Ottawa Citizen

NORTH OF 49 CROSSWORD

- KATHLEEN HAMILTON

Across 1 Crumb 4 Scottish berets 8 Timed rest period 13 Male voice 17 Pub pint 18 People in N Quebec 19 Thirst (for) 20 Domain 21 Students’ annual publicatio­n 23 Umami, e.g. 24 Bean 25 It hurts 26 Positive electrode 28 Oblong, cream-filled pastry 30 Milan’s opera house: La ___ 32 Large Arctic bird: ___ owl 33 State south of L. Erie 34 Ripped 35 Coil of yarn 36 Fried patties 40 Go on the stage 41 Denims 42 Drooping 43 Wager 44 Embargo 46 Harper who said no to Meech 48 Japanese buckwheat noodles 49 Take in (a skirt, e.g.) 51 Canadian poet Mouré 52 Kind of energy 53 Adobe communitie­s of southwest U.S. 56 Group of eight 58 McLean of “Vinyl Cafe” (1948-2017) 59 Design set into a table top 60 Genesis twin who sold his birthright 61 Unfamiliar 63 Jewish month of repentance 64 Hugs 66 Get rusty 70 Ungentlema­nly chap 71 Silk with rippled appearance 72 Cool fabric 74 Sleep stage 75 Visual pleasure (2 wds.) 77 Worries 78 Student bldg. 79 Unit of force 80 Teen on ecstasy 81 Birthplace of Columbus 82 U.S. blonde in “Niagara” 85 Caravan beast 86 Vista 87 Marg. 88 Swimmer’s dread 90 Deviating from what’s accepted 94 “Don’t ___ the door!” 95 Early Prairie home 96 Young of song 97 Propel a boat 98 Smears 99 Shell out 100 Lairs 101 Swelled head Down 1 Hudson or James 2 Ending for percent or miss 3 Wonderland event 4 Shinbone 5 Soon, once 6 JKL followers 7 He built a seagoing ship on the Prairies 8 Ottawa, once 9 All set 10 Soothe 11 It may be visual or dramatic 12 Not very tall (2 wds.) 13 Where you mark your X 14 “O mio babbino caro” 15 Tractor-trailer (esp. U.S.) 16 Coal-rich German region 22 Death rattle 27 Din 29 Urban conglomera­tion 30 Stick a knife into 31 A Chanel 32 Play in the NHL 33 Instrument of renowned Casavant Frères 35 Spat (2 wds.) 36 Meat and vegs. in a taco 37 Deadly virus (2014 outbreak, Africa) 38 Reinforcem­ent steel in constructi­on 39 Commenceme­nt 41 Like Santa Claus 42 Father 45 Secret political faction 47 Slowdown 48 Music to your ears? 50 Beads for prayers 52 Oktoberfes­t mug 53 Bit of a jigsaw 54 Untwist (the strands of) 55 Escape the clutches of 57 Detective’s file 58 In disarray: at ___ and sevens 60 Slur over 62 Solitary sort 64 Plugs in 65 N.W.T. lake: Great ___ 67 Some pots and kettles 68 Zilch 69 Author Donoghue (“The Wonder”) 71 BLT sauce 73 Donegal’s country 76 Read-only discs 77 Used tents 78 Bucks and bambis 80 Japanese noodles 81 Lasses 82 The bulk (of) 83 Ceramic jar for stews 84 Close at hand 85 N.S. prov. park: ___ Chignecto 86 Vain homophone 89 Salesperso­n, briefly 91 Honey producer 92 Eggy drink 93 Duo number

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