CANADIAN CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 No ___, ands or buts 4 River that ends at the Humber Estuary 8 Old Irish taxes 14 Tiny tyke 15 Common chess result 16 Wheezy condition 17 Britain’s Thatcher ___, e.g. 18 Midseventies TV P.I. with Jim Hutton 20 Denatured alcohol, briefly 22 One kind of lily 23 Didn’t clot 24 Snooze in Veracruz 26 Seize 28 Cook bacon 29 Hawaiibased P.I. with Tom Selleck 32 “Cocoon” director Howard 33 ___ annum 34 Yom Kippur horn 38 Put up 41 ___ Plaines, Illinois 43 Slowly, musically. 44 Soft felt hat 46 Crux 48 The Tate displays it 49 Seventies P.I. series with Buddy Ebsen 53 Well-suited 56 Start for fix or face 57 “Seinfeld” neurotic 58 Organic nitrogen source 60 Maple, to botanists 62 Race with lots of passing 64 Seventies L.A.-based P.I. with James Garner 67 Flowing Arab garment 68 Empty one’s bags 69 Starkist’s Charlie, e.g. 70 In lousy health 71 Poles for some circus clowns 72 Bridge section 73 Have a look

DOWN

1 Any thing 2 The intertidal zone 3 Posted to a base 4 Ukrainian seaport 5 Facebook posting link, for short 6 Made an obeisant bow 7 Large pouring vessel 8 Caribbean island group 9 Old fashioned gent’s title 10 Really short pencil 11 Where to keep books 12 Muslim royal (var.) 13 Orphan Annie’s dog 19 Hit the bell 21 Skirt bottom feature 25 About 5 ml., for short 27 Elaborate inlaid work in brass 29 Unkosher 30 Where to watch play-off action 31 Kiwi’s late, giant kin 35 French spattered with many English words 36 Pleasant 37 Breaks down, in a way 39 Corn throwaway 40 Hunt muskrat 42 Mathematical collection 45 Potent S. Asian fruit-based libations 47 “So long!” 50 Dracula’s target 51 Land bordering the Dead Sea 52 It can be quite refined 53 How roast is often served 54 Use block letters 55 Conductors’ cadences 59 “Sea” in environmental trouble 61 Neonate newts 63 Name on many locks 65 Scorpio’s birth mo., perhaps 66 Flu bug essential