Toronto Star

NORTH OF 49

- BY KATHLEEN HAMILTON

ACROSS

1 Writer 4 Nail alternativ­e 9 Quiet! 12 Photograph­er’s request 14 Inflammati­on of the colon 16 They’re often guided 19 Needs 20 Italian herb 21 Own up to 22 Over-the-top (content) 23 Brazilian dances 25 Too smoothtalk­ing 27 Tokyo’s precursor 28 Equestrian’s “stop!” 30 Regular attendee 31 Gaspe mountains: les ___-Chocs 32 Sketched 33 Underlying theme 35 Business expo (2 wds.) 37 Thither 38 Sauna vapour 40 Soaked 41 Hounds 45 Part of WWW 46 Varied 50 The basics 51 Expert 53 Vista 55 And all the rest,

briefly 56 As well 57 Primitive weapon 59 Now-defunct bills 60 Scrooge’s “so

what!” 61 One way to get pregnant, quickly 62 Lofty perch 64 Peggy’s Cove summer hrs. 65 Italy’s annual bicycle race 66 Composer of “Swingin’ Shepherd Blues” 68 Amscrayed 70 Big steps 73 Whistle-blower 74 Inuit singer Tagaq 76 Comparativ­e ending 77 Most rank 80 Wax from sheep’s wool 84 P.E.I.: “___ Island” 85 To be along the Saguenay 86 Climbing plant that winds around stems 87 Period of pouting 89 Pedro’s please: ___ favor 90 Trick ending? 91 Jamaican music 93 Not many 94 Pizzazz 96 Lake in Jasper

National Park 98 Manila hemp 100N. S. town across

from Bible Hill 101 More frightenin­g 102Dashes 103Alta. city: ___ Deer 104Alter 105Gander summer

hrs.

DOWN

1 N.S. town with Grohmann Knives 2 Fenced-in national park with bison: ___ Island 3 Scottish loch 4 Sherbets 5 Cloudless 6 Oil drilling setups 7 Est. arrival time 8 Alice Munro’s hometown 9 Wild guess 10 Brick or mortar carrier 11 Plural of humerus 12 Lento (mus.) 13 They include arithmetic 14 Vancouver Island town 15 Not liquid or gaseous 17 Passenger 18 Put in the warehouse 24 Real estate person 26 Canadian vintners’ specialty 29 Vast chasm 31 Seafood 32 Medjool fruit 34 Water tester 35 Three-way joint 36 Beans (Fr.) 39 Duo number 41 Wax-resist dyeing technique 42 From the beginning (Latin, 2 wds.) 43 Nfld. feast 44 Reject with contempt 46 Mars vehicle 47 Offer a higher price 48 Gawk 49 Cavernous sounds 52 Baseball stat. 54 Massachuse­tts Cape 57 Caravan beast 58 Small pamphlet 63 Wipe away 64 “___ calls?” 65 Daughters 67 Canadian children’s music performer: ___ Penner 69 Aardvark’s tidbit 71 Ringworm, e.g. 72 Early U.S. car manufactur­er (1905) 74 B.C. city on the Skeena 75 Straighten­ed 77 Animal’s scent trail 78 Say very softly 79 Couples in the news 81 Rage 82 Actually (2 wds.) 83 Brother’s daughter 84 X marks the ___ 86 Commence 88 “___ the night before Xmas ...” 90 Wearing shoes 91 To laugh (Fr.) 92 Make 95 Before: prefix 97 Fleeing: on the ___ 99 Evil

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NEW! Order True North Crosswords #7, the latest edition of Kathleen Hamilton’s popular puzzle book series! Available online now at StarStore.ca or via telephone at 416-869-4998

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