CANADIAN CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Beasts that slither through N. Africa 5 Wimpy types 9 Long time to wait 13 Untanned hide 14 Freeze over 16 Vatican’s surroundings 17 Sit tight 18 Molokai colonist, decades ago 19 Scottish group 20 Where the Redblacks play, for short 21 Most mammals, right at the beginning 22 Beginning of part of New Zealand 24 Accomplished 25 Stashed away 27 Caravan critters 29 Heavy drinking spree 30 South American croc 32 Hooligan 33 Sail configuration that looks like a radio antenna 37 Thing attached to your shoulder 38 Minsk’s locale 39 Letter from Rhodes 40 Crossbreeds 42 Use a wooden spoon, maybe 43 Papal representative 44 Grieves for 46 Number 1 followed by 100 zeroes 48 Miserly type 49 Forty-cup coffee pot 50 Upset 52 Giant US LD co. 53 Age of Aquarius, for one 55 Fabricated 57 Fused pelvic bones 59 Speedskater’s path 60 Bear dance experts 61 Manipulate your baton 62 In this location 63 “Raid” target 64 Yells that might block a bill 65 Big Saharan antelope DOWN 1 Finish of dog from Lhasa 2 Notions about theatre backdrops? 3 Harlow and Monroe 4 Place that a few grunts might come from 5 Number two on the podium 6 Giant squid’s bailiwick 7 Exuberance 8 Canal that leads to the Red Sea 9 9-iron shot’s trajectory 10 Hunter’s companion 11 Spam, a lot of the time 12 Fires off 15 Common subject of this puzzle’s theme answers 21 Piece by Keats, maybe 23 Sends to Hades 26 Infamous bug killer 28 ___ tai cocktail 29 Pretty boring 30 Twerking, once 31 2.5% of the north forty 34 Landed gently 35 Planned tour outline 36 Large pike-like fishes 38 Archie Bunker, famously 41 Neither sml. nor lge. 42 Enormous shiner 45 Breakfast cereal grain 46 Bungle 47 Make a memorable speech 48 Wed 51 Minor chess piece 54 “A Clockwork Orange” narrator 56 Approx. fig. 58 Hush-hush VA. org. 59 “Well, whaddya know!”