Ottawa Citizen

CANADIAN CROSSWORD

- ADRIAN POWELL

ACROSS

1 Goals, assists, PIMs, etc. 6 Trivial math problem 9 Threaded fastener 14 ‘umble Dickens’ character 15 Silk worm from Assam 16 Verify 17 Peaked 19 Rosecolour­ed lab dye 20 Pop! 22 Day’s end, poetically 23 Jasper National Park fauna 24 Was in debt to 27 Not very neat 30 Second Greek letter 34 Tea from the Orient 35 La Toya’s singing sister 36 Elvis’ middle name 37 Pop! 40 Tin Pan follower 41 Bogged down 42 Nev. neighbour 43 Badlands feature 44 Temporary tattoo dye 45 Y chromosome carrier 46 Work like a dog 48 Arm wrestling quorum 50 Pop! 57 Upgrade with new equipment 58 Ethiopia, formerly 59 First flowers of spring, perhaps 60 Dead letters? 61 Noted Roman historian 62 In the middle of a voyage 63 Calgary-New York dir. 64 Okey-dokeys

DOWN

1 Has a late dinner 2 Andrews Sisters, e.g. 3 Native of Russia’s Kuril Islands 4 Like returning vacationer­s, often 5 Shadow’s offering 6 Mirror image? 7 Organic fertilizer material 8 States like Illinois and Iowa 9 Converse 10 High jumper’s obstacle 11 Got up 12 Beelzebub’s work 13 Benign growth 18 Scam artist 21 ___ Culbertson, noted bridge whiz 24 14th cent. philosophe­r known for his “razor” 25 Moby-Dick, for one 26 Countesses’ men 28 Roasting pans, often 29 Become establishe­d 31 “All My Children” vixen Kane 32 Harmonious 33 Pretty low joint 35 Rapture 36 Use an abacus, perhaps 38 Princes William and Harry’s first cousin 39 Fatalities 44 Top forty song 45 Alabama seaport 47 Ancient Roman port 49 Stereotypi­cally upper-crust 50 Ernie’s best bud 51 Alien craft, maybe 52 Spoonbill’s scarlet cousin 53 Use a old Selectric 54 Cuckoos spotted in Florida 55 Start of the work day, for many 56 Pride participan­ts 57 Popular TV brand

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