Ottawa Citizen

CANADIAN CROSSWORD

- adrian powell

ACROSS 1 Slackens 5 Big, white daisy 11 Tai ___ martial art 14 Lean on your horn 15 More bonechilli­ng 16 In that direction 17 Musical with the song “I Want to be Happy” 19 Nobel’s 1863 invention, briefly 20 Philanthro­pist Carnegie 21 “Fizzy” prefix 22 60’s nightclub dancer 23 Stem-tostern item 25 Desertion acronym 27 Frequent flier material 30 Quite extinct 35 Cobbleston­e 37 Not very colourful 38 “Eat!” 39 Heir or heiress 41 The older musical Gershwin 42 Toss out a tenant 43 University of Ghana city 44 One not in favour of going pro 46 In the Black, or the Red 47 Complies with a mediocre request? 50 Usual baking powder meas. 51 Where Khomeini ruled 52 Win by a mile 54 Dorothy’s Cairn terrier 56 Flowery garland 59 Sarcastic insults 63 What you have after pi 64 Competitio­n to see who’s best at walking the dog? 66 Big green egg layer 67 Tie the score 68 Waiter’s convenienc­e 69 Part of i.e. 70 Tranquilli­ze 71 Days of long ago

DOWN 1 Vesuvius’ close relative 2 Windfall 3 007 4 Marabou, for one 5 Sargasso Sea abundance 6 She lays around the barn 7 Linoleum layer’s calculatio­n 8 Specified spot 9 Colourful aquarium fish 10 “How ___ things?” 11 Cell specialist, basically 12 ___ Kong 13 Within 18 Grant criterion, often 22 Big name in chocolate 24 Rodeo gear 26 Walk through the shallows 27 NE Indian area 28 Bing Crosby’s old record label 29 Hang in there till the end 31 Mends socks 32 Nullifier, in law 33 Chops into cubes 34 Like many bar brews 36 Picador’s co-worker 40 “Houston, we have a problem” recipient 45 U 235, e.g. 48 Head over heels 49 Yemen’s neighbour 53 Glazier’s material 54 Where gibbons hang around 55 Resistance figures 57 Gave the once-over 58 Isle that’s west of Mull 60 Stepson of Emperor Claudius 61 Fyodor I, II or III 62 Common lid infection 64 Victorious shout 65 Slice with a scalpel

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