National Post (National Edition)
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ACROSS 1 Artistic movement integral to Canada Day (4) 3 Despises sloppy Manitoba errors (10) 10 Farmer keeps large, menacing dog (7) 11 Blow up island next to Newfoundland in the wee hours (7) 12 Smooth white stone sculpted as Alberta (9) 13 In the morning, I leave Spanish friend (5) 14 Speech upset Ontario (7) 15 Radical and socialist run Saskatchewan and Yukon at first (7) 17 Lynxes from British Columbia aboard vessels (7) 20 Cut pole in pieces and multiply by eight (7) 22 Nymph’s subtly funny advertisement (5) 24 Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia keeping touch about some figures (9) 26 Composer fellow, 102, found around Nunavut’s capital (7) 27 In Quebec, a useful word of explanation (7) 28 Empty beverage container in Northwest Territories, deepest down (10) 29 Narrow passage on the borders of New Brunswick (4) DOWN 1 Unquestioned belief in litterbearer? (5) 2 Play about Jovian moon museum display (7) 4 Taking pen, scorch actress Ellen (7) 5 Fictional inspector in Ragtime novel (7) 6 Commerce pact turned in the direction of supporter (5) 7 Flatterers quit interrupting unending toast (7) 8 Shorthand recorder’s plastic toy pen set (9) 9 Covered by asphalt, a miraculous site with paleolithic art (8) 14 Government official has 1000 young flowers planted in Arabian country (9) 16 Surpass to a T, much better (8) 18 Compartment on alien’s rifle attachment (7) 19 Then Prime Minister swallows the guy’s false argument (7) 20 Reformed mob in Yankee anthology (7) 21 Fabricate souped-up car in purple (7) 23 Steer right into seedy bar (5) 25 In speech, wager slab of meat (5)