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ACROSS 1 The Caspian and the Baltic 5 Mix well 9 “Take ___!” 13 Berets in Britain 17 Small pastry 18 Encourage 19 Solemn promise 20 Squished circle 21 Ulan Bator’s continent 22 Like the climate of Victoria, B.C. 23 Our most northerly island 25 Takes a break 27 Crowds of rioters 29 Shaded light 30 Never in Nuremberg 31 Rains ice 33 Stable food 35 Witness 36 Spring runner 37 Pout 39 National park near Banff 41 Woeful 43 Forbid 46 Three threes 48 U.K. baby carriage 50 Answer 54 Utilized 56 Giant N.Z. bird, once 57 Press 59 Prairie tribe 60 Item of bedding 62 Nfld. peninsula 65 Hairstyles once favoured 67 Bog fuel 69 Large ungulate 70 Warty one 71 Lost one’s cool 74 Tries out 77 Tories’ opponents 80 Mr. Hockey 81 Stadium level 83 Manitoulin Island’s prov. 85 Canyon effect 86 Wipe out 88 Highway 90 Kitten feet 92 Finger count 93 Ticket 95 Cut souvenir 97 Takes off 99 Middle East org.

102Bubble ___ 104Snare 106N.S. lighthouse, oldest operating in the Americas 110End of Ramadan 111Prevaricated 113Lean 115Ethical 116Montreal football team 119Go yachting 121Warm-hearted 122Golf ___ 123He composed “Rule Britannia” 124To be along the Saguenay 125Hemline 126In this place 127Whirl 128Sesame ___ 129Dear homophone DOWN 1 Has the leading role 2 Supporter of the arts? 3 Emerge 4 Part of U.S.A. 5 Total 6 Neat 7 White blockhouse? 8 UNESCO site in Labrador, former Basque whaling station (2 wds.) 9 Obey: ___ the line 10 Banquet venue 11 Map collection 12 Main ideas 13 “The Jack Pine” painter: ___ Thomson 14 N.W.T.’s flower: mountain ___ 15 Soprano Callas 16 Slumber 24 Easternmost point of Canada: Cape ___, Nfld. 26 Astound 28 Where to catch 43D 32 Slender 34 Makes smaller 38 Door opener 40 Or homophone 42 Announce 43 Public transportation 44 It piled up on Pompeii 45 Hometown of Margaret Laurence (“The Diviners”) 47 Water (Fr.) 49 Pop’s partner 51 Forecast 52 Rent 53 Affirmative 55 Most profound 58 Macadamia ___ 61 Faucet 63 Take back 64 Where many Irish immigrants died of typhus, 1847: Grosse ___, Que. 66 Captain’s record 68 Vietnamese holiday 71 That vessel 72 Neither hide ___ hair 73 N,S, E or W 75 Zenith 76 Glitch 78 Definite article 79 Heir, often 82 Greek dawn goddess 84 Pairs 87 Bald raptor 89 Pub missile 91 Tailor’s line 94 Gordon Lightfoot’s instrument 96 Makes trouble: ___ Cain 98 Puffed on a cigar 99 Fuzzy fruit

100City in French Flanders 101Smell 103Length of 39.37 inches 105Crumb catcher 107Wife-about-to-be 108The Rockies, e.g. 109Senior 112They speak northern Athabaskan languages 114Wear down 117Purple yam dessert 118Salt along the Saguenay 120Took charge