Ottawa Citizen

CANADIAN CROSSWORD

- adrian powell

ACROSS

1 Thin wood strip 5 “The Lion King” effect 9 Make adjustment­s 14 Bounce off the walls? 15 “With the greatest of ___...” 16 Large, snouted Amazonian 17 Couch potato’s yell, maybe? 20 Electrical generator 21 Honshu’s former capital 22 “Do it or ___!” 23 Commuter’s option 25 Telecom giant split in ‘95 27 Many “Deck the Halls” syllables 28 “I’m not even going to think of answering that!” 34 Melon type 35 NHL great Patrick ___ 36 Double S-shaped molding 37 Pa 39 Dutch explorer Tasman 43 Slow-witted 46 Cornwallis Island settlement 49 “Don’t do it if you don’t have to!” 52 Opposition’s oft-repeated yell 53 ___ Mae (Whoopi’s Oscar role) 54 Where to get soaked 55 Pitcher’s stats. 57 Lend a hand 59 “Sorry about that!” 64 Beatles hit of ‘67 67 Vodka mixer 68 Really, really wicked 69 Transporta­tion fee 70 Roster of candidates 71 Lose one’s cool 72 Don’t leave

DOWN 1 Off colour 2 Needing Bengay, say 3 At that point 4 “Hava Nagila” dance 5 Reverberat­e 6 Common livestock feed grain 7 “Days of Grace” author Arthur 8 Further amend 9 Had some of the roast 10 Woman in cheap detective novels 11 Armstrong’s space program 12 Two-handed log cutter 13 Antarctica’s lack 18 Shelter, as in a cove 19 Spinning blade 24 Mambo movement 26 WBA decision 28 UN gp. concerned with pandemics 29 Greedy type 30 Start of a million 31 Like an unkempt lawn 32 Uttered obscenitie­s 33 Africa’s bushbuck 38 Crofter’s heating fuel 40 Sloppy Joe component 41 That sorta thing... 42 Marvin of “Cat Ballou” 44 “How was ___ know?” 45 Woman of refinement 47 Coal bucket 48 “Great!” 49 Soup can painter Andy 50 African pack animal 51 One kind of roll 52 What efts become 56 Petulant state 58 Egotistica­l performer 60 Kills, slangily 61 Ketch or yawl 62 Saintly glow 63 Squirrel’s nest 65 Embellish a cake 66 The Sun King, Louis ___

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