Ottawa Citizen

CANADIAN CROSSWORD

- adrian powell

ACROSS

1 What an elephant does for most of the day 5 Space suit acronym 9 ___ off (cheats) 13 Bunch of baboons 15 “Gently worn”, perhaps 16 Hydroxyl carbon compound 17 Hit of 1947 by the Ted Weems Orchestra 19 Case of pins and needles? 20 Set up the software 21 All points bulletin 22 Siamese and Burmese 23 Critter that eats lying on its back 27 Get on board, in a way 30 A good fairy in “Sleeping Beauty” (‘59) 34 Dad’s Day standby 35 Sticking point? 36 Energize the party 39 Tempo 41 District. 42 Sawmill sight 44 Ancient theatre name 45 Digger’s tool 49 Chrysler model until ‘65 in Canada 50 Where shahs ruled 54 Momma’s man 56 Glandular tumour 58 A few passing words? 59 Gizmo often used to drill aluminum alloys 62 One and only 63 Trendy athletic shoe in the 1980s 64 Trojan strategy 65 Gripped 66 Flowerplan­ting areas 67 Hullabaloo­s

DOWN

1 System of principles 2 “Androcles and the Lion” setting 3 Best Man’s proposal 4 Separates the laundry 5 Atomic centres 6 Camp fire residue 7 Date regularly 8 Much of most mags. 9 Voted in for again 10 How many editors insert correction­s 11 Gush down in buckets 12 Scalpel cut 14 Non-legal class action gp.? 18 “And while we’re at it...” 21 Absorbed expenses 24 “High Hopes” beast 25 Earconnect­ed 26 Jazz classic “Take ___ Train” 27 The Brady that Eve Plumb played 28 Weird, to the Scots 29 “I’ve ___ thinking...” 30 Jolly Roger, e.g. 31 Coin used by Mussolini 32 Reservoir excess, perhaps 33 Modified yet again 37 It runs alongside the radius 38 Horsehitch­ing spot 40 Fawn’s mom 43 ‘60s UK mail org. 46 US Constituti­on amendment that never was passed 47 Common African lizards 48 Wood shelving groove 50 Where sadhus roam 51 Wrapped up in court? 52 Tlaxcala friend 53 NBA’s Archibald and Thurmond 54 A Spice Girl 55 Woodwind featured in “I Got You Babe” 57 Minnesota couple? 59 Bit of lotion 60 “___ been robbed!” 61 Tsunami victim’s need

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