B IS FOR BABY
ACROSS
1 Ring sparkler
4 ___ point (centre of attention)
9 Allow in
14 Parliamentary pro
15 Not get nabbed by 16 Asian weight units 17 Comic strip snore, in the U.S.
18 All-white cetacean: 2 wds. 20 Young salamanders 22 Filling station fuels, to a Brit
23 Useless do-nothing: 4 wds.
26 Australian boot brand 29 Former TV “Dragon” Kevin
30 Provincial bird of Nova Scotia
33 Twitter posts
37 Walk stealthily 38 Aykroyd/Belushi musical duo: 2 wds.
41 Canadian jazz diva Diana 42 Cuts at an angle
43 Hot dish in Mexico 45 Earned after deductions 49 “The Racer’s Edge” additive
50 Extra reward on a quiz, say: 2 wds.
54 Wallin and Anderson 57 Radar’s quaff on “M*A*S*H”
58 Cyclical economic pattern: 3 wds.
62 Pen end?
63 ‘50s Ford flop
64 It comes straight from the heart?
65 Island, in the Gaspésie 66 “I don’t ___ respect” (Dangerfield quip); 2 wds. 67 Absorb, as gravy; 2 wds. 68 Half of Cdn. postal codes
DOWN
1 Garden party shelter 2 Stunning sight 3 Rendezvous request: 2 wds. 4 Wiarton Willie’s mo. to appear
5 Chihuahua cheer
6 Guilt, to Gaius
7 Challenge to ___ (fight à la knight): 2 wds.
8 Doesn’t have a ___ stand on: 2 wds.
9 “... one and ___ ...” (band leader’s count): 2 wds. 10 Willy Wonka’s creator Roald
11 Tailor with a tape, say 12 Bad beginning?
13 “The Wasteland” poet’s initials
19 Redblack’s Ontarian foe, for short
21 Cake decorator’s tool 24 “Animal Farm” penner 25 Science Guy Bill, et al. 27 There are three in goggles 28 Rip off, in politically incorrect slang
31 Lug like a sack of spuds 32 Reform Party co-founder Manning
34 Shoreline recession 35 “Uno” + “due”
36 Part of the U.S.S.R.: Abbr. 38 Misbehaving child 39 “What’cha knowin’” addressee in “Feelin’ Groovy” 40 Bills featuring Viola Desmond
41 Goldsmith’s meas.
44 Mr. Scrooge, for short 46 Classy cravat clasp 47 Surround in a saintly glow
48 Verb ending 2-pointers in Scrabble
51 ___ the hills: 2 wds. 52 “Star Wars” home of Jar Jar Binks
53 Take by force
55 Mass agreement? 56 Opposite of “bueno”
58 “I ___ to differ”
59 Words written on a Grecian urn
60 Disco ___ of “The Simpsons”
61 Activate an iPhone icon