National Post

CANADIAN CRISSCROSS

- By Walter D. Feener

ACROSS

1. Little dog, for short 5. Slide into a swimming pool 10. Run fairly fast, as a horse 14. Figure skating jump 15. Skip’s shout, in curling 16. Find intolerabl­e 17. Wood from Sri Lanka 19. Bowfin genus 20. Caveat ___ 21. Old name for a number 9 iron 23. “Superbad” co-writer Goldberg 25. Make a diagram 26. Second largest island

in the Mediterran­ean 30. Sandy shore 34. Japanese sash 35. Hens lay them 36. Flock of geese 37. Mist clouding a mirror 38. Canadian actress Catherine 40. Battery size 41. Turns away 44. Common sense 46. Roman numeral for 1004 47. Race between teams of runners 48. Cross-fertilizat­ion

in flowering plants 50. Jump up and down over a rope 53. Having little or no fat,

said of meat 54. Meaning what one says 57. Chekhov play 61. Opera solo 62. Having a habit that

is unlikely to change 65. A sore caused by chafing 66. Play division 67. Word used to describe drinks that contain few calories 68. Individual­s 69. “Napoleon Dynamite” star 70. Feed the pigs

DOWN

1. Speed at which you walk 2. Student’s concern 3. Flat brown seaweed 4. Very happy 5. Andean guitars made from armadillo shells 6. Attila for one 7. Bean of India 8. The latest style 9. Monetary unit of Iceland 10. Line following the lowest points of a valley 11. Branches 12. Relating to the ear 13. Yellowish-brown wood 18. Film 22. Rum-soaked cake 24. Poetic word for near 26. Up to the present moment 27. Overhead 28. Star in Orion 29. Sitting position in yoga 31. Old World lizard 32. Take as the rightful owner 33. Bad character in a movie 36. Overbearin­g official 39. Throw of dice 42. They behave badly 43. Little boy 45. Italian white wine 49. Knotty bulges on a tree 51. From Dublin 52. British coins 54. Powdery palm starch 55. Country known as

Persia until 1935 56. Longest river 58. Hit hard 59. Director Preminger 60. HBO show starring

Julia Louis-Dreyfus 63. Indian writer Mehta 64. Compass direction

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