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Across 1 Copier problem 4 Triangular sail 7 __ capita

10 Black or red bug 13 Animal catcher 18 Queen of the fairies 21 Lucy of "Charlie's Angels," 2000 24 Male friends in Paris 26 Bullfight bull 27 Bond opponent 28 "Chicago" star first name 30 Register 31 Earthenware pot 33 100th of a dollar 34 ____ Cabana 35 Plays mind games 36 Brain scans, briefly 37 Auspices

38 Put ___ to (finish) 39 General Hospital's ___ Drake 40 Needlepoint

41 The royal 'yours' 42 Lake Tahoe neighbour

43 DVD predecessors 44 Unit of fat 45 Tropical fruit 46 "What, again?!" 47 Jazz age, stone age... 48 Canadian arts magazine 51 Canada's "City of Stately Elms" 53 Popular Canadian magazine 55 Unspecific degree 56 Daylight savings saving 58 1988 Meg Ryan film 59 Tolkien creature 60 Famous falcon 61 Ltr. holder 62 Michelangelo style 66 Bogus

68 Meets

71 Black in Paris 73 Arouse desire 77 "Otello" baritone 78 Madeira wine

79 San Juan native 81 London or Manhattan locale 84 ___ Man Flint 85 Hunter of fiction 86 Mete out 87 Comedian Margaret 90 Stretch (out) 91 Fallen space station 92 Grape stomper 94 Tweaked 96 Winter wear 99 Meat purveyors 102 Cutting tool 103 "Red Eye" director Craven 104 Domingo, e.g. 105 Jazz singer, James 107 Pink-slip

108 Royal flush high card 109 Got a load of 110 Canadian city that boasts "The Bez" 113 River in Western Canada 115 Much of Canada is covered by this type of vegetation 121 Least refined 124 "Fistful of Dollars" director Sergio 125 Prefix with type 126 Canada's ___ Island National Park 127 Actress Zadora 128 One who makes alterations 133 Commandment no-no

134 Dalai ___ 135 Outside the law 137 Emit coherent light 138 Waste conduit 139 Many layered pastry 143 A large part of Mongolia 145 Ironic

148 Kind of reaction 149 Form of ID, for short 150 "Fever Pitch" star 155 Units equal to one coulomb per second 156 Blanks

157 Made into law 161 Shaded colour 162 Standard

164 Part of SEATO 165 Letters before a handle

167 Take it easy

171 Lab needs 173 Will it ___ the bank? 175 Like falling off a log 179 ___-bitty 180 Hotmail's ISP 181 Test-driven car

184 Per ___ (daily) 186 Alma ___ 188 Chickpea mixtures 189 Mosque top

192 Tell the story 195 Proficient sketcher 197 Words between ''man'' and ''mouse''

198 It features the Canadian Museum for Human Rights 202 B.C. volcano 204 Canadian wildcat 205 Canadian city whose nickname is "The City of Roses" 210 Botanical gardens 211 Sitting on

212 Sabra

215 Good name for a Dalmatian 219 Secondhand 220 10,000 sq. metres 221 Orange tuber 222 Roble

224 Big fashion magazine 225 Grassy plain 226 Chant

228 Fruit with a sweet covering 232 Part of a religious title 234 Stockings

236 Cut short 240 Certain battery term. 241 Zodiac animal 242 Quill pen points 243 Clock std.

244 Paid announcements 245 Fancy duds

249 Rice

251 Biblical miracle worker 253 Sovereign 259 Apron-like garments 260 ___appetit! 261 Moo__gai pan 264 Capt.'s prediction 265 Kind of sch. 266 Caesar's egg 267 NASDAQ rival 268 Creep around 269 Oriental self-defence 274 Made frizzy

278 Skirt

279 __lepsy 281 Drunkard 282 Standards 284 Anchors

285 Son of Gaius Octavius 287 Stupid person 289 Wrecker's job 290 Before, in poetry 291 Payroll processing company 292 Feel as if

293 Drunk

294 Aka "City of Mary" 297 It flows through B.C. 302 Canadian newspaper 309 Furniture trees

310 3 feet

311 Merry old times 312 Lyric verses 313 Shake up 315 Theatrical scenery 316 Go backpacking 317 Drive-___ 318 Raison d' ___ 319 German sub 320 Visibility reducer 321 "Strength, Courage and wisdom" singer India 322 Stacks 323 Flamboyance 324 Blue hue

325 Sorry soul 326 Butter up? 327 Required bet 328 Catholic service 329 They're often stewed 330 Moistens 331 Surgery sites, for short 332 Telephone trio 333 Direct

334 Cheat

335 Counter offer? 336 Hush-hush job

337 Jay preceder Down 1 One of the brothers Grimm 2 Love in Paris? 3 Prefix with surgery or transmitter

4 Man with a multicoloured coat 5 Renee role, opposite Jim Carrey 6 Subatomic particle 7 Make impossible 8 M.I.T. grad, abbr. 9 "ER" doctor 10 Demographic profiling target 11 Canadian who is one of the world's top poker players, Daniel 12 Threesome 13 Rear-end, e.g. 14 Extra, maybe 15 Ticket seller 16 Beatle

17 ___ a high note 18 Polymer component 19 Maui "good-byes" 20 Mel who was the voice of Foghorn Leghorn 21 Experience 22 Ancient Peruvians 23 Sport ___ (modern vehicles) 25 Mont. neighbour 26 Ask, as for aid 27 Crafty

29 Salinger title character 32 Stuck, after "in" 33 Cling

49 Abbr. on a business letter

50 H.S. class

51 New Deal pres. initials 52 Occupied property 54 Put away, in a way 57 Goes with Rolls 60 Reunion group 62 Feudal estate

63 "The Sounds of India" musician, first name 64 First governor of Alaska 65 Loudness measure 66 Do roadwork 67 Winter toy

69 Drop in on 70 Put out

71 Naval investigation show 72 Paddle 74 Excellent

75 Soft leather 76 Sinned 78 Belarus city 80 Ammonia compound 81 Tailor, at times 82 Musical Yoko 83 The lady's 86 Kind of room 88 Achilles ___ 89 1followed by 27 zeros 92 Brazo river city 93 It may be pale 95 X-mas story beginner 96 "Tidal" singer, Apple 97 Rural route

98 Sell online 100 Reforestation subj. 101 Frolic

102 Tennis star Nadal 104 Judgement day 106 "Rule, Britannia" composer 110 Hawk 111 Totally

112 Leafy drink 114 Kind of life 115 Provider of waist products 116 Fast 117 Kudrow and Bonet 118 Gastrointestinal bacteria 119 Accomplice 120 "Grimm's Fairy ___" 121 Umbrella spoke 122 1969 Nabokov novel 123 Oriental fryer 129 'All Things Considered' airer 130 Storage capacity measurement, abbr. 131 Centre and gram preceder 132 Tivo button 135 Watson makers

136 Auto insurer with roadside service

137 Bit of outdated currency 138 Arabian capital

140 Palo ___ 141 Contends

142 Current choice 143 Warning sound

144 "___ como va, mi ritmo" Santana 146 Internet addresses 147 Portuguese king 150 Socks

151 Right you are! 152 Football positions 153 Mechanical

154 Snarl up

157 Record company 158 Louse-to-be 159 Behave

160 Shed tears

163 Kind of school

165 On a deck, perhaps 166 "Ol' Man River" composer Jerome 167 Univ. at Baton Rouge 168 Clancy missions 169 Four-flush

170 Guitar master Paul 172 Alpha opposite

174 Back

175 Card often swiped 176 "___ me the Money" 177 Cosmonaut Gagarin 178 Make ___ of 181 Plumbing problem 182 Monogram of Tarzan's creator 183 Lamb's lament 185 Impressionable

186 Map abbr. 187 Australian stock exchange, abbr.

189 Paul ___, British physicist and Nobel prize winner 190 Musical production 191 Poet's concern

192 Kind of star

193 Whiff

194 Asner and Begley 196 Memo starter

198 "Do ___ Diddy Diddy" (1964 hit) 199 Infuriate

200 TV giant 201 Negative

202 Most festive 203 Ticked off 206 Sci-fi classic 207 Mach 1 breaker 208 Poetic over 209 Nutritionist's fig. 213 Mathematician Turing 214 "Dallas" Miss 215 Guns N' Roses guitarist 216 Heave 217 Hamilton's prov. 218 Plaything

222 Fire or Peruvian follower 223 Mrs. Alfred Hitchcock

225 Lexi Thompson's org. 226 Computer peripheral

227 Part of Nasdaq, abbr. 229 Sneak ___ 230 Miss Kate 231 Word processor command 233 "What ___ now?" 235 More than unpopular 236 House shower 237 Verdi's

"___ Miller" 238 Hidden 239 Handheld device 246 Solvent

247 "___ rang?"

248 It's cold! expression 249 The "other" white meat 250 More unattractive 252 Will beat tens 253 Amorous skunk 254 Corrida cries 255 Big book 256 Rental car agency 257 Sushi fish 258 Middle east ruler 260 Cote call 262 Cereal grain 263 Uranium, e.g. 269 Lawn action 270 Glide

271 Cop making a collar 272 Grotesque imitation 273 Nimbly dodge 275 Do another stretch 276 Conceives 277 People in charge, for short 280 Traveling citizen watchdog 281 Welds

283 Visa statement abbr. 285 Fastens

286 N.L. East team 288 Dinner bird 289 Roof worker 293 Haughty 294 "Politically Incorrect" host 295 Gumbo vegetables 296 Take something all in

297 Blows 298 African capital 299 Popped up 300 Alitalia destination 301 Verifying who the customer is 303 "No bid" 304 Lowest deck of a ship 305 "That was close!" 306 Drunk as a skunk 307 Go rollerblading 308 Perfect, e.g. 309 Conductor Klemperer 313 Doorframe upright 314 Toothbrush, with B