Ottawa Citizen

NORTH OF 49 CROSSWORD

- KATHLEEN HAMILTON

Across

1 No-goodnik (2 wds.) 7 Sign of spring 12 Grouches 18 Eye spots (in gastropods) 19 The Great White ___ 20 Antenna 21 “Peace” for Jews 22 Rubberneck 23 Like from the start (2 wds.) 24 Mick Jagger’s title 25 Inflate a balloon 27 Stand for a painting 29 Porcino mushroom 30 Shocking fish? 32 Like neon and argon 35 Tree of the abies genus 36 In this place 37 Laundromat fixture 39 “The Hub” of N.S. 41 Abnormally dry skin 43 Dad’s spouse 45 Melting snow 47 Rodent 48 Of a group’s customs or symbols 51 Host of a roast 53 Beans (Fr.) 57 Paleo’s opposite 58 Biblical name 60 Analyze grammatica­lly 62 Deficiency 63 Suffix for social or national 64 Sand (Fr.) 66 Stop and smell the ___! 68 Greek letter 69 Online journal 71 Approaches 73 U.S. anti-drug agent 74 Greek dawn goddess 75 Que. town in Abitibi region: La ___ 77 Whirls 79 Harvests 81 Upper-left key 83 Places in Parliament 85 WSW’s reverse 86 French Jesuit missionary, martyr 90 Read out letter by letter 92 Necum ___, N.S. 96 Political assistant 97 Lake (Fr.) 99 Cool! 101 Wild plum, gin flavouring 102 Trail behind 103 “Tooook” 105 “Well did you ___ ...?” 107 Bathroom fixture 108 Insult 110 Perfect one’s appearance 113 One in a cookbook 115 Went to a restaurant (2 wds.) 116 Inuit shelter 117 Tool for scraping out a pipe bowl 118 Gloomy 119 Quebec filmmaker Xavier (“Mommy”) 120 Nearly

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1 Told what to do 2 Hurting more 3 Wedding word: “___ beloved” 4 Right angle 5 Lump of melted cheese, e.g. 6 Man. town settled by Icelanders 7 Replies 8 Deteriorat­e 9 Irish Republican Army 10 To be (Fr.) 11 Sask. symbol 12 Banquet provider 13 Not fake 14 Noah’s creation 15 Brother’s daughters 16 Mohawk saint 17 Inclines 26 Ottawa’s prov. 28 Half a dozen 31 Tractor-trailer (U.S.) 33 Wear the crown 34 “I bid one no ___!” 36 Winnipeg’s Fort Garry, e.g. 38 Judges’ attire 40 Pianist Peterson of jazz (19252007) 42 Royal Air Force (WWII heros) 44 N.B. island: Grand ___ 46 Tall wading bird 48 Serbian-born engineer, inventor 49 It turns 50 Ear parts 52 English assignment 54 Used an e-cigarette 55 Repeats 56 Downhill sliders 57 Penpoints 59 Smacks 61 Weird 65 People who lived near a Great Lake 67 Perfume 70 Diving bird 72 Ginger cookies 76 WNW’s reverse 78 Meat and vegetables simmered together 80 Dregs 82 Underpants (Fr.) 84 Take time to think about (2 wds.) 86 Variety of 35A 87 Bridge in Venice 88 More “out there” 89 Frequently Asked Questions 91 Bulgarian currency 93 Last month, once 94 Two-door cars 95 Quebec commentato­r: Chantal ___ 98 Valentine figure 100 Dry land: ___ firma 103 Therefore 104 Therefore (Lat.) 106 Go in circles 109 Sticky gunk 111 Unwell 112 Giant N.Z. bird, now extinct 114 Engine part

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