National Post

CANADIAN CRISSCROSS

- By Walter D. Feener

ACROSS

1. It’s used for making furniture more comfortabl­e 5. Nonvocal sound 9. Fastest gait of a horse 11. Choir members 13. Indian oven 14. Mozart’s birthplace 16. Worker in Santa’s workshop 17. Tweeter output 19. Old taping device 20. Not here 22. Fencing sword 23. Norse trickster god 24. “The Third Man” composer 26. Mismatched 27. Canadian pianist 28. Jim Carrey film 30. Treat unkindly 32. Was filled by 33. Masked critter 34. Having tufts of hair 36. On- off switch 39. Aid in finding sunken ships 40. Air density symbol 42. Watch innards 44. He played Pork, the house servant in “Gone With the Wind” 45. A psychic may see it 47. Takes to court 48. Filled up on 49. Banded metamorphi­c rock 51. Football positions: abbr. 52. Noxious 55. Thorn of a rose, for one 57. Develop over time 58. Works of fiction 59. For otherwise 60. Makes lacework

DOWN

1. Trumpet call 2. Worn with use 3. Very much 4. Creator of the CBC National News, later known as “The National” 5. Little grimace 6. “___ for Outlaw” ( Sue Grafton novel) 7. Display of emotion that is insincere 8. On pins and needles 9. City in Ireland 10. An outweighin­g 11. Top student in a graduating class 12. Tool for cutting grass 13. Deck wood 15. Excessivel­y dry 18. Ground for growing plants 21. Veil worn by Muslim women 23. Waiting rooms 25. Apply thickly 27. Hot Swedish wine beverage 29. Keyboard key 31. Gambling card game 34. Slang for a body louse 35. Absent from duty with permission 37. Crowns of victory in ancient Greece 38. Volcano in Antarctica 39. Unwanted e- mail 41. Shade of colour 43. Sound of air escaping 46. Cravat with wide square ends 49. Collapse under pressure 50. Capital of Fiji 53. Counterpar­t of Helios 54. League the Vancouver Whitecaps FC play in: abbr. 56. Rent out

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