Ottawa Citizen

canadian crossword

- Adrian powell

ACROSS

1 Red wax coated cheese 6 Downhiller’s uphill aid 10 Detective’s assignment 14 Playful prank 15 Quattro’s manufactur­er 16 Smee’s boss 17 Strike while the iron’s hot 20 Silvery grey shade 21 Two-part 22 Small Russian coins 23 Soil embankment 24 Latin class verb 25 “Bug off and leave me alone!” 30 “Oy,vey!” elicitor 32 Actress Alicia of“Falcon Crest” 33 French wine 34 Way into someone’s heart 35 Maker of the first 45 rpm. record 36 Give a talking to 38 Chinese revolution leader 39 Sound of relaxation 40 Goes bad 41 What clocks do once a year 45 Burglar’s take 46 Pawn 47 Undergroun­d plant runner 50 Filly’s dad 51 Three letters requesting aid 54 Relatively short distance 57 Novel scheme 58 Naught 59 Xbox enthusiast 60 Yankee Doodle’s ride 61 Protection 62 Black Sulawesi hardwood

DOWN

1 Big,fancy wing-ding 2 Eleven digits? 3 Wyoming’s neighbour 4 Chip enhancemen­t

5 The college world 6 Japanese straw mat 7 Elaborate inlaid brasswork 8 Kid’s driveway drink stand product 9 Personpowe­red cab 10 Service centre? 11 Really high grade 12 Washday loss, at times 13 Scrapes (out a living) 18 Distilled pine resin, briefly 19 Fire fighter’s need 23 Reynolds of “Smokey and the Bandit” 24 Big Sicilian landmark 25 Peer, supposedly 26 Tex-Mex munchy 27 Steer clear of like the plague 28 Dispatch, in a way

29 Be at loose ___ 30 Caps the clan might wear 31 Handwashin­g need 35 Heyerdahl’s Kon-Tiki, for one 36 From Sputnik I onwards 37 Limerick’s neighbour 39 Have a struggle deciding 40 Excalibur, notably 42 “Yer darn tootin’!” 43 Secluded corner 44 Myopic, thick-skinned mammals 47 Franklin’s Erebus or Terror 48 Chore list heading 49 Unlocked 50 Apparel to wear in Amritsar 51 Japanese wrestling 52 Sign of things to come 53 Surprising­ly limber 55 Small stake in some ground 56 Stick a needle in

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