National Post

CANADIAN CRISSCROSS

- By Walter D. Feener

ACROSS

1. Pack down

5. Got out of the way

8. Read superficia­lly

12. Sixty minutes

13. First light

15. Tropical tuber

16. Enthusiast­ic about

17. Selfish sort

18. Hodgepodge

19. Begin a voyage

21. Violent windy storm

23. Silvery-white metal

24. Gearwheel tooth

25. Hurts a lot

28. Detonate a bomb

31. Ordinary people

32. Thin pancake

34. Give permission

36. Otherwise

37. Use a roller

38. Mountain lion

39. Rosary bead

40. A deck has 52

41. Old tar-soaked rope

42. Songbird of forests

44. Source of profit

46. Halloween word

47. Itty bit

48. Temple of Jupiter in ancient Rome

52. Animal that has a fetid smell

56. Having little rain

57. Islamic sacred book

59. Long flowing hair

60. Approximat­ely 1.609 kilometres

61. Become less

62. Heavy metal

63. Oasis tree

64. Farm female

65. Canadian coin

DOWN

1. The one here

2. Top-notch

3. Dog of mixed breed

4. Male gland

5. Having two parts

6. Printer’s purchase

7. Love song, at times

8. Like rush hour traffic

9. Variety of cabbage

10. It’s behind the cornea

11. Subject to debate

13. Allotted period of work

14. Rule of conduct

20. Well ventilated

22. Speck of dust

25. Simultaneo­us discharge of firearms

26. One who lives meagrely

27. Make jump

28. Logical thinking

29. Chance happening

30. Longest human bone

31. Grazing field

33. Do away with

35. Edinburgh cap

37. Poor boxer

38. Having widespread effect

40. Marsh bird

41. By word of mouth

43. In the same place (used in referring to a book)

45. Make good

48. Sleep outdoors

49. Oratorio song

50. Round tablet of medicine

51. Soft part of the ear

52. Rich spread

53. Attention to detail

54. Soon

55. It’s held up by poles

58. Inexperien­ced

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