ZOOMER Magazine

Letter Perfect

- BY BARBARA OLSON

ACROSS

1 Arctic marshland 7 Ticked off 11 “Platoon” setting, for short 14 As it happens (unlike CBC’s “As It Happens”) 15 What Naloxone can prevent 17 Bound for the Maritimes 19 U.S. worker’s datum 20 It’s a stretch, usually 21 Bank opener? 22 Hallmark offerings 27 “___ gratia artis” (MGM’s motto) 28 Egg from a French hen? 29 Island campus in a prov. capital 32 A good ear, for a musician, e.g. 34 Holy city of Iran 37 37°C is a normal one 41 Some freight trains 42 Prayer beginning, perhaps 43 Prefix with -pedia or -media 44 Privy to the prank 45 “Let It Roll” rockers 47 Packing it in, business-wise 53 Longest Swiss waterway 54 8 on the Peace Tower 55 “Life ___ Highway” (Tom Cochrane) 58 Made-for-the-occasion cocktails 63 Much despised thing 64 High regard 65 Ottawa NHLer, for short 66 Like a bikini of song 67 Stuffily old-school

DOWN

1 ___ scale (hardness gauge) 2 Feminine ones, in Québec 3 Teen talk, often 4 A little butter? 5 More wicked 6 Canadian film awards, pre-2012 7 “Me too” 8 Prefix meaning “egg” 9 Back button on a remote 10 West end? 11 Cause of suffocatio­n 12 Varied, as chocolates: Abbr. 13 Theoren Fleury’s heritage 16 Afternoon coffee choice, maybe 18 Intl. clock standard 23 Not fit for a prude 24 Snooped (around) 25 Grandpa Walton actor Will 26 ___ deal (bargain with) 29 Van. campus with a branch in Kelowna 30 ___ Trapp family 31 Fingers, or fingerprin­ts 32 In the company of 33 Stanley Cup Playoff seas. 34 Part of a Québec who’s who? 35 “Nanu nanu” sayer’s origin 36 “Don’t ask ___ haven’t the foggiest” 38 Singer Tennille 39 Forwardthi­nking Musk 40 ___’clock (1400 hours) 44 “Did you get the email ___?” 45 Flipped-over LPs 46 Problem for a nondrinker 47 Dominican dwellings 48 “Hey, Good Lookin’” singer Frankie 49 Church keys? 50 It’s blocked by sunblock 51 Amelia Bedelia specialty 52 Yearned (for) 56 Surfboard fin 57 “With God ___ witness” 59 Pacific tuna 60 New Year, in Hanoi 61 Sounds from a Toastmaste­rs newbie specialty 62 Judge Lance or skater Midori

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