CANADIAN CRISSCROSS

ACROSS

1. Fire: Fr. 4. Country in West Africa 8. Fall into water without splashing 12. Swedish soprano 14. Plastic wrap 15. Long tool with long teeth 16. Doing nothing 17. Children’s game 19. Fish: Fr. 21. Hockey official: abbr. 22. Have a highly inclined slope 23. Without any others 26. British rule over India (1757-1947) 27. “___ Cher-ee” (song from “Mary Poppins”) 29. British island of the Leeward group 33. Start growing 34. Period of time in history 35. Calendar abbreviation 36. Fixed in position 37. Big cat that roars 39. River between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick on the Isthmus of Chignecto 43. Tear down 45. Go faster than walking 46. Strap-shaped structure 47. Nova Scotia-born geneticist 50. Island of British Columbia 51. Patron saint of astronomers 53. Acts of homage 58. Spanish lady 59. Heavy grey metal 60. Consider an abstract concept to be real 61. Primordial matter of the universe 62. Scottish girl 63. Blockhead 64. Overwhelming wonder

DOWN

1. Look through a book 2. Intellectual character of a culture 3. With the lights switched off 4. Common street name 5. Rainbow shape 6. “Might ___ a Rose” (1901 song) 7. The beginning of the Mass 8. Chief of the Paris police 9. Lake: Fr. 10. Canadian cheese 11. Female swan 13. Sahara, for one 14. Capital of Macedonia 18. Steering part of a boat 20. Red and Dead 23. Catches fly balls for practice 24. Capital of Tibet 25. Expression of mild fear 27. Puppy love 28. Drug sold in crystal-form, for short 29. Combination of cards to be declared for a score 30. Bay window 31. Ruth’s mother-in-law 32. Move to a higher level 38. Small mugs 39. Sportsnet sportscaster 40. Large merchant ship 41. Island discovered by Magellan 42. In a mess 44. Spanish film director Buñuel 48. “Waterworld” girl 49. Cord that joins muscle to bone 51. Dexterous 52. Drew nearer 53. Petroleum 54. Front bumper cover 55. Greek goddess of the dawn 56. New combining form 57. Canadian brand of paint