C A NA D I A N C RO S S WORD

ACROSS

1 Venomous Aussie snake 7 Bucket complement 10 In addition to

14 Snub, in a way

15 Is for quite a few?

16 Flaccid

17 Brit’s couch 18 Kenya’s neighbour 20 Let back in 22 Vanuatu’s surroundings

23 Nickel, e.g.

25 Article from La Presse 26 Doncaster drug cops 27 Red Green’s old remedy 30 Reached your sales quota 31 Twisted little thing? 32 Fuse unit

34 All tensed up

38 World Vegetarian Day mth. 39 Three Stooges missile

40 Common Q-tip target

42 The Elizabethan ___

43 Very docile 45 Sedimentary layers

47 Barely audible

48 Mil. missions, briefly 50 Clara Hughes or Cindy Klassen 52 Salty water 55 Director’s yell 56 old ale houses 57 Forces out 58 At all, oldstyle 61 Long-hair problem 63 In one piece 66 Try to locate 67 Sea urchin eggs

68 “Nova” follower 69 Asian mountain man 70 Comedian Skelton 71 Result of a cough

DOWN

1 “Deck the Halls” contraction 2 Wrinkle cause, maybe 3 Labyrinthine 4 Packing quite a punch 5 Geometric computation 6 Absolute must 7 Afternoon performance

8 Speak eloquently 9 Farm enclosure 10 Mollify 11 Kitchen shelf protector 12 Seal skin craft 13 Stretches across 19 Distinctive region

21 Oscar the Grouch, for one

23 DVD’s forerunner 24 28.35 grams 28 Telegrapher’s sound

29 Off-kilter

30 Like shepherd’s pie

33 Lots of land? 35 Explain in detail

36 Bad joke response 37 Signs of boredom 41 Battering device 44 Thor Heyerdahl’s raft

46 Went to the nearest whole number, say

49 Annoying type

51 Starting gun 52 Domineering 53 Small Nepalese coin

54 Tiny spot of

land

55 Item that often gets paddled 59 Will-o’-the___

60 Creep forwards

62 Zig when you should have zagged 64 Oftmooched item

65 Beret on the brae