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Crossword Puzzle
CIVIC
CROSSINGS
Put your knowledge to the test
by BRANDON CATHCART
ACROSS
1. Mayoral candidate Mohammad,
who wants to “(shift) investment
from infrastructure to people”
5. American hardships?
11. Canadian singer Alessia whose
Love & Hyperbole tour came to
the Jube in May
12. Mayoral candidate Knack, with
three terms as councillor
13. Guitar lick Colin Damo of
“Daughters of England” might play
14. Car model sold at Lakewood
Chevrolet
15. Mayoral candidate Caterina,
campaigning on “blunt, no-
nonsense leadership”
17. Mayoral candidate Cartmell, leader
of the Better Edmonton party
18. Take these to Gallagher Park in the
winter (whee!)
20. “J’ai ___” : “I’m done” at Café
Bicyclette
21. Block heater attachment
22. Item signed by LitFest speakers
this month
23. “Canada’s Mr. Polka” and namesake
of Highlands’ Gaby ___ Park
24. See some of Jupiter’s from the
RASC Observatory
25. Like most items in the Royal
Alberta Museum (and 23-Down)
26. Where Lisa Martin mused about
“anchors that drag and ones that
hold”
27. What Wee Book Inn does with
used novels
29. Motorcycling grp. with a local
chapter that advocates for
children’s safety
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33. Paintings and installations in the
AGA’s nâpêhkâsowinowâk group
show, but maybe not the prints
34. 880 CHED and 88.5 CJSR radio
bands, respectively
35. “Sensational ___”; experience for
kids at the Telus World of Science
36. “Accomplished acrobat” and heart
disease researcher Lopaschuk
DOWN
1. 5k Foam Fest or MUDGIRL run:
Abbr.
2. ___ tai (Honi Honi Tiki Lounge
drink)
3. Sound heard at PAWS for Life
4. Some floating down the North
Saskatchewan
5. Forecasts from Josh Classen that
may dampen the mood (among
other things)
6. “Not ___ backyard” (self-prioritizing
objection to eight-plexes)
7. Last year, EAC-funded arts orgs
created $68.4 million in value-
added ___
8. Toastmasters club skill
9. Fixes a broken website menu, say
10. Teacher at the Hindu Society
of Alberta
16. ___ Company Brewing
18. Like some triangles
19. Pulls artist gear off a truck at the
Edmonton Folk Music Festival
20. Popular 1990s activity played in the
U of A’s Quad (a.k.a. hacky sack)
22. Chinatown restaurant ___ and Hare
23. Edmonton’s mummified ancient
Egyptian
24. Oaxacan cuisine (El Jardin’s
specialty) features seven
26. Oilers colour
28. Adjusts treble and bass, shortly
30. Roadside assistance company with
a building on Gateway Blvd.
31. Event featuring bull riding and
barrel racing, briefly
32. Matriarchal Quon of The Lingnan
Answers on page 15
Brandon Cathcart is a local record label owner and
crossword constructor. He publishes a new puzzle
every Friday at yegwords.com