The Colchester Wire

WHEN THE EX DROPS IN

- by Barbara Olson

ACROSS

1. Winnipeg band ___ Test Dummies

6. Passenger pick-up info, for short

9. Old enough (2,3)

14. Protuding belly button

15. Retaliatio­n matching the offense (3,3,3)

17. Schwarzene­gger film about a rodent remover? (3,12)

19. Significan­t time periods

20. Apply to, as ointment (3,2)

21. “Deserted” land in jokes

22. Treat a hide, in more ways than one

24. Atlantic catch

26. One swapping Clue for Battleship, say? (4,9)

33. Fifth word in Mclean’s “American Pie”

35. Whiner

36. Screwy in the head

37. Beer ___ (drinking game)

39. Reads intently, with “over”

41. “Julius Caesar” costume

42. ... in the ___ the beholder (3,2)

44. There’s rhythm in their feet?

46. Letter writer’s “and one more thing”

47. Service that delivers cooking cloves ASAP? (6,7)

50. Certain evidence in a whodunit

51. Here, to Henri

52. Slightly open, as a door

55. Top the tank at Petro-Can (3,2)

59. “Diddly squat”

63. World fair showcasing exotic water lilies? (5,10)

66. Removes, as a jar lid (6,3)

67. Worked with wicker

68. Greek leader?

69. Snowden’s employer, once: Abbr.

70. Member of a movie mob, say

DOWN

1. ___ d’Ivoire (African nation)

2. German mining valley

3. ___ ton (pigged out) (3,1)

4. Sleep under a sombrero

5. Bad spell?

6. Seasons in “le soleil”

7. Grow weary

8. Word form for “air”

9. Suffix with “ball” or “harp”

10. “Sorry pal, no can do” (5,3)

11. LSAT writers, potentiall­y: Abbr.

12. Liverpool lockup

13. To be, in Terrebonne

16. Seed-eating bird

18. Auto maintenanc­e job (4,2)

23. Sound booster

25. Vancouver Island’s ___ Bay

26. Hopeless case

27. Run away to wed

28. Trademarke­d word used in copying

29. Move stealthily

30. Thick, sticky substances

31. Heart readings: Abbr.

32. Rugs from Sweden

33. Take down ___ (humble) (1,3)

34. Spanish painter who became deaf

38. Klondike boom (4,4)

40. Prepares to skinny dip

43. Five dollar bill, casually

45. “Wait a ___, I’ll be right there”

48. Zoo structures

49. Levy on butts and booze (3,3)

52. 58-Down’s province: Abbr.

53. Diefenbake­r-esque facial feature

54. Leave ___ (reward a server) (1,3)

56. Nerve fibre

57. UV protection numbers

58. Campus in Edmonton: Abbr.

60. Isn’t improper?

61. Taking-care-of-business type

62. T.V.’s “Two ___ Half Men” (3,1)

64. VIA stop: Abbr.

65. Swelling reducer

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