Ottawa Citizen

CANADIAN CROSSWORD

- adrian powell

ACROSS 1 “Lay off, already!” 5 Iraq’s economic capital

10 Gp. that sometimes has us over a bbl. 14 Dracula’s attire

15 Fungal sporebeari­ng cell

16 Glowing halo of light 17 21 sq.km., for Nauru 18 Herrings’ cousins 19 Ku Klux group

20 Potted miniature tree 22 Requiremen­t to get your driver’s license 24 Whole shebang 25 Barnstorme­r 26 Assimilate 30 Ripped off

34 Budget’s business 36 Triangular Greek letter 37 As well as... 38 Maltreat

41 Just a little resistance 42 Something to stew over? 45 Cayman Islands, for one

48 Neverthele­ss 51 They’re good at taking orders

52 The Ocean’s motions 54 Reached one’s objective 55 John Huston’s daughter 58 Foolishnes­s 62 Letter opener? 63 Saturn’s largest moon 65 Casanova type 66 Statistica­l fodder

67 Say what you think 68 Political commentato­r Levant 69 Old British firearm

70 Pays for an apartment 71 Moose, for one DOWN 1 Antiunioni­st, maybe 2 Plant sometimes called elephant’sear 3 Unsealed 4 Mediaeval worker on the lord’s farm 5 Vatican City’s St. Peter’s, for example 6 Popular baseball bat wood, once 7 Part of Snoopy’s Red Baronfight­ing attire 8 Ballet star Nureyev 9 Verbally assault 10 Acorn’s destiny 11 Whine and whimper 12 Years that are worthy of note

13 Tilt 21 Burghoff and

Swit’s co-star 23 Evidence of title

26 Full of chutzpah 27 Slowly, to the symphony 28 Formally bequeath 29 Pick up a perp

31 Chunk of garlic 32 Archaic anaestheti­c 33 Sends to Hades

35 Dead end job, so to speak 39 Didn’t fold, at the poker table

40 Does a doc’s job 43 Seasoned player

44 Like Hannibal Lecter

46 Made tracks, archaicall­y speaking 47 Not in one’s birthday suit?

49 VIP who’s used to cutting remarks 50 Epicure’s secret 53 Tuxedo trim 55 Does sums 56 Without any ice

57 Way to leave the yard 59 Move like sludge

60 Use the smokehouse 61 Wine taster’s estimate 64 Echidna’s tidbit

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