CANADIAN CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Big tussle

6 Picket line crosser 10 Retained for oneself 14 Perp’s iron clad defence 15 Life of leisure 16 Tiny Celebes buffalo 17 Stops operating on Halloween, maybe? 20 Lowland gorilla, e.g. 21 1863 invention that exploded onto the scene 22 Wimbledon errors 23 Polynesian food staple 24 Dine at home 26 Spectral title of the first Star Wars episode (with “The”) 31 Try to lose some weight 32 Immature monarchs 33 Baseball official 35 Two ladies’ bowling teams 38 Large, rambling properties 40 Water from Lourdes 41 More endangered 43 Very short dress 44 Opined about Halloween? 48 Incur bills 49 Bean holder 50 Spotted from afar 53 Longest Swiss river 54 Flyer’s contents, often 57 Misplaces the haunted house attraction, say? 61 Putin was born here 62 Not strong 63 Like a sasquatch 64 Oodles and oodles 65 Clears after expenses 66 Anaconda, for one

DOWN

1 It’s a long story 2 Snip off 3 Split asunder, quaintly 4 Actor Vigoda of “The Godfather” 5 V-8 component 6 Subgroup of the clan 7 Mouser, often 8 Burning coal’s destiny 9 Oldfashioned cold remedies 10 Shaman from the Hawaiian Isles 11 Hydroxy acid, e.g. 12 Horse hitching spot 13 Skin pics? 18 Basic blood transfusion amount 19 Opposed to, poetically 23 Chopped liver, e.g. 24 Big omnivorous Australian bird 25 Current quantity 26 Typesetting measurements 27 Hopping mad 28 Coordinated gene cluster 29 Rudely intrude 30 Change for the better 31 Bunny’s mom 34 Trident-shaped Greek consonant 36 Figures of speech 37 Dismantle, as a Christmas tree 39 In the thick of 42 Where you join the line, usually 45 Basketry willows 46 Hot Springs attractions 47 Changes shape, in a way 50 One month in Tel Aviv 51 Mediocre 52 Attentiongetting hiss 53 Submits a request 54 Dramatic solo song 55 Highland dagger 56 Detriment to a wink 58 Maiden name intro 59 Break a fast 60 Novelist Fleming