Ottawa Citizen

CANADIAN CROSSWORD

- ADRIAN POWELL

ACROSS

1 Designed for two 5 Aussie aboriginal, in a non-PC way 8 “The Frog and the Ox” writer 13 Open a shirt 15 One who makes wages from wagers 17 Hyperglyce­mia sufferer 18 Ultimate conclusion 19 Seriously sincere 21 One of the gang 22 Phrase repeated in “The King and I” 25 Early December zodiac sign 28 Interstell­ar unit 30 Ominous loop 31 Ruined 32 Scatterbra­ins 36 October’s stone 37 “Doc Zone” network 38 Shoot-out at ten paces 39 Motherly 42 With a tart tongue 44 21 sq. km. Pacific Island nation 45 Indigenous 46 Veggies from Lima, alternatel­y 50 On top of, in rhyme 51 “The Godfather” actor Vigoda 52 Back-fence yowlers 54 Osaka’s island 57 Go farther than 61 Staple gun’s cousin 62 Padded footstools 63 Scottish lord 64 “The One,” in a 1999 65 Large, threetoed Aussies

DOWN

1 Lemon of a firework 2 Corn lead-in 3 Caravan member’s attire 4 Grease job 5 Opposites do it 6 Sound of a spring 7 Very occasional­ly 8 Thief’s aide 9 A dog’s age and then some 10 Unlaid lawn 11 Congo rain forest ruminant 12 Seasoned meat and rice dish (var) 14 Thistle-like plant 16 The usual pipe joint shapes 20 Stiff upper lip type 22 English Derby town 23 Polynesian cloth made from bark 24 Zagreb native 26 Wildfire leftover 27 Amend for a second time 29 Mum 33 Radio tech’s concern 34 Probe deeply 35 More sneaky 37 Premaratho­n food, briefly 40 “Call Me Maybe” singer Carly ___ Jepsen 41 Nourish 42 Orange-red dye used in cheeses 43 Fidel or Raul 46 Bangkok coin 47 One sank the “Lusitania” 48 Eurasian carp cousin 49 Like a 30 degree angle 53 Not different 55 Some old Jamaican music 56 Feathered layer? 58 “China Beach” locale, briefly 59 African plains herbivore 60 What’s on Supergirl’s chest?

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