CANADIAN CROSSWORD

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1 Author John Ralston ___ 5 Specialized police unit 9 Sabre’s relative 13 East end of the church, usually 14 La Toya’s older brother 15 Has down pat 16 Forcible takeaway zone? 18 S-shaped mouldings 19 Painful to the touch 20 Use a swizzle stick 22 Witches’ assembly 25 In support of 27 On the less windy side 31 One way to get noticed at the laundromat? 34 Make lace 35 Fishy delicacy 36 Adidas purchase of ‘11 37 Pertaining to the ankle bone 40 Canada’s system of measurements 41 Advertiser’s lure 42 Tail end of a rum cocktail 43 “We ___ it!” 45 Apt behaviour for architect Frank Lloyd, perhaps? 49 Chatty black bird 50 Farrier’s material 51 Tripmeter button 52 Ancient Andean 54 Robber’s haul 56 Gerrusi of “The Beachcombers” 59 Bunch that prepares the Christmas gifts? 64 Extend one’s subscription 65 Dryer trap material 66 Holy Israeli city, to Baha’is 67 Imitated 68 Turfs 69 French fries sprinkling, often

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1 Tool with teeth 2 Easter’s mth., often 3 Treat shabbily 4 Reduce the amount 5 Night time twinkler 6 S.O.S. Pad material 7 Declined to go fast 8 Raises one’s glass to 9 Monument artisan 10 “The TellTale Heart”’ author 11 Woolly headed female 12 The start of something 15 Food for a Vancouver otter, apparently! 17 Secret Chinese society 21 Legalese adverb 22 112lb, in the UK. 23 Gift of gab 24 Ascorbic acid or niacin 26 Really steamed feeling 28 Urges behind the drive to mate 29 Habitat destruction, e.g. 30 Spidersighting yell 32 Almost hysterical 33 On CPP, for short 38 Won back 39 Lah’s musical lead-in 40 Where most of BC lies 41 Pond on a Welsh hillside 42 E’en if 44 Part of every e-mail address 46 Deep water fish nets 47 Old naval quaff 48 Tiny, bright fish 53 This instant 55 Decides upon 56 Feminist’s fuel for a fire 57 Dem.’s U.S. rival 58 Small French article 60 Spanish river 61 Starchy Andean veggie 62 Web site’s address, briefly 63 The Jetsons’ Astro, for one