CROSSWORD
“PICK-UP RECYCLING” BY ADA NICOLLE
INSTRUCTIONS:Te answer is two words in this puzzle that, when combined, would make a good third theme entry. Email your answer to
etfocrossword@etfo.org by February 15, 2026 for a chance to win prizes. Make sure you put the word “Crossword” in the subject line and remember to include your local with the information you send. Te answer to last issue’s puzzle was READ. Winners are Julianna Braukmann, Niagara Teacher Local; Mark Bourbonnais, Ottawa-Carleton Teacher Local and Alice Godfrey, Toronto Occasional Teacher Local.
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1. Big name in retro gaming 6. ___ up (spoke up) 11. Primary 12. Cheese that’s great for grating 13. Partner of conditions 14. Snuggled up together 15. Cookie used in some brownie recipes 16. Lower back muscle, informally 17. Large hunk of ice
18. *Animal that lends its name to an Albertan city 20. Ice ___ 21. Picky ___
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24. *Flowering plant that sounds like a colourful horn 26. CO2, e.g. 27. Org. with brain teaser books 28. “Trust your ___”
29. What the second word of each starred entry would be to its respective colour, if one letter was removed
33. Bar mitzvah, e.g. 35. Bit of poutine 36. Lima’s country 37. ___-to-lovers (fanfiction trope) 39. Night sky phenomenon 40. ___ similar (alike... too alike)
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41. Flared skirt 42. Gross 43. Assignments in an English class
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1. Part of a theatre production 2. Word that can fit any blank in the saying “___ is no ___ ___”
3. Broadcasted 4. Makes over, as a house 5. Hypotheticals 6. Pea holder 7. Website with film information 8. Hoppy drink 9. What joules measure 10. Evade 12. Stuck in a ___
14. Colourful cartoon characters with “belly badges” 16. “Tey’re not hurting anybody!” 19. Water, in French 22. Like some egg yolks 23. Fixture outside a school 24. Cake mixtures
25. School group for queer students, for short
26. West African country next to ___-Bissau 28. Part of RGB 30. Dance version of a song, e.g. 31. “You ___ kidding!” 32. Silences on Zoom 34. Discharge, as pollution 35. Tina of “30 Rock” 38. Texter’s show of affection 39. Puma or ocelot
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