National Post (National Edition)
CANADIAN CRISSCROSS
ACROSS
1. Device fitted across the strings of a guitar
5. Poker strategy
10. Plant smaller than a tree
14. Plant used as seasoning or medicine
15. Ancient region in Asia Minor
16. Aware of something unlawful
17. Egyptian god of fertility
18. Bake an egg without its shell
19. Give a mournful cry, like a cat
20. A little bit
22. In fashion
24. External flight of steps
25. Short-sleeved bodice worn under a sari
26. Celebrity
27. Reversal of the second of two parallel phrases
30. Piece of material inserted into a skirt to make a flare
33. On the way to
34. German grandmother
35. Eager for
36. Injured arm support
37. Dark red jewel
38. Gun the engine
39. Black-and-white animal
40. Money of several Latin American countries
41. Crashing waves
43. Online help page
44. Makes muddy
45. Carpet cleaner
48. Take for granted
50. Fish of the genus Esox
52. Settled a bill
53. Brownish-grey colour
55. Construction locale
56. Buffalo of Celebes
57. Baby hooter
58. Mountain lake
59. Be inclined
60. Comes towards
61. Attempt to score
DOWN
1. Greek consonants
2. Greek author of fables
3. Prepare for painting
4. Watched closely
5. Diagonally moving chess piece
6. Actress Lindsay
7. Part of ICU
8. Tree with needle-shaped leaves
9. Old British coin
10. Intestines
11. In complete agreement
12. Small earring
13. Revered in a religion
21. Legal document
23. Thoroughfare
25. Considerable amount
27. Metal money
28. Knob at the centre of a shield
29. Simon ___ (children’s game)
30. Particular type of clothing
31. More than
32. Pastime
33. Makes vague
36. Framework of bones in your body
37. Songs you ask DJ’s to play
39. Take money off the top
40. Prepare for a trip
42. Barbary sheep
43. Surfaces of cut gemstones
45. Poisonous snake
46. Bathsheba’s husband
47. Subway system
48. ___ on the back
49. Of sound mind
50. Monetary unit of Botswana
51. Period preceding Easter
54. Overwhelming wonder