Ottawa Citizen

canadian crossword

- adrian powell

ACROSS 1 Tug or punt 5 Toasty 9 Org. whose motto is “Every child. One voice.” 12 Fruit that doesn’t sound pretty 13 Sneaking suspicion 14 Threesomes 16 Really down 18 What the mouse did to the clock? 19 Street where Big Bird lives 20 Canada Post does it 22 Really grim 24 Land measuremen­t figure 25 Sunburstli­ke blossom 28 Flush the soap out 31 Loudspeake­r systems, for short 34 Bigoted attitude 35 Turn in some coupons 36 Plastic pipe type 37 Little Rock’s locale, briefly 38 Make a statement to Canada Customs 39 “Back to the Future” actress Thompson 40 Charge 41 Vegetable oils, e.g. 42 Large group of cattle 43 Blasted initials? 44 Group chasing the rustlers 45 Revenue offsets 46 Frankfurt fellow 48 “Curses!” 50 Retired prof’s title 54 End result 58 Famed ballet company, until ‘91 59 Where a lot of book info may be 61 Wipe the slate clean 62 “Great lake” for sailing 63 Mexican stew pot 64 Soak (up) 65 Text messaging command 66 Rain cats and dogs

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1 Best friends, slangily 2 There’s a point to this arch

3 St. Moritz location 4 Rants 5 Older partner? 6 “Personal” postings 7 Bulrush, e.g. 8 Fabricated 9 Dole fruit staples 10 Travel with a guide 11 Mythologic­al Egyptian beasts 14 Old Greek war galley 15 Lose one’s cool 17 Vizier’s superior 21 High tech beams 23 Puts up 25 Sternward 26 Warning sound 27 Assume blame 29 Waits while the train crosses 30 Came closer 32 Redirect, as one’s eyes 33 Oodles 35 Vacationer’s destinatio­n 38 Take away from (with “of”) 42 Wi-Fi access point 45 Superhero’s attire, often 47 One of Ares winged kids 49 Pronounced judgment 50 Squeezes by 51 Spanish surrealist Joan ___ 52 Native Americans who gave a state its name 53 Address fit for a king 55 Quite fit 56 Long, flirtatiou­s look 57 Draft horse group 60 Soldier’s make up?

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