National Post (National Edition)
CANADIAN CRISSCROSS
ACROSS
1. Finely powdered volcanic lava
4. Begging request
8. Not busy
12. Thick piece
14. More unusual
16. Cozy little corner
17. One and only
18. Mirror’s reflection
19. Fermented grape juice
20. Make a loud noise
22. Brother or sister
24. Become corroded
26. Meet the requirements of
27. Examined a company’s accounts
30. Breathe in
34. No longer in bed
35. Aristocratic
37. Spanish man’s title
38. With low rainfall
39. Woolly growth on bread
40. State of mind
41. Form of Buddhism
42. Animal used for riding
43. Tactical unit
44. More jittery
46. Guarantees
48. Provides with workers
50. Factual information
51. Recycled items
54. Prison rooms
57. Vigour
58. More up-to-date
60. Give for a while
62. Quite a while
63. Last resting place
64. Twelve-month period
65. Not any
66. Didn’t dillydally
67. Do undercover work
DOWN
1. Long-eared animal
2. Messy one
3. Entrance room
4. One who leads a religious ceremony
5. Escape hastily
6. Distinctive periods of history
7. Zeus’s shield
8. Part of, as a gang
9. Bump off
10. Extending a considerable distance
11. ___ out (use sparingly)
13. Like Father Time
15. Antonym for destroy
21. Complete devastation
23. Deceiving talk
25. High male voice
27. Showed on TV
28. Working with
29. Throw water on
31. Put on a pedestal
32. Aerial stunts
33. Comes to a close
34. Tear down
36. Go well together
39. Early part of the day
40. Ethically
42. Preliminary round
43. Pleasingly pretty
45. Make unfair demands
47. Having to do with religion
49. Clairvoyants
51. Hence
52. A person’s look
53. Exchange
55. Dregs
56. Lose control of one’s emotions
57. Forbid
59. First woman
61. Having low humidity