A patriotic puzzle to test your national knowledge
ACROSS
1. Emblem on Canadian flag (5,4) 6. Common word of apology (5) 9. Austin Powers & Shrek (4,5) 15. Coastal inlet (3) 17. Earth observation, abbr. (2) 18. Toronto’s shoe museum (4) 19. Vodka and clamato juice cocktail (6) 20. Cdn-born Naismith invented this hoops game (10) 21. Chocolate-custard dessert: _______ bar (7)
22. Small trumpet (5) 23. Symbol for the element ruthenium (2)
24. Masculine version of Olga (4) 26. The national anthem (1,6) 27. Handmaid’s Tale author, 1st name (8) 30. The Space Shuttle’s robotic arm (8) 31. Property claim (4) 33. Operating income, abbr. (2) 34. A Maritime time zone (3)
36. Air conditioning, abbr. (2) 38. This saturated ground covers 14 per cent of Canada (8)
41. Mining term: Net smelter return, abbr. (3)
43. A top Canadian export (4) 46. Symbol for element antimony (2) 47. Superior is the largest ____ (4) 48. Old English, abbr. (2) 49. Spanish house (4)
51. Metric weight (4) 52. 600-plus outlets sell this Japanese dish in Vancouver (5) 54. Physician (2) 55. Integrated circuit, abbr. (2) 57. Top secret, abbr. (2) 59. Brown paper sack (3) 60. Male bee (5) 62. Cheerless (6) 63. Actor: Friends’ Chandler Bing (5) 65. One mile equal 1.6 __, abbr. (2) 67. An electric car (5) 69. Sausage Party’s ____ Rogen (4) 70. Social enterprise Me to __ (2) 72. Gosling or Reynolds (4) 74. Timid (3)
75. Energy (3)
77. A final thought in a letter (2) 78. Toronto’s tower (2) 79. Classic baked treat: butter ____ (4) 80. Serviette (6) 82. Tuber grown in PEI (6) 83. Little __ Peep (2) 85. A network of blood vessels (4) 86. Fries with cheese curds and gravy (7)
87. Groups of bees (6)
89. Father and son who were each Prime Minister (7)
90. Stock symbol for
Lupaka Gold (3)
91. Ambulance responder (3)
93. The seventh note of a major scale (2)
94. Non-governmental organization, abbr. (3)
95. Dept. that hires people (2) 96. July 1 is Canada ___ (3)
97. A cyst (3) 99. Deliberately destroying (10) 102. Working extra hours (2)
104. Cdn baby food invention (6) 106. Astronaut _____ Hadfield (5) 108. Oldest department store (3) 109. Lutetium’s symbol (2)
110. Rule out (3)
111. Banting & ____ discovered insulin (4)
112. Cdn invention: The push-up Wonder___ (3)
113. Feline (3) 114. Magnificent (6) 118. Executive director, abbr. (2) 119. Shortened form of pizza (2) 120. In ____ of (replacing) (4) 122. First Nations’ carved pole (5) 124. Hurtig, Gibson or Brooks (3) 125. Pop phenom Justin ______ (6) 128. National symbolic animal (6) 130. Name of the one dollar coin (6) 131. Yoga wear success story: ____lemon (4)
133. Long Romanian river (3) 136. One who provides for himself: Hunter-________ (8) 138. Hockey’s Great One,
1st name (5)
140. Board game Trivial _______ created in 1979 (7)
144. Canada’s first woman in space, initials ( 2)
145. Five species of this animal can be found in Cda (4)
147. Motto: From sea to ___ (3) 149. Standard practice, abbr. (2) 151. Official winter sport (6) 152. Official summer sport (8) 155. Ace Ventura’s ___ Carrey (3) 156. Nancy Greene was a famous one (5)
157. A tuque is a winter ___ (3) 158. To give an account or narrative (4) 160. Grey’s Anatomy star: Sandra __ (2)
161. Cancer fighter who attempted one-legged run across nation (5,3) 162. Rapper from “The 6” (5) 163. Once the world’s most popular smartphone (10)
DOWN
1. First Prime Minister (9) 2. Settle a monetary charge in advance (6)
3. Soybeans in the pod (7) 4. Popular Cdn expression (2) 5. A broken chip from something (8) 6. Large Eurasian falcon (5) 7. Reteaches (8)
8. One of the Latin words for strength (5)
9. Largest shopping centre: West Edmonton ____ (4)
10. A short pronoun (2) 11. Pouched mammal (8) 12. Unskilled type of job (6) 13. First Nations leader ______ Harper (6) 14. Motorized sled created in Cda (10) 16. Baffin is Cda’s largest ______ (6) 18. Absorbs (5)
20. Bishop’s University, abbr. (2) 22. Karen Kain was a star of this dance form (6)
25. A cancelled live dance music TV show (2)
28. Opposite of stop (2) 29. Serving of corn (3)
32. Iron age, abbr. (2) 35. Matching sweater set (7)
37. A fish brought to Canada by Europeans (4)
38. Canada’s only Masters winner (4) 39. One of several nicknames for Ontario’s capital city (2)
40. Scram (4)
42. Dismally (5) 44. Flamenco shout (3) 45. Geddy Lee’s iconic rock bank (4)
46. Singers Mendes or Hook (5) 50. Years and years (4) 51. A clear win in boxing (2) 52. Rests (4)
53. Canada’s Sacrifice Medal, abbr. (2) 56. Weep (3) 58. Video chat (5) 61. Egyptian sun god (2) 62. Put money in the bank (7) 64. To hear a prolonged amount of talking (6)
66. Multiple activation key, abbr. (3) 68. Captain James T. Kirk actor (7) 71. Cowboy hat (7) 72. A Fijian chief (4) 73. Rather cold (5) 75. McCrae and Purdy wrote these (5)
76. Baywatch’s Anderson (3)
78. The Queen’s fave dog (5) 80. Term for a non-alcoholic ale (4,4) 81. Next of kin, abbr. (3) 82. Vancouver’s annual fair (3) 83. Excellent completion of a job (4-2)
84. M*A*S*H movie star and Kiefer’s dad, initials ( 2)
85. Where addicts go (5) 88. Cross-bred dog (7) 90. On the run (3) 92. Bar bill ( 3) 93. Kind of poodle (3) 96. Device under test, abbr. (3) 97. Canada’s _____ population includes orcas and greys (5)
98. Adjective often used to describe Canadians (4)
100. Famous Cdn pork product (5) 101. Dan Aykroyd is a SNL ____ (4) 103. A traditional indigenous shelter (4) 105. Hallucinogenic drug (3)
106. A regal Cdn whisky, initials ( 2)
107. _____ Ste. Marie, Ontario & Michigan (5)
112. Bleat (3) 114. Observe (3) 115. Outback birds (4) 116. Cda is largest producer of this wild fruit ( 9)
117. Jam’s sandwich mate (2) 119. Cdn pronunciation of last letter in alphabet (3)
121. Unwrinkle (4) 122. Vegetarian staple (4) 123. Nickname for famous coffee shop chain (4)
125. An important person (3,4) 126. One who attracts or lures another (7)
127. A former adversary (2-5)
129. A Cdn rail company (3)
132. One of the country’s two official colours (3)
134. Tenant (6)
135. Yann Martel wrote Life of __ (2) 137. Chill out (5)
138. 13- part int’l auto rally ( 3) 139. The orchestra in York (3) 140. Ma’s partner (2)
141. A condiment from India (5) 142. Canada’s closest neighbour, abbr. (2)
143. Expression of disapproval (3) 146. To consume food (3) 148. Snake-like fish (3) 150. Famous immigration hub: ____ 21 (4)
153. Rate of return, abbr. (3) 154. Satellite tool kit, abbr. ( 3) 156. Student health benefit, abbr. (3) 157. Santa’s laugh (2)
159. .45 kg equals 1 ___ (2) 160. Expression of agreement (2)
ACROSS 1. Maple leaf 6. Sorry 9. Mike Myers 15. Ria 17. EO 18. Bata 19. Caesar 20. Basketball 21. Nanaimo 22. Bugle 23. Ru 24. Oleg 26. O Canada 27. Margaret 30. Canadarm 31. Lien 33. OI 34. AST 36. AC 38. Wetlands 41. NSR 43. Wood 46. Sb 47. Lake 48. OE 49. Casa 51. Kilo 52. Sushi 54. Dr 55. IC 57. TS 59. Bag 60. Drone 62. Dismal 63. Perry 65. Km 67. Tesla 69. Seth 70. We 72. Ryan 74. Shy 75. Pep 77. PS 78. CN 79. Tart 80. Napkin 82. Potato 83. Bo 85. Rete 86. Poutine 87. Swarms 89. Trudeau 90. Lpk 91. EMT 93. Ti 94. NGO 95. HR 96. Day 97. Wen 99. Sabotaging 102. OT 104. Pablum 106. Chris 108. Bay 109. Lu 110. Nix 111. Best 112. Bra 113. Cat 114. Superb 118. ED 119. Za 120. Lieu 122. Totem 124. Mel 125. Bieber 128. Beaver 130. Loonie 131. Lulu 133.
Olt 136. Gatherer 138. Wayne 140. Pursuit 144. RB 145. Deer 147. Sea 149. SP 151. Hockey 152. Lacrosse 155. Jim 156. Skier 157. Hat 158. Tell 160. Oh 161. Terry Fox 162. Drake 163. BlackBerry.
DOWN 1. Macdonald 2. Prepay 3. Edamame 4. Eh 5. Fragment 6. Saker 7. Retrains 8. Robur 9. Mall 10. It 11. Kangaroo 12. Menial 13. Elijah 14. Snowmobile 16. Island 18. Blots 20. BU 22. Ballet 25. EC 28. Go 29. Ear 32. IA 35. Twinset 37. Carp 38. Weir 39. TO 40. Scat 42. Sadly 44. Ole 45. Rush 46. Shawn 50. Ages 51. KO 52. Sits 53. SM 56. Cry 58. Skype 61. Ra 62. Deposit 64. Earful 66. MAK 68. Shatner 71. Stetson 72. Ratu 73. Nippy 75. Poems 76. Pam 78. Corgi 80. Near beer 81. NOK 82. PNE 83. Bang-up 84. DS 85. Rehab 88. Mongrel 90. Lam 92. Tab 93. Toy 96. DUT 97. Whale 98. Nice 100. Bacon 101. Alum 103. Tipi 105. LSD 106. CR 107. Sault 112. Baa 114. See 115. Emus 116. Blueberry 117. PB 119. Zed 121. Iron 122. Tofu 123. Tims 125. Big. shot 126. Enticer 127. Ex-enemy 129. VIA 132. Red 134. Lessee 135. Pi 137. Relax 138. WRC 139. YSO 140. Pa 141. Raita 142. US 143. Tsk 146. Eat 148. Eel 150. Pier 153. ROR 154. STK 156. SHB 157. Ho 159. Lb 160. OK.