National Post

CANADIAN CRISSCROSS

- By Walter D. Feener

ACROSS

1. Christmas tree topper

5. Plant pouch

8. Industriou­s insect

11. Pulled apart

12. Biathlon need

14. Butter alternativ­e

15. Word processor command

16. Proofreade­r’s find

17. Winter wear

18. Part of a space vehicle

20. Ballroom dance

22. Tenant’s expense

24. Canyon sound

25. Zealot

28. A little drunk

31. Mine find

32. Take troops out of active service, for short

34. Give somebody a bed for the night

36. Uncommon

38. Go over the main points again

40. Unchanged

41. Put together

43. Relating to the sun

45. Little rascal

46. Religious belief

48. Unexpected­ly early

50. Stretched tightly

52. Food seasoning

53. Food made in a wok

56. Constricti­ng snake

60. Lines drawn through a staff

61. Make hair look thicker

63. Currency used since 2002

64. Part of CPU

65. Narrow opening in a coastline

66. Trellis piece

67. Plead with

68. Drops on the grass at dawn

69. It might be hard to believe

DOWN

1. Prevent from flowing

2. Kind of list

3. Like a desert

4. Give back

5. Word after dear in a letter

6. Hairstyle with tight curls

7. Carbon copy

8. Medicinal plant

9. Kind of tide

10. Toddler

12. Go back in

13. In an upright position

14. Sea creature with tentacles

19. Walk in front of

21. Model in a bottle

23. Multiplied by

25. Crime of cheating out of money

26. Nest built high up

27. Warming beverage

29. Sedate

30. Lip-smacking

31. Sphere

33. Pitches thrown out of the strike zone

35. Energy

37. Nose-in-the-air type

39. Low protective wall

42. Russian emperor, before 1917

44. Depend on

47. Civilian clothes

49. Be evidence of

51. Prevailing style

53. Mentally balanced

54. School subject, for short

55. Ivy League school

57. Polynesian dance

58. Spoken

59. Jotted reminder

60. Fella

62. Do some darning

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