Ottawa Citizen

canadian crossword

- adrian powell

ACROSS

1 Didn’t make the passing grade 7 Worldwide lending org. 10 Warty old crone 13 Having feelings 14 Actor McDowell 16 Scramble up 17 Get the oven ready 18 Beers’ cousins 19 Dijon, for one 21 The tire fits around it 22 Backpacker’s stuff 24 Many millennia 27 DiFranco of indie rock 28 Except that 31 Noodlehead 32 Heartburn helper, briefly 34 Something said with a tongue depressor 35 Toward the centre 36 Natal native 38 Evans who rode Buttermilk 40 Mushroom spores 43 Middle-earth mutant 45 Hang loosely 49 Gladiolus root, e.g. 50 After-hours sign 52 Low-___ image 53 You, ages ago 54 Hardly mannerly 55 Take advantage of the cafeteria 56 Periodic scholarshi­p payment 60 Actress Hathaway 61 When the Tide comes out, say 63 Do surgery 66 It isn’t pretty 67 Harald of Norway’s realm 68 Four poster creation 69 Assumed command 70 Takes apart

DOWN

1 “Satyricon” director Federico 2 Short of iron, say 3 Schools of thought, briefly 4 Frankenste­in’s birthplace 5 Lead-in for “automne” 6 Skin-related 7 Naughty children 8 Trading centre 9 Bane for a dane 10 Barn dance music 11 ___ mode 12 Zero long. hrs. 13 Egyptian dung beetle, e.g. 15 Campbell’s successor 20 Organic fertilizer component 22 Indian know-it-all 23 As a group 25 Common soccer score 26 Sow’s domain 29 Melancholy 30 Under a parasol, e.g. 33 Gunner’s measuremen­ts 37 www.cbc.ca, for one 39 Stack cargo 40 Work as an extra 41 Lah’s musical lead in 42 Went from one side to the other 44 Moonshine ingredient 46 Lobbed explosive 47 Makeshift shelters 48 Prize highly 51 Popular number puzzle 57 Something to worship 58 Trim off the excess 59 Peered at 60 Orpheus’ ancient vessel 61 Charlotte’s domain 62 Something the helmsman might say 64 Something bowlers aim for 65 Portion of curling

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