National Post (National Edition)

CANADIAN CRISSCROSS

- By Walter D. Feener

ACROSS

1. Old Norse medieval prose narrative 5. Clean between one’s teeth 10. Herring-like fish 14. Knitting stitch 15. Accustomed to the country 16. Deal with difficulti­es 17. Overly neat 18. Computer code for representi­ng alphanumer­ic characters 19. Stockings 20. March into the open 22. Third longest river in Europe 24. Large tank 25. Tidal bore 26. Biting midges 30. Containing salt 34. Bacterial culture medium 35. Prison sentences 37. Patron saint of France 38. Part of a wheel that

a tire is put on 39. Konrad Adenauer’s nickname 41. Distress signal at sea 42. Avoid answering 44. Be sure of 45. Cupbearer to the gods 46. Blanket-like shawl 48. Uses a scalpel 50. Relating to hours 52. Wear away 53. Ball used in the Gaelic

game of hurling 56. Robbery at gunpoint 60. Raise the temperatur­e a bit 61. Italian word for seven 63. Animal with long ears

and a small tail 64. Plant of the lily family 65. Anaestheti­c 66. Some pipe fittings 67. Small horse 68. Appears to be 69. Put under severe strain

DOWN

1. WWI French fighter plane 2. Old French measure for measuring cloth 3. Take roughly and quickly 4. In every part of it 5. Break in a bone 6. One who drinks a lot 7. Killer whale 8. Port in Lebanon 9. They support broken arms 10. He discovered oxygen 11. Barrel part 12. Rounded east end of a church 13. Hoofed animal 21. Country in the Middle East: abbr. 23. Decree of a Muslim ruler 25. Spanish word for

Spanish 26. Nostrils 27. Gothic arch 28. Island in the Philippine­s 29. New Testament book 31. Map within a map 32. Queen of Thebes 33. Letters used to form plurals 36. Spill over 39. Bus station 40. High-frequency speakers 43. Old name of Benin 45. Small axe 47. Wipes clean 49. Type of Algerian music 51. Mountain ridge 53. Trade one thing for another 54. French composer 55. It symbol is Fe 56. Long, thin part 57. Hardy cabbage 58. Web site addresses 59. Nuisance 62. Definite article

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