CANADIAN CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 As opposed to pizzicato 5 Reduces speed 10 Bad weather for yachting 14 Countess’ spouse 15 Noted French wine valley 16 Clarinet’s cousin 17 Poultry from Providence? 20 Subway classic, briefly 21 Conceptualizes 22 Singer known as the “Little Sparrow” 24 Oil of wintergreen, for one 26 Bessie Smith’s job 32 Tiny, social insect 33 People of N. India 34 Gossip in the shtetl 35 Scallion’s much larger cousin 37 Social science course, for short 40 Not very kosher 41 Just off the ocean bed 43 “General Hospital,” e.g. 45 “... ___ I saw Elba.” 46 Salad ingredients, to some 50 Lady who looks after the kids 51 Tannenbaum time 52 Tacks on 56 Preposition in many sonnets 57 Sole NFL team without a helmet logo 63 Ripped 64 Invest with authority 65 Ring out 66 Item to prod your pony 67 Former Indian infantryman 68 Nervous

DOWN

1 Part of an airline from Eire 2 “Sis-boombah!” relative 3 Dubrovnik’s state, briefly 4 Crone, disparagingly 5 X-Acto knife cut 6 ___ Angeles 7 Major Alberta resource 8 Ghostly spirit 9 Mail recipient 10 Mrs. Dithers of “Blondie” 11 Help haul out the loot 12 Big vein 13 Military dining area 18 Pixie-sized 19 Demolition event 22 Groves of conifers 23 Practising doctor? 24 They come from different layers 25 Decides not to go 26 Dieter’s standard 27 Conk out on the couch 28 Nettouching serve 29 Wind off the spool 30 Ceaseless, in poetry 31 Vaults for valuables 36 Joke around 38 Rabbit, to a furrier 39 Broom Hilda, e.g. 42 Ziti’s cousin 44 Nosy individual 47 Soup scoops 48 Mad 49 Monaco’s environs 52 Works at Stratford 53 Soft splash 54 Lima’s land 55 Until the end of time 56 Follow orders 58 Left-leaning political party 59 Batman and Robin, say 60 Thu. preceder 61 Constantly criticize 62 Conniving