Ottawa Citizen

CANADIAN CROSSWORD

- Adrian powell

ACROSS 1 Top dog 6 Strip of wood 10 Quiet attentiong­etter 14 Was the father of 15 Add staffers 16 Master of mimicry 17 Rain and hail event 18 Very small blood vessel 20 Osaka entertaine­r of old 22 Envelope material 23 Rock bands? 25 Sea bird colony site, often 26 Non-kosher 27 Reef components 32 Give it one’s all 33 Malt kiln 34 Nutcases 36 One end of a basilica 37 Top monk 38 Postpubesc­ent problem, often 42 Give off 44 Arctic swimmer 45 Edible tuber of the Andes 48 Superior 49 React like a spooked horse 50 Indian rupee fraction, once 52 Venusians, maybe 54 List of book bloopers 56 Emotionall­y boost 58 Picard’s name for the “Enterprise” first officer 60 Home of the NBA Heat 63 Manipulati­ve type 64 Helps out 65 It runs in Zeus’ veins 66 Dixie cornbread 67 Ink splodge 68 Tries out DOWN 1 Pompous type 2 Ablaze 3 Headway 4 From now on 5 Fess up 6 Old Persian emperor’s title 7 San Marino coin, once 8 Curator’s hang-ups 9 Pour like crazy 10 Tylenol targets 11 Gone bad 12 Buyer’s counterpar­t 13 NATO’s “T” 19 Employee incentive 21 Jerky eye movement, fancily 23 Old Greek promenade 24 Sink drain bend 28 Go round the earth 29 Moroccan metropolis 30 Nitrogen, quaintly 31 Word for word 35 Burnt offering, perhaps 39 They’re spotted in Africa 40 Bread from a tandoor 41 Flubs the shot 43 Ease up 45 Yell at the start of a raid 46 Tenor Enrico of Naples 47 Guys who fly a CF-18 Hornet 51 Curvy, single-edged sword 53 Set boundaries 55 Amman man, often 56 Reverse one’s actions 57 Vexatious sort 59 Fracked fluid 61 Verbal zinger 62 Unpopular US org.

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