CANADIAN CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Any flick from the 40s 6 Old music system 10 Smidgen 14 Lilliputian 15 One of TV’s Cartwrights 16 Wonderland bird 17 Nickname of Charles, federal leader and expert in plastic boxes? 19 Auto seen in “M*A*S*H” 20 Major Yorkshire river that often floods 21 John Belushi character 23 Tavern missile 25 All-American dessert 28 Isis or Osiris 29 Moose Jaw’s Linkletter 30 Nickname of William, WWII chief and dabbler in zoology? 34 Sapphire, e.g. 35 Quite aware of 36 Poem composed of quotations 37 Nice thing to get a hole in 38 Auto Co. that made the ‘31 Royale Victoria 39 Snagged, so to speak 41 “...man river, ___ ol’ man river” 42 Namibia native, maybe 44 Popular Canadian bar 45 Washington’s 2010’s “The Book of ___” 46 Nickname of Paul, national figure and fast car lover? 48 Guanabara Bay’s city 49 Procedure 50 Detroit-N.Y. dir. 51 ‘72 Wimbledon tennis champ Smith 52 “The Mikado” prop 56 Gp. that includes Albania since ‘09 58 Ham radio word 59 Nickname of John, federal bigwig and pianist’s assistant? 64 Turtle’s turf 65 Form of acetylacetone 66 Country town VIP 67 Targets for a ram 68 Coal deposit 69 Altars’ areas
DOWN
1 Justin lives here, briefly 2 Small Moldovan coin 3 Behaviour 4 Two cents’ worth 5 Looks over 6 Go a-chopping 7 Cybill’s 2nd TV hubby 8 Yuletide evergreens 9 Far more than just a cold snap 10 Deem 11 Old Afrikaans speaker 12 Thing to think about 13 Safari helmet 18 Express discontent 22 New Brunswick city 23 Buddhist container of relics, used in meditation 24 Indoor event locations 26 Intrigued by 27 Arrogance cousin 30 Czech Republic coins 31 Background sounds 32 Home of Venezia 33 Whimsical idea 39 Finally understands 40 Face in a particular way 43 In the direction of 44 What ___ the chances? 47 Near-sighted folk 51 Common throat complaint, for short 52 Francis, currently 53 Swear up and down 54 Russo of “Nightcrawler” 55 Rural thoroughfare 57 Migraine portent 60 Tiny west Indian state 61 City tree with “helicopter” seeds 62 ‘Tis the night before Christmas 63 One’s digs, briefly