The Valley Wire

ROYAL HIGHNESS

- By Barbara Olson © ClassiCana­dian Crosswords

ACROSS

1 Amorous skunk Pepe 6 Hallucinog­enic drugs, briefly

10 Daniel ___ Kim of “Lost”

13 ___-ground missile: 2 wds.

14 Snore blocking inserts

16 One “in need,” in a saying

18 Ears, nose and throat, e.g.

19 Marsh

20 Power up: 2 wds. 22 Toddler’s train, when doubled

23 Becomes teary, with “up”

25 Fire station bosses 27 Got the dirt out 29 Carnivore’s buys 30 Stir, as suspicion 31 Facebook blurb 32 Vernal equinox season: Abbr.

35 Lenient, as on crime 36 Light festival city in France

38 Prefix meaning “vision”

39 Explosive letters 40 Late quizmaster Trebek

41 Like some last words 43 Nun’s attire

45 Alley on “Cheers” 46 Leave in the lurch, slangily: 2 wds. 48 Salmon fishing inlet off Vancouver Island 49 Opposite of “sans” 50 Reacts to a bad pun 52 ___ Maria 55 Rebelled, as against a leader

57 ___ rod (golden flower)

59 Gretzky’s nickname, with “the”

60 Be deceptive with: 2 wds.

61 UFO pilots 62 Dr.’s hosp. checks 63 Yellowhead town west of Edmonton

DOWN

1 “___-a-Lympics” (Hanna-Barbera cartoon)

2 Ireland, poetically 3 Costner’s “Robin Hood” subtitle: 3 wds. 4 Season in “le soleil” 5 Chinese soup dumplings

6 Lowly workers

7 Dear, to Domingo 8 Cameron Diaz’s “Shrek” role: 2 wds. 9 Coppertone bottle letters

10 Puréed spuds baked golden brown: 2 wds. 11 “The ___ Aquarius”: 2 wds. 12 PetroCan rivals 15 Legally legit

17 Nobly nicknamed jazz legend: 2 wds. 21 Manhattan clam chowder colour

24 High, to Henri

26 Aid on a bad hair day 27 ___ iron skillet 28 Scientolog­y founder ___ Hubbard 29 Back-to-the-grind day: Abbr.

31 Word with chicken or small

33 Spitting sound, in comics

34 Prepared to sing “O Canada”

37 “Nonetheles­s, ...” 38 Russian port city 40 Blood-typing letters 42 Gallery clearance event: 2 wds. 44 Maker of Reynolds Wrap

45 Tenter’s stopover in the U.S.

46 Intrude rudely, with “in”

47 Turn away, as one’s eyes 48 Bumps on a log 51 Rip to bits

53 A big fan of 54 Chacun ___ goût (each to his own): 2 wds. 56 One of 191 in this puzzle: Abbr.

58 Free from, with “of”

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