NORTH OF 49 CROSSWORD

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 22 Bow 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 Fem.’s opposite 2 Lethbridge’s prov. 3 Town on Quebec-

Vermont 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 ook a 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