CANADIAN CROSSWORD
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1 Big cheese 6 Actor Penn of “How I Met Your Mother” 9 Gallbladder contents 13 Dismal, to poets 14 Makes comments in the margin 16 Stojko, nor anyone else, never achieved this 18 Vampire fighting gear 19 Blaster’s buy 20 Result of combustion 23 Openmouthed 25 Snockered 29 Creation below the baker’s usual standard 32 American dipper, also known as the water ___ 33 “Ditto”, in footnotes 34 Jack’s inferior 35 One-time Turkish governors 37 Unproductive 40 She married Juan in Argentina 42 Lively circle dance 46 Toiled in the galley 49 Scrabble players don’t get excited about this 53 With remorse 54 Nerve centre 55 Innovative 56 Get involved in a scene 58 ‘98 Asian Games hosts 60 Sandwich that puts your prize clubhouse to shame 67 Undoes the tether 68 Elevate 69 Coral reef fish, often 70 Set to assemble 71 Census calculations, briefly
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1 Party formed in ‘61 from the CCF and the CLC 2 “___ you mad?!” 3 Golfing great Hogan 4 Stable staples 5 In a savage and merciless manner 6 Skateboarder’s protection 7 Toad’s morsel 8 Plunderer’s plunder 9 Sea to the W. of Estonia 10 Court VIP from 1995’s big trial 11 August 1 baby 12 Mysterious ability 14 Substance with basic properties 15 Placido Domingo, e.g. 17 Summon via beeper 20 Big ballyhoo 21 Old French cent 22 David Furnish, to Elton John 24 Watch carefully 26 After a while 27 ___ out a living 28 Pool table locale, say 30 Apiary dweller 31 Early Beatles label 36 Elle, in English 38 CSIS files 39 Sagueny River’s source: ___ Saint-Jean 40 Student leader 41 Word on either side of -a43 MB’s provincial bird 44 Tendril’s cousin 45 Bends one’s back 47 Before, in odes 48 PepsiCo’s Mountain product 50 Forest clearings 51 Elastic fabric 52 Group of two 57 Warthog’s weapon 59 Improvise like Ella 60 Labrador’s W. neighbour, for short 61 One for Madame Pompadour 62 The whole schmear 63 NL East team 64 Sedona maker 65 Inexact fig. 66 Legally, it’s the thing
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1 Throngs 7 Top-rated 11 Boo-boo 12 Choir voice 13 Egyptian landmark 14 Casual tops 15 Hardly wordy 16 Cherishes 17 Search out 18 Closing number 19 Sinuous fish 21 Danson of “The Good Place” 22 Practical joker’s gadget 25 Soft shoe, for short 26 Second letter 27 Foot parts 29 Guitar accessory 33 Team 34 Bender 35 Enterprise crewman 36 Individually 37 Catching need 38 Bitter component of tea 39 Different 40 Little dears
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1 Goes for 2 Indian coin 3 Earthy colour 4 Shot make-up 5 Eat in style 6 Scandal subject 7 Relay need 8 Raise 9 Pittsburgh pro 10 Flung 16 “Mephisto Waltz” composer 18 Chimney parts 20 Diminished 22 Yellow flower 23 Hides from view 24 Warming in the microwave 25 “Are you glad I’m back?” 28 — cuisine 30 Tony winner Worth 31 Baseball’s Fielder 32 Wails 34 Reach across 36 — loss