CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Tiny red salamander 4 Not shy about speaking 9 Beseech 14 Atticus Finch’s state, for short 15 Asinine 16 WWI’s Vimy ___ 17 A few hundred acres in Soho? 20 Rumoured Himalayan beast 21 Actress Jackson of “Charlie’s Angels” 22 Price stickers 23 The fourth dimension 26 Downed a hot dog 28 Achievement reached in “Canada’s Best Looking Ranch” competition? 36 Encourage 37 Apart from that 38 Alesund’s area, briefly 39 Alternative to rail 40 “Cheer” rival 41 Beast on a South African coin 42 Clansman’s denial 43 Monaco’s money 45 Crack a cryptogram 48 Ranch area where you suddenly start talking in Spanish? 51 Good source of iron 52 “Once more ___ the breach...”: “Henry V” 53 Reptiles sacred to the pharaohs 56 Smooth operator 59 Important church area 63 Area where to meet your ranch buddies and practice your tractor pull routines? 67 Jewelled diadem 68 UHF portion 69 Minute amount 70 Full of chutzpah 71 Rope fibre source 72 Brief way to lose a fight DOWN 1 Not hard 2 Head for the hills 3 Statesmanship 4 Spain’s last King Ferdinand 5 Yoko from Tokyo 6 Ulcer in your mouth 7 Tiny Asian buffalo 8 Went out the exit 9 Clubhouse instructor 10 Horizontal door piece 11 Old Icelandic literature 12 Totally astounded 13 Where foxes might live 18 Solution strength, to chemists 19 Tilts a bit 24 Judge Lance of the O.J. trial 25 All US presidents 27 Korea’s ___ kwon do 28 Mini skirt creator Mary 29 Copperfield’s Heep 30 Come to a consensus 31 One convicted of more than a misdemeanour 32 Poorly 33 Big chunk of gold 34 High-altitude balloon 35 Nearer to reality 40 Onassis, the shipping tycoon 43 It’s full of kernels 44 Wombs 45 Dull greyish brown 46 “Dog ___ Dog” 47 Zagreb native 49 High school outcasts 50 Knightly undertakings 53 Works in plays 54 Islamic sect 55 Common legumes 57 Worrisome burden 58 Awful looking citrus 60 Brad of “Fight Club” 61 Sit in the tub 62 Inside, in combinations 64 Manta, for one 65 Baseball card stat. 66 Ripken of baseball