Ottawa Citizen

CANADIAN CROSSWORD

- ADRIAN POWELL

ACROSS 1 Bridle attachment­s 6 Two hours before midnight 9 Summer staffing solutions 14 Divvy up 15 Particular time 16 Left at sea? 17 Chocolatec­oated honeycomb from Mars 19 Tinkerbell, for one 20 Get some extra shuteye 21 Othello’s final fate 23 Cowhand’s chow 24 Micronesia­n veggie 25 It wriggles when it’s sniggled 26 Hard chocolatec­oated crispy peanut bar from Cadbury 30 Tease gently 31 Sour wild plum 32 Without skimping 36 Oca cooking pot, e.g. 38 “Do-Re-Mi” scale 41 Slender 42 West Point freshman 44 Cobbler’s tool 46 Den. joined it in ‘73 47 Where 17A, 26A and 62A can be bought 51 UK imperial honour 54 Parts of a Cancun vacation, say 55 “Good grief!” 56 Big woolly beast, once 58 Personaliz­e a watch, e.g. 61 Wooded bower 62 Chocolatey caramel and crushed peanut bar from Cadbury 64 Despicable chaps 65 Source of Indian silk 66 Costly car 67 Flummox 68 Went into the closet 69 Like molasses DOWN 1 St. Louis team 2 Airline that owns The King David Lounges 3 Impossible to read 4 Minutes takers 5 Aerobic activities 6 Tenth grader, usually 7 Work it out all wrong 8 The Bahamas’ capital 9 Pudding choice 10 Movie with a cast of thousands 11 Nerve, slangily 12 Lion grouping 13 Sink material 18 Soothsayer­s of old 22 Vase with a base 24 Vinegrower’s frame 26 Trim an image 27 Small stream 28 Whisper sweet nothings 29 Letters for Lord Nelson’s “Victory” 33 Like most court cases 34 Embellishe­d the facts 35 Community gym site 37 Important blood group system 39 Summer breeze source 40 Rise up 43 Sign the back of the cheque 45 Graffiti artists, slangily 48 Aflame 49 God, in Judaism 50 Like AAA shoes 51 Missouri River city 52 Exposed, as one’s soul 53 Infix firmly 57 Mobster’s miss 58 ‘92 Barenaked Ladies hit 59 Poetic valley 60 Once, in old times 63 “Spoonbende­r” Geller

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