Ottawa Citizen

CANADIAN CROSSWORD

- ADRIAN POWELL

ACROSS 1 Messages from the sponsor 4 Add ammo 10 Sloth’s hang-out 14 Subdivisio­n portion 15 Large, devastated Syrian city 16 Wriggly and slithery. 17 Brain tissue, slangily 19 More than plentiful 20 Name to a post 21 Exaggerate­d story 23 Counsels, quaintly 25 Floats atilt 28 “Enterprise” journey 31 Bacardi product 33 Admit 34 Folk lore’s Van Winkle 35 Wipe off the map 37 Team that has always made the Olympic basketball podium 38 Tram car 39 “That’ll be ___ day!” 40 640 acres 42 For all eterne 43 Bridal veil material 44 Neonicotin­oid victim, perhaps 45 Chances 46 Visionarie­s 47 Underhande­d sort 50 Proficienc­y exam 52 Tell tales 56 Greek salad essential 58 Came to Canada for good 61 In one’s golden years 62 Slender leg bone 63 Like a lot of geezers 64 Prone to prying 65 Falsely incriminat­es 66 Go about one’s trade DOWN 1 Giant kelp, for one 2 Small village 3 Tiny piece of ballet 4 Asian fabric fibreyield­ing plant 5 Serengeti antelope 6 Unabomber mailing of 1978 7 Make a choice 8 Mimic, thoughtles­sly 9 Cod fishing craft, once 10 Pit bull, for one 11 Had one’s rank restored 12 Fairy’s cousin 13 Something a patch might cover 18 NYC part 22 Where to get a strike 24 Besmirches 26 Gave 10% to the church 27 Demonstrat­es contempt 28 Puts faith in 29 Slightly bawdy 30 Dress uniform adornments 32 Thousandth anniversar­y 35 Metalbeari­ng rock 36 Something a golfer sticks in the ground 38 Twist of hair 41 “So soon?” 45 Gumbo morsel 48 Sharp-eyed soarer 49 Richly embroidere­d tapestry 51 Argument 53 On the pinnacle 54 Expose a secret 55 White water swirl 56 Adoring supporter 57 A braggart has a big one 59 Salyut 7 successor 60 Midmanagem­ent deg.

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