CANADIAN CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Little darlings 6 Keeps occupied 12 Slow boil 13 Scientific temperature units 14 Tonga, Vanuatu and Hawaii 16 Big Canadian communications name 17 More than goes bad 18 Made acquisitions 19 Teen trauma 20 Change chairs 22 Bout stopper, for short 23 Classic cocktail 28 India’s colonial “masters” 30 Soviet attack sub 31 What bullies call plump people 33 Hollywood hopeful’s hope 36 Ginza fashion accessories 37 Philosophy that deals with yin and yang 38 Hickory smoked fast food choice 42 Saharan reptile 45 Lassie’s breed 46 “Hard Road to Glory” writer 47 Ski-lodge feature, often 50 Popular canned fish 51 Swiss district 53 Elizabeth Taylor’s classic horse movie 56 Speak really clearly 57 Look up to 58 Ants, archaically 59 Smallish marsh ducks

DOWN

1 Indicative of the underlying problem 2 Ed Sullivan, notably 3 Mid-Eastern VIP 4 Umps’ close kin 5 Hindu honorific 6 Guinea pig, in a way 7 “Ain’t that the truth!” 8 Senora Peron 9 Compete on “American Idol” 10 Dismantle 11 Attentiongetting hiss 12 Nimoy’s famous role 13 Booth in the mall 15 Salad garnish 16 Stool pigeon 20 Umbrella parts 21 Feodor I, II and III 23 What Horton heard 24 Skedaddle, to the Bard 25 A lot of Renaissance artists 26 Mork’s craft, maybe 27 Male bighorn 29 Part of CAA 31 Watch chain 32 Timbuktu garb, maybe 33 Solomonlike 34 Oft-stubbed digit 35 Stuff with global coverage 37 Old Bailey event 39 Still lit 40 Takes the edge off 41 They’re up in arms 43 Juvenile porker 44 Animal enclosure 46 Smithy’s fixture 47 Antiquated knife 48 What a briber greases 49 Fermi’s fascination 51 Give up territory 52 Orson’s wife in “Desperate Housewives” 54 Barman’s rocks 55 Winery vessel