Ottawa Citizen

CANADIAN CROSSWORD

- ADRIAN POWELL

ACROSS

1 Stage disaster 5 Fail to stop on a dime 9 Your every day Canadian 14 Opera that premiered in Cairo 15 Monetary unit of Ghana 16 Where to play curling 17 Dorm fixtures 18 Soon, quaintly 19 Grain farm facilities 20 Gossip 23 Aid 26 Dashed off on foot 27 Use the LaZ-Boy 28 Combat zone 32 “... a man ___ mouse?” 33 Bald eagle’s European kin 34 Build an annex 38 Juicy gossip 40 Beet product 43 Macbeth’s witches, e.g. 44 Perfume compound, often 46 A hectare, say 48 Heavyweigh­t ring legend 49 Sidewinder­s 53 Yale student’s nickname 56 Brief payment pledge 57 Local diner 58 Steal steers 62 Very, to Vivaldi 63 Windsor or granny 64 Strong Greek libation 68 Uncompromi­sing 69 And others not mentioned 70 One with a drug problem 71 Giving the once-over 72 Take a bus 73 Fish container

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1 Groovy 2 Alter the facts 3 Far from normal 4 Over the hill 5 Disperses 6 Canterbury’s county 7 David Bowie was one 8 Moola, Mexicansty­le 9 “Jesus Christ Superstar” song 10 “I’m working ___!” 11 River deposits 12 Amoxicilli­n target 13 Change back to 0000 21 Where Crusoe ended up 22 Upsilon’s forerunner 23 Living quarters 24 Colourful Indian attire 25 Get under way 29 African herd member 30 Kinglike 31 Insecticid­e banned 45 years ago 35 Male mallard 36 Warship refueller 37 Clamorous 39 Thrice, in prescripti­ons 41 It follows you, but not me 42 Colonize again 45 Barrier, often 47 Way beyond merely fussy 50 Thing in the end of your shoe 51 Victuals, to an swagman 52 Went to a cafe 53 Use a rubber 54 Extremely passionate 55 Firstgener­ation Japanese 59 Small glacial pond 60 Dead against going pro? 61 Warty amphibian 65 S. Carolina’s location 66 Buddhist discipline 67 Mork’s birth place

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