CANADIAN CROSSWORD

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1 Trail off 4 Knock on, as a door 9 Butcher’s scraps 14 Shout in The House 15 Venus neighbour 16 Punk rock, to some 17 Oft pierced body part 18 Yann Martel’s 2001 blockbuster novel 20 World’s tallest building locale 22 Whitewall or radial 23 Trueheart of “Dick Tracy” 24 Vale Canada, before ‘06 26 Comedian Laurel 28 Ludlum’s last novel (with “The”) 33 Really steamed feeling 34 Tire holder 35 Sell to the public 38 Life or death 41 Mars’ lack 43 Underlayer of skin 44 In the current condition 46 Hot French drink 48 Wander (about) 49 Elleston Trevor’s 1977 science fiction thriller (with “The”) 53 Brie’s Dutch cousin 54 “Sooty” bird 55 Australian flag feature 58 Friends and acquaintances 60 Desert havens 64 Heston’s ‘71 movie based on Richard Matheson’s “I am Legend” 67 Eggs, in a clinic 68 Pleasant smell 69 State one’s mind 70 Word the net judge yells 71 Gamete producer 72 Splinter groups 73 Assay specimen, hopefully

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1 Viewed 2 Suitor 3 Catty comment 4 Back of the eye 5 “I see!” 6 University of South Africa setting 7 Brynhild’s bro., in myth 8 Desire for water 9 Single unit 10 Small print below the text 11 Knotts character Barney ___ 12 Dangerous Middleeastern low-life 13 Hawaiian tourists’ neckwear 19 Terrible stink 21 Point accurately 25 Subject for EMT training 27 Sailed through a test 28 Hindu trinity member 29 Contracting eye part 30 “Understand?” 31 Skips over 32 Slowly, to Sibelius 36 Qom religious leader 37 Fill the hold 39 Scent therapy 40 Made things up 42 Steadily beating 45 Antivampire tool 47 Chi./Ott. dir. 50 Pals from Chihuahua 51 Bees that don’t sting 52 Cytoplasm material 55 Deer dad? 56 “Comin’ ___ the Rye” 57 Cosmological time span 59 Winners break it 61 Bass’ highlight, maybe 62 Now or in the future 63 Overstuff 65 Nuts 66 Syn. opposite, to Roget