The Province

CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 Dutch explorer ___ Tasman 5 Gratuity 8 Expectorat­es 13 Old term for a harlot

15 Beast you hope doesn’t have a crush on you 16 Uproar 17 World’s busiest gambling mecca 18 Rye bristle 19 Endangered Madagascar primate 20 Potassium-40 product 23 Puma’s pad 24 Behave 25 Natalie Cole’s dad 26 Botany or Biscay 28 Grabs hold of 31 Liabilitie­s’ opposites

33 Its letters can be bolted down 36 Jackson Five member 37 Across the pool and back 38 State unflinchin­gly 42 Sweet potatoes have it 47 Post-Baroque style

50 Door attachment 51 It’s less than gross 52 Dogfight participan­t 53 Utilize 55 Ear-splitting 57 Those triangular­shaped widow’s peaks that middle-aged pilots worry about? 62 Ancient Greek epic

63 Make a little ___ long way 64 Show sudden interest 66 Texas battle site of 1836 67 More to come, shortly 68 Large handbags 69 More affable 70 Shaft of sunlight 71 Hess or Goering

DOWN

1 Interac machine 2 Blow one’s own horn

3 Tree of Australia, usually 4 Peruvian ruminant 5 Basic type of ski lift

6 A Corn Belt state 7 One that “eats shoots and leaves” 8 Voguish type of massage 9 Montreal’s ___ Jacques-Cartier 10 Element #53 11 Vocal cords’ locale

12 New Orleans NFL team 14 Popular Chevy of the ‘90s 21 Jordanian, probably

22 UN air safety gp. 26 What to do when you’re standing at home 27 “Louisville Lip” of boxing 29 Lugosi of horror films 30 Smoke outlet

32 Bit of bickering 34 Railroad freeloader 35 Bridge section 39 Sicilian feud 40 Half and half 41 Rain-soaked 43 Where Quito is 44 Reggae’s Peter ___

45 Sushi serving 46 One who solos in “Peter and the Wolf ”

47 Unit of angular measure 48 Peacock’s eyespots 49 Abdomen related

54 All fired up 56 Merger 58 Quite unexciting 59 Scintilla 60 R-rated, perhaps 61 Canal since 1869 65 Toledo tire gauge units (abbr.))

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