You’ve Got a Lot On Your Plate
BRAIN GAMES #50
ACROSS 1 Prov. described as “friendly” on its license plate
4 “Pet” that only needs water
8 Toronto hoopster
14 Turns melons into lemons?
16 Cream-filled pastry
17 License plate slogan of 30-Across
19 “Are not!” retort
20 It might bring a cook to tears
21 Never, in Nürnberg
22 “Land of ___” (Saskatchewan’s license plate slogan)
28 Mariner’s route
30 Prov. whose license plate slogan is 17-Across
31 Orange letters at a political rally
32 Bobby Orr was one
34 Knife, old-style
35 “Canada’s ___” (Nova Scotia’s license plate slogan)
41 Rosanne of “Rosanne”
42 Rebellious Riel 43 Chris Hadfield commanded it: Abbr.
44 Prefix with puncture or pressure
47 Slacken, redundantly
51 Yukon’s license plate slogan
54 Montreal Canadiens’ early org.
55 Exhausting one at a drive-thru?
56 Corner office occupiers, often: Abbr.
57 Alberta’s license plate slogan
63 Drew a link
64 Turns down, as a request
65 Singers Carly and Paul
66 Frugal shopper’s delight
67 Terr. with an inukshuk on its license plate
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1 Creators of an early calendar
2 Societal breakdown
3 Tilt-A-Whirl effect, for some
4 Opps. of debits 5 Help for a bad hair day
6 “Here’s what I think,” on Twitter
7 “Ditto,” formally
8 Step down
9 Pounce on, like a pushy salesman
10 Cheap wine, slangily
11 Hebrew letter T
12 Goose, in Gatineau
13 Three school basics, for short
15 Miracle-___ (gardener’s brand)
18 ___ way, shape, or form
22 Git through yer noggin’
23 Be ___ to one’s neck
24 Cover for a bride
25 Indigenous Labradorians
26 Noted apple tree locale
27 Went 60 in a school zone, say
29 90° angle iron
33 Ending with inter- or mater
34 “Nothing to write home about”
35 Dying words?
36 “The Man in Black”
37 Whiskey source, linguistically
38 Fats Domino’s “It’s ___ Love”
39 Goopy buildup
40 Bring to a boil, so to speak
44 Buzz in a spacesuit
45 Dots on digital clocks
46 Articles in “La Presse”?
48 Heavy Chevy
49 Vowel sound in “up”
50 Lenient with
52 Little fella
53 Mini, midi or maxi
56 Anderson Cooper’s channel
57 Birth announcement stats: Abbr.
58 Trilogy’s last, often
59 Lunar vehicle, for short
60 Car club that offers hotel discounts
61 Popeye’s girl Olive
62 Purpose