The West Coast Wire

SAME DIFFERENCE­S

- By Barbara Olson © ClassiCana­dian Crosswords

ACROSS

1. TV spot raising awareness

4. Was down with

7. Its slogan is “Canada in one city”

13. Schedule for another time

15. Tight garment once blamed for women fainting

16. Terrific apartment overseer? (9,5)

18. Proofreade­r’s “let it stand”

19. Backcomb, or bully

20. Kind of project for a tinkerer, for short

22. Shoe bottom without a mate? (6,4)

25. Remote location, perhaps?

26. Loosens, as bows or buttons

27. Ought to

29. Family viewing ratings

30. Zsa Zsa or Eva

34. Not one’s cup ___ (2,3)

35. Short-lived Ramadan ritual? (5,4)

37. Utter loathing

40. ___ Hawkins dance

41. Follower of Mao or Lao

44. Refutes or refuses

46. Saps of energy

48. Adam and Eve on a ___ (breakfast order)

49. Spinning toy on the uppermost shelf? (7,3)

53. “___ you serious??”

54. Swahili’s language family

55. Other: Sp.

56. More stylin’ beverage bag? (8,6)

60. Flamingo’s perch, often (3,3)

61. Poised for action (2,5)

62. “The Road to El ___” (Dreamworks flop)

63. Bounced cheque letters

64. Angry cat sound

DOWN

1. Arm-strengthen­ing floor exercise, to Brits (5-2)

2. Sending steamy selfies

3. Goes from lobby to penthouse

4. “I’m sorry, Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do that” speaker

5. Body off Nova Scotia: Abbr.

6. Specifics, slangily

7. Of a base-eight system

8. Ring attempts at a carnival

9. Eighth word of “O Canada”

10. Egyptian snake

11. Selectivel­y remove (4,3)

12. Mere iota (1,6)

14. Fire, euphemisti­cally (3,2)

17. Prefix with colonial or classical

21. One third of Seinfeld’s “et cetera”

23. Pod veggie variety

24. Morales of “Ozark”

25. Charmin ad adjective

28. Schmucks, to the McKenzie brothers

31. Times before the A.D.s

32. Quebec town or a cheese made there

33. TV oldie “Mayberry ___”

35. Pack it in

36. Assistant

37. Polish name for the Oder

38. “Good Lord!” (4,3)

39. Hellishly hot spot

41. Dots on j’s and i’s

42. Often-elbowed sleepers

43. Competitiv­e gaming (1-6)

45. Lost a shadow, in a way

47. “Violence is ___ of the ignorant”: Flip Wilson (1,4)

50. ___ Montoya, “The Princess Bride” role

51. Pioneering cell phone co.

52. Sarnia’s Great Lake

54. Lariat used by a gaucho

57. Poetic “above”

58. Certain freight trains, for short

59. Clumsy clod

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