CANADIAN CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Bar tally 4 Google Play download 7 Got out of paying, in a non-PC way 14 Ratite from down under

15 1918 pandemic 16 In a furious way 17 It imposes restrictions 19 Go backwards 20 What a rainbow symbolizes, for some 21 Sloping area Moray

23 Actor

Oliver of “Gladiator” 24 Consolation 26 Smith’s tool for bending metal 29 Tetris piece shape 30 Electrical charge units

34 Tripoli’s land

36 High wispy clouds 37 Source of cork

38 Many lines with lofty lyrics

39 Item flown by aliens 41 Lancashire lady, to the kids

42 It’s often cloudy

43 Word in one’s family tree 44 Religious groups with nonstandard views

46 Fit of annoyance 48 Hazmat suit parts 50 Trifling coin of old France

51 Violet prefix 52 Size for small, delicate ladies

55 Is deep in hock

58 Biggest member of the dolphin family 60 Splittable bit of stuff 61 Sweet Sicilian wine

64 Weedy abandoned lot, e.g.

66 More than just good 67 Actress Thompson of “Howard the Duck” 68 Listening device 69 Stone-Age implement 70 Be permissive 71 Like a shrinking violet

DOWN

1 Tattles 2 Chum from Chihuahua 3 Insects that create a lot of buzz 4 Ship’s rear 5 West Point newbie 6 Run really smoothly 7 Click beetle larvae

8 Poetic before 9 Loo 10 Two-speaker system

11 “It’s all yours!” 12 Otherwise 13 Turned green, say

18 Turin’s locale 22 Puffball spore sacs 25 Related to a word group, in grammar 27 Mysterious glow

28 Catch sight of

31 Summer annoyances 32 Capital of Azerbaijan 33 Scotland’s second largest island 34 Extensive 35 Brainwave 36 Creepy domestic pest 40 The end of Oktober? 45 Ruler before the “October Uprising” 47 Very tiny amounts 49 Invasive zebra ___ 52 Cheque recipient 53 Text the rabbi might read from

54 Stuff on a manicurist’s file 55 Non-OPEC gulf state 56 Taper off 57 Therefore 59 Small terrorist group 62 Prophet Mohammed’s son-in-law 63 Bathed in light

65 Enjoy a “SkipTheDishes” delivery