CANADIAN CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Facebook thumbs-up icons 6 Bygone Iranian ruler 10 Cheese in a mousetrap, e.g. 14 Some Pennsylvania Dutch 15 Newbie (var.) 16 Longest arm bone 17 Loadbearing bridge beam 19 Carrot, e.g. 20 Fu yung necessity 21 Oui’s opposite 22 Warning signals 24 Adequate 26 Vesuvius casualty of 79 AD 29 Old blood typing scheme 31 Sand in your shoe, e.g. 35 Where Long Beach is 39 Dark, cremefilled cookie 40 Sound of thinking? 41 Wide, ornamental ruffle 43 ___ choy 44 Mitch Miller’s instrument 46 Place to sign, often 48 Clear soup 50 Basic canine command 51 Remains awhile 54 Ready oneself, briefly 57 Worthwhile holdings 60 Alternative to “Mac” 62 Before now 63 W. German capital, once 64 Old compositor 68 Political grouping 69 Long and sinuous 70 No longer penned up 71 Hef’s loungewear 72 Mantas 73 Civil offences

DOWN

1 Corset tighteners 2 Insect’s final stage 3 Alaska’s state fish 4 Iqaluit’s Xmas hrs. 5 Thinskinned place 6 Pitman specialist, briefly 7 Bug that causes AIDS 8 “My lips ___ sealed” 9 The Queen’s Plate, for one 10 Tex-Mex item full of beans 11 Moisturizer additive, often 12 Not clueless about 13 Body art, briefly 18 Sever 23 Neat little number from Rome 25 Item to fasten a gi 27 Record of proceedings 28 Use block letters 30 Switch position 32 Go-between of a sort 33 One of the noble gases 34 Joint action? 35 Popular ice cream flav. 36 Where ancient preachers stood 37 Rubens, Raphael or Rembrandt 38 Not cramped at all 42 Asner and Sullivan 45 Time is of the ___ 47 Backtalk 49 Peace Tower loc. 52 Does as instructed 53 Xi preceders 55 Expel, like sweat 56 Tiny skin openings 57 For short, for short 58 Han, of “Star Wars” 59 Haughty type 61 Judoka’s award 65 Town crier’s word 66 Paper towel layer 67 Besides