NORTH OF 49

ACROSS

1 Eager 5 Duet number 8 Colourless 12 Have a hand out 15 Equestrian 17 That guy’s 18 Air 19 Beseech 20 Excuse 21 Put a burden on 23 Coarse file 24 Messy stain 26 Lummox 27 Public rows 29 Posed 30 Run smoothly 32 Redbreast 36 Strangely 37 Songbird 39 Wore away 40 They’re caught on beaches 41 Like Canada’s population 44 Polished 46 Quebec inventor

of snowblower 47 Mohammed’s

religion 49 More eager 53 Make mittens 54 Watch part 55 Wreath material 56 Old Roman

welcome 57 Business abbr. 58 Hawaiian greeting 60 N.W.T.’s floral emblem: mountain ___ 62 Three-way joint 63 Snaky fish 64 Cubs’ refuge 65 Like the Prairies in the Dirty Thirties 66 Money set aside

for a purpose 67 Night movies 69 Companies 71 Goes around 73 Misunderstood 75 Fruit from Florida 77 Squint 79 No longer in the

closet 80 Actor’s part 81 Figure skating

venue 82 Makes

preparations 85 Hive worker 86 That girl 89 Masculine 91 Vinaigrette

ingredient 93 Bathroom item,

often 95 Utter 96 Sent back 101 Zones 102 Lean (on) 103 Bearded spring

flower 104 Gallivant about 105 Chronic irritant: pet ___ 106 Make a stab 107 ___ Breton, N.S. 108 London summer hrs. 109 WW II gun

DOWN

1 Saudis 2 Posh home in

Rome 3 Numbskull 4 Money owed 5 Definite article 6 Sot 7 Peterson of jazz 8 It holds back a

river 9 Massage 10 Have a life 11 Drinking spots 12 Cognac 13 Canvas stands 14 Wanderer 16 He wrote “Barney’s Version” 19 Come before 22 It may be saucer

shaped 25 Loon (Fr.) 28 Ottawa suburb: Bell’s ___ 31 One of a married couple 33 Ont. “cranberry

capital” 34 News note 35 Photog’s item 38 Outstanding swimmer Vicki 41 Some call it supper 42 Winter eaves

dropper? 43 Winery

container 44 Street shader 45 Similar (to) 46 Went downhill 48 The Aegean or

the Baltic 50 “The ___ of Things” (TV series) 51 Happenings 52 Marsh plants 54 Heir 55 Nourished 58 Naval rank 59 With a discount

of 60 The long ___ of

the law 61 Cap brim 65 Noah’s creation 66 Seedy fruit 68 Useful or pleasant

feature 69 Fowl homophone 70 Whit 71 January specials 72 Patella

74 Apex 76 Thieve 77 Grade One reader 78 In a ghostly way 81 Ward off 83 Neither hide ___

hair 84 Burn 86 Freezing rain 87 Throw with effort 88 Ruhr Valley city 90 Marathoner Gillis 92 Head the crew 94 Greek war god 97 Age 98 Tout’s offering 99 Exploit 100 Banned pesticide