Ottawa Citizen

CANADIAN CROSSWORD

- ADRIAN POWELL

ACROSS

1 Kelly’s “___ Girls” 4 Big tremor 9 Samantha of “The Exterminat­or” 14 Start of the fourth qtr. 15 Sun related (pref.) 16 Not really swift on the uptake 17 What glaziers like to do, in a refined sort of way?20 Rare old violin 21 Tiny Bahamian isle 22 Turncoat, slangily 23 Selfcentre­dness 24 Graffiti author, often 26 Something for the poor 27 Gems the queen had enlarged for the coronation, perhaps? 30 In a moment or two 31 Make lace 32 Archipelag­o’s make-up36 Old haematolog­y syst. 37 Piercing sounds 40 Long sigh of delight 41 Xerox predecesso­r 43 The middle of Arizona 44 Shout to a dog team 45 Attribute whereby if you stare long enough you’ll see the future?

49 Irving Berlin creation 52 Like the Keystone Kops 53 S. Afr. ruling party since 1994 54 Love seat capacity 55 Fly larva 56 “Ain’t gonna happen!” 59 Dabbling in carpet cleaning rental ripoffs, maybe? 64 Take a hike 65 Calgary Stampede, basically 66 Maiden name preceder 67 Item on your tire 68 Proven as accurate 69 Cdn. econ. yardstick

DOWN

1 Defeat 2 Genuine, to Germans 3 Supplies location 4 Eye applicatio­n 5 Popular Japanese fish 6 UN org. that appears often in crosswords 7 Take a seat

8 Milk source, to a kid 9 Skittish 10 Stylist’s goop 11 Knot on a trunk 12 NE Indian area 13 Takes ten 18 Welcome vehicle? 19 Temple, old style 24 Not totally shut 25 YouTuber or eBayer

26 Beast of burden 27 Far Eastern desert 28 Ultimate unknown ordinal 29 Lily of Lille 30 “Casablanca” pianist 33 Important part of getting to the ISS 34 Squished witch’s domain 35 “Silence!”

37 Aero and para follower 38 Actor Eugene of “American Pie” films 39 Virgo’s neighbour 42 Crow’s creation 44 Where to see the lord 46 Sea north of the Black 47 Evaluators 48 Myanmar’s largest city 49 Leggy shore bird

50 Proprietor 51 Sudden superstars 55 Ran in the wash 57 Portent 58 Burst into tears 60 Eggs in Roman times 61 Word from Bart’s dad 62 The bride might say it 63 Novel

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