Ottawa Citizen

CANADIAN CROSSWORD

- adrian powell

ACROSS

1 They may give a hoot 5 Spot of acne 8 One from Kandahar 14 Short-lived atomic particle 15 Ott.-Quebec City dir. 16 Search for food 17 Daring adventure 19 Broccoli cluster 20 Many a Bach compositio­n 21 Some old TV tubes 22 Parlour, often 24 Broadway’s “___ Miz.” 27 Reach one’s objective 28 Reservoir creator 31 Like draft beer 33 Current 36 Oath takers 39 Portuguese capital 40 Period of lost production 42 Handyman’s needs 43 Computer manager: ___Op 44 Tuna relative 47 Deceptivel­y cunning 48 Catcher’s mitt buyers 51 Dynamo inventor Michael ___ 54 Jumble 58 Swelling reducing aid 59 Roget’s books 60 Prioritizi­ng procedure 61 Warning hue 62 Nautical mile per hour 63 Smell and sight 64 Phrase the blushing bride might say 65 Move quite gingerly

DOWN

1 Gp. that can change the price of a barrel 2 Candle extinguish­er’s perk, often 3 Mad as a hatter 4 Gobble 5 Fervent fanatic 6 Use the Tab key 7 Type of 3-way junction 8 Insults blatantly 9 Manuscript sheet 10 Horse handler 11 Like a stone 12 “Permit Me Voyage” poet James 13 Clears after expenses 18 Low wall on a rampart 21 Tommyrot 23 Greek “T” 24 Oodles and oodles 25 Embassy gobetween 26 Stashes cargo 28 Carpenter’s grooves 29 Christmas Island, for one 30 Untidy 32 Barley beard 34 Cuttlefish cousin 35 Laurel and Hardy, e.g. 37 Chest protectors? 38 Like bars in old films 41 Ninja couple? 45 Reacted to bed bug bites 46 Ohio port 48 Rum-soaked desserts 49 Wise old maxim 50 Tomato plant supporter 51 Needs no alteration 52 Ten square chains 53 Bridle attachment 55 Popular canned fish

56 God who often takes a bow? 57 Timehonour­ed ceremony 59 Three, in combinatio­ns

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