CANADIAN CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Los Alamos physicist

Nils

5 Egg dropping sound 10 Banshee’s wail, e.g. 14 Swordplay sword

15 Went upwards 16 Mythological Queen of Carthage 17 “___ that the truth!” 18 Chewable chaser for a shot of vodka

20 Take off your poppy, maybe 22 Signal to send when the bilge is holed 23 Pinochle low cards 24 Restaurant where something’s always brewing

26 Tank in a tannery

27 ‘81 Beatty movie

28 Toss in your blue box 32 Makes a decision 34 Vacation memento 37 Dried grass, basically 38 LXIII divided by IX

39 Minitheorem 40 Truman’s successor, briefly

41 Milk for all its worth 42 Some males with tails 43 Finished off some cup cakes

44 The eyes may have it 46 Wet and chilly

48 “To each ___ own”

49 Lack of sophistication (var.)

52 Middle Eastern capital 55 “Chances ___”

57 Gift recipient 58 African groundnesting birds with featherless heads 61 Theta’s successor 62 ___ Kong 63 Bump off, slangily 64 Concise

65 Pot grower? 66 Rub out 67 Postings seen at YVR

DOWN

1 Real doozy 2 Weigh in, in a way 3 Ladies-only meetings 4 Goes to bed 5 Spruce juice 6 Rainbow producing refraction device

7 Mad as a hatter 8 Implores

9 ___ Aviv 10 Weird thing 11 Demeanour 12 Table border 13 Eggy Xmas beverages 19 Put a law into effect 21 Bobblehead dolls do it 25 Stable workers 26 Spot for a wicker chair, perhaps 28 Frozen dew, quaintly

29 Get cold feet 30 Louise, for one

31 Took a close gander 32 Fallopian tube traveller 33 Andrea Bocelli’s birth place 35 Toxinfighting fluids 36 Musing sound

42 NB neighbour 43 Bill of sale attachment 45 Put on fresh duds

47 Assist

49 What efts grow into 50 Small, colourful aquarium fish 51 Noted Irish poet

52 Muslim official 53 Short-lived subatomic particle 54 Julep flavouring 55 2 days drive, say

56 Parks of US civil rights fame

59 Feeling of amazement 60 ___ Harvey Oswald