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1 The ___ before the storm 5 Christmas in Quebec 9 School session 13 Bucket 17 “Nessun dorma,” e.g. 18 Othello villain 19 Oil (Ital.) 20 Medicine Hat’s prov. 21 Okanagan valley city (B.C.) 23 Marvellous 25 Spoofs 26 Performing 28 Selected 29 Knight’s title 30 Community 31 Mexican aunt

32 35 Estimate Mountain Scotland of (2 wds.) 38 Feminine pronoun 41 Stare at 42 Christmas tree 43 Wolfville summer time 44 Cram for an exam (Brit.) 45 Without exception 46 SW Ontario city named after Mohawk chief 50 Swiped 51 Untruth 52 Greek dawn goddess 53 Boater’s blade

54 Nfld. seabird Ecological Reserve: Cape ___ (2 wds.) 56 Cole ___ 58 Hair replacement 59 Cattle, as an asset 60 Man. town with giant mosquito statue 63 Age 64 Bikini top 65 Victoria winter hrs. 68 N.W.T.’s flower: mountain ___ 69 Magnificence 72 Law (Fr.) 73 Brainy teen 74 Island (Fr.) 75 Doctrine, briefly 76 No longer wild 77 Before, before 78 Quebec City hotel: Chateau ___ 82 Barked like a beagle 83 Fruit in pastry 84 Drag 85 Theodore, to pals 86 Fall fruit 89 Love (Fr.) 91 Most profound

95 Quebec film director (“Monsieur Lazhar”) 97 Teens’ all-night fun 99 Touch on 100 Not a copy: abbr. 101 Level 102 Stead 103 Fierce anger 104 “Wow!” 105 Turns down the light 106 Ultimatum word

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1 Bottle tops 2 Neighbourhood3 Pocket fuzz 4 French painter 5 Kinder 6 Cereal grains 7 Self 8 SW Ont. city on Thames river 9 B.C. whale-watching port 10 Panache 11 A year in a trunk 12 Word (Fr.) 13 Turkish bigwig, once 14 Woman’s voice 15 Inflammation suffix

16 Lingerie trim 22 Bearded flower 24 Vinegary 27 Avian symbol of wisdom 30 Sea swallow 31 Explosive letters 32 Hockey score 33 Wrinkly citrus fruit 34 Our northernmost island 35 Prejudice 36 Damage 37 Bookies’ numbers 38 Feature of Shakespearean dramas 39 Sacred 40 Nous sommes, vous ___, ils sont 42 Smile’s opposite 44 One Orion 46Grizzlies 47 Terry cloth item 48 Laissez- ___ 49 Liver or heart 50 Sling mud at 55 Strum 57 Farmer’s asset 60 He painted the 19th c. west 61 Done with

62 Norwegian capital 64 Pear 66 Not all 67 Made a knot 70 Writer 71 Watch face 74 Wrath

76 Frog-to-be 78 Proud (Fr.) 79 However 80 Vichy water 81 Cared for 82 Honk 83 Tectonic ___

85 Agers of parents? 86 Way out there 87 Sunscreen ingredient 88 It goes into a socket 89 Prefix with space 90 But (Fr.)

91 Judge 92 Worse than bad 93 Visits 94 Factual 96 Poodle 98 Caesar’s fifty-six