NORTH OF 49 CROSSWORD

Across

1 Launder 5 Head cook 9 Wages 12 Wolf’s plaint 16 Thumbs-up 17 That certain

something 18 WSW’s opposite 19 Cinema fare 20 Preschools 23 On the qui vive 24 Cut into stone 25 New virus causing birth defects 26 Specially trained

group 27 Wore away 28 Upside-down

sleepers 29 Range 30 Knocks

senseless 33 Alley 34 RN’s forte 35 Faded 38 Endure 39 Longtime Ukrainian mayor of Winnipeg 40 Horse’s pace 41 Child 42 Isle (Fr.) 43 Journalist/activi st Callwood (1924-2007) 44 Excuse 45 Fodder 46 One’s public

image 48 Unforeseen

difficulty 49 Defunct coin 50 Dance creator 54 Mountain ash 57 Swamp 58 Cohen of song 62 Ireland 63 Put into practice 65 Cut 66 Cow’s call 67 Out of the frying

___, into ... 68 Takes a chair 69 Profit 70 Mosque prayer

leader 71 Winter slider 73 Informal

greeting 74 Beach cover 75 Garden decoration, for some 76 Errand runner 78 Extra benefit (of

a job) 79 Used to be 80 Adhesives 81 Town in Ont., Que., N.B. and N.S. 82 Picks out 86 Canadian ideal: “___, order and good government” 87 Site of CPR’s official finish (1885) 89 Beginning 90 Friend (Fr.) 91 Worse than bad 92 No longer wild 93 Try out 94 Vancouver

winter hrs. 95 Gels 96 From ___ to

stern

Down

1 Emerged from

dreamland 2 Similar (to) 3 Warbled 4 Firefighters’ water

source 5 Sculpt 6 Gigantic 7 Epoch 8 Author of “Stealing Nasreen”: ___ Doctor 9 Takes a look 10 Tolstoy’s

Karenina 11 Affirmative 12 Robbery 13 Passed by 14 Electricity carrier 15 Rent 19 What a lady is

called 21 Snacks 22 Quebec town with western festival: St. ___ 26 Prickly plants 28 Infant 29 Smooth-talking 30 Lose one’s

footing 31 Yarn 32 Tech support

caller 33 Of Earth’s

satellite 34 Boreal forest

zone 36 Security for a

debt 37 Whirlpool 39 Canadian music

award 40 Menacing look 43 N.B.’s largest

city: Saint ___ 44 Irate 45 Fiddlehead, e.g. 47 Read a bar code 48 Dirties 49 Working stiff 51 Drain 52 Tartan 53 Hacked 54 Sales agents 55 Spoken 56 Goblet 59 Bullets 60 Wander 61 Cathedral

feature 63 Fireplace

leftovers 64 Waterfront walk 65 Went under 69 Parking places 70 Mosquitoes 72 He wrote “My Grandfather’s Cape Breton”: Clive ___ 74 Big truck 75 Glitzy party 77 They’re made for

walking 78 Braid 79 Some are

artesian 80 Part of DNA 81 Weaponry 82 Skirt feature 83 Conversation 84 It speeds up as

you age 85 Appear 86 Cooking vessel 87 Lid 88 Night before