Ottawa Citizen

canadian crossword

- Adrian powell

ACROSS

1 Skim off the grease 6 Ouzo flavouring 11 French shaker contents 14 Page 2, usually 15 Day of “Pillow Talk” 16 Trump attribute, e.g. 17 Pressing business? 19 John Paul II’s land, briefly 20 Vent, in a way 21 How you get spam 23 Unopened 26 Fag 27 Thereabout­s 28 Was victorious 29 Unseasonab­le moisture along the Colorado River?

Today’s Solution 33 One type of stew 36 Still burning 37 Lunatics 40 Hunt the Inuit participat­e in 43 Taking the place (of) 45 Children of Japanese immigrants 46 Stick-in-themud 50 Laundering info spot 51 “Figaro” solo 52 Maupassant’s “__ Vie” 53 Kraits’ cousins 54 Report card mark 56 Requiring rubber boots, maybe 58 ___ Hiken, Ernie Bilko’s creator

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1 VCR tape descendent 2 Unendingly, to poets 3 Newly hatched trout 4 Famed racetrack in England 5 Spicy scented S. American balsam

6 At a leisurely tempo 7 Nine-sided figure 8 Gets hot under the collar 9 Hitchcock’s title

10 To be, in Tiberius’ time 11 Parizeau and Marois 12 Narcissist’s problem 13 Walk with a bounce 59 Nerf product first sold in 1990 64 Summer in Senegal 65 Beam 66 Lunar cycle segment 67 Place to put antifreeze, for short 68 Chose 69 Tiny part of an archipelag­o 18 Carve into stone 22 Math concepts behind the 12 hour clock 23 Do the butterfly 24 Kibbutznik’s dance, perhaps 25 Not yet knowing the ropes 30 Pledge 31 Addis Ababa’s loc. 32 Reddish-grey horse 34 Noted Arabian Nights sailor 35 Room on a Clue board 38 “The Bourne Legacy” org. 39 Fraction of a yen, once

41 One type of tide 42 Musicians’ engagement­s 44 Tiny Tim’s instrument 46 Powers’ costar in “Hart to Hart” 47 Publisher’s faux pas listing 48 Habituated 49 ‘79 Polanski flick 53 Ladies’ maids in Delhi 55 Canadian brand, and it’s really pumped! 56 Big skewer, basically 57 Traditiona­l snakedanci­ng tribe 60 Guy who calls a strike 61 Big Far Eastern carrier 62 DallasOrla­ndo dir. 63 Pensioner’s status, for short

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