CANADIAN CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Sure-footed work animal 4 Tequila ingredient 9 Recurring idea 14 Contend (for) 15 Wind chime sounds 16 Use the dining room table, perhaps 17 Termite’s cousin 18 Be victorious 20 Beach predators 22 Where a bangle may dangle 23 Grade sixer, usually 24 TV co-star of Coleman and Plato 25 Visiting dignitary’s “get to know us” routine 31 Venus de Milo’s lack 34 Tunnelling pest 35 Timon’s T 36 Falsehood 37 Saintly quality 39 Caterer’s coffee container 40 Part of “Othello” 41 Wiry 42 Atomic core 43 Quick chickencooking method 48 Bit of cheer? 49 Go back in 53 Horatian verse form 55 Air from under the balcony 56 It falls mainly on the plain 58 ___ diem 59 Ruhr Valley centre 60 Whiteboard stand 61 Wellgrounded Australian avian 62 Some pomes 63 Jittery 64 Martial arts rating

DOWN

1 “Stop!” to the mate 2 Musclebone connection 3 Stiff hairs, technically 4 Get used (to) 5 Soccer’s keeper 6 Knee-high’s shorter cousin 7 Vivacious twosome 8 Quick guess, for short 9 Like TV’s Ninja Turtles 10 Network troublemaker 11 Abbr. for the “rest of the team” 12 The tempestuous Tyson 13 ChicagoMontreal dir. 19 Not quite 21 Precious little things 26 Revise for the better 27 Negative adverb 28 Embroidery accessories’ case 29 Marquess’ inferior 30 Adjust a fiddle 31 Cry for “poor Yorick” 32 Affluent 33 Carpal or tarsal starter 37 Mate of a very showy bird 38 First name of M and Q’s creator 41 Intros 42 Madonna’s ex 44 Danish dollars 45 Turkey preference 46 Homes for huge hawks 47 With great enthusiasm 50 Secured the gift wrapping 51 Serious fluid retention 52 Summer TV offering, often 53 Move very gingerly 54 Tilting tower town 55 Wing statistic 56 One’s good name, for short 57 Adriatic, e.g.