National Post

CANADIAN CRISSCROSS

- By Walter D. Feener

ACROSS

1. Side of a room

5. Main ingredient

9. Sound a cork makes coming out of a bottle

13. ___ vera

14. Garment with veiled eyeholes

15. Angry outburst

16. Opening for a credit card

17. Organic compound

18. Subtle emanation

19. Constricti­ng snake

21. Viscera

23. Imitate

24. Turn your nose up at

25. Unlikely story

29. Bridle straps

32. Eggs

33. Diplomacy

35. It’s final

37. Drunkard

38. Needing water

40. It makes honey

41. Meshed utensil

43. Short time away

44. Pole used for rowing

45. Thirst-quencher

47. Easy to believe

50. Insecure

52. Insect living in colonies

53. Throw things about

56. Syrupy blackcurra­nt liqueur

60. Aquatic bird

61. Relating to the pope

64. Different

65. Skin condition

66. Overdo it on stage

67. Lie back and relax

68. Regular attender

69. Hourly charge

70. Examine by touch

DOWN

1. Black-and-yellow stinger

2. One who joins a common cause

3. Slang for money

4. Deadly

5. Large passenger vehicle

6. “Wherefore ___ thou?”

7. Group of geese in flight

8. Income recipient

9. Grande ___, Alberta

10. Speak well of

11. Monster of fairy tales

12. Carrots’ partners

14. Under

20. Choose from alternativ­es

22. Shabby looking

24. Confidenti­ality

25. Easy throw

26. Keep your distance from

27. In a while

28. Been in bed

30. Brand of coffee in Canada

31. Walk off with

34. Russian emperor, before 1917

36. Roll call response

38. Establishe­d fundamenta­l belief

39. Golden syrup

42. Wine merchant

46. Museum guardian

48. Genetic material

49. The “se” in per se

51. Performed play

53. Volcanic scoria

54. Tropical palm tree

55. Top-notch

57. Blue-black fruit

58. Wight is one

59. Put on the market

62. Cooking container

63. Dined

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