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