CANADIAN CRISSCROSS

ACROSS

1. Tropical tuber

5. Be loose-lipped

9. Of cats

11. Turning point

13. Steal

14. “Duck!”

16. Answer incorrectly

17. The act of twisting

19. Companion of to

20. Crowd noise

22. Ready to streak

23. Continental coin

24. Courtroom event

26. Card game winner's cry

27. Winter precipitation

28. Make hard to read

30. Without excitement

32. Snooker stick

33. __ out (relax)

34. Give some slack

37. Hot dog condiment

40. Easily-rocked boat

41. Fiery feeling

43. Piglike animal

45. Not buttoned, as a shirt

46. In short supply

48. Like kittens and puppies

49. Part of TGIF

50. British beverage

52. Most common English word

53. Informal letter on a folded piece of paper

55. All atwitter

57. Amusing imitation of someone else's style

58. Northern ___ (Canadian thoroughbred racehorse)

59. Off-colour

60. Visionary

DOWN

1. Part of ATV

2. Alternative to nothing

3. Protest in the streets

4. Burger topping

5. Hen's hatchlings

6. Circus cat

7. Seek some answers

8. Ethanol, for one

9. Wild excitement

10. Make someone see red

11. Lawyer's need

12. British Columbia's secondlargest populated city

13. Smart-alecky

15. Tugboat blast

18. Hit the slopes

21. Animal with a striped tail

23. Plaintive

25. Ruin (used with “up”)

27. Silvery food fish

29. Barely passing grade

31. Old greeting

34. Portable computer

35. Poor movie rating

36. Fine point

37. Took for a time

38. Make soft explosive sounds

39. Toward this place

40. Invent a new word

42. Battle of Britain group: abbr.

44. Piece of thatching

46. Like a pomegranate

47. State Canadian is in

50. Political alliance

51. Pimples on pupils

54. Pitching stat.

56. Cause of skidding