CANADIAN CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Gargantuan 5 Where to experiment 8 Duel prompter 12 Help out on a con job 13 Electrician, at times 15 Corn meal concoction 16 Overdo the TLC 17 Garcia’s buddy 18 Against (pref.) 19 Use your noodles? 20 Appeal 21 Scout’s achievement 23 Slender surgical probe 25 Ancient burial stone 27 Achy 28 Joule’s little cousin 29 Not so bright 32 Child producing work 34 Infamous WWI spy 36 Worrisome burden 37 Unhealthy atmosphere 39 Double-bonded carbon compound 40 Tennis stroke 42 Alcatraz, for one 44 Item with a price on it 45 Peace Tower loc. 46 Those people 47 It’s twirled in a parade 49 Bopped on the bean 52 Gift of the Magi 54 Tennis VIP involved in AIDS activism 56 Narrow beam 57 Handful 58 Sayonara, to Sarkozy 60 Misplace 61 Pod member 62 Render weaponless, archaically 63 One who takes a long look 64 Underground layer of coal 65 Home made lemon concoction 66 Figures out the total

DOWN 1 Hell of a place 2 “Lusitania” sinker 3 American Civil War battle that began on July 1, 1863 4 Hot time in Cote d’Ivoire 5 Tequila adjunct 6 Coloraturas’ solos 7 Panhandle 8 Sam the sleuth 9 Like a triathlon 10 Cost of being dealt in 11 Confederation joiner of July 1, 1873 13 Grumpy old man who gave up the ghost on July 1, 2000 14 Someone from “Out of the Past” who passed away on July 1, 1997 20 Where to spot a sloth 22 Birdbath life form 24 No longer penned up 26 High society affairs 29 “Ghostbuster” born on July 1, 1952 30 Spinach is rich in it 31 Unseasonably warm 32 What a 9-iron gets you 33 Crossword buffalo 34 Unhinged 35 Hayes of the theatre 38 Disappear ___ thin air 41 Frozen dew, basically 43 Sneaker or sandal 47 Silver-scaled European fish 48 Water nymph of myth 50 Diminished 51 Blonde creators, often 52 Demand from the greedy 53 “Village People” hit 55 Totally desiccated 57 Intl. distress signal adopted July 1, 1908 59 Heredity double helix 60 Clearing in the forest