Ottawa Citizen

CANADIAN CROSSWORD

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ACROSS 1 Oft carved Chinese stone

5 Block, in legal terms 10 Audible sound of relief

14 ___ reflection... 15 To-do list item 16 Swearing-in ceremony portion 17 Ineptly served mess hall serving? 20 Oversuppli­es 21 Powerful chess piece 22 Two points 24 Bahraini bigwig 26 Debtor’s chit 29 Ball game where all the players move very seductivel­y? 33 Little pronoun, often mispunctua­ted 34 Secretary’s work area 35 Way out of port

36 Impolite 38 Isn’t, incorrectl­y 40 Red lab stain 43 Extinct pigeon cousin 45 Milliner’s specialty 48 What a guy who’s on his 4th marriage says?

52 Goo used in a do

53 Porker’s protest 54 Sweet, musically 55 Anne ___ who plays Aunt Lydia on “The Handmaid’s Tale”

57 Celery, botanicall­y 59 Place where there’s a flurry of prerace wagers? 65 Like Mrs. Doubtfire 66 Works on the docks

67 Seek prey 68 Cooking utensils

69 Ode writer’s Muse

70 Hook’s naval minion

DOWN 1 White lightning holder

2 When St. George’s Day is, briefly 3 Kind of fir 4 As a group 5 Opposite of ersatz

6 Kenny Rogers’“___ a Lady”

7 Pull along 8 Bruin Hall of Famer 9 Central Illinois city 10 Bouncy stick 11 Peterborou­gh’s Ronnie of rock and roll 12 Item shown on West-Jet’s website (abbr.) 13 For what reason? 18 Simple melody 19 William the Conqueror, e.g. 22 High-tech film effects, for short 23 Leftover meal scrap 24 Sponsors’ spots 25 Nanki-Poo’s dad

27 Thing on a Grecian urn 28 Mex. neighbour 30 Beyond just unusual 31 Make a meal of 32 MacdonaldC­artier Bridge locale, for short

36 ‘16 Olympic site, briefly 37 Like the rough on the links 39 Electrifie­d particle 40 Croc’s creation 41 Metalbeari­ng rock 42 Ready for the SRO sign 44 Mork’s home planet 45 Element number 67 46 Parabolic segment

47 Peg that Palmer used 49 Tinker (with) 50 Alter the wording 51 River termini 56 Yours and mine

57 Help a hood 58 Bit of Uruguayan cash

59 Natl. econ. indicator 60 Tigger’s pal 61 Rowlock insert 62 US meds. overseer 63 Warming winter wind dir. usually 64 Verizon, formerly

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