CANADIAN CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Tiara 7 Pester incessantly 10 Playthings 14 Bassett of “Malcolm X” 15 Siding material 17 Fills personnel vacancies 18 Critical point in time 19 Chair-raising Jewish dance 20 Body wrap site 22 Indian social tier 23 “Mask” star 25 Black, in poetry circles 27 Saguaros and such 30 Atwood and Saul, e.g. 35 Socially distant 36 Bon Jovi equipment 37 Pooch originating in Northern China 38 Captain Morgan’s drink 39 Dunk 42 Fire 43 Spread used on bread 45 Basic type of seaman 46 Mythical child-eating monster 48 Minerals found in a tub 50 Comedian Butt from Tisdale 51 Act out in silence 52 Fly effortlessly 54 Raise a glass to 57 Paycheck source 58 Opposed, in the sticks 62 Conspicuous wealth 65 Elaborately decorated 67 Bullfighters 68 Impressive golf scores 69 Severe setback 70 Dorothy, for short 71 Cooks clams, maybe

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1 Morse code T 2 Disappears ___ thin air 3 Algae-based lab gel 4 In actuality 5 Shoemaker’s fairy tale aide? 6 Billiard shot that curves the cue ball 7 One of the Californias 8 Northern fisherman’s knife, perhaps 9 Six-shooter 10 1912 luxury liner 11 Serious obligation 12 Mongolian abode 13 Hook’s henchman 16 Starship Enterprise physician 21 Introductory statement 24 ‘60s stereo setup 25 Trattoria brew 26 What McCartney played 27 Chocolatelike legume 28 Vincent’s “BeBop-___” (1956) 29 Blitzen’s colleague 31 Refine some ore 32 Publicly humiliate 33 Ricin, for one 34 Blood and tears partner 40 Milady’s address 41 Third-largest Italian island 44 Rule electricians follow 47 Adapt some music 49 Positioned 53 Double reed winds 54 Unknown Soldier’s place 55 Whitish gemstone, often 56 What a crank once started 57 Witticism 59 Festive affair

60 Bit of news 61 Eliot the “Untouchable” 63 Signal to an auctioneer 64 __-Magnon Man 66 Gerbil’s big cousin