Ottawa Citizen

CANADIAN CROSSWORD

- adrian powell

ACROSS

1 Stereotypi­cal name of a mad scientist’s aide

5 La

Sorbonne, basically 10 Napoleon slept here, for a while 14 “Outta my way!”

15 Killed 16 Taproom purchases 17 Ogden Nash, for one 18 Lights up a joint

20 Fairy folk 22 Genome material, usually

23 Word in the wife’s bio, maybe 24 Quarter cord of wood, in metric terms 25 Louisa May of “Little Women” 27 Proverbial camel’s backbreake­r 31 Wheezy breathing sounds

32 Most railroad bridges, once 36 Running a fever 37 “I thought ___ never leave!”

39 Quite a bustle 40 Antimatter particle 43 Polynesian island monarchy 45 Crime boss in the animal feed business? 48 Wretchedly bad 51 Faux pas 52 SudburyOtt. dir.

53 U.S. air waves regulator 55 Street hawker’s carts

58 Calls it a night

61 John, in Omsk

62 “Dairy Milk” rival

63 Cream of the crop

64 Nothing at all

65 Outburst from Eeyore 66 Peel’s “The Avengers” partner 67 Once, archaicall­y speaking

DOWN

1 Naughty little brats 2 Handcleani­ng brand

3 Runs out of inventory 4 Give a new name to 5 Perfumery compounds, often 6 Skeleton’s hideaway? 7 Cork source

8 Made stuff up 9 Caught in a trap

10 Lobed area

11 Where rheas might roam 12 Assailed on all sides 13 Financial positive 19 Fetes 21 Afternoon gettogethe­rs 26 1/20 ton, for short 27 Junket, e.g. 28 Lunar phenomenon, occasional­ly 29 Court transcript­ion pro 30 Have a go at 33 British 4WD brand

34 Cliff top feature

35 Fly like an eagle

37 WWI battle sites 38 Souped-up Harley 41 Hirsute Addams family member 42 Shopliftin­g, e.g. 43 Barometric unit of yore 44 Add a scent to 46 Pre-election event 47 Started to unravel 48 Post-op recuperati­on centre 49 Weaver’s willow

50 Four (pref.) 54 Old Welshman, for one 56 Conflicts that are never really “civil” 57 Comeback to “‘Tis so!” 59 Big geneticall­y modified crop

60 Run off, in merrie olde Englande

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