 Edict 65 Fatherly advice, maybe initially 68 Had a bite at home 69 Way of walking 70 West and Jemison 71 Where the buffalo roam 72 Mediaeval Gaelic 73 “...___ they say”

DOWN 1 Albert Einstein’s wife 2 Call up the old way 3 Shallowest Great Lake 4 Ex-Alberta leader Klein 5 European buntings 6 Di-dah’s preceder 7 Isn’t honest 8 Chemically condense on the surface 9 Expand steadily 10 In advance of, quaintly 11 Swings and misses 12 Inscribe on a trophy 13 Promising 18 Taters 19 Sharif’s compatriot 24 Wallpaperer’s calculation 26 They may have little lambs 27 Marilyn’s birth name, ___ Jeane 28 Snooty 29 Substance separated by a filter, basically 31 Sport with a bamboo sword 32 Where S. Africa’s Durban is 33 Tonguein-cheek humour 34 List of candidates 39 Helios’ mother, in myth 41 Where to keep fish 42 Poison neutralizer 45 Humerus, for one 47 Black ink item 50 Not once, in poetry 51 Feeling jittery 55 Chump 56 Off yonder 57 Beth’s Greek cousin 58 Irving’s “A Prayer for ___ Meany” 60 Pre-1917 revolution dictator 62 Usual trunk location 63 Needle holes 64 PetroCanada rival 66 Old Bailey head wear 67 Woody Herman’s “___ Autumn”