The Valley Wire

MARRIAGE MATERIAL

- by Barbara Olson

ACROSS

1. Pull ___ one (deceive) (1,4)

6. Sunday dinner, maybe

11. Stop on the tracks: Abbr.

14. Palindromi­c financier George

15. Canadian poet Birney

16. Blacktop goo

17. Geyser at Yellowston­e National Park (3,8)

19. Throw on the floor?

20. Nutritioni­st’s concern

21. “It’s ___!” (defeatist’s cry) (2,3)

22. “Star Wars” villains

23. Utterly ruined (4,3)

25. Sound of laughter

26. Biblical sequel? (3,9)

32. Handed over

35. Per unit, slangily (1,3)

36. Rower’s need

37. New-to-you

38. Saint ___ University, Halifax

40. Clued in about

41. Cape Town’s country: Abbr.

42. Mouselike rodent

43. Kilometres per hour or miles per minute

44. What daredevils are said to live on (8,4)

48. “Geese a-laying” quantity

49. Dangling, as shower soap (2,1,4)

53. Bloke

55. Latches (onto)

58. “You’re ___ dog!” (Rover’s reprimand) (1,3)

59. Mama’s boy

60. Winnipeg Grey Cup hopefuls (4,7)

62. Accrued amount: Abbr.

63. Prefix meaning “sun”

64. Reach via airplane (3,2)

65. Newfoundla­nd band “Great Big ___”

66. Bloke’s boob tube

67. Varnish ingredient

DOWN

1. Equally strange (2,3)

2. Super-sized printing sheet

3. Singer Jann who wrote “Feeding My Mother”

4. Left unrefigera­ted, as butter

5. U.S. airport security group: Abbr.

6. Verbal comeback

7. Honolulu’s island

8. Canine comments

9. Swing on a pivot

10. Number to call: Abbr.

11. First swing with two to go (6,3)

12. Opposite of saggy

13. Hair-tearer’s cry

18. “___ pronounce you ...” (1,3)

22. Adding calculatio­n

24. “I’m ___ up!”

25. Talk, talk, talk

27. Dog-___ (curled, as book pages)

28. Agent 007, for one

29. How-___ (learner’s tips)

30. NBA’s Archibald

31. Set foot (on)

32. Garbage bag pickup spot

33. Petro-Canada competitor

34. Christmas letter header (4,5)

38. Shorten some blades

39. Lager alternativ­e

40. In working order

42. Voice: Lat.

43. Wee, in Dundee

45. Go like the wind

46. Tree-climbing girl, stereotypi­cally

47. “I am ___ much trouble!” (2,2)

50. Does one’s bidding

51. ___ Québécois (group founded by Lévesque)

52. Yellowhead town west of Edmonton

53. National spy agency: Abbr.

54. Make keen

55. Singer’s club

56. Rock the cradle

57. Eye, on l’Île de Montréal

60. Common food preservati­ve: Abbr.

61. Product maker: Abbr.

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