CANADIAN CRISSCROSS

ACROSS

1. Perform in an opera 5. Former Russian ruler 9. Kind of cooking oil

11. Rural road surface

13. Stroll along

14. Furiously

16. Part of TGIF

17. Pierced place

19. Royal flush card

20. Enjoy a bone

22. Like a child

23. Long walk

24. Dark part of a day

26. What a Zamboni cleans 27. Printer powder

28. Nobility

30. Informative

31. Jockey’s strap

32. Fishhook point

33. Best possible

35. Country bumpkin

38. Present a defence

39. Vim

40. Source of down

42. Charitable donations 43. Shoes with no heels

45. Use a stopwatch

46. Want to take back 47. Essential attribute

49. Playful activity

50. Attack physically

52. A petrel is one

54. Preserve green fodder 55. Intent to do harm

56. Suddenly see

57. Dole out

DOWN

1. Pizza topping

2. Place to stay

3. Written reminder

4. Gather after a harvest 5. Social division

6. Japanese rice drink

7. ___ Maria

8. What’s left

9. Feline drug

10. Bring before the court

11. Mitten relative

12. Obedient follower

13. Zodiac part

15. Animal with antlers

18. Head infestation

21. On the other hand

23. Nevertheless

25. Sneaker bottom

27. Sparing in the use of words 29. Feel poorly

30. Thumbs-down vote

32. Rite of purification

33. Treat unkindly

34. Landed property

35. Recover from an injury 36. Impressive building

37. Looking shyly modest 38. Monetary unit of Serbia 39. Piece of dinnerware

41. Tear apart

43. Completely

44. Cook clams

47. Clever saying

48. Ivy League school

51. Beast of burden

53. Took the hook