canadian crossword

ACROSS

1 Virgo’s brightest star

6 Get a car for the weekend 10 Sponsors’ spots 13 Walesa and Obama won one 14 Now or in the future 15 Copycat’s request 17 Arborist’s avowal? 20 Harass 21 Asian palm used in thatching 22 Open one’s eyes 23 Jessica who played Max in “Dark Angel” 25 Razor cut 27 Desert during a conifer crisis? 34 Intrigued by 35 Stubbing victim 36 Big musical drama 37 Nutria, for one 38 Hymn book 41 Grandma, to the grandkids 42 One who really makes an effort 44 Tiny Caribbean isle

45 Sell on the street 46 Poplar’s sad, winter admission? 50 Jello making instruction 51 Willowy 52 Number on a card, say 55 Month of the High Holy Days 57 Brainstorm 61 Reason some lumberjacks get medals of valour? 64 Ruptured 65 Fungal sporebearing cells 66 Iranian coins 67 Silently assent 68 Object 69 Pile from a rock fall

DOWN

1 Small cut

2 Apple or pear 3 Sacred bird of the pharaohs 4 Hundredth of a Cuban peso 5 Mutated gene 6 Clerical VIP 7 With nary a wrinkle 8 Rather modern 9 Rare baseball hit 10 What incense sticks turn to 11 Calendar squares 12 Jolly Roger’s inept crewman 16 Female mouflon 18 Trips around the sun 19 He suits people 24 Useful Indonesian ox 26 Hines’ speciality 27 Picks up 28 Accustom 29 Sunlit courtyards 30 Verizon or AT&T 31 Kidney-like 32 Rush-hour pace 33 Sniffler’s need 38 Sugarbush 39 Observe: keep ___ on 40 It’s closed at night 43 Superhero’s attire symbol 45 Like the “Iliad” or the “Odyssey” 47 Asia’s largest antelope 48 Most authentic 49 Out of sight people 52 Get a dramatic job 53 Hockey enforcer 54 Bimetallic Belgian coin 56 Henry, Time’s co-founder 58 From ___ (at a distance) 59 Finish the bathroom walls 60 Modern Gaelic’s ancestor 62 Of a raspberry hue 63 Take-away toothpicks challenge