National Post

CANADIAN CRISSCROSS

- By Walter D. Feener

ACROSS

1. Her nickname is “The Preacher’s Daughter”

5. Uses the oven

10. First man

14. On the ocean

15. Showing resemblanc­e

16. Seaweed used for wrapping sushi

17. African cereal grass

18. Desert shrub native to the Middle East

19. “Terrible” ages

20. São Tomé and ___

22. Member of the clergy

24. Reduce prices drasticall­y

25. Canadian mystery writer known for his “Flavia de Luce” series

26. Soviet space station

28. Pizza chain in Atlantic Canada

29. Wing

30. Machine used for shaping wood

32. System of moral standards

36. One who dresses in black

38. TV programs

40. Give respite from

41. Almost perpendicu­lar

43. Out of practice

45. Container for rubbish

46. Programmin­g language

48. Archie Bunker, for one

50. Very short time ago

53. Monetary unit of Azerbaijan

54. City on the Rio Grande

55. Spitting cobra of Africa

58. Use a spoon

59. Remain unchanged

61. Skeptical comment

62. Squirrel’s home

63. In a moment

64. Instead

65. Disrespect­ful talk

66. Became an ally with

67. Take a break

DOWN

1. Instrument played by plucking

2. Long winding ridge of sand

3. Pass laws

4. For the most part

5. Coffee shop employees

6. First Hebrew letter

7. Toy flown at the end of a long string

8. ___ out (skimp on)

9. Without varying, in music

10. Remedy for poison

11. Wooden pin

12. Got out of bed

13. Teary-eyed

21. Fetal membrane

23. Competitio­n to see who is the fastest

25. Makes coffee

26. Loses firmness

27. Plenty

28. Grave robber

31. Chesterfie­ld cover

33. Good enough to live in

34. Wife of Osiris

35. Small monetary unit

37. Metric measures of land

39. Left helpless

42. Piece of connecting tissue

44. Yin’s counterpar­t

47. Pushes up

49. French for notebook

50. Says amusing things

51. Part of UHF

52. Secret agents

53. Cut into very small pieces

55. Surprise visit made by the police

56. Not as much

57. Let it stand

60. Three prefix

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