The Hamilton Spectator

NORTH OF 49 CROSSWORD

- by Kathleen Hamilton

ACROSS 1 Smack 5 Go stealthily 10 Jam-pack 14 Sheik’s bevy 16 Ham’s need 17 Main idea 18 Mohawk saint 19 Opposition 20 Make waves 22 “___ got it!” 23 Sting operation 25 Sudden overwhelmi­ng fear 27 Wielded the baton 28 Part of N.W.T. 30 Quartz variety 33 High ball 34 Satisfy 35 Wrong 37 “The Hub” of N.S. 39 Plural of radius 41 Opinion piece 43 Extra inning 46 Upright behaviour 48 Upper House fig. 49 Put in the middle 51 Lister’s abbr. 52 Not these 54 Subject of many love songs 56 Cry of accomplish­ment 57 Tablet 59 Isaac, for some 60 Pitcher’s pride 62 Slushy ice at sea 63 Pursue 65 Enjoy a bite 67 Wept 69 Set on fire 70 Abominable 72 It piled up on Pompeii 74 Where you’re from 76 Refine, as ore 77 Private coach 79 Stop 80 Modify 82 Futile 84 Qatari head of state 87 Water in …vian 88 Exorcist’s target 89 Separate 93 Allow 94 Orderly grouping 96 Gem that diffracts light 98 It has sliding doors 99 Kind of ice crystals in water 101 Observed 104 Rat 106 Renown 107 Pursue 108 You’re only ___ once! 109 Surveys 110 Alpine call 111 Snoopy

DOWN 1 Remove growth 2 Not now 3 “___ you serious?” 4 Vivacious 5 Get ready 6 Sprinted 7 Wordsworth work 8 Wuss 9 Fidelity 10 Very smart 11 Workout unit 12 Copious 13 Rumble 15 River of N.B. 17 Homage 18 Hobby shop buy 21 Kingston summer hrs. 24 A long time ___ 26 Scand. land 29 Tease mercilessl­y 31 Cup (Fr.) 32 Threat ender 34 Calendar units 36 Fresh flavour 38 Landlord’s due 39 Goes off to bed 40 Enthusiast­ic public praise 42 Make-do solution: ___ port in a storm 44 Garden climber’s support 45 Woman of great courage 46 Sonar measuremen­t 47 Oxen links 49 Intriguing knickknack 50 Credit card balances 53 Salt source 55 Or homophone 58 One-dimensiona­l 61 Hired soldier 64 Hang loose 66 Greek letter 67 Picked 68 Goes kaput 71 Completely 73 Stallion, e.g. 75 Sound of astonishme­nt 77 Skipping school 78 Modernize 81 Corn serving 83 Slice (off) 84 North Pole helper 85 Combine 86 Land of pizza and Puccini 90 N.W.T.’s flower: mountain ___ 91 Long-limbed 92 Rubble-maker 94 Broadcasts 95 National park near Banff 97 Dollar bird 100 She wrote “The Best Kind of People”: ___ Whittall 102 Little bit 103 Wind dir. 105 Pair

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