CANADIAN CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Focus of many a church 5 Rocket launch site 8 Fidel’s Cuban friend, once 11 Slices off 12 Underwater tank 14 Take a long bath 15 Throngs 17 Primordial sludge 18 ___ Lanka 19 Austrian town, maybe 20 Kerchief 22 Score 24 The Mesozoic was a long one 25 Warning signals 26 Remove paint 30 Editorial change 33 Ottawa’s Aykroyd 34 Peace symbols 35 Previously in poetry 36 Pleased with oneself 38 The way the she blows, sometimes 39 Dramatic intro 41 Last place, in sports standings 45 Taiwanese capital 46 Cornea locale 47 Gets out of bed 48 Ancient Mexican 50 Starbucks freebies 51 Major US broadcaster 54 Stuck-up type 55 Chili con carne morsel 58 Jackson 5 original 59 Old Greek performing arts site 60 King Mongkut’s kids’ tutor, familiarly 61 Junk mail, usually 62 ___’wester 63 Escalator segment

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1 Poor box contents 2 Teem cats and dogs 3 Home with staggered floors 4 “Is,” to Ovid 5 Plump 6 Saperstein who founded the Harlem Globetrotters 7 ññ ñ ñ ñ 8 Short-order pro 9 Indistinct 10 Barely squeeze by 12 Daredevil acts 13 Bowed in a ladylike manner 14 Sub’s apparatus 16 Candytuft plant 21 Cannonball’s trajectory 23 “___ Only Just Begun” 25 Cropped up 27 Pre-adult 28 Austrian Nobel physicist Wolfgang ___ 29 Defensive lineman 31 Sheena Easton’s real last name 32 Elementary massless particle 34 Winter solstice mo. 36 Scarlett O’Hara’s maid 37 It might end up tied 40 Knight’s fair lady 42 Release 43 It’s a yes from your mate 44 Figger 47 Wood that wears well in water 48 Droughtstricken 49 Sign of acne 52 Scourge 53 Break in half 54 Sch. bake sale sponsor, often 56 Marriage vow words 57 Undergrad. degs.