Ottawa Citizen

CANADIAN CROSSWORD

- ADRIAN POWELL

ACROSS 1 Zion Ntl. Park home 5 Zodiac crustacean 9 Scotland’s old capital 14 It runs CFB Esquimalt 15 St. Peter has one at St. Peter’s 16 Where Yellowston­e is, partly 17 Gizmo for measuring how many words leave your mouth? 19 Athlete’s foot 20 Trouser leg datum 21 More piquant 23 One dir. to go in France 24 Sorento auto maker 26 Porridge bit, perhaps 27 Something for a globetrott­ing, irritating biter? 33 ‘52 Hope/ Crosby destinatio­n 36 Great big barrel 37 Printing equipment 38 Banded chalcedony 39 ___ John, NB 42 Tropical cuckoos 43 Closest to the centre 45 First thing in the water, usually 46 More than 50% 47 Something to hold when arriving on a backwoods runway? 51 “Rubber Ball” singer Bobby ___ 52 Foot-pound fraction 53 Main sign of August 56 Rap period 60 Waters off Turkey 62 Tiny type size 63 Exits with hidden tricky steps, perhaps? 66 Aussie tennis great Rod 67 Leah’s third son (Bibl.) 68 Charles’ younger sis 69 Swell condition? 70 What revengesee­kers get 71 End of term challenge DOWN 1 Get the tangles out 2 Mountain ponds 3 Tar’s yell 4 Overpublic­ize 5 Pharmacist­s, to Brits 6 Snitcher 7 Barley product 8 Asian greyhound’s kin 9 Indy service break 10 Correct poor wording 11 Sari-clad royal 12 You, biblically 13 Often picturesqu­e frosty covering 18 Swift shark 22 Do more than nibble 25 Turquoise relative 27 All shook up 28 Volts or metres 29 Freddie the Freeloader, e.g. 30 Where the MGM Grand was 31 Lady they adored in Memphis 32 “Hey! Over here.” 33 Pasta making dir. 34 Fashion designer Sui 35 “Coal Miner’s Daughter” singer 40 Quaver, e.g. 41 Hard-shelled critter 44 Saint-Tropez site 48 Trinity’s movie friend 49 Not rough 50 Like a good Scotch 53 Africa’s Sierra ___ 54 Rakes in 55 It’s a start 56 Liquidatio­n special 57 “Oh, God!” mildly 58 Stash some cash 59 Flute feature 61 Capricorn’s symbol 64 Pastor’s abbr. 65 “___ only just begun”

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