National Post

CANADIAN CRISSCROSS

- By Walter D. Feener

ACROSS

1. Faro card 5. Involuntar­y movement 10. White as a sheet 14. Canadian cheeses 15. Leading part in a duet 16. Giant slain by Odin 17. Weaponry 18. Tree frogs 19. Ladder step 20. Melon-like tropical fruit 22. Playful piece of music 24. Struggle for breath 25. Cabbages, in French 26. Fragments from an exploded

artillery shell 30. Where watches are worn 34. Second largest of the Hawaiian

Islands 35. Wife, in Latin 37. Comparativ­e number 38. Warp yarn 39. Pleasant feature 41. Worker in Santa’s workshop 42. Royal power 44. Fodder tower 45. Infant’s parent 46. Characteri­stics 48. Recent arrival 50. ___ Creek, Alberta 52. Eggy Christmas drink 53. Harpsichor­d 56. One of the platinum metals 60. Chinese river 61. Capital of Bulgaria 63. Peak 64. Language of Pakistan 65. Of the ear 66. Nigerian footballer 67. Wasp relatives 68. Like a statue 69. Winter forecast

DOWN

1. Hand-cleaning bar 2. Gumbo 3. In need of a dehumidifi­er 4. Zulu spear 5. Peat moss 6. Welsh poet 7. Have pain 8. Hard tennis shot 9. Capital of Russia 10. Fever 11. River in Asia 12. City on the Danube 13. For that reason 21. Bark sharply 23. Do things fast 25. “Orphan Black” subject 26. Quick at learning 27. Soccer player from British

Columbia 28. Genus of the madder family 29. Former spouses 31. Water vapour 32. Accent placed over a Spanish n 33. Up to now 36. Make muddy 39. Bone cavities 40. Place for public meetings 43. Curved out 45. Sultry part of summer 47. Dances to some Cuban music 49. Show affection 51. Stop burning 53. Trefoil-leaf figure 54. Gaelic name for Ireland 55. Built 56. Unit of money of Oman 57. Sacred image 58. Shield knob 59. Feline cry 62. Part of TGIF

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