NORTH OF 49 CROSSWORD
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1 Shortened, for short 5 Baby’s first word, often 9 A low one is a slow one 13 Staff note 17 Whodunnit hint 18 October birthstone 19 Frenzy 20 Press 21 Train track 22 Bargain 23 Molecule part 24 Copenhagen citizen 25 Small Nfld. town familiar with shipwrecks (3 wds.) 28 Without delay 30 Micromanager’s concern 31 Tiny 32 Ont. town NW of Brampton 36 Sniffed an aroma 39 Good-looking 40 Campfire remains 43 Assistance 44 Terry Fox’s hometown: ___ Coquitlam, B.C. 45 Silly person 46 Oaf 47 Welcome for Caesar 48 Pig swill 49 Dings 50 Water (Fr.) 51 Map out 52 N.S. island with buried treasure legend 53 Cone bearer 54 Moodie’s sister “in the wilderness” 56 Author Vanderhaeghe (“The Englishman’s Boy”) 57 He invented kerosene 60 Where to see mammatus clouds 61 Male citizen 62 Trail 63 Fawn mother 65 Farfalle, e.g. 68 De-sex 69 Employ 70 Heroic exploit 71 Canyon effect 72 Post 73 Little devil 74 Sets down on the tarmac 75 Magnificence 77 Kind of penguin 79 Small study group 80 Sugar amt. 81 Catch 85 Woeful 86 Popular drinking spot (2 wds.) 89 The two 92 Boat propellers 94 Fungal disease of wheat 95 Verge 96 Eerie homophone 97 Stimulate or sharpen 98 Obsession: ___ fixe 99 Inuit food source 100 Document of ownership 101 Well-balanced 102 Suggestive look 103 Stocking stuffers
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1 Like smoke from burning rubber 2 World-weary 3 Erected 4 Freed 5 Part of a rocket 6 Peak 7 Madam, for short 8 Permitted 9 Rub the wrong way 10 Dines 11 Years ___ 12 Bit of leftover cloth 13 In the middle of the continent (esp. U.S.) 14 Significant period 15 Sun. follower 16 Singleton 26 Goals 27 Lobster-like 29 Getting on in years 32 Place with Cold War era “Diefenbunker” 33 Duck fluff 34 Leave out 35 Trawling equipment 37 Quebec City university 38 Security for a debt 39 Where you hang your hat 40 One in a deck 41 Thin strip 42 Word with rush or happy 44 It’s not work 47 Unite 48 Audio 49 Chef’s offering 51 Mouse-like rabbit relative 53 Garden party (esp. U.K.) 55 Gobsmacked 56 Brazen boldness 57 Quebec peninsula 58 Paradise on earth 59 Highway 61 Israel’s first woman P.M. 62 It can get you oil or water 64 Aliens, for Spielberg 65 They come with cribbage boards 66 Farmland measure 67 Pretense 68 Wild bison of India 70 Most distant 72 Nfld. site with Viking relics: L’Anse aux ___ 73 Endanger 74 Seemingly endless 76 Bio-evidence 77 Superlative ending? 78 Tenant 80 It’s detected by buds 82 Calgary Stampede event 83 Green stuff on water 84 Parings 86 Wee warbler 87 Uncivil 88 Two words said with a nod 89 King or Queen ___ 90 Miner’s find 91 Bond 93 Triumphant cry