CANADIAN CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Stubble remover 6 Your pad, for short 9 Swindler’s scheme 13 Peace branch 14 Moose kin 16 Spectacles’ perch 17 Northern Cross bright spot 18 Bit of film 19 Old Greek character 20 Wrestling move that’s absolutely unbearable? 23 “Lay off, already!” 24 Criticize constantly 25 Words from the sponsors 28 Nail holder 29 Turned to a life of crime 33 Musical syllables 35 Ferrigno of “The Incredible Hulk” 36 Rajah’s lady 37 Accidentally ate the drill? 41 Scary sounding lake? 42 Long feathered scarf 43 “To clarify...” 44 Neural junction 46 Tie the knot 48 Russian author Tolstoy 49 Big name in lighters 50 Assay samples 52 Country event where prizes are given for the best tree? 60 Whistle blast 61 Ancient castle, often 62 Writer/actor Allen 63 Some time in the past 64 Scratched (out) 65 Royal Gala, for one 66 Real quagmire 67 Plural ending, often 68 Agreeable words
DOWN
1 Came on horseback 2 “Family Ties” character 3 It’s galvanizing 4 CBer’s signoffs 5 Courtroom comeback 6 The Food Channel staple 7 40’s “Phantom Lady” star Raines 8 “SNL” offering 9 Laughed derisively 10 Where to keep your chickens 11 ___ Spumante wine 12 Ornery 15 Lose control on the road 21 Murmur like lovers 22 Mom’s mom, to the kids 25 Stubborn equines 26 Bride’s gift to the husband 27 Whacked, so to speak 29 Valhalla resident, maybe 30 Cacophonous biblical tower 31 Licorice flavoured plant 32 “What he said.” 34 What mutts might suffer from 35 Actor Nicholas of “The X-Files” 38 Not wellknown 39 Sorrow 40 Hernando had one 45 Webcam’s output 46 Battle injuries 47 Mess up 51 Incline 52 Cyclotron traveller 53 Left the building 54 “Arabian Nights” birds 55 Skywalker of “Star Wars” 56 No-win situations? 57 Fancy dressers 58 One kind of chatter 59 Jim Beam and Wild Turkey offerings