| ACROSS 1. Biblical end time event (4, 8) 10. cleric’s staff (7) 12. colourful flowers (9) 14. food fish of Japan (3) 16. it ticks away (4) 17. gloomy (3) 18. a patriarch (4) 19. in title only (figurehead, honourary) (7) 21. a place of white collar work (4) 24. Spanish miss (8) 25. key at top left corner (6) |
27. wrote Faust (6) 28. a cow has four (8) 30. blue ___, green, ___, four ___ (4) 31. Portuguese vest (7) 32. A barber says you have split ___ (4) 33. ticked off (3) 35. belts for kimono (4) 38. adjective indicates maiden name (3) 39. person who kneels at your feet (9) 41. marigolds and sweet peas (7) 42. how big money murders opponents (pl.) (12) |

| DOWN 1. queer community acronym (4) 2. profiteers, CEOs; layer of filth on pond (4) 3. where a bird resides (4) 4. what wage slave has (3) 5. a knife has many; gun has one (4) 6. eyes in the dark do this (6) 7. castrated horses (8) 8. “better half” (3) 9. birthrate (8) 11. wearing a tiara (7) 13. crushed, or used on buildings (9) 15. I don’t care (9) 18. do this to make babyfood (5) |
20. over the limit of something (3) 21. going down (7) 22. people who always nag (8) 23. when glaciers melt, these ridges result (5) 24. parts (8) 26. what a cop does in search of contraband; ___ down (3) 29. long legged birds (6) 34. small ornate case (4) 35. earthenware cooking pot (4) 36. fibres of flax, jute (4) 37. handy down the mountain (4) 39. sound Scrooge and sheep make (3) 40. needed for terminator seeds (3) |
| Answers to the puzzle in our June 16-30 issue: Across: 1) album 5) reduced 10) coffeepot 11) evict 12) in situ 14) romantic 15) area 16) kite 17) treasured 20) satisfied 23) aged 24) used 26) macaroon 28) attain 29) haste 30) man-eaters 31) saddled 32) Texas Down: 1) acetate 2) lover 3) UFCW 4) metres 5) revolution 6) donate 7) criticism 8) entitle 9) deuce 12) imprisoned 13) re-elected 18) regatta 19) address 21) aerial 22) sunhat 23) amass 25) extra 27) hate LETTERS IN CIRCLES: complete phrase: Alberta ____ Board. (enter into search bar on wikipedia website). |