CANADIAN CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Nods off for

ten minutes 5 Wise New Testament trio

9 DallasAustin midpoint

13 Standoffish 15 Neural

transmitter 16 Swear to be

true

17 Uncultivated, unsettled area

19 Auction off 20 Singersongwriter DiFranco

21 Lace-like

fabric

22 Course

obstacles 24 Take a

gamble

25 Indian spiced lentil dish

27 Apprehend 28 Modern fencing equipment 30 They can produce chips off the old block

35 Backup power supply

38 Christ the Redeemer’s city, briefly 39 Organic fertilizer chem.

40 Spouses of Indian princes

42 Trump tried

to build it

43 Donkey,

essentially 44 Society

ingenue

46 Squirming in

one’s seat 50 Ship’s bed,

often

51 Ear buildup 52 Speak

indistinctly 54 Testifier’s

words

57 Yellowish

pink colour 61 Just a big old

vase

62 Cloister

member

63 Nut case

64 Cherubic attribute, often

67 Astounded 68 Move forward gingerly

69 Downhill ski

trail

70 Several

71 “A Visit From St. Nicholas” opener

72 Hissy “Hey!”

DOWN

1 Onetime viceroy in India

2 Flaring Dior

creation

3 Courtesy,

basically

4 Something to lay down the lawn with 5 Skate’s gigantic cousin

6 Wood chopper’s chopper

7 “Gee whiz!” 8 Out of one’s

mind

9 Sushi bar

condiment 10 State with total conviction

11 Really nippy 12 Rodent catchers of the dark hours

14 Car wing, to

the Brits

18 Try again in

court

23 Use a

phaser

26 Elsa of “Born Free”, for one 29 Popular

legume 31 Tot’s sleeping spot

32 Hallmark of an old curmudgeon 33 Piper’s attire, often

34 Where a

shoe wears 35 Gumproducing legume

36 Old Caledonian tongue

37 Tiny

amounts 41 Commuters’

community 42 Unhealthily

pale

45 Rutabaga

relative

47 Sudden, sharp pain

48 Varnish

component 49 French missile used in the Falklands War

53 Service station jobs 55 Does a little housekeeping

56 Commencement

57 “Sad to

say...”

58 Walt Kelly’s cartoon possum

59 Hyatt rental 60 Liquefy, in a

way

65 ‘80 Olympic

boycotter 66 Small shot of the hard stuff