Ottawa Citizen

canadian crossword

- adrian powell

ACROSS

1 Sports org. since ‘58 4 DVD’s forerunner 9 Big Vatican meeting 14 Classic pre-WWI auto 15 Speak from a soapbox 16 One of country music’s Judds 17 Real hornet’s nest 18 Spending cap

19 Sui and Paquin 20 Deaden the sound 22 Polo divisions (var.) 24 Extras 25 Antiquated knife 26 Worked on stage 29 Traffic snarls 33 Handwritin­g feature, usually 36 Hard, sour candy 38 Screwball 39 Attire for around the oasis 40 Bull bison’s weight, maybe 41 Royal Navy’s department until 1964 43 Hornswoggl­ed 44 Minute 45 Repaired some loafers, in a way

DOWN

1 Packs tightly 2 Sick and tired 3 Shower scrubber 4 Cabbage Patch Dolls, these days 5 Most arid 6 Battering device 7 Regarding your ears 8 Denatured alcohol, slangily 47 “Ta-ta!” to Napolitans 49 Ice houses? 53 PBS fundraiser, maybe 57 Security lapse 58 Miles from another living soul 59 Corleones’ group 61 “Steady as ___ goes.” 62 Cyto- or ecto- ending 63 Gives a nudge to 64 Get all het up 65 Crackers’ targets 66 RNs’ needles 67 Ready to go 9 Backstabbi­ng type 10 Connecticu­t’s state song 11 What Mrs. Hubbard’s dog had 12 Actor Doom of “Inglouriou­s Basterds” 13 Engage in trash talk 21 Ancient aromatic resin 23 Archaic word in the Golden Rule 27 One way to leave Israel 28 Red ink entries 30 Old Greek containers 31 Corn meal creation 32 Barrelled along 33 Take a whack at a skeeter 34 Work as a stevedore 35 Where Wile E. Coyote orders his anvils 37 Famous clinic name 42 Indian nursemaid 46 Lustful energy, to Freud 48 Get-up-andgo 50 Saharan haven 51 Earthy yellow hue 52 Piece of paper 53 Spigots 54 Contempora­ry of Sarah and Billie 55 Sit around idly

56 Not a one 60 Jack-adandy

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