The West Coast Wire

KEEP IT CLEAN

- By Barbara Olson © ClassiCana­dian Crosswords

ACROSS

1. Indigenous peoples of Labrador

5. Wife of Jacob in Genesis

9. Slews

14. Barely perceptibl­e trace

16. Upper ankle bone

17. Cleaner’s job at the bank? (5,10)

19. Beyond buffoonish

20. Result of a fender bender

21. “You are not!” comeback (1,2,2)

24. White elephants, say

26. Cleaner’s job at the golf course? (5,7)

30. Like this clue’s direction: Abbr.

31. Dew Drop ___ (lodging’s punny name, perhaps)

32. Skinny Energizer

34. Cleaner’s job at the growop? (4,7)

39. Raffle ticket receptacle

40. Honeybun or sweetie, in slang

41. Queen’s Park gallery in Toronto, for short

44. Cleaner’s job at the armory? (4,8)

49. Crushes underfoot (5,2)

52. Necklace clasp areas

53. Knight’s helmet border

54. Nursery rhyme shoe inhabitant (3,4)

58. Cleaner’s job at the computer store? (4,5,6)

63. Time is ___ side (2,3)

64. Alternativ­e to soup or fries (4,5)

65. Alternativ­e to FaceTime or Zoom

66. Spanish “aunts”

67. They’re under the table

DOWN

1. Religion suffix, often

2. Certain army recruit: Abbr.

3. Palindromi­c diarist Anaïs

4. Something’s-not-right feeling

5. Reinhart who plays Betty on “Riverdale”

6. Joi de vivre

7. His, to Huguette (1,3)

8. “___ and her Sisters” (Woody Allen film)

9. Sault ___. Marie, Ont.

10. Button-up sweater

11. As if from another planet

12. “Couldn’t tell ya”

13. Mid-ranking RCMPs: Abbr.

15. Ian or Sylvia, of Ian & Sylvia

18. Schwartz’s in Montreal, for one

21. “Hometown Proud” market

22. “C” shape

23. Concert table swag

25. ___ B’rith (Jewish society)

27. Reddi ___ (dessert topping)

28. &, in full

29. Gives the cold shoulder

33. “Get ___!” (words to a needless panicker) (1,4)

35. Increased (6,2)

36. Inventor who gave us a lift

37. Dated

38. Golfer’s stick

42. The so-called loneliest number

43. Pill measuremen­ts: Abbr.

45. Jordanian queen

46. Join forces?

47. “The ___ near” (3,2)

48. Online checkout option

49. Artsy area of New York and London

50. Valium, say, in ‘70s lingo

51. Youngest Jetson boy

55. Ovid’s 507

56. ___ double life (was a spy, say) (3,1)

57. Wows

59. Dr. of rap

60. ___ d’Anticosti, Gulf of St. Lawrence

61. “Remind” repeatedly

62. Part of G.S.T.: Abbr.

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