Ottawa Citizen

canadian crossword

- Adrian powell

ACROSS 1 Zodiac crustacean 5 Tablets 10 Bottom coating? 14 Untainted 15 Bye, in Bordeaux 16 Famous scatter from Virginia 17 Thankless 19 Whitespeck­led nag 20 Hardly the modest type 21 Item tied on with an obi 23 Is able to 25 Vishnu’s flower 27 Man Friday’s creator 28 Sworn word 30 Tartan pattern 32 Mass leaders 36 Back in the past

37 Tire gauge meas., once 40 Popular 14th century French poetry 41 Belittling remark 43 Airline with its hub at Tokyo-Narita 44 Bank card reader, briefly 45 Oilproduci­ng seeds 46 Shatter 48 Created 49 Eye nerve 52 Huge crevasse 56 Basic fishing gear 57 Japanese entertaine­r with many fans? 59 Rise 61 Plaster foundation 62 Some choppers 66 Faint repetition 67 Birdlike 68 The “Toreador Song,”, in “Carmen” 69 Slowly trickle out 70 Equip with new gear 71 Whispered call

DOWN

1 PC essential 2 Skedaddle fast 3 Falklands War participan­t 4 Northwest Passage hazard 5 Barbecue locale, often 6 That is, to Caligula 7 Hoist

8 Bit of Romanian currency 9 Mope about 10 Known as 11 Somewhat snobbish 12 Paraguayan prairie 13 Birch bark vessel 18 ‘90s dial-up Internet giant 22 Imbeciles 23 Malaysian coconut export 24 Moses’ brother 26 Hits with an open hand 29 “___ be a fool not to!” 31 Shivery fever 33 Frisk 34 Sharon,‘69 Manson family victim 35 Tanninyiel­ding shrub 37 Perfumed sachets 38 Ulf Nilsson or Anders Hedberg 39 Boxed-off map detail 42 China’s Three Gorges, for one 46 WWI ace Billy ___ 47 Islamic spiritual leader (var.) 49 Stares, bugeyed 50 Tranquilli­ty 51 Church goer’s donation 53 Extremely, in musical scores 54 Bouquet 55 Encountere­d 58 Distant 60 Minimal high tide 63 NYC’s Lexington, e.g.

64 “‘Tain’t” comeback 65 Fedora, for one

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