NORTH OF 49 CROSSWORD
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 (1925-2007)
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 “santè” 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.