CANADIAN CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Ear related
5 Calliope power
10 Big cheese in Holland
14 “Mighty Aphrodite” co-star Sorvino
15 Word form for sleep
16 Spooky radiance
17 Competition to see who casts the best hex?
20 Third Hebrew month
21 Caine’s “Blame It On ___”
22 Part of Italy where Calabria’s located
23 Utility bill encl., often 24 Items beneath the castle, perhaps
26 Snacks conjured up with occult help?
30 Salalah’s land
31 Founded (abbr.)
32 Violinist
Stern who twice won a Grammy
36 “‘Tain’t” retort
37 Dada cofounder Jean
38 5th c. Mongol invader
40 In need of medical care
41 Mount of great merit
43 Can. author Hamilton who created “Ava Lee”
44 “Major” group of stars 45 Lakers’ legend who was a wizard on the court?
49 Life-form native to the region
52 Criticize harshly
53 ... hide ___ hair
54 Influential contacts
55 Pass, like time
59 Reagan’s bewitching financial plan?
63 “Black Beauty” author Sewell
64 ‘70s Lear sitcom
65 On-line landing info
66 Sedge’s cousin
67 Infix firmly
68 Groove in a board
DOWN
1 Dostoyevsky was exiled here
2 Traditional First Nations abode
3 Gets hot under the collar
4 Touches base, in a way
5 Whiny one
6 Lion-coloured, say
7 Barren, sandy, wind-swept Saharan area
8 Build up, as interest
9 Making low sounds?
10 Have dessert
11 Because of
12 Insurance fraud ploy
13 Husbands and wives
18 Loyal, to a Scot
19 Old bean
24 Common pesticide, once 25 Common item among sales assistants
26 Smart people might connect these
27 Let off 28 Still-life centrepiece
29 Clairvoyance, e.g.
33 Voices grievances 34 In addition...
35 Highland family group 37 Leisurely, in music 38 Uris’ “The ___”
39 Still sealed
42 Capitol recording rival, once 43 Hailstones, basically
44 Like a ghostwriter
46 Complete chromosome blueprint
47 Crucial trouser figure
48 Radiant ring 49 Expansion-resistant nickel-steel alloy
50 Everybody’s opposite
51 Hive resident
56 Bread for a gyro
57 Great quantity
58 An ExxonMobil brand
60 Donald, to Kiefer
61 Young grizzly
62 Highfalutin poem