CANADIAN CRISSCROSS

ACROSS

1. Speak badly of

5. Music similar to reggae

8. Exclamation of exasperation

12. Hipbone sections

13. Iridescent gemstones

15. Try to persuade

16. Pod of cotton

17. Gate fastening

18. False witness

19. High church part

21. One of the Discovery Islands of British Columbia

23. Gestation location

25. Had a meeting

26. Slaty-grey dolphin

29. Bar food

32. Strip the skin off

33. Where Salt Lake City is

35. Very cold

37. Paint the town colour

38. Largest living bird

40. Lennon’s wife

41. Excited exclamation

43. Proposed location of a building

44. Baby bird containers

45. Poles for sails

47. “A Christmas Carol” character

49. Neckwear

51. Sock part

52. Unfriendly way of behaving

56. Shining strongly

60. Hot liquid rock

61. Happening earlier in time

63. People being pointed to

64. Always

65. Brazilian ballroom dance

66. Many things lying on top of each other

67. To not allow

68. Wreath of flowers

69. Dried up

DOWN

1. Kind of lettuce

2. African plant

3. Window ledge

4. In the centre

5. Town in Belgium

6. French ballerina and actress

7. Genus of moose

8. Silent film actress Johnston

9. Canadian actress Pitt

10. Old exclamation

11. No amount at all

13. Highest mountain in Greece

14. Mouse-like animal

20. Computer part

22. Sound made by a horse

24. Pushes with the head

26. Bright light

27. Australian actress Mitchell

28. Long dresses worn in India

30. Hot Swedish alcoholic drink

31. Burn superficially

32. Cook in fat

34. Get free rides

36. ___ and don’ts

38. Haploid cell

39. Biggest parts of the brain

42. Church doorkeeper

44. Crude stone artifacts

46. Flows slowly through

48. Poetic contraction

50. Of the calf of the leg

52. Ran away from danger

53. All-night dance party

54. Kitchen appliance

55. White frost

57. Clarified butter

58. Use your ears

59. Printed letters

62. Japanese sash