Ottawa Citizen

CANADIAN CROSSWORD

- Adrian powell

ACROSS 1 Destiny 5 One kind of daisy 11 Leprechaun kin, maybe 14 Declare firmly 15 Washington/ Travolta’s “The Taking of ___ 123” 16 Fish eggs 17 *Colon 19 Moulder 20 Word said with a salute 21 Insurance fraud ploy, perhaps 22 Parkinson’s sufferer’s medication 24 Tick away 26 Big cat 27 *Person with a lot on their mind, perhaps? 33 Quick 36 ___ Khan IV 37 Member of the weeding party 38 Portent 39 Cheek pouch morsel, for some 40 Ely’s English river 41 Mouthpucke­ring 42 Real bad, old fiddler 43 In need of a Pledge treatment 44 *Bedroom fixtures, usually 47 Belonging to us all 48 Paring tool 52 Vessel backed by Isabella I 54 Metropolis on the Bight of Benin 57 Global human rights agcy. 58 KLM guess 59 *Guesses on the low side 62 Time zone missing from this puzzle’s asterisked answers 63 Dull 64 Hankering 65 Pumpernick­el, basically 66 Britain’s Downing, e.g. 67 Floridian isles

DOWN 1 Untrue 2 To be of value 3 ___ cotta 4 Vast sandswept area of desert 5 Shrub that Aspirin is named after 6 Octopus moms 7 Mezzo’s colleague 8 Tibia’s location 9 Stocking shade 10 Missing aviatrix Earhart 11 Just plain wrong 12 Repetitive piece of film 13 Greek salad topping 18 Moved very gently 23 Home for one in disgrace 25 Hard copy 26 Skinny 28 Shoe store salesperso­n, at times 29 Shopping centre of old Athens 30 Hurl 31 Cygnet’s starting place 32 Low poker card 33 US campus cadet’s org. 34 Asian live-in aide 35 Portray on stage 39 Common conjunctio­ns 43 REM experience 45 Quacks 46 Research doc’s digital version 49 Small carton of milk 50 Mournful poem 51 Valentine’s Day blooms 52 One’s equal, maybe 53 Unbelievab­ly small 54 Sixth Jewish month 55 Relinquish control of 56 Canada’s largest First Nations group 60 Tennis player’s obstacle 61 Razor-billed Atlantic bird

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