The Hamilton Spectator

NORTH OF 49 CROSSWORD

- by Kathleen Hamilton

ACROSS

1 That woman’s 5 Parking ___ 9 Wham! 12 In what place 17 Worse than bad 18 Take a trip around 19 Horse-and-buggy ___ 20 Bob or Doug McKenzie (“Great White North”) 21 Its shores were colonized by ancient Greeks 24 Whales seen off Victoria, B.C. 25 Do a journalist’s job 26 Pickle herb 27 Mall event 28 “Out of the frying ___, into the fire” 29 Telescope part 30 Maker’s tag 33 Got in the crosshairs 36 Ripped 37 Inscrutabl­e Lisa 38 It held many pairs 41 Leave a mark 42 Top tunes 43 Abstains from eating 44 Coffee alternativ­e 45 G major, e.g. 46 Scavenging rodents 47 “Oh, Danny boy, the ___ ...” 48 Kind of cheese 49 Canadian circus: Cirque du ___ 51 Plummet 52 Glass (Fr.) 53 Long B.C. river 57 Lightheade­d 60 Weaponry 61 Lives 64 Now-defunct bills 65 Closes 67 Long narrow valley (Scot.) 68 Vote of support 70 Bruce Peninsula’s prov. 71 Photograph­er’s light 72 Quebec city, Ottawa neighbour 73 Time period 74 Owing 75 Not prerecorde­d 76 Attila’s people 77 Triangular traffic sign 78 Sound the same 80 Lies in the sun 81 Driving hazard 82 Guarantee of good faith 84 Stop 85 Puts a match to 88 Figure skating venue 90 Canadian event of 1867 93 Spear 94 Whichever 95 Scandinavi­an rugs 96 Elite U.K. school 97 Change 98 Small vegetable 99 Scent homophone 100 People of the boreal forest

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1 Skirt’s edge 2 Forever and ___ 3 Get a lift 4 Bedroom shoe 5 Back of a ship 6 Fortified wine 7 “___ home and native land” 8 Stock exchange figures 9 Strips 10 Language exam 11 Pale 12 What person? 13 Arabian or Morgan 14 Elevator alternativ­e 15 Genuine 16 Irish Gaelic 22 One with dry, warty skin 23 Baseball team 29 Auction batches 30 Fail to win 31 Sugar bowl marchers 32 Stocking (Fr.) 33 Question 34 Freezes 35 BLT sauce 36 Earl or viscount 37 Town of SW Sask.: ___ Creek 39 Back 40 William’s wife 42 Greet heartily 43 Puts gas in the tank 46 Lean (on) 47 They have dates 48 Understand­s 50 Tops 51 U.K. actor (“The King’s Speech”) 52 Blood vessel 54 Issue to champion 55 Oil sources 56 Skater’s jump 57 As ___ as gold 58 People of Sheshatshi­u 59 Laundry necessity 62 Use a keyboard 63 Shut tightly 65 Slender 66 Own 67 Rifles 69 Plus 71 Catch a flight 72 They may carry 67D 73 Spotted 76 50% 77 Lotus position discipline 79 Therefore 80 Inuk singer Tagaq 81 Eldest 82 Big celebratio­n 83 Shrunken sea of Central Asia 84 Sharpen 85 Tilt 86 Quebec town with western festival: St. ___ 87 In a few minutes 89 Irish airline: ___ Lingus 90 Upper limit 91 Colour 92 Wind dir.

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