The Valley Wire

SIGNING OFF

- By Barbara Olson © ClassiCana­dian Crosswords

ACROSS

1 Bend before in reverence: 2 wds.

6 Controvers­ial columns, at times

11 Heart murmur diagnostic: Abbr.

14 Dummy Mortimer of old radio

15 Screen resolution unit

16 Scratch the surface, maybe

17 Comic Lange or clarinetis­t Shaw

18 Kid’s crush in an Anka song: 2 wds.

20 Logo on a Mac computer

22 Blasé reply to “How’s work?”: 3 wds.

23 “Use me however needed”: 4 wds.

26 Spy wear?

27 Cap-___ (head-to-toe)

28 White-tailed shore bird

29 Standard methods: Abbr.

30 Canadian sports TV channel

31 K-12 school, briefly

32 Saguenay “street”

33 Rousing words for the champs: 2 wds.

37 Writer-publisher liaison: Abbr.

38 Some Brit. lexicons

39 Opposite of trans, genderwise

42 Words before “big deal” or “small thing”: 2 wds.

45 ___ boy (rich college rowdy)

46 Top Yugoslav, once

47 Become less fluffy, as Fluffy

48 Dressiest duds: 2 wds.

50 Non-quiche eaters, in a book title: 2 wds.

52 Bruisers on the Bruins, say

53 Pertaining to: 2 wds.

56 Take off the top, in a way

58 Defunct overseas trade grp.

59 Watercolou­r water colours

60 Griper’s litany 61 ___-di-dah (uppity)

62 Pairs with, as a Blutooth device

63 Letters in 55-Down

Down

1 “Be Prepared” org.

2 Highway accesses

3 “Caution: Don’t touch this wall!”: 2 wds.

4 Bar order after a really rough day

5 “Another Love” British pop singer

6 Cop force beyond the GTA

7 More, to a maestro

8 Are not renewed, as subscripti­ons

9 Floor divs. in The Bay

10 Stone and Stallone

11 Here’s-how-I-feel images

12 Frolic youthfully

13 Loon-like swimmers

19 One with a brief, a case and a briefcase

21 Shoelace target

23 “Am ___ the right address?”

24 “What’s Hecuba to him, ___ to Hecuba”: Hamlet

25 Mythical horse lookalike

29 Seeks damages from

31 Start to a conclusion

32 Type of sale at Toyota: 2 wds.

34 Control successful­ly

35 ___ of the class (smartest student)

36 The ologies

40 “The coast is clear”: 2 wds.

41 Liquid-luncher, maybe

42 Netanyahu’s country

43 “The Old Man and ___” (Hemingway book): 2 wds.

44 Website field with a magnifying glass

45 Marathon for all levels: 2 wds.

46 Steaks with a built-in dog treat

48 Postureped­ic producer

49 “___ the judge”: 2 wds.

51 Classic British sports cars

54 Yuletide mo.

55 Sound of escaping air

57 Letter writer’s afterthoug­hts

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