Ottawa Citizen

CANADIAN CROSSWORD

- ADRIAN POWELL

ACROSS

1 Spot that’s abuzz with activity 5 Cobblers’ gizmos 9 Greyhound terminal 14 Second hand 15 “Beat it!” 16 Kramden of “The Honeymoone­rs” 17 Stick together 18 Stocking option 19 Banded quartz 20 Ward, June, Wally, and Theodore 23 Hot weather drink, slangily 24 Forever, seemingly 25 Jumpy 28 The old Iran 30 Jeanne d’Arc, e.g. 31 Versifier’s “above” 32 Sideshow artist whose act might stick with you? 36 Something ranis can wrap themselves in 39 The Depression ___ 40 Well used conjunctio­ns 41 Hatchet men? 46 Opponent 47 Lottery selections, for short 48 Fully developed 52 Final purpose 54 Reptiles on a sarcophagu­s, perhaps 56 Red Chamber mbr. 57 Sharplooki­ng footwear? 60 Relay race hand-off 62 Velocirapt­or’s weapon 63 One of Isaac’s twins 64 Unassisted 65 Bank of Canada’s concern 66 Pear-shaped instrument 67 What Oil Sands oil ends up being 68 Where Putin was born 69 Zoomed off

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1 Lug nuts’ covering 2 Tristan’s beloved 3 Thin wood overlay 4 Classic work in Old Norse 5 Southern African spear 6 “___ am I?” 7 Idly hangs around 8 Aldous Huxley’s hallucinog­en 9 One who gets the dregs out 10 Sacred bird, to some 11 Minimize 12 Make a decision 13 Mack-knife separator 21 Conceited 22 Nuisance still in the closet 26 Turned right, for an equestrian 27 Blunders 29 Nonfat milk 30 The sun, for one 33 A lot of Ott. employees 34 Afore 35 Hops grower’s kiln 36 Place to stash your valuables 37 Nerve fibre 38 Church organist’s selection 42 Like printer paper 43 Sushi serving 44 Authorize 45 Somewhat impulsive 49 Consumes completely 50 Feel empathy 51 Followed as a result 53 Make reparation­s 54 Geography reference 55 Facts and figs. 58 Common hosiery hue 59 Symbols of slipperine­ss 60 Soft, Scottish bun 61 PM Bhutto of the ‘70s

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