CANADIAN CRISSCROSS

ACROSS

1. Fish of the herring family 5. Disappear gradually 9. Open skin infection 13. Grew smaller 15. Son of Adam and Eve 16. Persia, now 17. Love intensely 18. Put in a good word for 20. Eggs ___ 22. Decorative bed covers 23. Add an intoxicant to 24. Having eaten all that one wants 25. Food made of kernels of dry corn 28. Wealthy patron of the arts 32. Long narrative poems 33. Be important 34. Kimono sash 35. Payment made to a landlord 36. Railroad switch 37. Pleased 38. Illustrative material 39. Play records, as a DJ 40. Go back in time 41. Capital of Uzbekistan 43. Lower leg sections 44. Slithery fish 45. Gain income 46. Tool for working with plaster 49. Sea squirt 53. Tries out for a role 55. One who deals in stolen goods 56. Blue-pencil 57. Grandma, affectionately 58. Bunches of grass 59. Period from Ash Wednesday to Easter 60. Seventh deputy prime minister of Canada 61. Senator appointed by Brian Mulroney

DOWN

1. Bit of cotton on a stick 2. Angle, in geology 3. Soon 4. Property abandoned by the owner 5. An exaggerated comedy 6. Help illegally 7. Month preceding Jan. 8. Silver-tongued 9. Figure of speech 10. City in Russia 11. Utter with great vehemence 12. Make ___ meet 14. Spectators at a court-tennis match 19. Impose a fine on 21. Frigid 24. Satyrs’ kin 25. City in Afghanistan 26. A drama set to music 27. Makes, as money 28. Get up on 29. Canadian who was a founding member of the Sons of the Pioneers 30. By surprise 31. Shows strong sympathy for 33. Goatee locales 36. Orthography 37. Magnificence 39. Trapshooting 40. Economical management 42. Canadian sports journalist 43. Plant pouch 45. English class assignment 46. Unit of weight in the Far East 47. Lacking civility 48. Ruler of the Aesir 49. Canadian actress Paquin 50. Facts and data 51. New Testament book 52. Promontory 54. Rowing pole