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ACROSS

1 It’s not fiction 5 Is ailing from 8 Front of ship 12 Set-to 15 Like school scribblers 17 Suffix with project 18 Work over 19 French dad 20 Hockey venue 21 Its rise threatens many 23 “All I ___ wanted ...” 24 One who died for the cause 26 Summer in Evian 27 Catlike 29 National park E of Edmonton: ___ Island 30 Wee one 32 Watch part 36 Come-ons 37 Twosome 39 “___ had it!” 40 Finished a cake 41 Marathoner’s need 44 Proportional (2 wds.) 46 Sound system 47 Robertson made it better 49 Joined by rings 53 Departed 54 Conservative 55 Stubborn one 56 “All the things you ___” 57 Wrap up 58 Political pal 60 Disc with software data 62 Vile rodent 63 Whiz 64 The Tragically ___ 65 Terrible fate 66 Comfort 67 Likely danger 69 Our nuclear reactor 71 Greasy wrappers, etc. 73 Famous falls 75 Muscular club doorman 77 Pulled two ways 79 Gorilla 80 Faucets 81 Craft in definition of a Canadian 82 “___, order and good government” 85 First aid ___ 86 It precedes Sept. 89 Refer 91 Focus 93 “___, red in tooth and claw” 95 Skirt feature 96 String around your finger, maybe 101 Elbow 102 Quality of voice 103 It prevents anemia 104 Vichy water 105 Attempts 106 Lamb’s mother 107 Labrador town 108 Highway, on maps 109 Lump on a log

DOWN

1 Show-off enclosure 2 Of hearing 3 Office worker 4 Refugee shelter 5 That guy’s 6 Toward the sheltered side 7 They may be reserved 8 National Historic Site: Grand-___, N.S. 9 Step on the gas 10 Poem 11 Canine howler 12 Steep, narrow valley 13 Unwrapped 14 Merchandise 16 When bats sleep 19 Bird with large throat pouch 22 Allow 25 Five to one, e.g. 28 Populism’s opposite 31 Lair 33 To laugh in Toulouse 34 Assert 35 Part of % 38 Stonework

expert 41 Horrible smell 42 Offer 43 Creative works 44 Snoop 45 In addition 46 Perspire 48 Weep 50 Kind of chop 51 It wipes the board clean 52 Ward off 54 Apex 55 Salmon ___, B.C. 58 Firmly restrained 59 Singer MacNeil 60 Its cheeks are enjoyed in Nfld. 61 Question 65 Forensic evidence 66 Truncation indication 68 Travelling (2 wds.) 69 Spear or Breton 70 Zone 71 Nova Scotia wildflower 72 Very brief moment 74 Opening 76 N.S. island with buried treasure, maybe 77 Beef fat used for candles 78 Where we work, play, and bank now 81 Social group in India 83 Put up preserves 84 Downy duck 86 Sound 87 Pushed 88 They fly in a V 90 Ireland in song 92 Vegetarian’s no-no 94 Round a corner 97 Horse-and-buggy ___ 98 Me (Fr.) 99 What a keeper may keep 100 Wish undone