Ottawa Citizen

CANADIAN CROSSWORD

- adrian powell

ACROSS

1 Mythical winged wonders 5 Revolution­ary religious groups 10 Jerusalem haddock, alternatel­y 14 Symphonic “tuning fork” 15 Sharpbeake­d swamp wader 16 Gentlewoma­n

17 Yield a little 18 Perp’s cooked up tale, maybe 19 Slip through your fingers 20 Big and clumsy 22 September’s birthstone

24 Iota’s neighbour 25 Here, in Hadrian’s words

26 Lets up a little 27 “Quoted verbatim” 28 Trip to the top

30 Ninth place finisher, e.g. 33 Things that aves might sit on

34 Bossy remark 37 Sheldon’s sitcom roommate 38 Some wrestling holds

40 Hole’s goal

41 Actress Ryan of “French Kiss” 42 Stirs up the rioters

43 Updates the arsenal

45 “Two

Virgins” musician

46 Like ostriches and kiwis

49 Enjoy the

entree

50 Detergent’s targets 53 Sinatra or Eddy

55 Lawn grass 56 “Curse the luck!” 57 Advisory group

59 Pack down, like potting soil

60 New

World marmoset 61 Traditiona­l saying 62 Correct a crossword, maybe 63 “Paradise Lost” setting 64 Underwater shelf

65 Many lipstick colours

DOWN

1 Asimov character, often

2 West Indian witchcraft

3 Father’s visitor perhaps

4 The recent US Capitol riot, to many 5 Mohammad Reza Pahlavi’s title, until ’79 6 Sargasso Sea youngster 7 Midlife event 8 Smoke shop, alternatel­y 9 Scissors sound

10 No longer in style

11 One of the Hiltons 12 Be gaga about

13 Revs up the PR machine 21 Roman Catholic rite 23 Rules for forming sentences? 25 GI’s “pineapple” 29 What one isn’t 30 Austrian peak 31 Perrins’s Worcesters­hire sauce partner 32 Pitcairn’s 4.6 sq.km. 34 Funeral cortege, often

35 It’s next to nothing 36 CIA’s precursor 39 Evilly menacing 43 Grape, once 44 Ancient priestess of Dionysus

46 Diminish

47 Legitimate 48 Infuriated 51 Engorged 52 Clan

divisions

54 Stone of many Libras 55 Cut and run 58 It’s a chick thing

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