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Across 1 Invasive mussel now in the Great Lakes 7 Short-legged dog 12 Leave 18 Reveal 19 Hockey infraction 20 Ont. town with Neil Young museum 21 With hands on hips and elbows out 22 Secret political faction 23 Diamond authority 24 Ribonucleic acid 25 Lilac or caragana 27 First country to see the New Year 29 When repeated, an exploding bullet 30 Cave complex in Afghanistan: ___ Bora 32 Quebec filmmaker (“It’s Only the End of the World”) 35 Bird of wisdom 36 Man or Wight 37 Fashion 39 First Black world boxing champion 41 Contaminated 43 Undertake 45 County of SW England 47 One cent in Quebec 48 Eagle, e.g. 51 Reveal (2 wds.) 53 Saltpetre 57 Bark 58 Give off 60 City across from Quebec City 62 All (Fr.) 63 River of Romania 64 Dissuade 66 “The Divine Comedy” author 68 When DST begins 69 Successor 71 Hawaiian geese 73 It holds up a rose 74 Witness 75 Pianist Peterson of jazz (19252007) 77 Type of energy unlikely to run out soon 79 Strait between Haida Gwaii and mainland 81 Negative word 83 Wanders 85 Lipstick colour 86 She wrote “Half Blood Blues” 90 Defunct coin 92 Web mag 96 Draw a ___ in the sand 97 Soft drink 99 Got up 101 Bards’ Ireland 102 Crow cousin 103 Last 105 Responsibility 107 Halloween mo. 108 Fine-tuned an essay 110 Mineral used in jewellery 113 The Royal Canadian Mint 115 Close up again 116 Throng 117 Gene mutation 118 Like a high chair after applesauce 119 Acne 120 Fabric treatment of the 1970’s

Down 1 Milk units before litres 2 Disentangle 3 It’s for the birds 4 Ruby 5 She wrote “Sweetness in the Belly” 6 Orally 7 Aquarium fish 8 Wood sorrel 9 Lung protector 10 Tiny pest 11 Where seal oil lamps are used 12 Tommy who brought in medicare 13 Author Donoghue (“The Wonder”) 14 Zip 15 Surrounded by 16 Give a new judgement 17 Swarmed 26 Turf 28 Yellowknife is its capital 31 Drumheller’s prov. 33 Skater’s jump 34 Work of fiction 36 Northern Canadian 38 Slipped up 40 Took notice 42 Tiny particle 44 Its capital is Sana’a 46 Bright new stars 48 Garage events 49 Vision-related 50 Solemn ceremonies 52 Last inning on the diamond 54 “Cheers” or “santé” 55 Indian coin 56 To be (Fr.) 57 National park with Burgess Shale 59 Male voice 61 Direct 65 Prune again 67 Show host 70 Where the deer and the antelope play 72 Puts away 76 She wrote “The Tin Flute”: Gabrielle ___ 78 Tenant’s payment 80 Woodworker’s tool 82 Quickly 84 Drops off 86 Respected seniors 87 Tiara 88 Not smart 89 Renè’s refusal 91 Hither and ___ 93 Pressed 94 Pleasantly 95 Menu item 98 Trails 100 Old gold coin 103 Dread 104 Roller coaster feature 106 Songs for one 109 Leafy brew 111 Whiz 112 Halifax summer hrs. 114 Where Irish immigrants died of typhus, 1847: Grosse ___, Que.