The Hamilton Spectator

NORTH OF 49 CROSSWORD

- by Kathleen Hamilton

ACROSS

1 The Caspian and the Baltic 5 Mix well 9 “Take ___!” 13 Berets in Britain 17 Small pastry 18 Encourage 19 Solemn promise 20 Squished circle 21 Ulan Bator’s continent 22 Like the climate of Victoria, B.C. 23 Our most northerly island 25 Takes a break 27 Crowds of rioters 29 Shaded light 30 Never in Nuremberg 31 Rains ice 33 Stable food 35 Witness 36 Spring runner 37 Pout 39 National park near Banff 41 Woeful 43 Forbid 46 Three threes 48 U.K. baby carriage 50 Answer 54 Utilized 56 Giant N.Z. bird, once 57 Press 59 Prairie tribe 60 Item of bedding 62 Nfld. peninsula 65 Hairstyles once favoured 67 Bog fuel 69 Large ungulate 70 Warty one 71 Lost one’s cool 74 Tries out 77 Tories’ opponents 80 Mr. Hockey 81 Stadium level 83 Manitoulin Island’s prov. 85 Canyon effect 86 Wipe out 88 Highway 90 Kitten feet 92 Finger count 93 Ticket 95 Cut souvenir 97 Takes off 99 Middle East org. 102 Bubble ___ 104 Snare 106 N.S. lighthouse, oldest operating in the Americas 110 End of Ramadan 111 Prevaricat­ed 113 Lean 115 Ethical 116 Montreal football team 119 Go yachting 121 Warm-hearted 122 Golf ___ 123 He composed “Rule Britannia” 124 To be along the Saguenay 125 Hemline 126 In this place 127 Whirl 128 Sesame ___ 129 Dear homophone

DOWN

1 Has the leading role 2 Supporter of the arts? 3 Emerge 4 Part of U.S.A. 5 Total 6 Neat 7 White blockhouse? 8 UNESCO site in Labrador, former Basque whaling station (2 wds.) 9 Obey: ___ the line 10 Banquet venue 11 Map collection 12 Main ideas 13 “The Jack Pine” painter: ___ Thomson 14 N.W.T.’s flower: mountain ___ 15 Soprano Callas 16 Slumber 24 Easternmos­t point of Canada: Cape ___, Nfld. 26 Astound 28 Where to catch 43D 32 Slender 34 Makes smaller 38 Door opener 40 Or homophone 42 Announce 43 Public transporta­tion 44 It piled up on Pompeii 45 Hometown of Margaret Laurence (“The Diviners”) 47 Water (Fr.) 49 Pop’s partner 51 Forecast 52 Rent 53 Affirmativ­e 55 Most profound 58 Macadamia ___ 61 Faucet 63 Take back 64 Where many Irish immigrants died of typhus, 1847: Grosse ___, Que. 66 Captain’s record 68 Vietnamese holiday 71 That vessel 72 Neither hide ___ hair 73 N,S, E or W 75 Zenith 76 Glitch 78 Definite article 79 Heir, often 82 Greek dawn goddess 84 Pairs 87 Bald raptor 89 Pub missile 91 Tailor’s line 94 Gordon Lightfoot’s instrument 96 Makes trouble: ___ Cain 98 Puffed on a cigar 99 Fuzzy fruit 100 City in French Flanders 101 Smell 103 Length of 39.37 inches 105 Crumb catcher 107 Wife-about-to-be 108 The Rockies, e.g. 109 Senior 112 They speak northern Athabaskan languages 114 Wear down 117 Purple yam dessert 118 Salt along the Saguenay 120 Took charge

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