Brain Games

ACROSS

1 Toast topper 4 Necklace fastener 9 Deserve, as an honour 14 Granny, in Göttingen 15 Milk bag? 16 Winter hub in many Canadian towns 17 Required high sch. course 18 * Host of Mr. Dressup 20 They’re rounded up or down at the checkout 22 Putin’s former employer 23 Smelted stuff 24 Bears: Sp. 25 Make room for on a bench, say 29 Like Alberta, resource-wise 31 Point-of-view pieces 32 Mauna ___ (Ocean Spray drink) 33 Castle circler 35 Felinophobe’s unlikely pet 36 CO2, and what is represented within each answer to the starred clues 41 Town resident: Abbr. 42 Gin-flavouring plum 43 Ma or Pop’s bro 45 Go out on ___ (be daring) 48 Guided through the door of 50 * Worked together 54 Prefix with -bat, meaning “height” 55 Stranded driver’s need 56 “Gross!” 57 Admiral’s command 58 Brainiac 63 River of Vietnam 64 Sleep lab topic, maybe 65 Many an Aussie stuffed toy 66 Stomached? 67 Showing some cheek 68 “Carriage return” equivalent, today 69 Pen pal’s add-on

DOWN

1 Hip alter ego of Snoopy 2 Memory loss sufferer 3 Tree with showy blossoms 4 Actor’s prompts 5 P. M. or pres. 6 “Whenever you’re ready,” to a texter 7 Japanese watch brand 8 Ragú rival 9 “Chairman” of China, once 10 Suffix with “ranch” 11 Extract 12 Having overly close family ties? 13 Shocking sidearms 19 Murdoch Mysteries airer 21 Dungeons & Dragons co., once 25 “Skedaddle!” 26 The ___ Centre (Vancouver concert hall) 27 Deceived, as with fake Big Foot videos 28 Prefix meaning “eye” 30 Use booze 34 Certain Cdn. banks 35 Talked lovey-dovey 37 Grp. whose motto is “Maintiens le droit” 38 Latin “that” 39 Classroom corner sitter’s hat 40 Pleads with 44 * Bugs on the playground? 45 Stands in for 46 Oompa ____ (Willy Wonka worker) 47 Couple in the painting “American Gothic,” e.g. 49 Editor add-on 51 ___ centre (activity bldg.) 52 Quit dreaming 53 Bases-loaded less one

57 Cape ___ (De Niro film) 59 Notes that follow “do” 60 Major river of Scotland 61 Kit partner, on a Nestlé bar 62 Land in the water, in Québec?