Ottawa Citizen

canadian crossword

- adrian powell

ACROSS

1 Scammer, usually 5 Thumbs down votes 9 Winnipeg winter wear 14 Word on a Mexican stop sign 15 Sea shared between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan 16 Committee type

17 Feel sorry for 18 “Psycho” actress Miles 19 CAA map tracing 20 Huge dry spot in Africa 22 Small branch 24 Mountie, before 1975 25 Frodo Baggins actor Wood 27 Putter around 29 Topaz or tourmaline 31 The Altar constellat­ion 32 Judge in OJ’s ‘95 trial 33 Naked 38 Speaker’s platform 42 “Henry IV, Part I” role 43 Intent on gain, at any cost 45 “Cuppa” contents 46 Slacken off 47 In a mischievou­s way 51 Fraud 54 Sweetums 55 US wireless giant 56 Pond up in the mountains 58 Features thought to be on Mars, once 61 Weasel’s relative 63 Where we are 65 Chew on a bone 66 Dye at the salon 67 Onlooker 68 Stromboli’s cousin 69 “It’s been ___ pleasure” 70 Beasts portrayed in Egyptian tombs 71 Ooze through the crevices

DOWN

1 Circuits of the track 2 Bones that hiphuggers hug 3 Maximally 4 The Queen’s kin

5 Like WWII’s “code talkers” 6 Strip mine strippings, often 7 Made of clay 8 Shredded cabbage creation 9 “Hot Lips” Houlihan 10 Spinster’s last words 11 Tom, the General 12 Utterly destroy 13 What landscape painters paint 21 Slow down, to the orch. 23 British Columbia’s neighbour 26 Persona’s counterpar­t, to Jung 28 Streisand nickname 29 Early whirlybird, for short 30 Famed Windsor boys’ school 34 Kind of song or park 35 Play for higher stakes 36 Natural gas, for one 37 Wear at the edges 39 It was you, once 40 Defence team’s argument 41 Solar eclipse phenomenon

44 Oft transplant­ed organs 48 Indianapol­is’ NBA team 49 Cybill’s second TV husband 50 Burns slightly 51 Old Turkish nabob 52 Carnivorou­s critter with webbed feet 53 14 pounds, in England 57 South America’s emu 59 Country byway 60 Trade off 62 Japan’s largest airline 64 Sales pro

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