CANADIAN CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Hack off a leg, say 5 Still under cover? 9 English class assignment 14 Majority of the car that receives rust protection 16 Action film sequence, often 17 What Ecuador’s army does in parades 18 Vague suggestions 19 Pasta or potato creation 20 Huge U.K. record maker of yore 21 “@!#%$,” e.g. 22 Small wickerwork boat 25 Stereo system need 27 Bend down 30 Trifling quantity 31 Famous Chinese chairman 32 Quite satisfactory, slangily 35 Skewered meat dish, to Indonesians 36 Trounce 37 Trinity’s Matrix friend 38 Aaron Spelling’s girl 39 Comrades 40 Pertaining to the Gospel 42 Gramophone’s rate, briefly 43 Antealternative 44 Covent Garden solos, maybe 45 Sumac, the singer 46 Controversial plant, these days 49 Meagrely manages 51 Blundering type 52 Buck up 57 Period of duty 58 Early spring bloomers 60 Bambooloving Asian 61 Some ancient Italians 62 The “Demon Star” of Perseus 63 Like some blondes 64 Archie Bunker said it before “fatso”

DOWN

1 Makes faces at the camera 2 Mini buffalo often seen in crosswords 3 Fan club’s hero 4 Where a pueblo might be located 5 Hinny’s mom 6 Curling counter, barely 7 Watery swelling 8 Portrayal 9 Reverberated 10 Iran’s 70 million or so 11 A Columbus ship 12 Bronchodilator users 13 “You betcha!” 15 British soldier of 1775 23 Harvest goddess, once 24 ‘84 Booker Prize winner “Hotel du ___” 26 Edgar who wrote “The Bells” 27 Recyclable material 28 Skill of early man 29 Numbered composition 33 Completely wrapped 34 Japanese ceremonial drink 35 Heppner sang a few 38 Jailbirds 39 Be a busybody 40 Assamese silk-making grub 41 Skirted square dancer 43 Mail-related 47 Live it up 48 Blazing away 50 Inner (pref.) 53 Focal points 54 “On the double”, briefly 55 Tough pins to hit 56 Imperial brand 57 Attraction at Saratoga Springs 59 Wallow material