NORTH OF 49 CROSSWORD by Kathleen Hamilton
ACROSS
1 Used to be 4 Go crazy: run ___ 8 The “L” of XXL 13 Verb with thou 17 Toronto summer hrs. 18 Where kittens are picked up 19 Notions 20 Voice below soprano 21 Time without end 23 “Cheers” or “skol” 24 It means nothing to the French 25 Study, say 26 Astute 28 Feel remorse for 30 Lunenburg snack of pickled herring and onions: Solomon ___ 32 Writing-on-___ Prov. Park, Alta. 33 City with CN tower 34 Make eyes at 35 Arctic bird: ___ owl 36 Keyboard instrument 37 Your of yore 38 Plain homophone 39 Spooks 40 Alta. city: ___ Deer 43 Steep-sided valley (Nfld.) 44 Lustre 45 Letter opener 46 Produce 49 Loon (Fr.) 50 Like a marsh 51 Division within a diocese 52 Jacket for subzero weather 53 Team spirit 54 Pizzeria fixtures 55 Every 24 hours 56 Manitoba city 20 km from U.S. border 57 Stink to high heaven 58 Unhip 59 Gloomy 60 Sixth sense, briefly 61 Pageant crown 62 Chances upon 63 Lingerie item 66 Virile 67 Sticky, heavy clay soil around Regina 68 Twofold 69 Golfer’s tally 72 Quebec peninsula 73 Reverent 74 Quebecois cottage 75 Crispy potato sticks 76 Pint-sized 77 Landlord’s due 78 Creepy 80 Follow too closely 84 Spur (on) 85 Happening 86 Really big show 87 “Just the opposite!” 88 “___ there, done that” 89 Hard up 90 What’s left 91 Bunion’s place
DOWN
1 Teensy 2 Yarmouth summer hrs. 3 Unsympathetically 4 Irk 5 Injure 6 Choose 7 Crucial piece of an arch 8 Tedious recital 9 Worship 10 Harvest 11 Hot air 12 Female hormone 13 Complain about, non-stop (2 wds.) 14 Unearthly 15 Surgical tube 16 Lone Ranger’s sidekick 22 Was a passenger 27 Mr. Hockey 29 Times past 30 Inherited 31 “Yecch!” 32 Garter ___ 33 Put to the test 35 Animal too slow to be prey 36 Musical drama 38 Squeeze 39 Not very stable 40 Queenly 41 Bald raptor 42 Clothesline alternative 43 Slake thirst 44 Ill-tempered 45 Socially awkward 46 Fern’s “seed” 47 Icicle sites 48 Cad 49 The Queen Charlottes, today: ___ Gwaii 50 Folk music 52 Ont. cottage country: ___ Sound 53 Governor General 1898-1904 55 Shoppers’ delights 56 Alta. Mennonite author Rudy 58 Last teen year 59 Our only all-weather road to cross the Arctic Circle: ___ highway 61 Grab 62 Artist’s inspiration 63 Able to stay afloat 64 She wrote “The Hero’s Walk”: Anita ___ Badami 65 Lou Gehrig’s disease 66 Like lava 67 High spirits 68 Little dent 69 Prepare for surgery 70 “Voila!” 71 Gamut 72 Prepare coffee beans 73 Snowbird flier 75 Not tied down 76 Rewards for waiting? 79 Night before 81 Tree feller 82 Moreover 83 When Nancy bakes?