Ottawa Citizen

CANADIAN CROSSWORD

- ADRIAN POWELL

ACROSS

1 Detail from a schematic 5 Matures, like wine 9 Spread apart 14 Bowed, to a person with a strad. 15 Give a darn 16 Make fun of 17 Lady with long, golden hair who’s enthralled by the talkin’ music of the Moonshine Bandits 20 Common article 21 Popular lighter brand 22 Natter 23 Kodiak, for one 25 Zorba’s homeland 28 Four wheel drive autos that constantly play New Orleans jazz 33 Inability to begin voluntaril­y movement 34 The last word in worship 35 Baron’s superior, briefly 36 Phoenix basketball­er 37 To each his ___

40 One of California’s Santas? 41 Really involved with 43 Stimulatin­g 45 Leftovers from an ABBA party, maybe? 49 Love affairs 50 Joke around

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51 Spot with “curative waters”, often 54 3-letter Subway order 55 Verbal witticism 56 Big, crustacean that tastes better when accompanie­d by AC/ DC music 63 Duck away from 64 True to life 65 “No problemo!” 66 Cause of bankruptcy 67 Ketch cousin 68 Brief bit of writing

1 Pouch on a possum 2 No amateur 3 French coin of the 30’s 4 Hold in check 5 Section section 6 ‘34s “The ___ Divorcee” 7 Blow it 8 Where wrecks might sit 9 Exterior house finish 10 Ballpoint, e.g. 11 Indolent 12 Using a clipper 13 Shrill bark 18 Crowds, proverbial­ly 19 Where to tie up your boat 23 Brief twopiece suit 24 Isn’t imaginary 25 Put on weight 26 Viral gene material 27 Bartok of film 28 Patron saint of Wales 29 Baton Rouge campus, briefly 30 On-line messages 31 Curdling substance 32 Slight hiccups 37 Celestial spheres 38 What suitors try to do 39 Real weirdo 42 Starchy Peruvian root crop 43 Auto financing abbr.

44 Big name in cowboy hats 46 Sherbrooke shadows 47 Team game played on horseback 48 Public uproar 51 Mower’s resting place 52 Surface a sidewalk 53 Yemeni, probably 55 Mobster’s miss 57 Malathion alternativ­e, once 58 Cheeky, green parrot 59 Minister of Justice’s area 60 Ring doc’s call, maybe 61 Have brunch 62 Pastrami sandwich base

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