National Post

CANADIAN CRISSCROSS

- By Walter D. Feener

ACROSS

1. Electronic junk mail

5. Wise one

9. Object of adoration

13. Narrative

14. Slalom contestant

15. Ready to eat

16. College in Vancouver

17. Provide food for a reception

18. Burden

19. Be in a precarious position

21. Sorrow

23. Eggs

24. Copycat’s words

25. Hair clasp

29. Of hearing

32. Mixture of wonder and dread

33. Cheats out of money

35. Prove to be mistaken

37. Minded the kids

38. Game scoreless on one side

40. Not in good health

41. Ambulance’s warning

43. As a result

44. Fossil fuel

45. Cod-liver oil, for one

47. Wealth

50. Reason to use a paper towel

52. Fell unwell

53. Small electric generator

56. Slope-roofed shed

60. Subtle emanation

61. In the country

64. Noisy outburst

65. Be a leading performer

66. Lending at exorbitant interest

67. Rational

68. Unspecifie­d amount

69. Try to find

70. Therefore

DOWN

1. Restore deleted text

2. Top of the head

3. South African plant

4. Experience­d and trusted adviser

5. Jamaican music

6. Small island in a river

7. Birds that honk

8. List of printing mistakes

9. Magnetite, e.g.

10. Have an evening meal

11. Creative piece of work

12. Not as much of

14. Relieve itching

20. Day before a holiday

22. Have reservatio­ns

24. Cough drop flavour

25. Lowest musical part

26. Look forward to

27. Modelled on a style of fashion from the past

28. Spy on racehorses

30. Make straight

31. Fragrant flower

34. First course, often

36. Different

38. Shoot from a concealed place

39. More often than not

42. Trap in an unpleasant situation

46. Kind of fruit

48. Be deceptive

49. Go by

51. Parasitic insect

53. Accumulati­on

54. Self prefix

55. Metric weight

57. Go up to

58. Strong taste

59. Bread spread

62. Feel sorry about

63. Noah’s ship

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