NORTH OF 49 CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Egyptian snake 4 Soviet empire 8 Sparkling Italian wine 12 Stuff to the gills 16 Half a dance 17 Mall enticement 18 Planted 19 Rebuff 20 Wheels 21 Ireland, poetically 22 Mutton fat 23 Examine the accounts 24 Wear the crown 26 People of Sheshatshiu 28 Bias 30 Japanese graphic art 32 Korean-Canadian show: “___ Convenience” 34 Urge 35 “___ the fields we go ...” 36 Rock concert blasters 38 Sups 40 Gaspe mountains: les ___-Chocs 42 Caribbean country 45 Canadian name in beer 47 Symbol 51 Adherent: suffix 52 It can range from good to bad 54 Investigate 55 Tie up 57 Utility vehicle 58 Air homophone 59 Young’s partner in accounting 60 Stick used on shaving cuts 62 He pretends to be pious 65 Country of W Africa 66 “___ on earth did you do it?” 69 Electromagnetic interference, briefly 70 Plural of serum 72 Story’s lesson 73 Set a lower price (than competitors) 76 Movie disc 77 Playthings 78 Star (Fr.) 79 Sushi wrapping 81 All (Fr.) 83 Existence (Lat.) 85 Roil 86 Thoroughfares: abbr. 89 Corrida cheers 91 Assistance 93 Make into law 96 Multi-hulled boat 99 Lean 101 To be in Toulouse 102 Take forcibly 103 Man’s name 105 Chinese religious object 107 Tiny particle 108 Judge’s seat 109 Fragrant flower 110 Nanny in India 111 Have debts 112 Part of B.A. 113 Yukon town with record cold (-63 C) 114 Present 115 St. John’s summer hrs.

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1 Capital of 65A 2 Majumder of comedy 3 Kind of democracy 4 Utilize 5 Rani’s garment 6 Move furtively 7 Actor Callum Keith ___ (“Wilby Wonderful”) 8 Stubborn beast 9 Everything: from ___ to nuts 10 Silly, contemptible one 11 Office loudspeaker 12 P.E.I.: “___ Island” 13 Sound 14 Instant 15 Type in 19 Sheik, possibly 25 U.K. actress Thompson 27 Savoury flavour 29 N.B. port: Saint ___ 31 Vast 33 Alta. park: Writing-on-___ 37 One sent ahead to find enemy positions 39 Insult 41 Thin, wispy cloud 42 Triangular sail 43 Sound of a sneeze (U.K.) 44 Against: prefix 46 Southeast gales over Cape Breton 48 Canadian event of 1867 49 Watch 50 Take-home amount 53 Electronic dance music 54 Animal underfoot, often 56 Hereditary ruler 61 Sidekick 63 Biblical prophet 64 Angers 65 Greenwich Mean Time 67 “Garfield” dog 68 Canadian actor Kenneth 71 Tally up 73 They talk 74 Go back to 000 75 Palm fruit 78 End User License Agreement 80 Niagara peninsula product 82 Vivacity 84 Harper who refused Meech Lake Accord 86 Kind of diving 87 Stun gun 88 Exciting action in a movie 90 Soap (Fr.) 92 Acadian buckwheat pancake 94 Throng 95 Principle 97 Rainbows 98 U.S. space org. 100 Winter Palace ruler 104 No, briefly 106 Female pronoun