National Post

CANADIAN CRISSCROSS

- By Walter D. Feener

ACROSS

1. Finely powdered volcanic lava

4. Begging request

8. Not busy

12. Thick piece

14. More unusual

16. Cozy little corner

17. One and only

18. Mirror’s reflection

19. Fermented grape juice

20. Make a loud noise

22. Brother or sister

24. Become corroded

26. Meet the requiremen­ts of

27. Examined a company’s accounts

30. Breathe in

34. No longer in bed

35. Aristocrat­ic

37. Spanish man’s title

38. With low rainfall

39. Woolly growth on bread

40. State of mind

41. Form of Buddhism

42. Animal used for riding

43. Tactical unit

44. More jittery

46. Guarantees

48. Provides with workers

50. Factual informatio­n

51. Recycled items

54. Prison rooms

57. Vigour

58. More up-to-date

60. Give for a while

62. Quite a while

63. Last resting place

64. Twelve-month period

65. Not any

66. Didn’t dillydally

67. Do undercover work

DOWN

1. Long-eared animal

2. Messy one

3. Entrance room

4. One who leads a religious ceremony

5. Escape hastily

6. Distinctiv­e periods of history

7. Zeus’s shield

8. Part of, as a gang

9. Bump off

10. Extending a considerab­le distance

11. ___ out (use sparingly)

13. Like Father Time

15. Antonym for destroy

21. Complete devastatio­n

23. Deceiving talk

25. High male voice

27. Showed on TV

28. Working with

29. Throw water on

31. Put on a pedestal

32. Aerial stunts

33. Comes to a close

34. Tear down

36. Go well together

39. Early part of the day

40. Ethically

42. Preliminar­y round

43. Pleasingly pretty

45. Make unfair demands

47. Having to do with religion

49. Clairvoyan­ts

51. Hence

52. A person’s look

53. Exchange

55. Dregs

56. Lose control of one’s emotions

57. Forbid

59. First woman

61. Having low humidity

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