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JUMBLE LOVE

By Barbara Olson © Classicanadian Crosswords

ACROSS

1. Anagram of 25-Across 7. Failing letter grades

10. Be nomadic

14. Hearty steak cut (3,3)

15. Alexander Keith’s product 16. Fencer’s sword

17. Came into bloom, as a rose 18. Work hours tracker that gets punched (4,4)

20. Title insect in a Poe book 22. African locale of Lagos

23. Prefix relating to a pelvic bone

25. Anagram of 31-Across

26. ___-mo

29. Tights under tutus

31. Anagram of 43-Across

33. What every story has, so it’s said (3,5)

37. Against

38. Furry foot

39. “Godfather” Corleone

40. Saskatchewan home to the Snowbirds (5,3)

43. Anagram of 48-Across

45. Praiseworthy

47. Sign after Cancer

48. Anagram of 67-Across

51. With ___ in sight (forever) (2,3)

53. Car buyer’s option, with “own”

55. Loblaws and Sobeys competitor

59. Vessels that carry blood from the heart

61. Subway slice

62. “___ creature was stirring, ...” (3,1)

63. Jagmeet Singh’s party:

Abbr. 64. Nab in a sting operation 65. Play ___ (perform, bandstyle) (1,3)

66. Buyer’s 5% levy

67. Anagram of 1-Across

DOWN

1. The P of the P.C. Party: Abbr.

2. Surgical slimming, briefly 3. Cain’s brother

4. Looks after, as a garden 5. Visually size up

6. Lures with money or charm 7. “Dig in!”

8. ___ Flon, Manitoba 9. Between amateur and major league

10. Not dominant, genetically 11. Visually confusing genre (2,3)

12. Penthouse in a pine tree

13. Podium prize

19. “Oh God!”, softened

21. Miracle-___ (plant food) 24. Canadian capitalist?

26. Canned meat that once came with a key

27. Jay once seen at night

28. Palindromic pooch in “Beetle Bailey”

30. “How adorable!”

32. Choice for a flier not keen on the view (5,4)

34. Call on a rotary phone

35. Room add-on?

36. Like a two-star hotel, say (2-2)

38. Dwelling, slangily

41. Reliever, as of pain or anxiety

42. Protruding 43. “Magic words”

44. The child, to the French (1,6)

46. NHL’S Bruins, on a scoreboard

48. First line of attack (4,1)

49. Bubbly chocolate bars

50. Frothy coffee drink

52. Aptly-named city at the mouth of the Fraser River

54. Certain Brit. lexicons

56. Cause of a wobble on an LP 57. ___ Clooney, human rights lawyer

58. Pained cry

60. Harbour city: Abbr.

GAMES

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