Ottawa Citizen

CANADIAN CROSSWORD

- ADRIAN POWELL

ACROSS

1 Update an atlas 6 Versatile blackjack card 9 Ph.D. exams, at times 14 Studio warning 15 Goal for a hole 16 Dying stars, perhaps 17 One of 44A 19 Opposite of “’tis” 20 Something to make barrels from 21 Bosc or McIntosh 22 Measuremen­ts of capacitanc­e 23 Top ranking, often 24 Egoyan or Cronenberg, e.g. 25 Plato’s “T” 26 Ova that are never over? 31 Lavatory fixture 32 Big Internet portal 33 Don’s underling 34 Like the grey mare 35 Sobey’s dept. 39 “Coming attraction­s” ad 42 Encourage 44 Breakfast, for many 48 Yes, to the skipper 49 Plump 50 Spectacle frames 51 Viking, at times 53 Home to thousands of Norwegians 54 Party invitation encl. 57 Saxophone type 58 26A, basically 60 Ouzo flavouring 61 Twilight time, to Tennyson 62 Rock and cigar extensions 63 Royal saree buyer, maybe 64 WNW opposite 65 Rodeo rope

DOWN

1 Toga, essentiall­y 2 Hydroxyl group compound 3 Hurt badly 4 Not feel well 5 Place before 6 Missing links 7 Tweety’s home 8 Wee bit of energy 9 Michigan’s neighbour 10 Sound of approval? 11 Fly a plane 12 Horsedrawn four-wheeler 13 Prearrange­s 18 Krispy Kreme offering 22 Porgy and bass 23 Slanted 24 Group of two 26 List- finishing abbr. 27 “Can you ___ little faster?” 28 Con (var.) 29 Dental floss material 30 Evades 34 Skip over 36 Noggin exam, for short 37 Captain’s record 38 Useful connection­s 40 Ring noncombata­nt 41 Sharif who played Yuri in “Doctor Zhivago” 42 Handy 43 Put in a new kitchen, e.g. 44 Tooth build-up 45 African scavenger 46 Restrain 47 Like grizzlies 52 Medicinal quantity 53 What assayers assay 54 Pepper and Snorkel, for short 55 Matures, like wine 56 PetroCanad­a rival 58 Profession­al’s charge 59 When the flight’s expected, briefly

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