NORTH OF 49

ACROSS

1 It holds up a sail 5 Kissable part of neck 9 Australian stone 13 Zipped 17 Voice below soprano 18 Opinion piece, briefly 19 Do an electrician’s job 20 Part of N.W.T. 21 Take the lead role 22Bow submissively, knee to the ground 24 Opera solo 25 Causeway from N.S. to Cape Breton 27 “Parsley, ___, rosemary and ...”

28 Singing with mouth closed 30 Ditty 32 Emotional (poetry, e.g.) 35 Bursts 36 Small shelter 38 Unite 40 Irritate 42 Nut 45 “Beware the ___ of March” 47 Dwarf (Fr.) 49 Door opener 51 Roof of some stadiums 52 Equine baby 53 Pistol 54 Figure-skating jump

56 Vegetable that rolls

57 Make happen 59 Our nuclear reactor 63 Be penitent 65 Neither’s partner 66 Hit from your youth 67 Road surfacing 68 Mark of disgrace 71 Taxi ticker 72 Tooth coating 76 Vase 77 Ultimatum word 79 Possess 81 Staff note 82 Make fun of 84 Vittles 86 Urge 87 Use scissors 88 Neutered bull 90 Boreal forest zone 92 Hot off the press 94 Wore away 95 Stallion 97 They reveal your insides 99 Telephoned 101 Female siblings 104 Murdered, biblically 106 Marsh grasses 109 Kind of exam

110 Audio technician’s headwear 114 A Great Lake 115 Wrapped up 116 Way out there 117 Stat! 118 Gossip 119 Colony insects 120 Same (Fr.) 121 Withhold from 122 Dates

DOWN

1 2 Fem.’s Lethbridge’s opposite prov. 3 Town on QuebecVermont border 4 Trunk with a chest 5 Yuletide beverage 6 Simians 7 Prison-related 8 She wrote “Half-Blood Blues” 9 Symbol of wisdom 10 Flaky dessert 11 It’s curved overhead 12 Ease off (2 wds.) 13 Postmarked 14 Submarine viewer 15 Ireland, poetically 16 Use a trawl

23 Terrarium plant 26 Prov. with Algonquin Park 29 Unruly head of hair 31 Fizzy mixer (2 wds.) 33 Squid’s squirt 34 Winner of a war 36 Stereo predecessor 37 Thick Japanese noodle 39 Water (Fr.) 41 Thou, today 43 Prayer ender 44 Tidy 46 Past of sling 48 Paycheque deduction (2 wds.) 50 Drink dispenser 55 University VIP 58 Town on Avalon Peninsula, Nfld.: ___by Chance 60 Lager 61 Nfld. summer hrs. 62 Expire 64 U.K. baby carriages 68 Totals 69 It’s faster than a walk 70 Unending 73 Early zoo 74 Give off

75 Run easily 78 Took a seat 80 Triumphed 83 Stovetop boilers 85 Knight’s title 86 Cargo

89 Wish undone 91 Deep cut 93 Event of 1812 96 Fantasize 98 Intuit 100 Requires

101 Scotch and ___ 102 Component of steel 103 It holds valuables 105 Withdraw gradually 107 In ___ straits

108 Tennis units 111 Ovine sire 112 Opposite of post113 Double agent