The Valley Wire

IT’S A TOSS-UP

- By Barbara Olson © ClassiCana­dian Crosswords

ACROSS

1. Give a fresh look to

7. Adds new stuffing, as to a cushion

13. Solemn promiser

14. Totally different thing (from) (3,3)

15. Westminste­r Abbey bride, 2011 (4,9)

17. “Venerable” saint

18. Abbr. for Mad Cow Disease

19. “Hawaii ___” (TV cop show) (4,1)

21. “Just ___ suspected” (2,1)

22. Big rig operators (4,7)

25. Student’s 3-ringed things

27. Man’s name meaning “king”

28. 88, 99 or 007: Abbr.

29. Heavenly harpist

30. Place for a cat sitter, maybe?

31. Eye sore

32. Way to choose by chance, and a hint to solving 4 letters of 15-, 22-, 48 and 55-Across (4,1,4)

36. Venomous vipers

39. ___-Mex cuisine

40. No-brainer question

44. “Hey You” band from Winnipeg, Man.

45. “___ dern tootin’!”

46. Unsee, if possible (4,3)

48. Singer known as the Divine Miss M (5,6)

51. Calgary-to-Edmonton dir.

52. Point in an orbit

53. Hanomansin­g of “The National”

54. Beaded slip-ons, for short

55. Knack for making money (3,5,5)

59. Department with bras and skirts

60. The dot over i or j

61. Accepting of, as ideas (4,2)

62. Scheduled to occur

DOWN

1. Makes a ton, as money (5,2)

2. Slipping away from, as the law

3. Campaigner’s urging

4. Blow away

5. One who’s paid their dues

6. Rainbow makers

7. “Mayberry ___” (old sitcom)

8. Ending for “arbor” or “ether”

9. It gets stuck on words?

10. Penultimat­e part of most Shakespear­e plays (3,2)

11. Strongly implied (5,2)

12. Buzzword for teamwork

16. “Agnus ___” (Mass hymn)

17. ___ ghanoush (eggplant dish)

20. Word form for “bone”

22. Be a successful marketer

23. Fiction’s fanged count, for short

24. Seized sedan, say

26. Dictionary entries: Abbr.

30. Not at all strict

31. Huffy mood

33. Hot new couple

34. Prefix with “meter” or “scope”

35. Helper who had a hunch?

36. Agnetha, Björn, Benny and Anni-Frid

37. Second procedure, in a manual (4,3)

38. Budding business? (3,4)

41. Eyewear for a Cyclops

42. Chewed, as chips or carrots

43. “Printemps” followers

45. Overly willing workers (3,3)

46. Explosive sounds

47. Soup bean

49. “___ Kangaroo Down, Sport” (3,2)

50. Day, in Spain

54. “Heinz 57” hound

56. Bank loan rate: Abbr.

57. High military honour: Abbr.

58. Hiroshima’s river

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