CANADIAN CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Sudden blast of wind 5 Off in the distance 8 Young herrings 14 DQ’s ___ Cookie Blizzard 15 Cuckoo family tropical communal nester 16 Lily-livered 17 Fragrant flowers native to China

19 Prefix meaning “other” 20 Clumsy brute

21 One’s career pinnacle 22 Nevertheless 23 Kung fu movie genre 25 Insulted, in a way

26 First name at Mt. Rushmore 28 Snooker necessity 29 Jockeys hold them

30 “The Sound of Music” song

36 “Do Wah Diddy Diddy” singer Manfred 37 Repent 38 Northern prairie people 39 Competitor to cane, in a way

41 Cocktail from Singapore? 42 Piece of corn 43 Thickly-laid painting technique 45 Deteriorate 49 Use a plane 50 Be rife 51 Wartime honoree 52 Place to get a mud bath 55 Italian-style ice cream 56 Utters many times.

58 Fifth prime

59 Vent opener? 60 What pack rats do

61 What choirs stand on, often

62 Upper House VIP

63 Leather worker’s tools DOWN 1 ___ bat for 2 Fertilizer component, often

3 Like a sailor’s way of life 4 Lonely, craggy mount

5 Dash on a Cady, say 6 Weather station gadget 7 Gone skyward 8 List of events 9 Foretaste 10 Borrower’s concern 11 NWT’s flower: Mountain ___

12 Short and succinct 13 Hair net, quaintly 18 Curses 24 Tropical house plant with colourful leaves

26 Venus de Milo’s lack 27 Belle’s fellow 28 Small measure of length 31 Female kangaroo 32 Enthusiastic brilliance 33 Traditional Galway entree 34 Posted

35 Utah lily that blooms in early summer 37 Leaves high and dry 40 What the ISS crew has to do eventually 41 Wild animal trail

44 Heavy upholstery fabric

45 Vegas transaction 46 Characters used on old manuscripts 47 Casting director’s assignments 48 Like smooth operators 49 Where some cabins are 53 Sunburn aftermath 54 Sinai serpents 57 Nicknamed