The West Coast Wire

GREAT SCOT(S)!

- by Barbara Olson © ClassiCana­dian Crosswords

ACROSS

1 Goals, assists, etc., briefly

6 Picks up, as a quick bite

11 Bottom half of B.C.’s flag

14 “Gosh darn!”: 2 wds. 15 Lash ___ (attack): 2 wds.

16 Find a purpose for 17 Actor who first said “Bond, James Bond”: 2 wds.

19 P-shaped Greek letter

20 Etta ___ (old comic strip heroine)

21 Lethal Weapon lethal weapon

22 Relocate to a new town

24 Twin brothers who sing the lyric “I will walk five hundred miles ...”: 2 wds.

29 Scandalous writer Marquis de ____ 30 Peek-a-boo player’s words: 3 wds.

31 Down or out

35 Head to the penthouse: 2 wds.

36 Racecar driver who wore a tartan-trimmed helmet: 2 wds. 40 Headlight?

41 Noted tax evader Al 42 Lifted a hem, say 44 Prefix with -dextrous 48 Canadian leader dubbed “the Old Chieftain”: 2 wds.

52 Pal of Sporty, Scary, Baby and Ginger 53 Gmail rival 54 Ship-related: Abbr. 56 Kill Bill actress Lucy 57 He penned the words to “Auld Lang Syne”: 2 wds.

61 Test ordered by a neurologis­t, for short 62 “___ and his money are soon parted”: 2 wds. 63 Rogers ___, home of the Canucks

64 Add-on meaning “or so”

65 In a rush

66 “Which is it, ___no?”: 2 wds.

DOWN

1 Scott Moe’s prov. 2 Twitter posts 3 Christie of mystery 4 Put down stakes? 5 “Just a __” (“Be right there”)

6 Big-nosed, bug-eyed Muppet

7 Like Old Norse inscriptio­ns

8 Had lunch

9 Piece of music? 10 Completely confound

11 One who measures property lines

12 Show to the door: 2 wds.

13 New, at the beginning 18 Canadian anthem’s third word 23 Horseshoe-shaped Greek letter

25 Tiptop

26 Deceive verbally: 2 wds.

27 “Dumb & Dumber” Colorado destinatio­n 28 Dine at dusk 32 “Attack, Cujo!”: 2 wds.

33 “You can ___ horse to water ...”: 2 wds. 34 Mind reader’s claim, in brief

36 Rickety rides 37 “However, ...” 38 Fargo creators Ethan and Joel

39 Ease off the bottle 40 Trek to Mecca 43 Filled with the old team spirit

45 Natural garden fertilizer 46 Loud trumpet sounds 47 Verbal shrug: 2 wds. 49 Strait between Newfoundla­nd and Nova Scotia

50 Lacey little mat 51 Flamenco dancer’s cry 55 Russian ruler, once 56 Ring around the collar, perhaps

58 Son-gun link

59 NHL Bruins city: Abbr.

60 Thunder ___, Ontario

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