CANADIAN CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Stone revered in China 5 Mekong River country 9 Eternal City resident 14 Touched down 15 Go bananas: run ___ 16 Kane of “All My Children” 17 Stash at the back of the lingerie department? 20 6th sense 21 Dressmaker’s need 22 Jan’s forerunner 23 Co. that pioneered 45 RPM. records 24 Laos locale 26 Comic strip possum 27 Resource that’s plummeted in value 28 Oldies that remind you of bygone periods? 32 Puzzling organic compound 33 Dumbo’s “wing” 34 Stan Getz played one 35 In pretty good shape 37 Absolutely marvy 39 French textile city 43 Tip for a calligrapher 45 “Pardonnez___!” 47 Before you know it 48 Sub-par CAA service offerings, maybe? 53 More time than you can imagine 54 Renaissance fair drink 55 Dundee damsel 56 Giant US LD co. 57 “Then what...?” 58 Exterminator’s frequent target 59 Big flightless bird 62 Be loyal to one’s wildebeests? 66 Frighteningly strange 67 Wrestling surfaces 68 Ely’s river 69 Bleak, to Blake 70 Just makes out 71 Makes a choice

DOWN

1 Prank 2 “___ Well that Ends...” 3 Full-toned organ stop 4 And more of the same, briefly 5 Lip-like 6 Word at a service 7 “Gosh!” 8 Bombardier’s 1959 invention 9 Sea creature used in jewellery 10 Top of some sceptres 11 Source of reflection 12 Gum Arabic tree 13 Twangy tones 18 Huge screen production 19 Title for Ethiopia’s emperor 25 Quiet 26 Giza attraction 28 Rendezvoused with 29 One for Pedro 30 Clumsy brute 31 Survives 36 Creator of metal cutting tools 38 Marley from Jamaica 40 Chill, so to speak 41 Near sea level 42 Small dashes, in printing 44 Butt of “Corner Gas” 46 Sick situation 48 Kidded around 49 More torrid 50 In one piece 51 Antenna cover 52 Acts on a gut feeling? 58 Pay-to-play amount 60 Is obliged to 61 Utilizes 63 “Three Days of the Condor” org. 64 Furniture material 65 Something an infant might say