National Post (National Edition)
CANADIAN CRISSCROSS
ACROSS
1. Ear-piercing
5. Not friendly
10. Kind of cracker
14. East end part of a church
15. Ruth’s mother-in-law
16. Towards the mouth
17. Words written at the end of a letter
19. Capital of the Maldives
20. Utter a piercing cry
21. Hunger hormone
23. Wooden shoe sound
25. Nurse maid in India
26. Makes a stand
30. Japanese sandals
34. Farm bird
35. Upper layer of the earth’s crust
36. Keep your eyes open
37. Collection of memorable sayings
38. Northernmost region of the world, according to the ancients
40. Sound a sheep makes
41. Spending as little as possible
44. Skin spot
46. Money machine, for short
47. Spookish
48. Contaminates, as water
50. Colt’s mother
53. Oven used to bake pottery
54. Senior naval officer
57. Hair shirt
61. Become pale
62. Meant to be thrown out after use
65. Do some cutting and pasting
66. Spanish farewell
67. French for sky
68. Having undulating curves
69. Fasten again
70. Nervous
DOWN
1. Where chemists work
2. Oil cartel
3. “Back in the ___”
4. Pick up on
5. Bad blood
6. ___ Cruces
7. Sound made to imitate a ghost
8. Last Greek letter
9. Suspicious
10. In one way or another
11. By word of mouth
12. Spanish surrealist painter
13. Seaport of Yemen
18. Its capital is Cardiff
22. Tear down
24. God of Egyptian Memphis
26. Stage of development
27. Annual income, in France
28. Transmitting live
29. Period of poor performance
31. Capital of Morocco
32. Extremely angry
33. Lines of stitches
36. Willing to fight
39. Try to see
42. Overabundance
43. Toothed wheel
45. He played for the Maple Leafs
49. Loosen, as skates
51. Navigational aid
52. Slur over a syllable
54. Hardly any
55. Father, to a baby
56. Roman numeral for 1504
58. In the same place: abbr.
59. British horsefly
60. Hard to hold
63. Canine command
64. Luau food