National Post

CANADIAN CRISSCROSS

- By Walter D. Feener

ACROSS

1. Facing the pitcher 6. Long forward pass in football 10. Piece of work 14. Coniferous tree 15. ___ Major 16. Fencing sword 17. Piece of bread 18. On a habitual basis 20. Thanksgivi­ng Day’s

month in Canada 22. Get by reasoning 23. Perch for birds 25. Spring peepers 26. Town in England renowned

for its sea salt 29. Sunk fence 32. Nunavut people 33. Heart-shaped cherry 38. Give directions to the helmsman 39. Specks of dust 40. ___ Christian Andersen 41. Stereoscop­ic pictures 43. ___-cochere 44. Make comfortabl­e 45. Moved sideways 46. Sheriff’s helpers 50. Norse conqueror of Normandy 52. For each one 54. Celebrity fashion stylist 58. Village council in India 61. Island off the coast

of Cameroon 62. ___ du jour 63. Garden tool 64. Obsessive anime fan, in Japan 65. Ancient Egyptian

goddess of fertility 66. Practice boxing 67. Headlight gas

DOWN

1. Likewise 2. Mineral having a soapy feel 3. Young herring 4. As stated by (with “to”) 5. Dismissal from employment 6. Rough edges on metal 7. Scandinavi­an monetary unit 8. Flavour intensifie­r, for short 9. Unit of data-transmissi­on speed 10. About to cry 11. Spring month 12. Tropical rain forest 13. Actress Evelyn 19. Hungarian composer 21. Long period of time 24. Toward that place 26. Isinglass 27. In a little while 28. Roman goddess of the moon 30. Grows old 31. Possesses 33. Hits on the head 34. Rose-red variety of garnet 35. British nobleman 36. Before prefix 37. That has belonged

to someone else 39. Genus of soft-shell clams 42. It looks like a worm

and lives in water 43. Small round woman’s hat 45. ___-mo 46. Tufts of hairs on

seeds of dandelions 47. Iridescent gemstones 48. Biblical mountain 49. Religious

denominati­ons 51. Animal with webbed feet 53. Pitcher handles 55. Complain about 56. Another name for Acre, Israel 57. Part of speech 59. Bark sharply 60. Abbreviati­on used

in police records

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