Ottawa Citizen

CANADIAN CROSSWORD

- ADRIAN POWELL

ACROSS

1 Instant banker, briefly 4 Just as a precaution 10 Bikini top, basically 13 Canadian whiskey 14 Body shop-courtesy 15 Tries to win over 16 Hide, figurative­ly speaking 19 Opera baritone’s highlight, perhaps 20 Mover and a shaker 21 Like gymnasts 22 Speckled steeds 24 This used to put you to sleep 25 Indian rice variety 28 First Wednesday in Lent 29 Broadcasti­ng live 30 Like the Stooges 33 ___ Krabappel, Bart Simpson’s teacher 37 Knock for a loop 38 Move on smoothly 39 Pork portion 40 Kept in custody 41 As above, in footnotes 42 Feature of most roofs 43 Suffix for many world records 45 Give more control to 47 Big US winter resort 50 Territorie­s 51 Mea ___ 52 Whip up a scarf 53 Make money 57 Moneywort, alternatel­y 60 Derriere 61 Puts off for a while 62 Weird blip on the radar 63 ___ nouveau 64 Swanky blokes 65 Most Canadian senators

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1 Orbital segments 2 Raw recruit 3 Coarsely ground corn 4 Bedridden, perhaps 5 Snickers ingredient 6 Declared a saint 7 Western South American range 8 Nostradamu­s, notably 9 Jump to the wrong conclusion 10 Voter’s enclosure 11 Valium producer 12 Question popper 15 What your pet snake may do as you’re giving it a belly rub 17 What the maggot in your apple always tends to do 18 Pale or brown brews 23 Sampans have one 25 “Hogwash!” 26 Pay to play fee 27 Literary fellow named Bellow 28 Yes, to your mate 31 What fine wines might have to do 32 Pertaining to basic arithmetic 34 Common Persian Gulf craft 35 “Not a chance!” 36 Mimicking type 38 Occupy a pew 42 Ski-lodge feature, often 44 Suddenly break in two 46 Alcohol used in antifreeze 47 Ghana’s largest city 48 More steadyhand­ed 49 Drapery feature 50 Fish with hook and line 52 Didn’t need to guess 54 It’ll make your blood clot 55 Overabunda­nt 56 Argon’s glowing cousin 58 Docs. with your photo on, often 59 Stupid beast?

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