Ottawa Citizen

CANADIAN CROSSWORD

- ADRIAN POWELL

ACROSS 1 Tiny 6 Talk with a gravelly voice 10 Surgeon’s work attire 14 Bird of prey’s digs 15 Zatopek of Olympic running fame 16 Kauai’s neighbour 17 Bedtime bonbons from Basel, perhaps 20 Skinny strip 21 Food source for a squirrel 22 Minute 23 Smallish amphibians 25 Church sanctuary area 27 Barcelona brunch, say 34 Sister’s duds 35 Violin container 36 Ma Baxter of “The Yearling” 37 Wellinform­ed about 38 Very manly 40 Herd members from the veldt 41 Tiny amount 42 Homer’s brainy kid 43 Lunar visitor of July, ‘69 44 Something Scandinavi­an in your spaghetti 48 Skinsoothi­ng botanical additive 49 Caterpilla­r’s lunch 50 Site of a big, white tomb 52 Large predatory river fish 53 Pound, the poet 57 Montpellie­r meal starter 61 Oxy’s target 62 Moscow’s 1462-1505 leader, ___ the Great 63 Repent 64 S. African settler 65 Canape spread 66 S. English county

DOWN 1 Chatter cheekily 2 Cry weakly 3 “Figaro” piece for one 4 Eavesdrop 5 Article used in Amiens 6 Go over old ground 7 Frantic way to run 8 As actually written 9 Gp. that signed the ‘93 Mideast Accord 10 Smallish, pointy beard 11 Granola tidbits 12 Cheesemaki­ng byproduct 13 Xi preceders 18 Boot camp beds 19 Stocking material 24 In the peak of condition 25 Hong Kong housemaid 26 Philippine­s pittance 27 Closes 28 Fleshy tropical fruit 29 Digs, so to speak 30 14th. cent. philosophe­r William of ___ 31 Isles east of Fiji 32 Harlot (archaic) 33 Prop for Gauguin 38 Soybeanbas­ed soup 39 Queens, NY tennis stadium 40 Talkative gatherings 42 Amethyst hue 43 Planned touchdown hour, briefly 45 Sock mender 46 “Seinfeld” lady who really couldn’t dance 47 Atmospheri­c (pref.) 50 Bowed, to a person with a strad. 51 Thing handed down from your parents 52 Biting midge 54 Places that may allow petting 55 Ancient character 56 The top 57 Awesome, briefly 58 Pelvic bone’s locale 59 Fertility clinic’s stock 60 Stirling rejection

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