Saturday, June 27, 2009 - Canada Day Fireworks

Introduction

In honour of the upcoming celebration of Canada Day on July 1, Cox and Rathvon provide plenty of fireworks in today's puzzle.








Solution to Today's Puzzle

Legend:	"CD" Cryptic Definition; "DD" Double Definition
	"*" anagram; "~" sounds like; "<" letters reversed
	"( )" letters inserted; "_" letters deleted

Across

1ac AC(ROB|A)T

5ac BOL(ET)US

9ac S(K|YR)OCKET

10ac G(RE)ER - feminist author Germaine Greer

11ac S(TUCK) ON

12ac A(R)CADIA - Acadia: name given by French to area that is now Canada's Maritime Provinces

13ac TOUR|BILLIONS

18ac PYROTECHNICS* - {NIP SCOTCH RYE}*

21ac CAN(A)STA

23ac CO|WE|RED

24ac L|ET ON

25ac G(I)RAND|OLE

26ac DE(COD)ED

27ac MUSKRAT* - {US KMART}*; Kmart: North American department store chain

Down

1d ASSES|S

2d {RAY GUN}~ - sounds like REAGAN

3d B(LOCKS) OUT

4d TO|KEN - Griffey: Major League Baseball player Ken Griffey (Sr. or Jr.)

5d BAT|TAL(I)ON

6d LOG|IC

7d T(HE IDI)OT

8d SARGASSO* - {GROSS AS A}*

14d RECHARGED* - {HER CD RAGE}*

15d LA|C|EWINGS - Dallas: American prime-time television soap opera about the Ewing family that ran from 1978 to 1991

16d S(PECK)LED - Iditarod: annual Alaskan sled dog race

17d GRANITIC* - {CIGAR TIN}*

19d A(R)MOUR

20d A|D(V)ENT

22d {SYN|OD}< - Do: get along (as in, "How is she doing in her new job?")

23d CAROM* - MACRO*

Signing off for today - Falcon