NORTH OF 49 CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Tall B.C. spruce 6 Hold 10 Inuit knife 13 Like the Sahara 17 Scent 18 True-to-life 19 Small bite 20 Showroom model 21 Lack confidence in 22 P.E.I. person 24 Spellbound 25 B.C. neighbour 26 Stroke 27 Dove’s sound 28 Kids’ winter weapon 30 Came up for air 33 Gentleman, to Putin 34 Construction site sight 36 Whole lot 37 Pink-legged wading bird 39 “Evangeline” setting: Grand ___, N.S. 40 Green light 42 Site on Signal Hill (St. John’s, Nfld.): Deadman’s ___ 43 Lung protector 46 Ungiving 48 It holds a sausage together 50 Mouthwatering reading 51 It’s handwoven in the Hebrides 52 Quebec’s bird: snowy ___ 54 Smelter input 55 Supports 56 Contend 57 …vian, e.g. 58 Young fellow 59 “___ questions?” 60 Maker’s identity 62 The grand’s is usually lifted 63 Isle (Fr.) 64 Recreational boat 67 Cousin’s mother 68 Most recent 70 Green Gables village 72 Wreak revenge: ___ even 73 Wait nervously 74 Nfld. seabird with fat beak 76 Aglet, e.g. 77 Senate’s function: “___ second thought” 78 Poetic tribute 79 Some spices 81 Kenneth Welsh or Ellen Page 83 Time without end 85 ___ borealis 86 Unfavourably 87 Small songbird 88 Long ago, long ago 92 Stuff in a muffin 93 He was GG during the Pacific scandal (1873) 96 Creme de la creme 97 Home for hominids, once 98 Not quite right 99 Shoe bottom 100 Scrabble pieces 101 Musher’s transport 102 Manitoba author Gabrielle (“The Tin Flute”) 103 Gets the picture 104 Skilled

DOWN

1 Scotch’s partner 2 Idle homophone 3 Talk up 4 Ukrainian sausage (var.) 5 It’s often left hanging 6 “Good ___!” 7 Say in a different way 8 Relating to: suffix 9 It feeds the fetus 10 Take apart 11 Whopper 12 Rebellion 13 Lost at sea 14 Change, chemically 15 Suggest 16 Adore (with “on”) 23 Doze (“off”) 26 Newspapers 29 Freezing 31 Without any help 32 Arrive at a judgement 34 Hands on deck 35 Pertinent 37 Kind of staircase 38 Unable to appreciate music (2 wds.) 39 Chilliwack winter hrs. 41 It likely has an aglet 43 Like forest-friendly paper 44 Pen filler 45 School transportation 47 Boxer’s deceptive move 49 Being alone but not lonely 50 N.B. island: Grand ___ 53 One taking orders 55 Steely version of 28A 60 Groceries holder 61 Regret 65 Egg producers 66 Wee bit 68 It cools Nfld.: ___ current 69 Immaculate 71 Call upon 73 Impoverished 75 Like good farmland 77 High on marijuana 80 Lens cover? 81 Hearing-related 82 Want badly 83 Santa’s little helper 84 Baseball teams 85 Rudiments 86 Uncertain 89 Tick off 90 Stair part 91 Reason to cram 94 Tabloid topic 95 Fish eggs 96 When a plane is due in: abbr.