TAKE OFF, EH!

ACROSS

1 King ___ (Michael Jackson)

6 Bigger ___ a breadbox

10 Embassy worker: Abbr.

14 First in a literary series

15 Netflix-watching option

16 “As to,” in a memo

17 Skilled tradesperson

19 Try to get a bug off

20 James of jazz

21 Lower digit?

22 “Go, Canada, go!”, e.g.

23 901, in Old Rome

24 Artistic feat

27 Off-topic ramble

29 Contemplator’s comment

30 Upturned-lip look

31 Praiseful poem

32 It, in Italy

33 Trap triggers

37 “Mi casa ___ casa”

40 “-ite” compound, often

41 Where the world is flat?

45 Manitoba birthplace of Margaret Laurence

47 Exercise for a sweaty poser?

49 Abettors’ wheels

51 Toyota ___ 4

52 In the past, to the Bard

53 Attorney’s deg.

54 La Bohème’s “Quando m’en vo,” e.g.

55 Tear apart

56 Activity suggested by the first words of 17-, 24, 33 and 49

59 Bit of coffee sediment

60 Dublin’s land

61 Beyond beefy

62 PetroCan rival

63 “Zounds!”

64 Holds out

DOWN

1 Expresses dissent

2 Butler’s underling

3 Dish meaning “mess” in Québec slang

4 A soup base

5 ATM access code

6 Aspiring team member’s test

7 Baseball four-bagger

8 Pseudonym lead-in

9 She’s in the habit

10 NOT the best policy

11 Towards the centre

12 Show horse struts

13 Alphabet starter

18 Ian Fleming’s alma mater

22 Corp. money mgr.

24 Part of N.W.T.: Abbr.

25 “What ___ tell you!”

26 Still life jug, maybe

28 Spunky drive

31 “O” in a debtor’s note

34 ___ Caucuses (key voting event)

35 Put your hands together, maybe

36 Takes in or gets down

37 Fencer’s “Be prepared!”

38 Folk singer Pete and poet Alan

39 ___ sights on (aim for)

42 Trucks along the Thames

43 Not in favour of

44 Barbarians

46 Blow away

47 Bisected

48 “... ___ square!”

50 Cyclist/speedskater ___ Hughes

54 “Awake” actress Jessica

56 Driver’s stick

57 “Arrange” an election

58 Texter’s :-)