CANADIAN CRISSCROSS

ACROSS

1. Backstrom or Klein 6. Smoke outlet 10. Fashion-conscious men 14. Greek muse of lyric poetry 15. Nonstandard contraction

16. French word for milk

17. Divine messenger

18. New Brunswick county

20. French abbreviation for company

21. Champion Canadian swimmer Pirie

23. Fish-eating animal

24. Shipworm

26. Specialized language

28. Thin strip of wood

30. Pitching style

34. Pleasantly warm

37. Aardvark food

39. Island east of Tonga

40. ___ carte

41. Day for religious worship

44. Numbered cube

45. French word for black

47. Eastern terminus of the Silk Road

48. Representative

50. Unit of relative loudness

52. Anna McGarrigle’s husband

54. Skateboarding trick

56. Noisy disturbance

60. Van Morrison’s daughter

63. Act of magic

65. Organization abbreviation

66. Bed part

68. Martial art

By Walter D. Feener

70. Former Hungarian prime minister Nagy

71. To ___ (exactly)

72. Poker stakes

73. French word for honey

74. Warren Beatty film

75. Is informed of

DOWN

1. Change chemically

2. Canadian bicycle coach Baker

3. Light-coloured beer

4. Solder of the lowest rank: abbr.

5. Vacation

6. Stardom

7. Climbing vine

8. Grasp the meaning of

9. Greek vowel

10. Press down

11. Hop-drying kiln

12. Sharp-toothed fish

13. Famous performer

19. Substance of trees

22. Decompose

25. Tree with serrated leaves

27. Main point

29. Qualify as a teacher in a German university

31. Helper

32. Destroy

33. Come into contact with

34. Range of radio frequencies

35. Plant with bitter juice

36. Secular

38. League the Toronto Raptors are in: abbr.

42. Figure-skating jump

43. Festival of Lights

46. Village in British Columbia

49. Precious stone

51. Talk indiscreetly

53. Part of a curve

55. Got it wrong

57. One of Columbus’s ships

58. Less than

59. Facing an oncoming glacier

60. Wedge-shaped piece

61. Half prefix

62. River in Switzerland

64. Day in the Roman calendar

67. Rowing pole

69. Compass point