NORTH OF 49 CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Crop destroyer 5 Origin of Toronto: ___ York 9 Ovine butters 13 Swindle 17 Skin breakout 18 At any time 19 Almost skinny 20 Washed out 21 Deceive: take for a ___ 22 Outline 24 Face shape 25 Proclamation 27 Competition 28 Simplest 30 Gaspe mountains: les ___-Chocs 32 Thirst (for) 35 Ceramics oven 36 N.S. tourist attraction 38 Layer 40 Former 42 Bicycle part 45 Bits of butter 47 Cereal grains 49 Univ. lecturer 51 Cut into small cubes 52 Desktop symbol 53 Slalom 54 College session 56 That vessel 57 Royal chair 59 Scrounger 63 This or that 65 Stir-fry pan 66 Provide with a permanent fund 67 Age 68 Colouring stick 71 Mountain goat’s perch 72 Vendor 76 That woman 77 New Zealand bird 79 Workout unit 81 Running behind 82 Shh! The walls have ___! 84 Office worker, briefly 86 Remain 87 Gym site 88 Penned 90 Its bark was used on canoes 92 Inuit knife 94 Doctorate 95 Clothing 97 They’re shed in sorrow 99 Sponge cake ingredients 101 Common brown bird 104 Bagpiper’s wear 106 Blah 109 Help for the stumped 110 Hired soldier 114 Like hen’s teeth 115 Years back 116 Finishing nail 117 Low joint 118 Verge 119 Owner’s document 120 Fall mo. 121 Stride 122 Look for

DOWN

1 Hair homophone 2 Sulfuric ___ 3 Gauge 4 Aquatic bloodsucker 5 Nourished 6 Above 7 Track event 8 Arm muscles 9 Way: abbr. 10 “Caught ya!” 11 Tiny arachnid 12 Underhanded sort 13 Rotten 14 Where L.M. Montgomery grew up 15 “Woe is me!” 16 Lose firmness 23 Within view 26 Bit of helpful info 29 Drink bit by bit 31 Bound tightly together 33 Upholstery problem 34 Passage long sought by Europeans 36 Rod for roasting 37 Per person 39 Shoot the breeze 41 Shad delicacy 43 Heart trouble 44 Suggestive look 46 Quebec’s bird: ___ owl 48 How long you can take (2 wds.) 50 Type of swimming competition 55 Mud 58 Cranny’s partner 60 Won homophone 61 Unusual 62 Gear tooth 64 Count up 68 Prepare to swallow 69 Stern 70 Conceit 73 Hat for the drunk? 74 Carve into glass 75 Try for a part 78 Part of WWW 80 Water (Fr.) 83 Began 85 N.S. site of early Acadian settlement: Grand-___ 86 Becomes smaller 89 Wander 91 Wedding reception centrepiece 93 “Yuck!” 96 Strikes out 98 Bias 100 Pierces with horns 101 Not barefoot 102 Wood of early Canadian furniture 103 Used to be 105 Hat stand 107 Yen 108 Submissive 111 Knock 112 Brandon summer hrs. 113 Slangy assent