National Post

CANADIAN CRISSCROSS

- By Walter D. Feener

ACROSS

1. Things that can be sold 6. Impoverish­ed 10. Knife handle 14. Containing gold 15. Get on one’s nerves 16. Tightly curled hair style 17. Shout of approval 18. The art of public speaking 20. Supports for broken arms 22. Arbiter on skates 23. Film special effects, briefly 24. Tennis tie 26. One-person performanc­es 28. Carry on 31. Air-filled skull cavity 33. Electrical­ly charged atom 35. Be incorrect 36. Canadian gold medallist in 1966 and 1970 at the Commonweal­th Games 37. Gold coin formerly of the Middle

East 39. Member of a Canadian armoured

cavalry regiment 41. Turn aside 43. Attend as a visitor 44. Religious belief 46. Black-belt ranking in karate 47. Result of adding numbers together 48. Have a strong longing for 49. Auctioneer’s last word 50. ___ dixit 52. Once more than once 54. Nearly certain 56. ___-mo 58. Sum of a writer’s lifework 61. Part of some beanies 64. Garden flower 66. Like milk that has been in the

fridge for too long 67. Eye, in French 68. Wear away 69. Lessen the discomfort of 70. Fireplace fuel 71. Egg-shaped fruit

DOWN

1. Talk incessantl­y 2. Yours and mine 3. Spoken 4. Give out in shares 5. Scottish quick bread 6. Foreknowle­dge 7. Liquid that does not mix with

water 8. Swan genus 9. Meeting break 10. Monopoly token 11. Fan 12. Web-footed amphibian 13. Austrian alpine ski racer Sailer 19. Mysterious sighting 21. Enthusiast­ic appreciati­on 25. Compass direction 27. Half of CVI 28. Gets hitched 29. Moulding edge 30. Given freely 32. Hades 34. Pertaining to a person’s birth 36. Male child 37. Movie rental 38. Tear apart 40. Braidlike trimming 42. “___ Meenie” (Kingston/Bieber

song) 45. Blow the whistle 48. Cowardly 49. Hard to endure 51. Compass direction 53. Assaying receptacle 54. Altar’s place 55. Malayan sailboat 57. Butter substitute 59. Free space 60. Within prefix 62. Before prefix 63. A, ___, u 65. Japanese currency

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