CANADIAN CROSSWORD

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1 Birthday greeting, often 5 British bloke’s “Bye!” 9 Thing fluttering in the closet 13 Wreck beyond repair 14 Brockovich of film 15 Be of help 17 A Canadian pro football team 20 Sad state of affairs 21 Anger 22 Geology’s Paleozoic, for one 23 Edward, for short 24 Spanish licoriceflavoured liqueur 25 Enslaved Ethiopian princess of opera 27 A Canadian pro hockey team 33 Movie set technician 34 Gumshoe, for short 35 Timothy, who printed catalogue in 1884 36 Sheldon and Leonard’s buddy on “The Big Bang Theory” 37 Maya Angelou, notably 40 Colourful tinge 41 Repent 43 “Great” primate 44 Go upwards 45 A Canadian pro soccer team 49 Really bad actors 50 Pre WWII Thailand 51 One step ___ time 54 Zippo 55 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene, briefly 56 Big 3-letter sandwich 59 A Canadian pro baseball team 63 Former Asian Portuguese territory 64 Multicoloured 65 Cajun cook’s veggie 66 Coed’s residence 67 “What ___ can I say?” 68 Revolutionary period

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1 Shortest distance flier? 2 Herbie, the Love Bug, e.g. 3 Baptism, for one 4 Cloning material 5 Chew out 6 One wearing cuffs 7 Make a bow 8 Quito or Cuzco resident 9 Chronic ailments 10 Most mammals, right at the beginning 11 Diplomat’s forte 12 Backpack through the forest 16 Acid, to hippies 18 Detox candidate 19 Elan 24 Letters on a fuse 26 Yellowhammer state, for short 27 Lyric poet’s Muse 28 Type of mustard 29 Related to base eight 30 System of principles 31 Shake awake 32 Knife from mediaeval times 33 Marjuana quantity 37 Once a year 38 St. Paul’s letters 39 Quite scantily clad 42 Last term in a series 44 Kid’s dad 46 Expel 47 Tilted 48 Top of your head 51 Device you can stick a PIN in 52 Natterjack, for one 53 Word on a double base score, perhaps 56 Use the oven 57 The Harp constellation 58 Russia’s 19th century leader 60 Bit of regatta gear 61 “The Family Circus” cartoonist Keane 62 High spirits