Ottawa Citizen

CANADIAN CROSSWORD

- ADRIAN POWELL

ACROSS

1 Decides 5 Imperfecti­ons 10 Asiatic weight 14 Buggy driver’s control 15 Singer Manilow 16 Not busy 17 Vehicles-mashing contest 20 Musical set in Buenos Aires 21 Luke and Leia’s ally 22 Foil alternativ­es 23 Duct tape expert Green 24 Anonymous surname 26 Wheat, e.g. 28 Source of slag 32 Shrill scream 35 Colourful tinge 36 Create eggs 37 What a dhoti covers 38 Spain’s Costa del ___ 39 Dull yellow-green 41 Car loan terms, initially 42 Cloister sister 43 Scottish teacakes 44 Take-down team 48 Forms a puddle 49 Have a malady 50 “Fat farm” 53 Dilly 55 Wallop 57 Shoestring­s 59 Practical joker’s buys 62 Pentathlet­e’s weapon 63 Rack up debts 64 Additive to some tissues 65 Bad driver’s yell 66 Like shepherd’s pie 67 Tenant’s monthly payment

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1 Opposite of chaos 2 Vex 3 Not exactly outgoing 4 Terror of a tyke 5 US Justice Dept. div. 6 Turners’ tools 7 “Figaro” solo 8 Unlawful 9 Ant.’s antonym 10 Old Dad’s Day gift 11 “Fight or flight” hormone (var.) 12 It flows through Hamburg 13 Pasture lands, archaicall­y 18 Tureen accessorie­s 19 Highly prized 25 Choice tree for squirrels 27 Repent of 28 Recycling container 29 Sandal strap 30 Batman’s hideaway 31 Watchful pair 32 Unhurried 33 One type of frost 34 Vietnamese spring roll ingredient 38 Florida asset, weatherwis­e 39 Peacock tail spots 40 Really underhande­d 42 Zero, to FIFA 43 Part of an Asian nation 45 Deep gulch 46 Traditiona­l Japanese zither 47 Tennis racket strings, once 50 Doctor’s office fixture 51 Argentine dictator until 1955 52 Strong point 53 Burger meat 54 ‘86 BC world’s fair 56 One of the founders of Cuzco 58 Culture lab gel 60 Hard to make out 61 Turn on the waterworks

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