Ottawa Citizen

CANADIAN CROSSWORD

- ADRIAN POWELL

ACROSS

1 Weather stat., for short

4 Suit material? 8 Take a header

12 Tall tale teller 13 Hunan nursemaid 14 Old fuddyduddy 15 Atmospheri­c prefix

16 Thorn in one’s side 17 “Belling the Cat” fabulist 18 Discovered a crack in earth’s crust that has really deep meaning? 21 R2-D2, notably 22 Pause in the action 23 YouTube clip showing how to fix a PC problem 30 Rattler, e.g. 31 “Shaft” singer Hayes 32 Many times o’er

35 Puzzle with images instead of words 38 “A-Team” muscleman 39 Cambodian money

42 Seize illegally 45 Rhino feature found in the Alps that challenges the laws of physics? 50 Prince Charles and his dad used to play it

51 Actress Falco and Lou Grant’s ex 53 Antiaborti­onist’s saviour for those times they’re swamped? 57 Welcome warmly 59 Lingerie trim 60 S. African fox 61 Quite a chatty bird 62 Muffs up 63 Go to the stores

64 Take care of 65 Tipster at the track

66 Light golden brown

DOWN

1 Del Fuego lead-in

2 Leave high and dry 3 They’re usually of int-erest to shareholde­rs 4 Illegalsou­nding perfume

5 One of the Gulf States 6 S. African currency

7 Bad thing to catch

8 Ivy supporter 9 Junkyard phenomenon 10 Groom’s commitment

11 Gusto 12 Sgt. Friday’s employer 14 Pope John XXIII’s successor 19 Old Scand. war god 20 Vienna’s land (abbr.) 24 Different spelling, briefly

25 1950’s US prez 26 Contradict in court

27 James Bay Project creation 28 Spike of wheat

29 When to harvest pumpkins, briefly

32 ___jel toothache remedy 33 Canuck’s whale mascot’s name 34 Vietnamese new year 36 Bring into service

37 Cal.’s Big ___ region 40 Hearingimp­aired people may do it

41 Treat with sandpaper 43 One of Saturn’s moons

44 Live radio show’s future, these days 46 Winner’s take, often 47 Privy 48 Pedicab ancestor (var.) 49 Schindler player Liam 52 Bit of chacha

53 Sean of “Milk” 54 Casino card game

55 Nude or buff relative

56 Say jokingly 57 0 deg. long. clock setting 58 Brown or wholewheat alternativ­e

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