ACROSS

 

1. Harry Potter, Star Wars, etc.

 

6. Best

 

9. Gladiator’s weapon

 

14. One of the seven deadly sins

 

15. Actress de Armas of Knives Out

 

16. Clear a blackboard

 

17. Colourful quartz

 

18. “______ Misérables

 

19. What reefs are made of

 

20. *Prince, Madonna, etc.

 

23. Bug someone?

 

24. Sigh of relief

 

25. Cotillion attendee, abbr.

 

27. *Vacation with many twists and turns, say

 

34. Limitless

 

35. Wash

 

36. Hawaiian island nicknamed ‘The Pineapple Isle’

 

38. Monster’s ______ (2001 Pixar film)

 

39. “Clair de Lune” composer

 

41. Great Expectations protagonist

 

42. Neighbouring state of 55-down

 

44. Ink smudge

 

45. Currency of the Netherlands

 

46. *Social credits for good deeds

 

49. Opposite of WSW

 

50. US bureau responsible for preventing the spread of weapons of mass destruction, abbr. 

 

51. Attitude

 

54. *One who perseveres during hard times

 

61. Chicken ______ (famous Filipino dish)

 

63. Greek letter after sigma

 

64. Where Kitulo National Park is located

 

65. “Look out ______!”

 

66. Brown, amber, etc.

 

67. Greece in Greek, phonetically

 

68. Permanent place?

 

69. “Every rose ______ its thorns”

 

70. Take another shot

 



DOWN

 

1. Substitute

 

2. Mythical ship used to find the Golden Fleece

 

3. Accounting guidelines: abbr.

 

4. Draw

 

5. Australian pine also known as the ‘Whistling Tree’

 

6. Have a chat

 

7. “Back to ______!” (an actor’s queue on set)

 

8. History

 

9. Clandestinely

 

10. Con’s opposite

 

11. “I’m all ______”

 

12. Immediately

 

13. Depend on

 

21. Digestive fluid

 

22. The A of BEDMAS

 

26. Lingerie top

 

27. Genre for SZA and Beyoncé

 

28. Author Wilde who wrote The Picture of Dorian Gray

 

29. Spiritual leader

 

30. Fertilized egg

 

31. ______’s Fables

 

32. Feedback

 

33. What socks come in

 

34. III + IV

 

37. Stock launch, abbr.

 

39. Where U of T’s St.George campus is located

 

40. Poker-faced

 

43. Garden tool

 

45. Elevate to royalty

 

47. Prefix with classical or liberal

 

48. Chemical twin

 

51. Where many science classes take place

 

52. Light bulb, in a comic

 

53. Survey

 

55. Neighbouring state of 42-across

 

56. Cotillion, ball etc.

 

57. Shades of colours

 

58. Native of the British Isles: var.

 

59. Second month of the Hebrew calendar

 

60. Like this crossword (hopefully!)

 

62. Ghost’s cry

 

 

 

 

 

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