The Valley Wire

AND STAY OUT!

- By Barbara Olson © ClassiCana­dian Crosswords

ACROSS

1 Watch readout, for short

4 “Hold on, I’m coming too!”: 2 wds.

10 With 65-Across, dismissal notice, and a hint to this puzzle’s theme 14 “How ___ you?” 15 Sharp-witted 16 Opposite of exo17 Open up a ___ (discover difficulti­es): 3 wds. 19 Bruin great Phil, for short

20 Include on the guest list

21 Slack waiter’s comeuppanc­e: 2 wds.

23 Danish physicist Bohr 24 Signs off on

25 “Heavy” music genre 29 Montréal’s ___ Centrale (train station) 30 Score one feels must be settled: 3 wds.

32 Life of ___ (easy existence)

34 More expansive

35 Mo. when the NHL regular season opens 38 Word from a contrary Québécois

39 Shorten a skirt 40 “Sudden death” periods: Abbr.

41 Utter failure

43 Simard and Lévesque 45 What Santa carries on his back: 3 wds.

47 “It’s for ___ decide” (“We can choose”): 2 wds. 51 “Run ___” (1961 Bobby Vee hit): 2 wds. 52 Delivery docs, for short 53 Urge to act

54 Young: Fr.

56 Gawked

57 Hindu mentor 60 Burglar’s getaway stairs, maybe: 2 wds. 62 Grad dance

63 Sussex Drive city 64 Ton, ta, ___, ...

65 See 10-Across

66 Have a ___ the table: 2 wds.

67 Word between “ready”

and “go”

DOWN

1 Doing up, as skates 2 Skulls, in anatomy class 3 “Take Me Home” singer John

4 Floats, as an aroma 5 “___ forgive those who ...”: 2wds.

6 “What am ___ do?”: 2 wds.

7 Prison warden

8 Highest extreme 9 “Ramona the ___” 10 Noisy nestlings

11 The ___ and outs 12 CCF successor 13 “Koochiekoo­chie-___!”

18 Gretzky, before he was a King

22 “Sure, count me in!”: 2 wds.

24 Bunyan’s Babe, and others

26 Former head of Yugoslavia

27 Without ___ (confidentl­y): 2 wds.

28 PM and Pres., for two: Abbr.

30 Emotionall­y cool 31 Where roasts are roasted

33 T4 slip entry

35 “The Bells ___ Mary’s”: 2 wds.

36 “Bye-bye, bambino” 37 Engine speed gauge, briefly

39 Verbal attentiong­etters

42 Event for high-flying Winter Olympians

43 ___ Bondar, Canada’s first woman in space 44 Shrub that can be poisonous

46 This evening, spelled as it sounds 48 Nursery rhyme couple with dietary restrictio­ns 49 Chief residence? 50 Firstborn

53 Where ___ (“the” place to be): 2 wds.

55 “The X-Files” subjects, for short 56 “___ needle pulling thread...” (“The Sound of Music” lyric)

57 Modern car’s built-in “map”

58 It starts with http: 59 King of France? 61 “Dig in!”

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