National Post (National Edition)
UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD
Story Outline
ACROSS
1 Went by bike, say
5 It holds a sail
9 Pipe bend under a
sink
14 Monumental
15 Type of saxophone 16 Catherine who played
Moira Rose
17 What not to talk about, per a 1999 film (In this answer, note the first 2 letters + the last letter)
19 Passover repast 20 Glass or Gershwin 21 Go on longer than 23 Certain browser
(... first letter + the last 6 letters)
28 Revise, as a bylaw 29 Many, many 30 Infatuated
31 “Deck the Halls”
contraction 32 Recorded, in the
past
36 One might be poached 37 Frog-to-be (... first 2
letters + the last 2) 39 Letters used when
amused
40 Spring or fall 42 Contraception option,
briefly
43 Cashbox 44 Ancient Greek
garments
46 Weasellike animal 47 Some alarm systems’ objective (... first 2 letters + the last 5)
49 Washing machine
contents
51 Industrial container 52 End of the Greek
alphabet
53 Pass the time lazily, or a
theme hint
59 Sire, in the Bible
60 Bird on a Canadian
dollar
61 Muscat is its capital 62 Dozer’s noise?
63 Phoenix hoopsters 64 Long narrative
DOWN
1 NBA official
2 Infinite Shine nail polish
brand
3 Put a spade to use
4 Spiny anteater
5 Colorful parrot 6 ___-or-nothing
7 Early Beatle Sutcliffe,
casually
8 On top of that
9 Defer
10 Liberals, informally 11 Under the ___
(unnoticed) 12 Greek war god 13 Carburetor, e.g., for a
car
18 Stepped (on) 22 Convinced to buy an addon, perhaps 23 Employees’ income 24 Word after “spitting” or
“mirror”
25 “Loving” actress Ruth 26 Approached a base in a
cloud of dust 27 End-of-life care
program
31 Leather worker 33 Defendant’s excuse 34 Arroz con ___
35 Pompeo of “Grey’s
Anatomy”
37 Busy time for a roadie 38 Remove from office 41 Scorpion feature
43 Ink on skin
45 Pastoral poems
46 “The Lion King” villain 47 Tierra del ___
48 Captain America
portrayer Chris
49 High throws
50 End of a prayer 54 Debtor’s letters 55 Geological period 56 Thurman of “Batman &
Robin”
57 Get on someone’s case 58 Double-helix molecule