Ottawa Citizen

CANADIAN CROSSWORD

- ADRIAN POWELL

ACROSS 1 Antlered beast 5 Mild mannered 9 Hedgerow plant 14 Sixth wife of Henry VIII 15 Portion of the back 40 16 Pull one’s leg 17 War of 1812 siege site 18 It’s piled on the floor? 20 Caribbean music style 22 What seekers are looking for 23 Wallach of the silver screen 24 They run down faster when it’s cold 26 Hit ‘80s exercise video 30 Pessimist’s often uttered word 33 Mutual good will 34 Like plain writing 35 Tokyo’s former name 36 Impertinen­t talk 37 Roman writer killed by Vesuvius 38 Work with an adze 39 Where Santa sits kids 40 Skirt style with a flare 41 Painful spasm 43 Sun spot? 44 Makes a racket in the kitchen 46 George of the Jungle’s transporta­tion 47 Bit of acne 48 Stick on a stake 51 Perp’s pic 55 Ponder your new stylist’s creation? 58 Leisure 59 Birds do it 60 Great dog 61 Afflicts 62 Have winter fun on the Rideau 63 Split ones aren’t good 64 Jog along

DOWN 1 Work-order detail 2 Scarlett O’Hara’s hang-out 3 Hard seed covering 4 As overcast as it can get 5 Portion of a mountain range 6 Narcissus’ mythical admirer 7 “It’s the end of an ___!” 8 Small cask 9 With decorum 10 Bunches of bovines 11 Shakespear­e’s “The ___ of Lucrece” 12 Track marked individual 13 Vegas transactio­ns 19 Like nachos 21 Cunning plan 24 Orchestral section 25 West African coins 26 Strike alternativ­es 27 Seal skin vessel 28 Surprising­ly cold 29 Strip for drawing curves 30 Statesman Jawaharlal of India 31 Popular old theatre name 32 Like illegally parked cars, sometimes 37 Uranus or Neptune 40 Kansas end of the Chisholm Trail 41 Branch of math 42 Nerveracki­ng position 45 Sky blue shades 46 Parking attendant 48 Mischievou­s spirits 49 Gloom 50 Desperate appeal 51 Fix up 52 ‘67 rock musical and hint to the puzzle theme 53 City where the Storting meets 54 Classroom challenge 56 Poem of glorificat­ion 57 Mover’s vehicle

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