Ottawa Citizen

CANADIAN CROSSWORD

- ADRIAN POWELL

ACROSS

1 A little flat?

4 Use an axe

7 What jesters do

12 Ancient France

14 Piece of cake quality 16 German sidearm 17 Surly fellow who joined the Mayflower group in spring? 20 Synagogue VIP

21 Selfish yell 22 Gave one’s word

23 Told when to enter, e.g. 25 Many Iranian believers 29 Very breezy summer month? 32 Porridge particle

35 Special time in history 36 One piece of info

37 Like horseshoes 40 Skin lesion 42 In a frigid fashion 43 Kentucky boxing legend

44 Item positioned over the clutch

45 State capital that starts with a summer solstice month

50 Near the Grand Banks 51 “The Mousetrap”, e.g. 52 Inukshuk creator 56 Slavic leader of the ‘60s and ‘70s

58 React to a flu shot

59 Fred Eisenberge­r, right now 65 Informed 66 Get pooped 67 Moral transgress­ions 68 Samuel, diarist of English history 69 Horse doc 70 SF to Vegas, as the crow flies

DOWN

1 Medical lab gels

2 Yellowfles­hed tropical fruit (var.)

3 Engine supercharg­er

4 Item at the corner of the table

5 Rower’s need 6 Tridentsha­ped Greek letter 7 Actor Arkin 8 Denmark’s bird

9 Grunt of disgust 10 Visually perceive 11 Commit a faux pas 13 Zodiac’s seventh sign

15 Old style ant

18 “In ___ of flowers...” 19 Typical dog name 23 Whey’s partner

24 Big area to the south 26 Trailer’s connection 27 Get used to 28 Some slogan writers

30 “How about that!” 31 DC health monitoring gp.

32 Board at a seance 33 Fungal spore sac

34 Yours, oldstyle 38 Involving luck

39 Tiny Myanmar coin

40 Sculpting medium 41 Belonging to dad

43 ___ jardiniere (with veggies)

46 Swamped: ___ the ears 47 High in the sky

48 Fuzzy greenish fruit 49 Shrubs that yield indigo dye

53 Open the knots

54 Items always on your desktop

55 Far from looseygoos­ey

57 Works up a rage

59 Orienteeri­ng aid

60 Flabbergas­ted feeling

61 Shrill bark 62 Target of much vaccine research in the ‘80s

63 “___ you OK?” 64 Attained, as a goal

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