National Post

CANADIAN CRISSCROSS

- By Walter D. Feener

ACROSS

1. Move rhythmical­ly back and forth 5. Decline one’s turn to play 9. Saltwater fish 13. Full of enthusiasm 15. Bird like a crow 16. Photorecep­tor in the retina of the

eye 17. Slatted wooden case 18. And no other 19. Make no longer usable 20. X 21. Flower container 23. Shamelessl­y bold 25. Using caution above all else 27. Fabric interwoven with thread of

metal 28. Human ability to make things 29. Frolicsome amusement 30. Card game for two players 33. Dealer in rare books 38. Part of an ear 39. Rub out writing 40. Mouths 41. Rolls up, as a flag 42. French railroad station 43. One who steals from a passerby 45. Dry, like wine 46. Morse code call made by a ship in

distress 47. Canadian who played for the

Bruins 48. In a little while 50. Harmful 53. Thoroughgo­ing 55. Feeling that what is wanted is

likely to happen 56. Swerve off course momentaril­y 58. Prepare a hot meal 59. Metal used to make steel 61. Find a home for 63. Square on a floor 64. Cord of readily combustibl­e

material 65. Not liquid or gaseous 66. Winter coaster 67. Charges for profession­al services 68. Light gentle taps

DOWN

1. Religious offshoot 2. Merchandis­e 3. Capital of Guam 4. Thus far 5. Lacking imaginatio­n 6. Excellent 7. The sun personifie­d 8. Azure 9. Get out of here 10. Sweeping, scrubbing, bedmaking,

and the like 11. Black cuckoos 12. Contradict 14. Daydream 22. Choir part 24. Was operating 26. Mistaken 29. Anti-aircraft artillery 31. Fit to cope with 32. Catch one’s breath 33. Does a cute dog trick 34. “Dies ___” 35. Venetian boat song 36. Pea, in French 37. Grampus 38. “Filthy” money 41. Surgeon’s instrument 43. The pope 44. Stern section of a ship 46. Male offspring 49. Sans clothing 50. Fifth canonical hour 51. Antelope with spiral horns 52. Understood 53. New Testament book 54. Stir up sediment 55. Car engine part 57. Takes as your husband or wife 60. Medicinal plant 62. Cut some branches off of a tree

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