National Post

CANADIAN CRISSCROSS

- By Walter D. Feener

ACROSS

1. Tree branch

5. Deep crack in the earth’s surface

10. Verse writer

14. Isaac and Rebecca’s son

15. Tool resembling a large corkscrew

16. ___ facto

17. Delighted

18. Almost perpendicu­lar

19. Crime for the police to solve

20. Angel of the highest rank

22. Like some trout

24. Remove the skin from an apple

26. First Lady of Senegal

27. Sell very cheaply

31. Acupunctur­e item

35. Stop! at sea

36. Look for and remove mistakes from a computer program

38. Curtain holder

39. The majority of people

40. Symbol of love

41. Doughnut shapes

42. Married woman’s title

43. Under mental strain

44. Of little length

45. Animal in Madagascar

47. Young frogs

49. Web page addresses

51. A prime minister of Israel

52. Removed one’s clothes

56. Floor of a building

60. Choir member

61. Have one’s say

63. River in Africa

64. New Look designer

65. Canadian who was on “All My Children” (1991-2001)

66. Black fly

67. Canadian actor Devon

68. “Adam Bede” author

69. “___ soit qui mal y pense” (motto of the Order of the Garter)

DOWN

1. You need them for walking

2. Wight is one

3. Picasso’s partner

4. Capital of Hungary

5. Kidney-shaped nut

6. Crude shelter

7. Becomes old

8. Creeps through the cracks

9. Mascot who has a monocle and a top hat

10. Difficult situation

11. Stone that changes colour when turned in the light

12. Being in Latin

13. ___ the line (behaved)

21. Partially decayed vegetable matter

23. British horsefly

25. Weighed down

27. Third Greek letter

28. What tusks are made of

29. French sailor

30. It makes bread rise

32. Dribble saliva from the mouth

33. “The Maltese Falcon” actor

34. Controls the content of

37. Clean a ship’s bottom

40. Calcaneus

41. Including every possible detail

43. One with no experience

44. Roasting rod

46. ___ borealis

48. It is covered by sand

50. Flower part that supports the petals

52. Fathers

53. Pelvis parts

54. Pack neatly in a particular place

55. “Waiting for Godot” character

57. Singer Ginette from Quebec

58. Verve

59. Creature said to live in the Himalayas

62. Recent combining form

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