NORTH OF 49

ACROSS 1 Oxen coupler 5 Sugar amt. 8 Sweeping story 12 Egg centre 16 Module 17 Pair homophone 18 Piece for one 19 Land o’ blarney 20 Greatly 21 Town of 66A with cheese museum 23 Bras d’Or ___,

N.S. 24 Inuit vehicle, today 26 Skyrocket 27 Quebec filmmaker Jean-Marc (“Demolition”) 29 Good manners 31 Storage tower 32 Perspires 35 Won homophone 36 Journalist, social activist June (1924-2007) 40 Tablet 41 Egyptian boy king 42 Foolishness 43 Through 44 Wear and tear 45 Israel’s Golda 47 Majestic 48 Scent homophone 49 Disapprove of 51 Glass (Fr.) 52 Down jacket 53 Despise 54 Orzo, e.g. 55 Hit alternative 56 Wreck 58 Disgusting dirt 59 Musical N.S.

family 62 Help for the stumped 63 N.S. miners’ memorial: ___ Day 64 Hornswoggle 65 Interstice 66 Prov. with

Algonquin Park 67 Church council 68 Stranded

motorist’s need 69 Fan sound 70 Quebec: “___ society” 72 Taught homophone 73 Not entirely 75 “King Kong” star 76 Prairie shrub native to Siberia 78 Respect 81 Closed 82 Production 85 New driver,

typically 86 Impulsive 89 Support, with

“up” 91 Cost of living? 92 “Little piggies” 93 See red 94 Breakfast staple 95 Whirling water 96 Means justifiers? 97 Eek homophone 98 Wrest

homophone DOWN 1 “Dee-lish!” 2 Obligation 3 Gun’s recoil 4 Principled 5 Ben Heppner, for

one 6 Slump 7 Introduce 8 English

assignment 9 Lousy 10 Under the weather 11 Canadian realist painter 12 Colour of 12A 13 Aural homophone 14 Akin to 15 Place for a pad 17 Devout 22 Blush colour 25 URL part 28 Team up (with) 30 See the sights 31 Classroom (Fr.):

___ de classe 32 Tater 33 Judicious 34 They never forget 36 Snake charmer’s snake 37 Watchful and responsible care 38 Sty cry 39 Stuff to be

crunched 41 Thai homophone 42 Fourth

homophone 45 Sweater eater 46 “Able was I ___

O” 47 Robins’ homes 48 Prov. with Maple

Creek 50 Lake of 48D: ___

Mountain 51 Legally acceptable 52 Synonym for 22D 54 Turning point 55 Chinese leader,

once 56 Not barefoot 57 Short skirt 58 Plain’s opposite 59 Fight 60 Execute perfectly 61 Aged but agile 63 Alfred Nobel’s

invention 64 Workplace

roster 67 Filly’s father 68 Inflict

waterboarding 69 Rapper

homophone 71 XX 72 Stretched tight 73 Paws homophone 74 Aunt homophone 76 Game won by

checkmate 77 Overcharge 78 To be in Toulon 79 Sesame ___ 80 Take care of 81 Went like the

dickens 83 Itch 84 Garb 87 French exclamation: ___ dieu! 88 N.S. island with buried treasure, maybe 90 Whistler winter

hrs.