Ottawa Citizen

Canadian crossword

- Adrian powell

ACROSS 1 Aristocrat­ic Indian lady 5 “Nightmare” street of films 8 Highlander­s’ daggers 13 Maxwell Smart was one

15 Item worn at luaus 16 Nevada’s neighbour 17 Cheesy Swiss dish 18 “Batman” sound effect 19 Carnivore’s antithesis 20 Big man who could box (but he now has no locks) 23 ___ bender 24 Round Table honorific 25 Quarterbac­k of yore (who has hair no more) 32 Only defenseman to win the Art Ross trophy 33 Jacob’s biblical twin 34 “Battle Cry” author 36 Billy goat feature 38 Wile E. Coyote’s undoing, often 40 Forge worker 41 Obsessed by 42 Force out of office 44 Snorter’s quarters 45 97’s“World’s Fastest Man” (who was bald when he ran) 50 Actor Alastair of “Green for Danger”(‘46) 51 Miracle-___ plant food 52 Guard nicknamed “TheAirless” (who really was hairless) 59 Alternatin­g current pioneer 60 Greenish Romanian bank note 61 Bird once hunted for plumes 63 Arch,to Meathead 64 Comfy spot to get a room 65 Treat with antifreeze 66 Swollen ankle cause 67 Request 68 Fall yard work aid

DOWN

1 Military UK branch 2 Visibly astounded 3 World’s rarest goose 4 Like most plumbing 5 Wittenberg’s waterway 6 Piece of lettuce 7 O.J.and champagne 8 Coral reef explorers 9 As mentioned earlier in the footnote 10 Music from Mumbai 11 Kirk’s Wrathful foe 12 Cain was the first 14 Show embarrassm­ent 21 AuthorTale­se and golfer Brewer 22 Cleansed (of) 25 Prevailing tendency 26 Poetic Greek muse 27 Fruit-eating flyer 28 Talk a blue streak 29 Droning sound 30 Leave one’s seat 31 Quick with comebacks 32 Geishas might tie one on 35 Wary of people 37 Wood of the Stones 39 Leaky old ship 40 Showed signs of life 43 Starch producing palm 46 GM Canada’s headquarte­rs locale 47 Canada’s Amtrak equiv. 48 Girls’name meaning “industriou­s” 49 Boarding house tenant 52 Repair 53 Skye, for one 54 Happy mollusc? 55 It’ll help you focus 56 Hong Kong boat 57 Mozart’s Conservati fedele, e.g. 58 Trunk attachment 59 Construct a knot 62 Aid for good driver

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