NORTH OF 49 CROSSWORD

Across

1 Is down with 4 It goes red in fall 9 Man 12 Not taut 14 Breakfast foods 16 Just ___ for the ride 19 GG’s New Year’s reception 20 Modernize 21 Dustup 22 Poem of praise 23 Bleach 25 She wrote “Sweetness in the Belly” 27 Genetic letters 28 Places 30 In the thick of 31 Snack in a shell 32 Epitome of redness 33 Make rougher 35 Military exercises 37 “Wanna ___?” 38 Édouard Beaupré of Willow Bunch, Sask. 40 Take-home 41 Surgeon’s blade 45 Shed tears 46 Nfld. rum 50 VCR insert 51 Take advantage of 53 Modify 55 Don’t just seem 56 Slip up 57 It springs eternal, they say 59 Responding promptly to the helm 60 Wonderland drink 61 “Give it ___!” (2 wds.) 62 Winery process 64 Permit 65 Salacious look 66 Officially bilingual city 68 Vein contents 70 Becomes smaller 73 Slangy affirmative 74 Measure 76 Long fish 77 Debauched 80 Weekend followers 84 Crooked 85 Tooth holders 86 Impromptu: on the ___ of the moment 87 Tops off 89 Spreading tree 90 Signal Hill (St. John’s, Nfld.) site: Deadman’s ___ 91 One sacrificed to the cause 93 Enemy 94 Andean animal 96 Moaned 98 Attach 100 Procrastinator’s word 101 No-goodnik (3 wds.) 102 Nonsensical 103 Toronto summer hrs. 104 Newspapers 105 Historic leader?

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1 Must (2 wds.) 2 King topper 3 Twist 4 Frequent office event 5 Like many conflicts 6 Lowly labourer 7 Lass’s brother 8 Chic 9 Clothing 10 Inuit knife 11 The far distance 12 Swill 13 Where oil was first discovered in Alta. (1947) 14 It may be white-collar 15 Cut 17 Baseball teams 18 Tiny insect 24 “The less ___, the more speed” 26 Muscular doorman 29 Expensive fur 31 Inuit singer Tagaq 32 Stupid (Fr.) 34 Workout unit 35 Damage 36 Glass (Fr.) 39 Swelling reducer 41 Engine driver 42 Boatload 43 Cook’s cover 44 Maritime wildflower 46 Sports figs. 47 No longer on the plate 48 With 4A, SE Sask. town 49 Gets wind of 52 Upper House member: abbr. 54 Caustic substance 57 Can’t stand 58 Lake Okanagan cryptid 63 Barnyard butters? 64 Member with dark meat 65 Shade of purple 67 Lump on the skin 69 Bewail 71 Stratford actress Martha 72 Traffic stopper 74 Jelly candy 75 Victoria’s luxury hotel 77 B.C. waterfall, highest in Canada 78 Prisoner 79 Breathing organs 81 Perform better than 82 Armful (of wood, e.g.) in Nfld. 83 Turn sour 84 Steeple ringer 86 Smooths 88 Hot 90 Separate 91 Horse hair 92 Coarse file 95 Interns’ school 97 Dinghy propeller 99 Cone producer