National Post

CANADIAN CRISSCROSS

- By Walter D. Feener

ACROSS

1. Good Queen ___ (nickname of Elizabeth I) 5. Game resembling snooker 9. Competent 13. Of the mouth 14. Mollusc eaten in the Channel

Islands 16. Aid in solving a crossword 17. Princess Royal 18. Lasso 19. ___ Fletcher (he played for the

Toronto Blizzard and Rockets) 20. Heating grate 22. Chief city of Boeotia 24. Remove the skin of an apple 25. Put an end to 26. Embarrassi­ng mistake 28. Skullcap worn by Roman

Catholic clergy 31. Treat a bow 32. Went from one place to another 33. A greeting 35. Tresses 36. On the wagon 37. Had on 38. Mineral which yields metal 39. Creature with ten tentacles 40. The end 41. Bram Stoker novel 43. Permission to depart 44. Troubadour 45. Before long 46. Capital of Canada 49. Satellite of Jupiter 53. Sheep relative 54. Food of baleen whales 56. Temporaril­y leave a vehicle

somewhere 57. Hebrew letter 58. Attend to a customer 59. At any time 60. Simple 61. Yard has three 62. Japanese shoe

DOWN

1. Wild pig 2. Sea eagle 3. Warbled 4. Odin’s steed 5. Luggage carrier 6. Bay window 7. Poet Khayyám 8. Agree to 9. Say yes to 10. Spill the beans 11. Entice 12. Morays 15. Freight train 21. Witnessed 23. Port ___, Nova Scotia 25. Avoided wasting 26. Long piece of sawn wood 27. Willow branch 28. Sergeant fish 29. G-string 30. Uncanny 31. Greek consonant 32. Shed old feathers 34. Of course 36. Mouse sounds 37. Capital of Manitoba 39. Freight barge 40. Behave comically 42. Lack of interest 43. Claw that holds a gemstone 45. Soothing ointment 46. Terrifying person 47. Monetary unit of Papua New

Guinea 48. News agency of the former

Soviet Union 49. Shiny finish on fabric 50. Prevent the scoring of a goal 51. Weight allowance 52. Pod used as a vegetable 55. Hockey official, for short

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