CANADIAN CRISSCROSS

ACROSS

1. Join two pieces of iron together

5. Tell secrets

9. Nutrient-carrying plant tissue

11. Having a reddish complexion

13. Make loud demands

14. Founder of Singapore

16. River island

17. Windy storm

19. Roman numeral for 56

20. In case

22. Smallest amount possible

23. Invent a word

24. Apple or orange

26. Remains of a fire

27. Canadian actress Elle

28. Brussels ___

30. Gentle wash

31. Twisted to one side

32. Hypocritical talk

33. Heavily loaded

35. London lawyer in

“Great Expectations”

38. Place to rent a room on a day-to-day basis

39. Weapon that fires bullets

40. Investigate secretly

42. Insects living in colonies

43. Criminal deception

45. Cyd Charisse’s real first name

46. Actress Lupino

47. Engaged woman

49. 907.19 kilograms

50. Wrestler who was known by the ring names “Canadian Giant” and “Paul Bunyan”

52. Shania Twain song

54. Canadian who was the owner of the Detroit Red Wings

55. Ten frames of bowling

56. Root vegetables

57. Canadian husband of Jessica Tandy

DOWN

1. Part of Bugs Bunny’s catchphrase

2. Deciduous tree

3. Pillaged money

4. Actor who played Billy the Kid in “Chisum”

5. Good time

6. Barn’s upper floor

7. Barking sound

8. Waves of smoke

9. Gripping tool

10. Canadian children’s puppetry TV show

11. Excitingly different

12. 11th premier of Saskatchewan

13. Fleshy part of the leg

15. Transgressions

18. Succeed in a subject

21. Long angry speeches

23. Quietly satisfied and happy

25. Absorbent cloth

27. Minor damages to a car

29. Coffee container

30. Cleaning cloth

32. Vancouver’s hockey team

33. City on the Thames River

34. Word of encouragement

35. Don ___

36. Rehearsed performance

37. Goodbye

38. Rock musical

39. Marijuana

41. Shooting pain

43. The end

44. End of life

47. Business partnership

48. Colour of unbleached linen

51. Bikini top

53. Man not referred to by name