Ottawa Citizen

CANADIAN CROSSWORD

- adrian powell

ACROSS

1 “It just ___ meant to be.”

6 19th Greek letter

9 Misogynist, for one

14 Lorne

Greene was one

15 Snowy avian

16 Serious fluid retention

17 McDonald’s logo

20 Trend starter?

21 Huge glob of gum

22 “Butterflie­s ___ Free”

23 One dir. the crow could fly

24 Vichyssois­e veggie

26 War horses

28 Meaningles­s hogwash

33 Libyan, often

34 Raced over again

35 Glimpse from afar

39 Twilight, to The Bard

40 Baseball essential

41 Edgar Allan ___

42 Rich ore vein

44 Don

46 Big credit card name

47 “The Cotton Club” dancer

50 Sign up again

53 Pitiful cry

54 Aussie coat of arms bird

55 Genome material, usually

57 Helpful iPhone download

58 Islam’s ___ Khan (var.)

61 Popular baseball mascot

65 Saturn’s largest moon

66 Hold the deed to

67 “There’s ___ in sight!”

68 Street talk, often

69 “Oh, Boy!”

70 Pierces with a horn

DOWN

1 Word on a bulb

2 Head complaint

3 Caribbean combo, perhaps

4 Creamy yuletide quaff

5 Bricklayer’s tool

6 Sweeney, the barber

7 Blow away, so to speak

8 Inner arm bone

9 Regarding this matter

10 Mil. asst., for short

11 Chortle sound

12 Touch up the text

13 Levels to the ground, in London

18 Bulk carrier on Superior

19 Match play?

25 Period of decline

27 Scrape (by)

28 Old Celt

29 Dunker’s favourite cookie

30 Remove software errors

31 Clio and Thalia’s sister muse

32 Croc’s kin

36 Big 3-cornered sail

37 Studio stance

38 Approving yells

43 Narcissist­ic word hidden in the four longest answers

44 Tubular, diagonally cut pasta

45 Young dragonfly

46 The Canadian Amtrak

48 Electoral district

49 With fingers crossed

50 Pauses for breath

51 Spam container, at times

52 Coup d’etat group

56 Awestruck

57 Teen skin disorder

59 60’s singer Pitney

60 “No ifs, ___, or buts!”

62 Chief ___ George

63 Be indebted to

64 Talk pigeon?

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