CANADIAN CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Islamic decree 6 Doctor’s deg.

9 Meander

13 Birdlike

14 Hiker’s burden

15 Endowed with wings

16 Modify the soundtrack

17 Agatha and Dashiell’s writing contemporary

18 Shakespeare’s “The ___ of Lucrece”

19 Snack for a nuclear scientist?

22 One way to attract customers

25 Deity that ushered in dawn for the Greeks

26 Exact duplicates

27 Charles’ collection of cetaceanthemed artwork? 31 Thai skewered meat dish

32 Lender’s security, often

33 Toe the line

34 Big swallows

36 Nursery fixture

40 Related by blood

41 Decidedly flabby

42 Shellfish that habitually work out at the gym?

47 Smaller and weaker

48 Telecom giant split in ‘95

49 Allow

50 Sharplooking fishes that make you seem taller after catching them?

54 Warm up

55 Isfahan’s land

56 Make cheerful

60 Pay-to-play fee

61 Mysterious loch

62 Sitar melodies

63 Dandelion, to most

64 Acquire

65 Very bright

DOWN

1 Not even close

2 Winnipeg’s Portage, for short

3 Comedian Conway

4 Street urchin

5 The jitters

6 Surrounding (pref.)

7 Symbol of sanctity

8 Soaks

9 Soup can painter Andy

10 Actress Paige of “Cats” and “Anything Goes”

11 Half cone shapes

12 Put something on

14 Painter’s plaster

20 Seaman’s “911”

21 The McCoys, e.g.

22 Tibet’s Lhasa ___

23 Not exactly vivid

24 Location

28 Shout of disagreement

29 Hurl forcefully

30 Old Bailey head wear

34 Mobile home’s crawl space covering

35 Beat the field

36 78 year rival of NBC

37 Fishing rod attachment

38 Wight of England

39 Top of the line

40 “The Morning Watch” author James

41 Stable employees

42 Compound used in making synthetic rubber

43 Ukrainian Catholic, e.g.

44 Played a airy melody

45 Demeanours

46 Native American nation that a state is named after

47 “Fiddlesticks” 51 Sloth’s bailiwick

52 Where to dry hops

53 Bridge accomplishment

57 Ismaili Muslim’s ___ Khan

58 Sticky, bituminous gunk

59 Rough guess, briefly.