CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Lassie’s swimming spot, perhaps

5 Mall outlets 10 Actor Ed of “Mister Ed” 14 Land ringed with palms, say 15 Seventh Zodiac sign 16 Tiresome type 17 A lengthening 19 Tizzy 20 Growing Internet company 21 Racetrack straightaway 23 Any of us 26 Popular steak sauce 27 Calgary July event 30 Wealthy sort, slangily 33 Oktoberfest horn 34 Scythe-wielding figure 36 Before now 37 Poet’s “shortly” 38 Beforehand (pref.)

39 What some queens dress in? 40 Stand on the gas 41 Supplies the victuals 44 Bones in the hips 45 Huge Antarctic volcano 47 RCMP dress uniform hats 49 Watering holes, in a sense 50 Most people from Bangkok

51 Like a desperation effort 54 Horrible odour 58 Shaped like many cameos 59 Immobile 62 Muddy area 63 Like most bicycle tires

64 Mouse catcher 65 Jacuzzi effect 66 ‘41 Leningrad event 67 New Year’s Eve song word

DOWN

1 Fibbed 2 Home for thousands of Norwegians 3 What blood will do

4 Villain’s assistant 5 Prison, slangily 6 Box office smash 7 Samurai’s sash 8 NHL players, e.g. 9 New Mexico’s capital

10 Not there 11 European gambling mecca 12 Actor McCormack of “Will & Grace” 13 Eve’s third born 18 Rise

22 Sound of a big forest fire 24 Proficient 25 Most proximate 27 Blank look 28 Steinway service guy 29 On the up and up 31 A second time 32 Forum-fitting garments? 35 Western Australian port city

39 Begs to differ 41 Tidbit for Miss Muffet 42 Helps out

43 Site of many summer resorts 46 Scotch broth ingredient 48 Josip Broz’ Yugoslav alias 51 St. Paul’s Cathedral feature

52 Poet of Rome’s Golden Age 53 Lady’s notions case

55 Hardly any 56 About 750 herring, once 57 Tout unashamedly 60 “Honest” president 61 Two-year-old Shropshire sheep