National Post (National Edition)

CANADIAN CRISSCROSS

- By Walter D. Feener

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

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