National Post

CANADIAN CRISSCROSS

- By Walter D. Feener

ACROSS

1. Tree trunk 5. Twofold 9. Vacation on a vessel 11. Praying insect 13. Wealthy girl 14. Significan­t feature 16. Pantry pest 17. Petroleum distillate 19. Wander in search of pleasure 20. Wound with a knife 22. Spool-like toy 23. In an early stage 25. Earlier 27. “Once ___ a time…” 29. Behindhand 30. As a whole 32. In a strange manner 34. Digestive juice 35. Black fly 36. Rock that splits easily into lay

ers 38. Most direct route 41. Accountant’s charges 42. Faculty head 44. Make scholarly correction­s 46. Make a lengthy speech 48. Baseball catcher’s glove 50. Widemouthe­d pitcher 51. Relieve of 52. Of milk 55. Bikini part 56. Have no use for 58. Environmen­tal science 60. Be very angry 61. Distinctiv­e dress 62. Playing card with three spots 63. Numeral suffix

DOWN

1. Great ___ 2. Belonging to all people 3. Legal claim on property 4. English class assignment 5. Punctuatio­n mark 6. Take back, as words 7. Had a bite 8. Pertaining to the tongue 9. The middle point 10. Adopt, as a cause 11. Copycat’s comment 12. Insufficie­nt 13. Door fastener 15. Upper hand 18. Unsubstant­iated informatio­n 21. Pretentiou­s talk 24. Quaint 26. Track part 28. Not any 31. Vehicle pulled by dogs 33. Valley 35. Prim and proper 36. Set of games between two

teams 37. Telemarket­er’s need 38. Cheese in a mousetrap, e.g. 39. Recent arrival 40. Usable power 41. Cross a river where it’s shallow 43. Master of ceremonies 45. Sideless cart 47. Size of typewriter type 49. Not spoken 53. Looking pale 54. Word on a Valentine card 57. ___ capita 59. Sheltered side

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