Ottawa Citizen

canadian crossword

- adrian powell

ACROSS

1 Indifferen­t gesture 6 Blueprint detail,briefly 10 Tax return expert,for short 13 Nigerian currency 14 Seder cracker 15 ‘Neath’s antithesis 16 First American in space 18 Barrel into 19 Coiffeur’s goop 20 Capacious cask 21 Hang out on the line 23 Artwork painted on plaster 26 Wind into spirals 27 First person to release an album of songs recorded in space 30 Connected to the hip bones 31 Not fanciful 32 Polygraph jiggler 34 Where curlews curl up 35 Really long winded 37 Actor Zachary ___ of“Chuck” 38 Turner who led an 1831 slave rebellion 39 Excessivel­y scarce 40 Like rabbits and raccoons 41 First Canadian woman in space 45 Like the Atacama Desert 46 LikeVan Gogh’s “Night” 47 More sarcastic 49 NBC’s owner of the 40s 50 Israeli army weapon 53 Common Andean tuber 54 First human in space 58 Where kits are raised 59 Become hardened to 60 Modify a manuscript 61 The law, to Mr.Bumble 62 Dips below the horizon 63 In la-la land and clue to this puzzle’s theme

DOWN

1 Pantyhose problem 2 Extremely healthy 3 Bit of Omani dough 4 Where they can put your ashes 5 Stomachrel­ated 6 Wimpish fellow 7 1968’s “Harper Valley ___” 8 Old Testament book following II Chronicles 9 Postscript to a will 10 Group of mountain ranges 11 Traditiona­l Japanese occupation that will get you some mussels? 12 Sgt. Bilko’s employer 14 GoodYiddis­h boy 17 Subtle shade variations 22 Urchins make it 23 “Animal House”house 24 Where to buckle in baby 25 Dedicated poetry 27 Final sales 28 Good people to ask about the past 29 Wray who played Ann in “King Kong” 30 Country motel alternativ­e, perhaps 33 End of Ramadan period 35 Alligators­nouted fish 36 Pretty large faculty 37 Godiva, for one 39 Signs of insomnia, perhaps 40 Makes one’s blood boil

42 Try to buy on eBay 43 Flatbottom­ed boat 44 Largest dolphin 47 Scotch additive 48 Ancient Norse character 50 Nitrogen-rich chemical 51 Element #30 52 Seeker of the lost ark

55 Elk breeding season 56 Many mobsters’ bane 57 Roadie’s responsibi­lity, often

 ??  ??

Newspapers in English

Newspapers from Canada