CANADIAN CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 It’s at the head of the staff

5 1/32 of a pint, for short 9 Smears on messily 14 “So?”

15 Seed’s outer covering 16 Emcee’s chore

17 Big theft of element number 42? 20 Big seller on Valentines Day in Napoli 21 Long shots at the track 22 Brass, for one

25 In hiding: lying ___ 27 Pitchforkshaped Greek letter 30 Found sadly demised while trying to break Guinness records? 33 Redblacks home (abbr.) 34 Albeit, briefly 35 Applies gold leaf

36 Moors’ relatives 39 Botanic name for the lily of the valley shrub 41 Clever clique 42 Burial receptacle 43 Minute Caribbean isle

45 Result of an agreement not to use the doubling cube, say? 50 “Don’t get ___ ideas.” 51 Sounds from parade horses

52 Gives a sharp pull 53 Flamboyant passion

54 Old pressure unit

56 Period that deciduous trees go through every year? 63 French farewell

64 King who called for his fiddlers three

65 Ancient ship of Greek legend

66 Went a few rounds 67 Poetic tributes

68 Hold up aid?

DOWN

1 Small Welsh mountain basin 2 Common Papal name 3 Pipe fitter’s joint

4 Trout fishing tool

5 Young squirts 6 Crosswise measurements

7 Tax form need, briefly 8 Some necklines do it

9 Spew out 10 Numbats will eat them 11 Traditional peyote user 12 Feminist’s combustible 13 Para follower? 18 Aussie lad 19 Three old wise guys

22 Big flap 23 Inducing forgetfulness 24 Dormant state

26 Cry of discovery 27 Louisiana state bird 28 Inept bungler

29 “___ alive.

___ alive!” 31 Ordinal of unknown magnitude 32 Cone bearing tree

37 Solicit bids 38 Eye catching graphic made entirely of words 39 Temple design with frontal columns 40 Quaint hotel 41 Popular exec.’s deg. 42 One who often yells foul

44 Word of agreement 46 Resembling wings

47 Where Grace was princess 48 Funeral fire 49 Winter hat attachment 53 Sabre’s cousin 55 Assayers analyze them 56 Thing picked up at the bar, if you’re lucky

57 Capital of old Japan 58 Intermingle 59 Diviner’s gizmo

60 Goof 61 Something to give it

62 Vain fellow