| GOALIEMASKART | The stitch marks on born-in St.-Catharines Hockey Hall of Famer Gerry Cheevers' flying puck protective headgear, for instance: 3 wds. |
| CRANIUM | Collective name for a group of eight bones forming part of the human skull, responsible for protecti |
| DAVETHOMAS | "SCTV" alum born in St. Catharines, ON: 2 wds. |
| GOALIEMASK | Protection from flying pucks |
| SCAR | Stitch mark |
| GERRY | Hall of Fame goalie Cheevers |
| WAPSHOT | Cheever's "The __ Chronicle" |
| MERIDIAN | ___ Centre (St. Catharines site on August 6th for the Opening Ceremony of the 2022 Canada Summer Games) |
| ANNE | Queen born in St James's Palace in 1665, portrayed in the film The Favourite by Olivia Colman (4) |
| PLAIN | What knitting stitch is made by putting the needle through the front of the stitch from left to right? (5) |
| ALEXISONFIRE | "Rough Hands" and "This Could Be Anywhere in the World" band from St. Catharines, ON |
| BROCK | University in St. Catharines |
| STELLARIA | Genus of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae that includes the stitch worts and chickweeds (9) |
| ITANI | Frances ___ (Belleville, ON born writer who is a Member of the Order of Canada. Her bestsellers incl |
| NABOKOV | Vladimir, U.S. writer born in St Petersburg in Russia in 1899 (7) |
| REGATTA | St. Catharines, home of the Royal Canadian Henley ___ |
| TASCONA | Experimental artist born in St. Boniface in Manitoba, Tony ___ (b.1926 - d.2006) |
| ANGELOU | Maya, poet and civil rights activist born in St Louis in 1928 (7) |
| JOANARMATRADING | Singer/songwriter born in Saint Kitts in 1950 whose albums include Into The Blues (4,11) |
| GARDENCITY | Winnipeg neighbourhood; or, nickname of St. Catharines, Ontario: 2 wds. |
