National Post

CANADIAN CRISSCROSS

- By Walter D. Feener

ACROSS

1. On ___ (as a gamble) 5. Word used with a date 10. He was a colonial governor

of Newfoundla­nd 14. ___ contendere 15. Customary 16. Figure skating jump 17. On ___ with 18. Subsidiary position 19. Lovers’ quarrel 20. Resembling drops 22. Gets ready for a pool shot 24. Bird with a throat pouch 26. Dressing gown 27. Exclaim in pleasure 28. From the beginning 32. Russian pancakes 35. Talk long and idly 36. Has a medical condition 37. Salmon’s spawning nest 38. Apologetic exclamatio­n 39. Eye part 40. Period in history 41. Place to get a haircut 42. Call upon God to protect 43. Questionna­ire response 45. Bet money on 46. Solicit customers 47. Plant whose root

tastes like oysters 51. The Fates 53. Canadian who is the mother

of Jane and Peter Fonda 55. A single time 56. Hawaiian greeting 59. Genus of saltwater clams 60. Not far away 61. Impales with a horn 62. Skill in dealing with people 63. Capital of Norway 64. Overweight 65. Nestling hawk

DOWN

1. Small problem 2. Kind of book 3. Raise the spirits of 4. Variety of apple 5. Spawning bed for oysters 6. “___ Boat on the River” (Boney M. song) 7. Pirate’s drink 8. Moving piece of machinery 9. Eager willingnes­s 10. Japanese condiment 11. Swear word 12. Bird’s bill 13. Some sandwiches, for short 21. “Super Monkey Ball” character 23. Stone for sharpening knives 25. The only entrance to St. John’s Harbour, Newfoundla­nd (with The) 29. Place for cattle 30. Sept-___, Quebec 31. Spanish waves 32. Thin wire nail 33. Interlocki­ng plastic building toy 34. Exactly alike 35. Game played with

long-handled mallets 38. Capital of Chile 39. Most extreme 41. Gull-like bird 42. Having a lot going on 44. Matador 45. “I beg of you” 48. What the phoenix rose from 49. Raid 50. Plant of the agave family 51. One prefix 52. Binary digits 54. Sneaky people 57. Soft underhand toss 58. Swedish unit of currency

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