National Post

CANADIAN CRISSCROSS

- By Walter D. Feener

ACROSS

1. Adjusts, as a spark plug 5. Pilgrimage to Mecca 9. Spill secrets 13. Additive to shampoo and shaving cream 14. Pit in a bone 15. Capital of Latvia 16. Spill over 17. Lengthwise of 18. Assert positively 19. Long-legged moth 21. Wished-for ending 23. Shelter 24. Hundred square metres 25. Gone 29. Bores a hole in 32. Three-toed bird 33. Give someone a fright 35. Underneath 37. Rotisserie rod 39. Throw out 41. Hindu rhythmic pattern 42. Entrapment scheme 44. Online letter 46. Adult male 47. Soup legume 49. Spotted wildcat 51. Gaelic name for John 52. Female deer 53. Hamburger condiment 57. Lubricatin­g fluid 61. Flower of the iris family 62. Tureen accessory 64. Persian fairy 65. Young horse 66. Long Greek poem 67. Placed down 68. Leg joint 69. Warm, cozy place 70. Instead

DOWN

1. Sound of surprise 2. A friend in need 3. Not satisfacto­ry 4. Flower parts 5. Have room for 6. Coin of Macao 7. Actress Salome 8. Leopard relative 9. Piece of jewellery for the wrist 10. In person 11. Gets older 12. Disallows membership 14. Glazed ceramic ware 20. Floral neckwear 22. Bed for a baby 25. Housekeepe­r’s challenge 26. Drive forward 27. Furniture purchase 28. Auctioneer’s mallet 29. Car window decoration 30. Alpaca kin 31. ___ plexus 34. Wheel part 36. Magician’s stick 38. Having concentric layers, as an onion 40. Like some ’60s t-shirts 43. Chief god of Memphis 45. Bird on Canadian coins 48. Polysaccha­ride 50. Men, women, and children 53. Soccer move 54. Yeoman of the Guard officer 55. Mah-jongg piece 56. Not looking well 57. Blind component 58. Calf meat 59. Rainbow goddess 60. Assistant 63. Speak disrespect­fully to

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