Ottawa Citizen

CANADIAN CROSSWORD

- ADRIAN POWELL

ACROSS

Ill-mannered 5 1 This’ll make her hear

8 Serb’s neighbour 13 Pearl Mosque city 14 Topaz mo. 15 Treelike cactus of the US SW 16 Nabbed in the act! 19 Open fireplaces, quaintly

20 Forwardloo­king chap 21 “___ got the whole world...”

22 Cliff areas to stay away from 23 School’s Xmas fair sponsor, e.g.

24 US physician’s org.

26 Actor Romano 27 Where you can swing your partner 32 Vessel on the mantel, maybe

33 Hardly ever 34 Laptop gizmo for overseas travellers

39 Helps out

40 Big goon

41 Google Maps

abbr.

42 “Dock of the Bay” singer 45 Reptile on a pharaoh’s headdress 48 A giant squid

has a big one 49 Really out of the norm 50 Abalone, to a Brit

52 Hawaii’s Ho 54 Imitative sort

56 Thing in the centre of a centrefold 57 “___ as a cloud...”

60 Atmospheri­c streaker 61 Cash’s “A Boy Named ___” 62 Northern Plains native 63 Look disdainful

64 Do some needlework 65 Whole slew of gnu DOWN 1 More steamy, in a way

2 Amin’s land, once

3 Strung out on meds

4 Two under par

5 Subterrane­an soldiers 6 NATO member since ‘49, briefly 7 Language of the ancient Iranians 8 Classic party activity

9 “Apollo 13” director Howard 10 Seasoned pros

11 Safe position for the boat 12 Small amounts 15 Revolution­ary Guevara 17 Spandau’s last inmate 18 Term of affection 23 Sound of a happy cat

25 Timbuktu’s nation

28 Stock price

29 Ruhr Valley centre

30 Bed that Beetle Bailey uses

31 Noted Rhineland spa

34 Toronto locale where they have many hangings, in brief

35 Not “dis,” in Brooklyn 36 Make hostile 37 Bridal accessory 38 Corrida hero 39 Close to fanatical 41 What Lincoln gave at Gettysburg 43 Not just a

bystander 44 Attend an event

45 Power measuremen­t

46 Merchant 47 Victimized 51 One kind of dressing 52 Turns down the lights 53 Irving’s “A Prayer for ___ Meany” 55 Unit pricing word 56 Assassinat­ed 58 Born, in France 59 Anticipate­d any time

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