National Post (National Edition)
CANADIAN CRISSCROSS
ACROSS
1. Something popular for a short time
4. Breathe laboriously
8. Figure out
12. Part of QED
14. Cry of surrender
16. Half of a sextet
17. Queen of Carthage
18. It may be impossible to remove
19. Chickens lay them
20. Wonder if
22. British car
24. Upper layer of the earth’s crust
26. River in England
27. City on the Mediterranean coast of Israel
30. Dry out with heat
34. Fence stakes
35. Planet on which we live
37. French word for yes
38. 26th prime minister of Australia
39. A king of Crete
40. Use a paper towel
41. A gibbon is one
42. Tendon
43. Patron saint of France
44. Magician in Arthurian legend
46. Unquestionable
48. Long way away
50. Part of the world that isn’t sea or air
51. Towards the belly
54. French word for queen
57. He was a member of the Canadian basketball team for the Olympics in Helsinki
58. Gives off
60. Average
62. ___-friendly
63. “Pagliacci” character
64. Used up
65. An abundance of
66. Its atomic number is 10
67. One’s range of knowledge
DOWN
1. Made a meal for
2. Waterless
3. Pedestal part
4. Composer and conductor Mahler
5. Bee and wasp relative
6. Dishonest business scheme
7. Fold of skin
8. Sound system
9. Try to convince
10. Division of the zodiac
11. Call for help used by ships
13. Messy, as one’s hair can be
15. Signs up to serve in the military
21. Line diagonal to the grain of cloth
23. Bend backward
25. Remain in bed later than usual
27. Brownish-grey colour
28. One’s senior
29. Like a windmill
31. Lake in Finland
32. One of Santa’s reindeer
33. Goes in haste
34. Baby carriage
36. Spiked wheel attached to a spur
39. Mosque tower
40. Nuptial ceremony
42. Pass through a sieve
43. Have supper
45. 28th premier of Quebec
47. Canadian soprano Clarice
49. “Happy Feet Two” penguin
51. Passport endorsement
52. Where Adam and Eve lived
53. Cover the inside of
55. Corner of a room
56. Sea eagle
57. Alcoholic beverage made from molasses
59. Spanish word for uncle
61. Some husbands