CANADIAN CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Big empty spaces 6 Month before Yom Kippur 10 Once, archaically 14 Obstetric test, for short 15 Banco de Mexico amount 16 Food thickening gum 17 Delight

20 Ear lobe adornment 21 60’s hallucinogen, briefly 22 Tribal patriarchs, often

23 Oscar night auto 25 Be a contender 26 Used the armchair 27 Pay for everyone’s lunch 32 Sleeveless Bedouin robe

33 Noted name in Scotch whiskey 34 “Raiders of the

Lost Ark” slitherers 38 Quotes verbatim 40 Tree with “helicopter” seeds 41 Slangy affirmative 42 TV genie portrayer 43 Like emus and rheas 45 “___ you kidding me?”

46 Fed up 50 Creosote source

53 Potscrubber’s aid

54 Canal device 55 Out of the way

57 ___ Lanka 59 Distinctive doctrines 62 Checked out, in a way 65 Watery expanse by Buffalo 66 Stretched out in bed 67 Noted Roman historian 68 Transmit 69 Fiery Italian landmark 70 Sight or smell DOWN 1 Tubs in a tannery 2 Don’t include 3 Ingrain by repetition 4 Rabbit-sized African antelope. 5 Spain’s Costa del ___ 6 Heroic poetry 7 Extend credit

8 Treat shabbily 9 Go nuts 10 “Good Lord!” 11 Old Norse letters

12 Pelvic bones 13 Amorous rendezvous 18 Wed secretly 19 Canine tormenter 24 Some spa applications 25 Mice, commonly 27 Dueller’s measurement 28 Footnote “ditto” 29 Changes slightly 30 Turkish confection 31 “___, humbug!” 35 Smooth suit fabric 36 Untainted 37 Shuck off 39 Short dashes, to printers 41 A law ___ itself... 44 Improvise 47 Bali, for one 48 One way to cook eggs 49 Spike in freezing conditions? 50 Pilfers 51 Burning up 52 Toxin found in castor beans 56 Scraped (out)

57 Tibia’s location 58 Emmy winner Sofer of “General Hospital” 60 Washroom door word 61 Common eye infection

63 Bit of skin art, briefly 64 Intl. shipping co.