CANADIAN CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Festivus mo., for short 4 Board of experts 9 Pueblo dwellers, once

13 Kitchen floor covering, for short 14 “Gunsmoke” Doc

15 Candid

16 State solemnly 17 Totally exhausted 18 Decides 19 Walrus’ buddy of poem 21 Squirrel away

22 Turns the sound off

23 “Gracious me!”

25 Dry, to a vintner

26 Now!

28 Auto item mandatory since at least the ‘80s

30 Possum’s feature 31 Umbrella alternative 32 Reggae pioneer Peter

33 Tactile sense 34 Killer whale 38 What the truth will often do

40 Toast in

Trondheim 41 Go nearer

44 Methane or ethane

45 Part of the old college cheer

46 Superior

vineyard

47 Carried on one’s trade 48 Ridiculous

untruth

50 One who often contends with studs 54 Oxy’s target 55 Beauty queen’s head wear 56 Peel an apple, say 57 Accomplishment

58 Bit of high jinks

59 “Good gracious!” 60 ...or instead... 61 Gaggle members 62 Dwelling, for short

DOWN

1 Egotistical singer

2 More than merely whopping 3 One quite at home on the range 4 Oklahoma Native American 5 Mine entrances that area easy to enter 6 Hair-raising site

7 Coming out of hiding 8 Trippy stuff, in the ‘60s

9 Owl’s utterance 10 Take a stand against 11 “Stormy” sea bird 12 Weevil or cricket

13 ___ La Biche, AB

20 Inscribe into

glass

21 Doc. Hazlitt, to Jessica Fletcher 24 By the unit 26 Right for the occasion 27 Also

28 Sound of the wind

29 One reluctant to pass on a used novel? 31 Prickly critter

33 Sign of sadness

35 Result of a driver losing it, say

36 Is able to 37 Draft beverage 39 Poke fun at

40 X-Acto knife cut

41 Old pinball machine locale

42 FedEx

arrival 43 Items that can be desk, smart, wall or mobile

44 Strasbourg’s historic area 47 Louvre location

49 Give up

51 Tardy 52 Mesozoic and the like 53 Primary colour

55 Kid’s schoolyard game