National Post (National Edition)
CANADIAN CRISSCROSS
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1. Guide dogs, for short
5. Press a mouse button
10. Gangster’s female accomplice
14. Often
15. Traditional Vietnamese costume
16. Kind of rug
17. Melville novel
18. Strong wind with rain
19. Extended family
20. Indian turnovers
22. Agree with
24. Place where Adam and Eve lived
25. Put in fewer words
26. Prominent street in Halifax
29. Spanish gold
30. Fur resembling ermine, in heraldry
31. Community within the city limits of Ottawa
33. Excess of watery fluid
37. Pub in the country
38. Reflective membrane in the eyes of cats, causing them to shine at night
40. French word for who
41. Smooth transition
43. Canadian folk singer Rogers
44. Jethro ___ (English rock band)
45. Nautical heading
47. Works very hard
49. Fetus feeder
53. Roman numeral for 1104
54. Boat race
55. Claim to be something you aren’t
58. Ancient Greek contest
59. Old Montreal team
61. Bluish-green colour
62. Knitting material
63. English actress Irene
64. Religious women
65. Pit to death, as a dragon
66. Canadian drummer for Three Dog Night
67. Look for
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1. Landlocked country in Asia
2. Town in Quebec
3. Curved stick that comes back to you when you throw it
4. Was a substitute for
5. Ladies’ man
6. An abundance
7. Artificial universal language
8. Freight
9. Traditional Japanese robe
10. Fort ___, Alberta
11. Crease-resistant fabric
12. Stands at a slant
13. Mutt who was Shania Twain’s husband
21. (Of wine) dry
23. To the point
25. Genus of loggerhead turtles
26. Ancient Egyptian sacred bull
27. Heredity unit
28. Drinks like a dog
32. Asterisk
34. Pun
35. Think about for a long time
36. Feels sick
38. Belief held as a truth
39. Not laughing
42. Beyond what is normal
44. Venomous Australian snakes
46. Comes on stage, used as a stage direction
48. DVD player’s predecessor, for short
49. Speaks to God to give thanks
50. Based on the law
51. Ancient Greek marketplace
52. Species
55. Jab with the finger
56. Finnish poem
57. Piece of work to be done
60. “The Raven”writer