Ottawa Citizen

canadian crossword

- Adrian powell

ACROSS

1 Lex Luthor’s associate 5 Major in astronomy? 9 Bugsquishi­ng noise 14 Home’smultipurp­ose area, often 16 Throw with difficulty 17 Advice from the dam builder? 19 Big name in glue 20 Japanesebo­rn Canadian 21 Pass out knives and guns 22 Pencil remnant 24 George Sand, ___Amantine Dupin 26 Monk’s monicker 29 Kentucky attraction that’s the largest in the world,for a rodent? 36 Elliptical 38 Slinky, basically 39 Middle East desert 40 Central points 41 Harts’ mates 43 Tiddlywink, e.g. 44 Patagonian plain 46 Big first for baby 47 Hoskins “Hook” role 48 What Cagney never said in any film 51 Lead character in“Salem’s Lot”? 52 “Sting like a bee” champion 53 Vezina trophy org. 55 Burro, basically 58 Skedaddle 62 Cry from the Alps 66 This will open a few applicatio­ns 69 Big city in the Red River delta 70 Ardour 71 Strongly encourage 72 Look over quickly 73 Coin aperture

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1 Stare 2 Chinese unit of weight 3 Mosque’s main man 4 Canadian artistic Group 5 Where Tell shot the apple 6 Unleavened bread from Bangalore 7 Habitual drinkers 8 Famous ___ cookies 9 SomeArab leaders 10 Green Giant morsel 11 Material of many cones 12 Solemnly affirm 13 Contract duration 15 Syringe contents, say 18 Cop’s route 23 “Brandenbur­g Concertos” composer 25 Alkali neutralize­rs 26 Famous ovine clone 27 Quarter round moulding 28 Asian Portuguese territory, once 30 Dampish 31 Like some toothpaste 32 More advanced in years 33 Pokemon genre 34 Flower containers 35 “Omigosh!” 37 Oscar winner Hunt 42 Spic’s partner 45 Sou’wester material 49 San Juan, Puerto ___ 50 Organs behind human sterna 54 “On Golden Pond” birds 55 Arthritic complaint 56 Leftover from getting refined 57 Bea stool pigeon 59 Takes out, in a way 60 Ear-related 61 Hyperion’s mythical sister 63 Affaire d’honneur 64 Husky rival 65 It comes before we forget 67 Murmur like a dove 68 Raptor of Norwegian fjords

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