NORTH OF 49 CROSSWORD

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1 Wax-coated cheese 5 Forehead 9 Or best offer, quickly 12 River through Paris 17 Caesar’s garment 18 Verdi opera 19 Island prov. 20 Outer’s opposite 21 Military trials (2 wds.) 24 Foundations 25 Negligent 26 Gone bad 27 Fundy phenomenon 28 Lennon’s partner Yoko 29 Pal 30 Yawning 33 “___ not, want not!” 36 Trot or gallop 37 Wander 38 Letters on a sale item 41 Beach shelters 42 Not holding its shape 43 Like a cube: six-___ 44 French consent 45 Long distance number 46 Domesticate 47 Designer of our maple leaf 48 Gas station fixture 49 Early Canadian author: Catharine Parr ___ 51 Shock (Fr.) 52 Quebec peninsula 53 Quebec city founded 1634 57 Painful emotion 60 Long (for) 61 A Canadian beer 64 Sturdy trees 65 Alta. Mennonite author Rudy 67 Tater 68 Robert, to pals 70 By the way, briefly 71 Unconscious states 72 Palm fruit 73 Toy for a windy day 74 Witness 75 Bosc or Bartlett 76 Small bunch of flowers 77 Sat for a portrait 78 Twitch 80 Moroccan market 81 Scot’s beret 82 Spicy cuisine 84 Tight-fitting 85 Indian instruments 88 Kind of buddy 90 Capital of 19A 93 Dawn 94 Feminine possessive 95 Dying sea of Central Asia 96 Popular screen 97 Newspapers 98 Lemon drink 99 Eyelid problem 100 Retained

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1 Truncation indication: abbr. 2 Exit 3 Malarial fever 4 Groundhogs’ cousins 5 Opera singer 6 Edges 7 Harem room 8 It may carry torpedoes 9 Addictive poppy product 10 Grizzly 11 Lubricate 12 Bro or sis 13 Related on mother’s side 14 Stealthy and treacherous 15 It’s more than a desire 16 Gaelic 22 Prong 23 All (Fr.) 29 Arrived 30 Your physical self 31 Finished 32 Alta. city: ___ Deer 33 What person? 34 Cousin’s mother 35 Trick ending? 36 Man. town with many Icelanders 37 He wrote “The Origin of Species” 39 Rear 40 Like peaches in August 42 French composer (“Symphonie espagnole”) 43 Kitchen range 46 Grow weary 47 Glow 48 Free ticket 50 They’re pressed for cash 51 Where babies sleep 52 Neuter 54 Inuit seal-catcher 55 Starving 56 Libertine 57 Wails 58 Despise 59 It means “Land where the partridge drums” in Mohawk 62 Geisha’s sashes 63 Memo 65 Troubles 66 Muslim cleric 67 Maple Creek’s prov. 69 Life: a ___ of roses? 71 Tax prep expert 72 He brought in medicare: Tommy ___ 73 Inuit sled 76 Serve the tea 77 Canape topping 79 Reverent 80 Trap 81 Earl or viscount 82 It equals 3 tsps. 83 Sixty minutes 84 Lose fur or feathers 85 Remain in place 86 Lasso 87 Trade 89 Law makers, briefly 90 Half a dance? 91 Uneaten morsel 92 Gander summer hrs.