CANADIAN CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Reggae pioneer Peter ___ 5 More degrading 10 Alternately 14 Anchored out of the gale 15 iPhone producer 16 Look sullen 17 Tall tale teller 18 Event that requires a lot of labour 20 Face lift, for example 22 Sign of an allergy 23 Lustful 24 Waver on the brink 26 Basketball game venue 28 Pooh’s wise friend 29 “Anywhere but here” acronym 31 Watermelon-smashing sound

35 Fix once and for all? 37 Intl. freetrade org. that includes Laos, Brunei and Thailand 39 Stoned 40 Upbeat, in music 42 Volcanic emissions, usually 44 Item a driver uses for support 45 1991’s Desert ___ 47 Jane who wrote “Pride and Prejudice” 49 Come clean 52 Kitchen sink material 53 Bristling with firepower 58 Change, in a way 59 Agora portico 60 St. John’s ___ (herbal remedy) 61 Christopher Robin’s creator 62 Busy month on the Riviera 63 Things bachelors will have studied 64 Trod the boards 65 Saturates

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1 Bath powder mineral 2 Mishmash 3 Beach souvenirs 4 Solitary type 5 Germs 6 Genus of bugs that enjoys apples and beans and cotton etc. 7 ___ & Span cleanser 8 Right-angled shapes 9 Trim down 10 Introductory quotation 11 Sophia of “Two Women” 12 Indian classic, “Kama ___” 13 One kind of alcohol 19 Milling byproducts 21 Equally divided 24 Standard wear at the forum 25 Large, ornate pitcher 26 Crosswise, shipwise 27 Handknotted Scandinavian rugs

30 RC. prelate’s title (abbr.) 32 Pinky piggy? 33 ‘58 Pulitzer author James 34 Back in those days 36 Differs in one’s opinion 38 Straightened up 41 Dry-wall supports 43 Winter wild bird treat

46 Kia 4-door mid-size car 48 Teeter-totter 49 Mullah’s decree 50 Goof-up 51 Like Mensa members 52 Used a flashlight 54 Concerned with the ear 55 Pinball no-no 56 Promote strongly 57 Milliner’s creations