Ottawa Citizen

canadian crossword

- adrian powell

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1 Roman equivalent­s of three piece suits 6 Jack knifing victim? 10 Watches the kids 14 Third rock from the sun 15 Listen to 16 Be the getaway driver 17 Radial, usually 20 Your, archaicall­y 21 Acorn bearer 22 Violinist’s need 23 Took part in a play 25 Really long time, to Longfellow 26 Trivial 31 Pricey greenish stone 32 Safe-cracker, slangily 33 Oft tree-lined thoroughfa­re, for short 35 Hillary’s ‘53 conquest 39 Franks 41 Something to have with your crumpets 42 Most Iranian Muslims 44 Wayside lodgings 45 Common UK roofing material 50 Narrow opening 51 Operatic highlights 52 Alternativ­e to a trick 55 Busy mnth. for tax prep. experts 56 Aspirin, for short 59 Rio Olymic’s Andre De Grasse and Penny Oleksiak 64 Apogee 65 Gopher’s home 66 Freeze solid 67 Antarctic ice shelf 68 They start out nuts 69 Greenishbl­ue hues

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2 “Gadzooks,” e.g. 3 Colour of fifty shades, and puzzle theme clue 4 Gorged oneself 5 Cheap knockoffs 6 Kibbutz currency 7 English traditiona­l jellied dish 8 Where to wipe your feet 9 Heated reaction 10 Zen Buddhist’s goal 11 Often mummified Egyptian bird 12 Hatcher of “Desperate Housewives” 13 Light submachine gun of WWII 18 Hold back, like breath 19 Deepen the harbour 23 Tennis’ Raonic, often 24 Ex-politician Stockwell 25 Shaving gel brand 26 Central church areas 27 Flawless 28 Brand spanking state 29 Bar Harbor’s bailiwick 30 Half of the integers 31 CF-18, for one 34 Safe start? 36 Will’s subject 37 Herding dog’s nickname, perhaps 38 “___ a far, far better thing I do...” 40 Really bad scores 43 Problem solver’s exclamatio­n 46 Century plants 47 Sultanic decrees 48 Asian thatching palm 49 Shallot’s pungent kin

52 Guy Rasputin advised 53 Puerto ___ 54 Big shade trees 56 Sailing amongst the swells 57 Send reeling 58 Venomous N. African snakes 60 Greek equivalent to Hebrew’s “rosh” 61 Bird maoris hunted 62 Wapiti 63 Like hockey rinks

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