National Post (National Edition)
CANADIAN CRISSCROSS
ACROSS
1. Speak badly of
5. Music similar to reggae 8. Exclamation of exasperation 12. Hipbone sections
13. Iridescent gemstones
15. Try to persuade
16. Pod of cotton
17. Gate fastening
18. False witness
19. High church part
21. One of the Discovery Islands of
British Columbia
23. Gestation location
25. Had a meeting
26. Slaty-grey dolphin
29. Bar food
32. Strip the skin off
33. Where Salt Lake City is
35. Very cold
37. Paint the town colour
38. Largest living bird
40. Lennon’s wife
41. Excited exclamation
43. Proposed location of a building 44. Baby bird containers
45. Poles for sails
47. “A Christmas Carol” character 49. Neckwear
51. Sock part
52. Unfriendly way of behaving
56. Shining strongly 60. Hot liquid rock
61. Happening earlier in time
63. People being pointed to
64. Always
65. Brazilian ballroom dance
66. Many things lying on top of each
other
67. To not allow
68. Wreath of flowers
69. Dried up
DOWN
1. Kind of lettuce
2. African plant
3. Window ledge
4. In the centre
5. Town in Belgium
6. French ballerina and actress 7. Genus of moose
8. Silent film actress Johnston 9. Canadian actress Pitt
10. Old exclamation
11. No amount at all
13. Highest mountain in Greece 14. Mouse-like animal
20. Computer part
22. Sound made by a horse
24. Pushes with the head
26. Bright light
27. Australian actress Mitchell 28. Long dresses worn in India 30. Hot Swedish alcoholic drink 31. Burn superficially
32. Cook in fat
34. Get free rides
36. ___ and don’ts
38. Haploid cell
39. Biggest parts of the brain 42. Church doorkeeper
44. Crude stone artifacts
46. Flows slowly through
48. Poetic contraction
50. Of the calf of the leg
52. Ran away from danger
53. All-night dance party
54. Kitchen appliance
55. White frost
57. Clarified butter
58. Use your ears
59. Printed letters
62. Japanese sash