Ottawa Citizen

CANADIAN CROSSWORD

- ADRIAN POWELL

ACROSS 1 Canned meat brand since ‘37 5 Wave top 10 Eliot’s “___ Bede”

14 Kin of a bottlenose 15 French door 16 X Games vehicle 17 Brunettes who will keep the sun out of your eyes?

19 Skip

20 Tuning fork material 21 Coveted place in the legislatur­e 22 Excellent avian mimic 23 Mrs. Modi’s attire 25 Salsa’s Cuban cousin

27 Jazz band instrument­alist 30 “Yes!”

31 Bit of shuteye 34 Result of a quake, say 35 Capital of Guinea 37 Elbows in pipes, often 38 Not e’en a single time 39 Loosens up 43 X-rated 46 Ability to feel the vibes, for short

47 BYOB part 48 Believers in “the One” 49 Low-budget film, often 51 Item to file 52 Crackers 54 Place to purchase pastrami 56 Logtranspo­rting channel 60 Bugs the heck out of 61 Shakespear­ean chap with a different way of looking at things

63 Mike Pence, for one

64 Indri or silky sitaka

65 Slash apart

66 Wasn’t colourfast 67 Clear the slate 68 Nepalese beasts DOWN 1 Goes turfing?

2 Hind end 3 Decent bit of farmland 4 Appear logical

5 T4A pro, e.g.

6 Classic composer of 39 operas 7 Language heard in Cape Breton, at times 8 Fatty acid used in soap making

9 Old Roman defensive formation 10 Manhattan Project creation 11 Slow-witted New York ball players? 12 Blood related 13 Beyond (pref.)

18 Incan pack animal 24 Popular Dodge truck 26 Jamaican dude

27 Cubic metre, informally 28 Many spots in the Caribbean 29 Deli cuke that seems to have lost its sheen?

32 “Why ___ you asleep?” 33 They burn along the Ganges 36 Supporting, in a way 40 Auctioneer­s might watch for one

41 Idly move one’s thumbs 42 Snidely Whiplash, notably 43 Volume of collected works 44 Wrapper for a flapper 45 Show disdain 50 Star-___ mole

52 Arm or leg 53 Dental exam, e.g. 55 Himalayan monk

57 Pupil’s setting 58 Trappist, e.g. 59 Finishes 62 Chalcopyri­te, for one

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