CANADIAN CRISSCROSS

ACROSS

1. Take hold of suddenly

5. Offer money at an auction

8. Possibly will

11. Strip of floor in a bowling alley

12. Pleased and satisfied

14. Elevator car

15. ___ and crafts

16. One who prefers not to associate with others

17. Lyric poems

18. Long for

20. Criticized harshly

22. Word used before a name to begin a letter

24. Went for a dip

25. Cheddar and mozzarella

28. Comes from

31. More than enough

32. Distance down

34. Slug relative

36. Fully aware of

38. Night-time non-activity

40. Rise and fall of the sea

41. Smallest sounds

43. A long time

45. Last letter of the alphabet

46. Attractively smooth and shiny

48. Sons of kings

50. Torn place

52. Distribute playing cards

53. Merchants

56. Nutmeg and ginger

60. Exclamation of surprise

61. Smallest amount

63. Gangster’s girlfriend

64. Long walk

65. People filling jury vacancies

66. Military centre

67. Single

68. Common drink

69. Meat and vegetables dish

DOWN

1. Cheerfully willing

2. Lightly cooked

3. Insects that live in wood

4. Next to

5. Male sibling, for short

6. Electrically charged atoms

7. Prearranged combats, in former times

8. Put together

9. On in years

10. Triumphant cry

12. Gives gratification to

13. Closes the curtains

14. Explanatory note

19. Tall water plant

21. Protective covers

23. Answer back

25. Ice cream holders

26. Place for a overnight stay

27. Sloping sharply

29. Sweetcorn

30. A square has four of them

31. Blouse

33. Was told by others

35. Showed the way

37. Perform surgery

39. Ordained ministers

42. Plant’s beginning

44. Speak angrily

47. Went down to pray

49. Goes up the ladder

51. Pleasing occurrence

53. Made of flimsy material

54. Gardening tool

55. Auction

57. Layer of paint

58. Otherwise

59. A lot

60. Which person?

62. Poseidon’s domain