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1 Mooches around 6 Post’s opposite 9 On the other hand 12 Storm (Fr.) 17 Pond buildup 18 Whiskey 19 Make a choice 20 Soft drinks (U.S.) 21 Assassinated 22 Acorn producer 23 Aiming to fool you 25 Some noble estates 27 Recycling container 28 Irritate 29 Male offspring 30 Regretted 31 Understand 32 Elevator’s vertical space 34 CIA’s predecessor 35 Most respected woman in her field 39 Jeer 40 One of the 5 W’s 42 Whole lot 43 “___ the fields we go” 44 Sea eagle 45 Sunburned 46 Uncooked 47 Philanthropist 49 Razor-billed bird 50 Crazy as a ___ 52 Town in SE corner of Sask. 54 Ottawa, once 56 Eat 57 Candied (fruit) 59 Follow too closely 61 The life of Riley 62 Tennis court divider 64 Knife, fork and ___ 66 Cook in hot fat 67 Owns 68 It ran away, in rhyme, with the 64A 69 Poetic dusk 70 The Aztecs made it from chicle 71 Cause of big toe pain 72 “Likewise” 73 Not at all sleepy 76 Intimidate 77 Fun and ___ 78 Beaver’s work 79 Alexander Graham ___ 80 Laplanders 81 Praise on the back cover 83 Wrap up 84 Like sushi or sumo wrestling 88 Worthless (2 wds.) 90 Coffee cup 91 Fish breathe through them 92 Venomous snake 93 Fur homophone 94 Live and breathe 95 Ruhr Valley city 96 Like some kids’ bedrooms 97 United 98 Bad: prefix 99 We seek it in summer
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1 Use a surgical beam 2 Ceramic stew pot 3 Thickener from seaweed 4 Secure (2 wds.) 5 Farewell party 6 Grad dances 7 Scandinavian rugs 8 Startled cry 9 Our physical selves 10 Turn over 11 Toronto’s public transit, for short 12 Fish hawk 13 Spin 14 Mine entrance 15 “I ___ at the office” 16 WNW’s opposite 24 Incite (2 wds.) 26 Hamilton’s prov. 27 Head-andshoulders sculpture 30 Classic Canadian film: “Goin’ Down the ___” 32 Scour 33 Bar with country music 35 Despondent 36 Like gerunds, as a verb form 37 New beginning? 38 Take a wrong turn 39 Ocean 40 Like some arrests 41 Female lobster 42 Road goo 46 Knock 47 Hill of sand 48 Not quite right 50 Meat cut 51 Quebec’s bird: snowy ___ 52 Actor’s signal 53 Wingdings 55 Way of the East 56 Pigpen 58 Lab work 60 Joe Batt’s ___, Nfld. 61 Vichy water 63 Howe’er 64 Stitch up 65 Small vegetable 67 Wolf’s call 68 Lessen 70 Sticky, heavy clay soil around Regina 71 Olympian’s quest 72 Wrecks 74 Infers (from data) 75 Very different from: a ___ (2 wds.) 76 Core 77 Space between 79 Neighbour of Nigeria 80 Wise counsellors 81 Portend 82 Pubmates 84 It can put a man in jail: ___ duty 85 Wagner soprano 86 Toboggan alternative 87 Feudal worker 88 60’s war zone, to vets 89 Tabloid topic 90 Are you stark raving ___?